Author Topic: Location of clothing files?  (Read 5270 times)

Offline Bugdozer

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Location of clothing files?
« on: September 21, 2014, 07:26:50 PM »
Hi everyone, this is my first post here so I hope this is the most appropriate section for it.
I would like to adjust the textures in my Sims 3 clothing for some items - adding logos, pictures to shirts, that sort of thing. I used to do this very frequently in the Sims 2 where I could just dip into the folder where the texture files were kept, and modify them. I'm familiar with concepts like DDS textures, alpha channels and so on as I also make my own textures in Flight Simulator, where they work in the same way.
But for the life of me, I can't find where these files are kept on my computer. All Google searches for How To Edit Sims 3 Clothes lead to pages telling me to download some sort of Delphy Tool in order to make the process quick and easy. Which is great, except if it's possible to do it without downloading extra software, that would be my preferred route.
Apart from providing a handy interface to make the editing process user friendly, is the Delphy Tool actually a necessity for accessing the files themselves, or can it be done without it?

Offline _Annika_

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Re: Location of clothing files?
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2014, 06:05:27 AM »
I think you do need extra software. It's more than likely in one of the package files - which you could use S3PE to open. C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\GameData\Shared\Packages There are a number of different packages each with different game files in them. You would have to browse each of them (they are named fairly well so easy to find) for the resources that you are after. To apply them, you can make them as a pattern like here or you can use a cloner to add a new design option. You can use S3OC and use the outdated tutorial found here.

Ultimately, I don't think there is any way around needing additional software.



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Offline Bugdozer

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Re: Location of clothing files?
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2014, 02:18:25 PM »
OK now I'm having even more trouble. I decided to try the Cas Texture Unitool everyone recommends - all links point to a single page to download it from at the Mod The Sims site - BUT... there appears to be no link to download it. There was what looked like a link to download it which turned out to be an ad for crapware, but I can't find any actual ways to download it. Any ideas?

Udate: I noticed it forces you to be a registered member to get it.  >:(

 

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