How to import Store items into TSRW for modding?
Hey there, first time poster. I'm also still fairly new to making CC. Sorry if this isn't the best place to post, but I thought it wouldn't hurt to try.
Anyway, I'd like to use an item from the Indulgent Bakery set from the sims 3 store (one of the baking racks; I want to change the look of it without loosing whatever it is that stops food placed there from going bad while sitting out), but I seem to be having trouble getting the file into TSRW. When downloading the set from TS3 website, it downloads as a bundle in one sims3pack file, so I used a software (Delphy Sims3Pack Multi Installer) to extract packages and isolate the item I wanted. When I tried importing it into TSRW, I keep getting an error saying "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." This is odd, because I've only ever seen this error when I forget to set the game files path. I tried searching google, but most of the forum posts I came across with this issue were for that same reason as well. Also, importing other packages and sims3packs seems to work with no problem, but any of the packages extracted from the store bundles won't go.
I've also tried searching around to see if anyone else ran into problems with modding store content, and I found a few threads (
here and
here ) which included softwares/scripts that are supposed to decrypt the store sims3packs (I'm guessing the encryption is what's causing the error in TSRW?) but none of them mention specifically how to use the softwares once you have them. Also, there seems to be quite some disagreement on which ones are actually needed, since there are multiple suggestions and links. I've tried using the
TS3 Recompressor , which claims to fix the sims 3 store files, but didn't seem to help (although, like I said, I was having a hard time trying to figure out what to do based off of what people were saying in threads. It's fairly possible that I misunderstood something)
So far, its been a hassle and I'm getting frustrated. I mostly want to get the file into TSRW so I can export the mesh as an OBJ for use in Blender. Is there any other way to get store content files into TSRW without the error message always popping up? Any advice would be appreciated.