Mod The Sims - TS4 MorphMaker - updated to V4.3 on 6/9/2020

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#301

17th May 2020 at 12:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gzckrg

Thank you that was very informative.
Is there a way to extract mesh files as an obj file for default ea sliders? (for fit/lean body and also for any slider that we should use IGNORE)

You extract the obj meshes as usual, just select the appropriate body blend type. For the fat, fit, thin, and bony morphs you have to do a default replacement of the DMap, as I recall the Sim Modifiers aren't used.

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#302

17th May 2020 at 12:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CmarNYC

I think I'm missing something.
Under Create DMaps, 1st section is Export a full body base mesh.
I select Export OBJ. But it only exports the default mesh. I don't see any option for body blend type.

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#303

17th May 2020 at 3:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gzckrg

I think I'm missing something.
Under Create DMaps, 1st section is Export a full body base mesh.
I select Export OBJ. But it only exports the default mesh. I don't see any option for body blend type.

Oh, you mean export a morphed mesh. You'll have to search for and clone the Sim Modifiers for fat, fit, etc., extract the DMaps, load the DMaps in the previewer tab, and save the morphed mesh.

Test Subject

THANKS POST

#304

17th May 2020 at 6:11 PM

Thanks!!! That's what I needed.

Test Subject

#305

17th May 2020 at 7:54 PM

I have another question if you don't mind

I have the custom dmaps for FIT body now thanks to your help. But I couldn't add it to the game. You mentioned: "For the fat, fit, thin, and bony morphs you have to do a default replacement of the DMap, as I recall the Sim Modifiers aren't used." Can you explain a bit more, where and how i can do this?

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#306

17th May 2020 at 11:07 PM

No problem!

When I experimented with physique default replacements quite a while ago, replacing the Sim Modifiers did nothing but replacing the DMaps worked. It was a long time ago and I may be mistaken, or EA may have changed how it works. However, no matter what, replacing the actual DMaps should work. All you have to do is give them the same TGI numbers as the EA DMaps.

I've attached a screen grab of the fit body DMaps for you showing the TGI numbers. (The Search DMaps tab would actually have been faster and easier for you to use in the first place, sorry about that.) Just make a package with your custom DMaps and give them the same TGIs as the EA ones, probably using s4pe. (The Instances are FNV hashes of the morph name if you're into such things.) There's no straightforward way to do it in MorphMaker, and that's something I may think about improving in a future version.

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Test Subject

#307

21st May 2020 at 11:17 PM

thanks I will try that.
Somehow I don't see the "Preview" or "Extract" column. I think I have similar problems with other areas as well. Do you have any idea why?

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Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#308

22nd May 2020 at 1:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gzckrg

thanks I will try that.
Somehow I don't see the "Preview" or "Extract" column. I think I have similar problems with other areas as well. Do you have any idea why?

Yes, I added those columns since the last official release. Sorry! I've attached my latest working version for you to use until I do a new upload.

Download - please read all instructions before downloading any files!

TS4MorphMaker_4_2_1_0.zip (8.95 MB, 13 downloads)

1234sims

Test Subject

#309

24th May 2020 at 5:25 AM

Hello! I downloaded the morph maker last night and created everything I needed to in blender 2.75. When I proceeded to import the .obj file into the morph maker, it didn’t take the shape. When I went to preview it, the sim shape was the default female shape. I’m confused because the 3D program in my computer can see the shape & I can see it in blender, so I’m not sure why morph maker can’t.

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#310

24th May 2020 at 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1234sims

Please upload your base and morph meshes.

XBBCX7891

Test Subject

#311

29th May 2020 at 12:59 PM

Hi Cmar! I'm getting distortions in the fat morphs again. I tried exporting just the default fat morphs to test on it, and I'm getting distortions in the face, and the spine stays sunken. Attached are captures of the unedited fat morphs from the game in the program's previewer. They appear the same way in Blender and in the game.

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Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#312

29th May 2020 at 3:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XBBCX7891

I see it too. This was a problem in the tool development which I fixed, but I probably introduced the old error or a new one in an update. I'll look into it, and thanks for the report!

Test Subject

#313

6th Jun 2020 at 11:37 PM

Hi Cmar, can you tell me why they are getting this way?

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#314

6th Jun 2020 at 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thiagomichel

Hi Cmar, can you tell me why they are getting this way?

Yes, I'm applying the face DMaps wrong. I've already fixed this glitch but got sidetracked by patch issues. Look for an update in the next few days after I do a little more testing of the overhauled bone morphs.

Test Subject

#315

6th Jun 2020 at 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CmarNYC

Oh okay! thanks, i will save my work and as soon as the update comes out, use it! <3

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#316

9th Jun 2020 at 12:12 PM

Version 4.3 uploaded: The main change is a fix to the DMap preview. Sorry for the delay; I tried to update yesterday after MTS came back up but it wouldn't upload.

Test Subject

#317

9th Jun 2020 at 4:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CmarNYC

Version 4.3 uploaded: The main change is a fix to the DMap preview. Sorry for the delay; I tried to update yesterday after MTS came back up but it wouldn't upload.

Cmar, when I open a bonedelta file that I was working on or already worked on, it gives this "error" and the mesh distorts at some ages, including toddler.

Test Subject

#318

9th Jun 2020 at 4:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CmarNYC

Version 4.3 uploaded: The main change is a fix to the DMap preview. Sorry for the delay; I tried to update yesterday after MTS came back up but it wouldn't upload.

I'm having this problem too!

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#319

9th Jun 2020 at 5:38 PM Last edited by CmarNYC : 9th Jun 2020 at 6:00 PM.

Please upload some of your bonedeltas.

Edit: Those bones showing as errors aren't in the adult human rig. I'd still like to see your bonedeltas.

I can't tell about the second error. Are you entering the number with a comma instead of a period as decimal point? That'll cause an error, and I should fix that.

Test Subject

#320

9th Jun 2020 at 6:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CmarNYC

this bonedelta I exported from a tall preset that I edited in version 4.0.0.0 of the morph maker at the time. it's for toddler!
https://simfileshare.net/download/1839853/

the numbers, I'm not adding any. they are presenting this error alone then click to see another one.

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#321

9th Jun 2020 at 6:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thiagomichel

You have to select the toddler rig in the rigs dropdown before you load the bonedelta in order to not get that error.

Is the number displaying with a comma when you click on a preset? If so, that's a bug affecting countries that use a comma as the decimal and unfortunately for now you'll have to change the comma to a period when you switch between and save the presets.

Test Subject

#322

10th Jun 2020 at 2:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CmarNYC

I select the toddler rig before importing.

Ms. Byte

Original Poster

#323

10th Jun 2020 at 6:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thiagomichel

I select the toddler rig before importing.

Sorry, the pic you uploaded showed the adult model so I thought that might be the problem. Turns out those bones aren't in the toddler rig either, they're only in animal rigs. If you made the bonedelta a long time ago in an old version of MorphMaker, it used to let you choose bones from any rig. Now it only lets you use bones from the rig you're working with.

iralinyu

Test Subject

#324

11th Jul 2020 at 2:31 AM

Hi Cmar! First of all I wanna say this is really great and I'm really excited to use this when I figure out what I did wrong. So I attemped to make a nose preset in blender, I didnt add or change the vertex positions and I made a copy of the base OBJ file instead of overwrite it. However when I went to export the modified OBJ file into morphmaker to create the BGEO I always get the error message 'Index was outside the bounds of the array' even when I just slightly edited the base. I've been looking for answers online for 2 hours as well as trying out different things, I have the newest version of blender and my pc is up to date. I followed a youtube tutorial as to not mess up things on my own. Hope someone can help me out with this!