Mod The Sims - TESTERS WANTED: LED Moving Message Machine *animated*

Lab Assistant

#26

8th Oct 2005 at 8:41 PM

Awsome idea! Here is a pic of my first attempt at making a new message. I would put it up but it needs some tweeking first :valentine

johnr2000

Forum Resident

#27

8th Oct 2005 at 8:44 PM

very nice thank you

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AP

Lab Assistant

#28

8th Oct 2005 at 9:24 PM

Has anyone taken a look at this in SimPE?:gonemad:I wanted to make a new message but when i saw that file.......if someone else could take a look at it and if they figure out how to rework the text to change it, could they plese help me out? Nice work btw Boblishman. I donwload almost everything you make

Honeydipperiss

Lab Assistant

#29

8th Oct 2005 at 9:40 PM

Wow Bob! You always create the most awesome things! We really appreciate the hard effort that you put into your creations. I have so many shop ideas that this ticker would look great in. Thanks. Keep up the good work. ;-)

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flubber345

Test Subject

#30

8th Oct 2005 at 10:20 PM

wooow nice object i like it!!!

DoggyFizzle

Test Subject

#31

8th Oct 2005 at 10:28 PM

Great object!

eqqueen_05

Lab Assistant

#32

8th Oct 2005 at 11:05 PM

Excellent. Thank you for sharing your work. I appreciate that you are willing to share your wonderfull objects for nothing, most modders try to charge. Thank you so much for giving TheSims new items, it makes the game just that much more fun.

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sleighill

Lab Assistant

#33

8th Oct 2005 at 11:26 PM

Thanks!

Thanks BBL...will try it out and let you know.

sleighill

boblishman

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Original Poster

#34

8th Oct 2005 at 11:42 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AP

Has anyone taken a look at this in SimPE?:gonemad:I wanted to make a new message but when i saw that file.......if someone else could take a look at it and if they figure out how to rework the text to change it, could they plese help me out? Nice work btw Boblishman. I donwload almost everything you make

don't be frightened by the texture file...it's not actually as complicated as it first looks....

Basically the texture is 512 pixels x 512 pixels, divided into 'cells'.
Each 'cell' is 256 pixels wide x 32 pixels high. ...arranged like this.....

1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8.
...etc
29 30
31 32

First you need to create an animated .gif file 128 pixels x 32 pixels with 32 frames (that's the animations that you can see in my first post).

You then take each frame from that animation and lay them on a new texture that is 512 pixels x 512 pixels ...making sure that the line up perfectly... as in the sequence shown above.

So you see.... it's not complicated....but it IS very time consuming....

I hope this helps.... good luck!

thatgirlaquarius

Test Subject

#35

9th Oct 2005 at 12:00 AM

wow...you are really good...i really love this in my game..it looks so real..please keep making cool stuff like this...i beg of you...lol :salute:

Darkwolf

Instructor

#36

9th Oct 2005 at 12:10 AM

*Bows in his honor* Nice Work!!!

Sims 2 *Mo' addictive than a Peanut Butter and Crack Sandwich*

roxxy

Inventor

#37

9th Oct 2005 at 1:27 AM

Oh what a great idea, glad you thought of it and made it, because now I don't think my communities are complete without it. We are sooo fortunate here at MTS2 to have so many talented people sharing.. It's very appreciated.

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deanna12

Field Researcher

#38

9th Oct 2005 at 3:35 AM

:valentine Bob, you know I love everything you make. I'm absolutley ecstatic with this object and the fact that it's animated. I can never get enough of the animated objects. I appreciate everything you make for us. :valentine

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craigdiesel666

Lab Assistant

#39

9th Oct 2005 at 5:29 AM

Another masterpiece, Bob!

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Cazkiwi

Space Pony

#40

9th Oct 2005 at 9:36 AM Last edited by Cazkiwi : 9th Oct 2005 at 10:53 AM.

OMG *squeal*
This is soooo coool.. I'm off to make some of my own ones this instant!
I, too, LOVE you, lol!

*edit* Wow, these are only a little fiddly, but easy to do!!! Thank you so much Bobl!