If you've moved the tops of the sim's ears up in the mesh, they'll be moved down when the slider is pulled right.

The mesh you are creating represents the sim's face when your slider is pulled left (down): but since the right (up) effect is also based on your mesh, you need to think about that when you're working on the mesh.Įvery change that you make to the mesh will be done in reverse when your slider is pulled right (up). Don't delete or create any vertices or faces, as this will cause your sim's head to explode (literally). Do remember that you can only move vertices around. There are no explicit instructions for this section, since you can whatever you like to the mesh. Make sure to use the mesh from the slider templates you may have other copies of the mesh lying around, but they do not necessarily have the right vertex numbering, and using them can cause problems with your slider. Luckily for us, TS2 only needs one mesh for a slider - the changes you make to the adult female face will be automatically adjusted, by the game, to work on sims of other ages and genders.Īlthough the adult female mesh is a good base to use, it's not mandatory - if you want to use a different one, see #Using a Different Compare Mesh in the advanced section. In nopke's slider templates, you'll find the default adult female face mesh, as either an OBJ or an MS3D file. When the slider is pulled to the right (up), the game will automatically mirror all the changes you've made to your mesh. In this section you're going to modify a default face mesh, to create the features that you want your slider to give a sim when the slider is pulled all the way to the left (down).

A graphics editor such as Photoshop or GIMP.

A 3D editor which you are comfortable using (this tutorial uses Milkshape).

3.5 Understanding Scales and Limits (the blind leading the blind).Otherwise, by all means, dive in and break things! If you feel a bit out of your depth, you may want to ignore the advanced section until you feel more comfortable with the basic process. The first part covers the basic process of making a simple, working slider: follow this part! The second part contains additional instructions on adding more advanced features to your slider, such as having different settings for different ages and genders. This method was developed by Nopke, who also provided invaluable help in writing this tutorial, and created the template resources. The sliders created with this tutorial create inheritable facial features, and can be used on uploaded sims without downloaders needing to download the slider in order for the sim to display properly.

This tutorial will explain how to make custom face sliders for use in Bodyshop and CAS. For the equivalent Sims 3 article, click here.

The sims 3 sliders