List of TS4 Tools / Documentation
 

For tutorials, see the sticky in Tutorials.

Resources have been moved to their own Resources/Misc forum and sticky.


TS4 tools:

s4pe (Sims 4 Package Editor) -- Download | Feedback | Bug reports (github) -- use 7z to unzip, not WinRAR or WinZip!

WallEz (granthes): Download | Discussion

TS4 CAS Tools (CmarNYC): Download (thread in this forum)
Sims 4 Studio: Download | bitbucket (all versions)
TSRW for TS4: Download at TSR / Forums
TS4 Skininator (CmarNYC): Download


3D editors:

Blender 2.6 GEOM Tools + Rig Editor (cmomoney): Download thread
Milkshape GEOM plugins (WesHowe): Download in TS3/Meshing
Cat's Normal Smoother for Milkshape (Cat of Evil Genius): Download thread


DDS tools:

Aorta DDS converter (free, open source)
dxtbmp texture tool, for dds and many other formats (free)
Windows Texture Viewer – Simple DDS viewing, especially for DDS files with an alpha channel
The Compressonator – A tool for compressing textures and creating mip-map levels
NVidia DDS plugin for Photoshop (Windows)
NVidia: Legacy Texture Tools


Coding tools:

Python decompiler script (ThatUsernameGuy): thread in this forum
Python decompiler batch file (darkkitten30): thread in this forum
Python decompiler script for all Sims 4 sources (mgomez): thread in this forum
Python script to automate packaging of script mods (temptest): thread in this forum

TS4 STBL Editor (c_major): thread in this forum (also on github)
DP STBL Editor (Deaderpool): Download + comments

Combined XML Extractor (scumbumbo): download and feedback
Data File Tool (velocitygrass): WIP thread with download, in this forum

TS4 Mod Workshop – XML/DATA browser/cloner (Zerbu): post on tumblr
TS4 Mod Constructor (Beta) – XML tool (Zerbu): post on tumblr
TS4 Tuning Tool (morgade) – for structured editing/browsing/creating XML tuning files: thread in this forum | source
TS4 XML Compare (scumbumbo): Download and feedback
Tdesc Browser (scumbumbo): thread in this forum
D3OI – Debug Display and Dump Object Information (scumbumbo): thread in this forum


Misc/Other:

ModdingToolbox (Fogity / formerly known as Hasher) – for hex/dec conversion of various FNV flavours: OS X | Windows (these are interim downloads, but were posted by the author)
FNV Hash Calculator Online: http://find.fnvhash.com/
Linear Transformation Calculator on I Do Maths -- very useful e.g. for slot rotations
010 Editor (Hex editor that does binary templates as well)
Comparison of hex editors (wikipedia)

Tray Importer/Exporter (for managing lots and sims with CC): thread at EA (English) / Download (French)
The Sims 4 CC Tracker (for managing CC on sims; Zerbu): tumblr post



Documentation:

For all documentation/resources published by Maxis, see the Maxis Info Index they have published on their forums.


Maxis: TS4 Custom Content Guide – thread at EA | zip

Maxis: List of road textures in FullBuild 6/7/8: post | zip
Maxis: List of background house textures: thread | zip
Maxis: Raw dump of shader and param names: post | zip
Maxis: Shaders_Win32.precomp info: thread at EA | Binary template
Maxis: List of body parts: post at EA
Maxis: List of terrain textures: post at EA
Maxis: List of sky/cloud textures: post at EA
Maxis: String Table Locale Codes (Resource type 0x220557DA): thread at EA


Binary Templates:

Maxis: CAS Geometry Resource Description (Resource Type 0x015a1849): thread | zip
Maxis: 0xDB43E069 DeformerMap resource: post at EA | .bt post/file | Re-Post in Resources
Maxis: Body Type CAS presets: post at EA
Maxis: CAS Part Region Map (0xAC16FBEC): post at EA
Maxis: Object Slot Resource (RSLT 0xD3044521) v8: post at EA
Maxis: Skin Tone Resource (0x0354796A) v6: post at EA | bt zip
Maxis: CAS Part resource v37 (1.13.104): thread at EA | zip
Maxis: Catalog Product (0X319E4F1D) v25, 1.13.104: thread at EA | zip

Files by type code: simswiki.info
Resource groups in DATA files: thread in this forum
Another wiki (mainly on CAS Parts): sims-4-files.wikia.com
Language codes for STBL (Morphar): Re-Post in Resources


For additions/corrections, post here with a link and we’ll edit the list.

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Outdated (for reference):

pbox - The Blender 2.6 GEOM tool by cmomoney says it is for TS3. Will it work for TS4?

I'm copying this info over to the wiki - http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...ools_for_Sims_4

As I understood it, some? few? many? creators are converting TS4 -> TS3 at the moment, do all their meshing there (since they can use all the tools that are available for TS3), and then convert back. There’s a GEOM converter among Cmar’s Mesh Tools, too. (That particular editor was also recommended by someone who did meshy stuff for TS4 .. I don’t remember who/what/where though)

Thanks for the update.

@porkypine, there’s one more resource I haven’t linked yet: http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=533073 (will do so now)

Hi,

I downloaded the DDS plugin for PS but the program won't read the file. I rebooted my PC a few times and still it doesn't work. Any thoughts about what I should do ?

Thanks in advance

sims 4 studio http://www.den.simlogical.com/denfo...hp?topic=3226.0

Thanks, I was just about to add that =)

http://sims-4-files.wikia.com/wiki/Sims_4_Files_Wiki
The site's focus is on CAS content at the moment, trying to categorise everything, listing flags, ect.

Updated the links to sims4studio since their move from simlogical and github.

Thanks lee! Also added link to that wiki.

This Python decompiler/compiler ought to be in the list:
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=534660

FYI, thread has been deleted.

S4PE 7zip is being reported by malwarebytes as a trojan, i cant be bothered signing up to yet another site so can someone pass it on to them if you can be arsed. :D

s4pe.0.2.c.7z is not reported by Malwarebytes as a trojan.

Please! Make s4pe installable!

What do you mean, "installable"? There is no installation needed .. simply unzip the folder, there you go.

S3pe has a exe version that you execute in your system and the exe installs s3pe on the system.

Can you do the same with s4pe?

Please note, my wrappers are in the process of being subsumed into the main s4pe repository and probably by the time of next release will no longer be needed as a seperate download.

But right now they are still necessary, are they not? I just opened a COBJ in the 3a release version without your wrappers and that doesn't look very promising =P ..

Hi, I came here to say that my Hasher tool had moved and changed name, but I see here that you already beat me to it.

But I noticed that the link has an extra "h" in the beginning. So I though I might take this opportunity to ask you to change to link to this page:
http://fogity.boards.net/thread/4/modding-toolbox

This is my release post about the tool which links to a feedback thread etc and will link to the latest version if I update.

Fixed; thanks for the heads-up! =)

@plasticbox A program to see the dds file UI.package http://www.nvidia.com/object/window...ure_viewer.html

This seems to be able to edit http://developer.amd.com/tools-and-...compressonator/

Thank you, I added them both! =)