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To make anything for The Sims, you need practice, patience, desire, and usually a good graphics program. Certain projects require certain programs, like making walls and floors requires HomeCrafter from the official The Sims site. Some programs are necessary, others are just handy to have; nearly every tutorial will have names and links of the programs you'll need.
When first starting to make any sort of custom content, keep telling yourself that you're just beginning. You won't be very good at it until you've done it a while; over time you'll gain both knowledge and experience, so that even if you're artistically-challenged, you'll still know a lot more about what you're doing. Take your time! And have fun :)
Three sites with lots of info: TSR, Moon Sims, and SimWitch.
Nude bases for skinning: male | female | child
Many of the following links were salvaged from the Web Archive of Vera the Oracle – many gigs of thanks to her, and everyone she linked to :) All links open in a new window.
How to: [make skins] [make objects] [hack] [make meshes] [download stuffe] [make a fan site] [other]
- • make skins
- Moon Sims - very thorough starting point
- 3D Sister - heads, general info
- Amazon Sims - do's & dont's, heads, buyables, pale skins, sets
- All for Sims - naming skins, buyables
- Boogleberry - general info
- Fashionable Sims - general info
- Goth Sims - "How to fix a skin/mesh conflict"
- Mall of the Sims - customization
- Margaret's Mod Sims - buyables
- New Outfits for the Sims Women - info and advice
- Crash's Skin Shop [NightTimeSims] - general info
- Ophelia's Little Page about the Sims - using Viewpoint
- Marko's Skin Tutorial [S&M Builders] - general info
- Sim-Sations - customization pre-Hot Date
- SimWitch - making and renaming skins, in-depth
- Sims T Parlour - shading
- Skindex: head tutorial
- Skindex: CMX tutorial
- The Saga of Doctor Evil Sims - "Sims Mac Tutorial"
- The Skin Machine - hair, folds/wrinkles, tips, tools
- Yuppie Sim - lighting in SimPose
- Sims 1 Buyable Tutorial - "Making Buyables from Casuals"
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- • make objects
- Moon Sims - object fundamentals, very thorough starting point
- Lush Creations - "official" Transmogrifier (Tmog) tutorial
- School Of Sims Transmogrification - unofficial "official" Tmog tutorials
- Magic Cookie Database - register your Magic Cookie here
- SimFreaks - object overview, Z-buffers, adding rotations, Tmog info
- 2 Sim Sisters - beginning to advanced info; includes fixing thumbnails
- 7 Deadly Sims - "Making New Looking Objects using Transmogrifier"
- Altazakins - "Making Doors and Windows Drop"
- Another #%*& Sims Site - modifying object tiles; assorted info
- Georgiegirl's Sims Site - "Two tiled Portrait using Layers in PSP"
- Jeff's Object Guide - TS thru HP listing of default objects
- Jendea Simitecture - making rugs
- KillerSims - making rugs
- Mall of the Sims - general info
- Ophelia's Little Page about the Sims - objects and paintings
- Pandora Sims - cloning, new objects, Alpha Channels & Z-Buffers, colouring, wall objects
- Sim Castles - cleaning, adding light, general
- Sim Guitars - making a guitar
- With SimLove - making rugs (text link below menu)
- Sims Studio - texturing with PSP 6 & 7, making a glass table
- STPCarly's one-tile object | two-tiled painting | retexturing a bed
- Sim Witch - in-depth object creation
- Style for Sims - (tutorial downloads) recolouring, checking for errors
- The Simulacrum - making rugs
- Troll Sims - recolouring, making rugs
- Studio 88 - using Anim8or and Paint Shop Pro
- S.S.o.W Sharing DIY Workshop - graphics and bases, customizing NPCs
- Madoria World - Fill a bookcase, base objects & textures
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- • hack
- C & C Enterprises - basic info, DIY upgrades and coding
- Altazkins - object categorization
- Programming Objects in The Sims (.pdf file, right-click to download) - An Edith Tutorial (uses Adobe Acrobat Reader)
- Simply Enchanted - learn by hacking mirrors, paintings, bookcases
- SimSources - Sphearow's Hacking Handbook
- Wilf's Sims Stuff - object IDs, making NPCs
- Another #%*& Sims Site - modifying object tiles; assorted info
- Some Sim Things - modifying showers, beds
- S.S.o.W Sharing DIY Workshop - customizing NPCs and sims; assorted info
- Manic's Sims - Captain's quickie vase tutorial
- Quirksims - making objects drop with the walls
- All Sims: A Guide to Editing and Programming The Sims (.doc download) - extensive hacking info, source currently unknown
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- • make meshes
- Amazon Sims - using MilkShape3D to make a new mesh
- Kelahn - making wings
- Margaret's Mod Sims - editing Hot Date mesh files
- Jerome's Meshing Guide - basics of meshes
- The FantaSim Tales - editing mesh files
- NightTime Sims - using SKN2OBJ
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- • download stuffe
- Around the Sims - adding files to the game
- Mermaid Cove - adding skins to the game
- Parsimonious FAQs - adding files to the game
- Goth Sims - adding files to the game; using FilePlanet
- The Rooke's Nest - (in "Help") working with .zip files
- Mall of the Sims - adding files to the game
- Style For Sims - "How to Make Zip files...in 4 EZ steps!"
- The Simulacrum - downloading basics
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- • make a fansite
- SimWitch - basics of making a Sims site
- Moon Sims - advice to Sims webmasters
- Annabella's HTML Help - the basics of HTML in simple language
- HyperGurl - a lot of webmaster info and resources
- TotalWebTalk - articles and friendly forums for nearly anything related to running a site
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- • other
- Queen Elvis' Worlds of Wonder: On Constructing SimFloors | On Constructing SimWalls
- The Simulacrum: making floors | making walls
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latest update: Jan.13.06
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