Mod The Sims - De-uglified Basegame Long Skirt

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1) Using S3OC, clone the CAS items. Keep a backup copy of these .package files somewhere.

2) Using S3PE, extract the four .DDS files needed to change the texture of the mesh: RGB mask, bump/normal map, base, specular.

3) Edit these accordingly in graphics editor of choice. Enable alpha channel when needed (acts as fourth channel). Save as .DDS using DXT5.

4) From FullBuild0.package, extract only the CASP entries of the CAS items you cloned earlier.

5) One by one, open the CASP entries in CTU. If they have four channels, tick the "4 channel RGBA" option under "Other" tab. "Commit" after each change.

6) Go to "Designs" tab; in the "Textures" tab, replace the appropriate files with your modified .DDS files. There is a bump map option under the "Meshes" tab, but we'll get to that later. Leave it alone for now. After replacing the DDS images, "Commit" and move to the "Patterns" tab.

7) Delete all existing designs except the first, but remember how many there were. You will need to create as many custom ones as there were before, or the ones from the game will show up alongside the custom ones (e.g. if an item has 4 designs and you include only 3 custom ones, you will see your 3 + the last EA design in CAS). If you want your file size to be small, tick the "Linked" option under each pattern channel; this means the textures will be retrieved from the game files rather than being saved with your edited file.

8) Add designs according to your tastes. To add a new design, I recommend going to "Add Design" -> "Add New (Copy Last). This makes it so you don't have to re-add all your DDS fies in the "Textures" tab. I'd recommend not working with pure black or white (the latter turns to black in CAS), or solid colors (same issue).
If the fourth channel (D) isn't enabled and you've already ticked the "4 channel RGBA" option, switch between patterns A-C and it should be enabled.
Now, I also get a glitch if the "Solid color" option is selected for channel D. To fix it, just switch to one of the other two options, choose a pattern, and it should be OK.

9) After finishing the designs, click File / Save (not Save as!).

10) Now open your cloned .package file (the backup copy is there in case something goes wrong). Go to Resource / Import / From package... and pick the CASP file you edited in CTU. Click OK to the popups that appear. You'll see that you have a few resources added to the list, which have no name. Some of these are your edited DDS files. Keep those, and look through the other _IMG resources and delete the unedited ones (basically the original textures from the mesh).

DO NOT delete the bump map! (this is usually the last _IMG resource when sorting by tag name). Instead, right-click it, choose "Replace", and replace it with your edited bump map. I chose to do things like this because CTU didn't play well with the extracted LODs and didn't read the bump map properly. Like this, you don't have to mess with meshes at all

Now save the .package and plop it in your game, because you're done! Remember to delete the cache files too.

sweetdevil_LongSkirtEdit_Cairo.zip \| Requires World Adventures (replaces the version of the YA-A skirt used in Al Simhara). Download Uploaded: 30th Mar 2016, 1.74 MB. 3,770 downloads.
sweetdevil_LongSkirtEdit_TAEF.zip \| Basegame. Download Uploaded: 30th Mar 2016, 4.01 MB. 5,670 downloads.
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De-uglified Basegame Long Skirt