plasticbox
10th Aug 2015, 12:10 AM
Note that this is experimental. Based on the info posted by DarkWalker over here (http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/13969202/#Comment_13969202) (thank you!) ‒ that post also contains useful info on how to move the contents of /Tray over to /Mods so you can subfolder them; I'm only showing how to package lots here since they didn't go into detail on that.
Update 2016-02-08: This has become a lot simpler now that files named like EA does it (group!instance.type) can be imported directly -- you need s4pe 0.4.2 beta or later (https://github.com/s4ptacle/Sims4Tools/releases/) for that. Tutorial updated accordingly.
First, you should probably save the lot you’re wanting to package (again) so you can easily find it -- so that when open /Tray and sort by date, the bunch of files with the most recent modification date will be the lot you saved last. Of course if you know exactly it’s the one and only lot you saved last Sunday, you can skip that step.
1. Open s4pe, hit Cmd-N to make a new package, select Import > From File …
http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_thumb_plasticbox-1559649-importfile.jpg (http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_plasticbox-1559649-importfile.jpg)
2. Navigate to your Tray folder, select the bunch of files with the most recent date (sort by date; set the filter at the bottom to “All Files”) and hit “Open” (“Öffnen” on my screenshot):
http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_thumb_plasticbox-1602329-importfile_v042.jpg (http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_plasticbox-1602329-importfile_v042.jpg)
3. On the dialog that comes up, hit “Import”:
http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_thumb_plasticbox-1602330-importfile_v042_do-it.jpg (http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_plasticbox-1602330-importfile_v042_do-it.jpg)
4. Save your package and put it in /Mods.
Far as I can tell, when you delete a packaged lot from the Library (with the Delete button), it'll be gone from the library but the actual package will not be touched -- so you need to remember to remove that manually, otherwise it'll just clog up your Mods folder forever.
This works the same way for sims as well.
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An alternative way of (better) managing Tray files might be this Tray Importer/Exporter: thread at EA (English) (http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/852569/sims-4-tray-importer) / Download thread (French) (http://luniversims.com/files/download/73-sims-4-tray-importer/) -- I haven't tested it personally; what it does is enable you to browse existing content (Sims and lots) in /Tray, and export the loose files into new folders together with any CC used. I guess it is also useful to find old lots you want to package without having to re-save them first.
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Relevant file types:
FileType 0x2a8a5e22 trayitem
FileType 0x3924de26 blueprint
FileType 0xd33c281e bpi
FileType 0xb3c438f0 householdbinary
FileType 0x3bd45407 hhi
FileType 0x56278554 sgi
FileType 0x370efd6e room
FileType 0x00de5ac5 rmi
Update 2016-02-08: This has become a lot simpler now that files named like EA does it (group!instance.type) can be imported directly -- you need s4pe 0.4.2 beta or later (https://github.com/s4ptacle/Sims4Tools/releases/) for that. Tutorial updated accordingly.
First, you should probably save the lot you’re wanting to package (again) so you can easily find it -- so that when open /Tray and sort by date, the bunch of files with the most recent modification date will be the lot you saved last. Of course if you know exactly it’s the one and only lot you saved last Sunday, you can skip that step.
1. Open s4pe, hit Cmd-N to make a new package, select Import > From File …
http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_thumb_plasticbox-1559649-importfile.jpg (http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_plasticbox-1559649-importfile.jpg)
2. Navigate to your Tray folder, select the bunch of files with the most recent date (sort by date; set the filter at the bottom to “All Files”) and hit “Open” (“Öffnen” on my screenshot):
http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_thumb_plasticbox-1602329-importfile_v042.jpg (http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_plasticbox-1602329-importfile_v042.jpg)
3. On the dialog that comes up, hit “Import”:
http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_thumb_plasticbox-1602330-importfile_v042_do-it.jpg (http://thumbs2.modthesims2.com/img/1/7/8/2/8/2/MTS_plasticbox-1602330-importfile_v042_do-it.jpg)
4. Save your package and put it in /Mods.
Far as I can tell, when you delete a packaged lot from the Library (with the Delete button), it'll be gone from the library but the actual package will not be touched -- so you need to remember to remove that manually, otherwise it'll just clog up your Mods folder forever.
This works the same way for sims as well.
--
An alternative way of (better) managing Tray files might be this Tray Importer/Exporter: thread at EA (English) (http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/852569/sims-4-tray-importer) / Download thread (French) (http://luniversims.com/files/download/73-sims-4-tray-importer/) -- I haven't tested it personally; what it does is enable you to browse existing content (Sims and lots) in /Tray, and export the loose files into new folders together with any CC used. I guess it is also useful to find old lots you want to package without having to re-save them first.
--
Relevant file types:
FileType 0x2a8a5e22 trayitem
FileType 0x3924de26 blueprint
FileType 0xd33c281e bpi
FileType 0xb3c438f0 householdbinary
FileType 0x3bd45407 hhi
FileType 0x56278554 sgi
FileType 0x370efd6e room
FileType 0x00de5ac5 rmi