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#1
15th Feb 2022 at 3:51 PM
Last edited by FloTheory : 25th Oct 2022 at 3:53 PM.
TS4 to TS3 Animation Conversion Tutorial
This Tutorial Will Cover :- Converting animations from TS4 game
- Converting S4 Toddler & Children animations
- Converting Custom S4 animations
This Tutorial Will NOT Cover :
Using :
Sources :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z1IObWND7s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmH...1Ce8uG&index=37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx4...index=24&t=257s
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15th Feb 2022 at 5:04 PM
Last edited by FloTheory : 17th Feb 2022 at 5:07 PM.
Converting animations from TS4 game
Step 1 : We are going to extract TS4 animation we want in a .blend format.
- Launch S4Studio
Note : Do this step if you don't already have a project listed under "My Projects"
- Set up S4Studio
Add your creator name here
Click on "Settings"
Set up your Blender & Sim 4 game path.
Now that this is done, click the "Clip Pack" button under "Animation" and after that click on the "Animation" button.
Create a save file for the package, for this tutorial I named it "Test".
This is what you'll see :
Select the "Clips" tab.
Click the "EA Clip" button.
Note : Here you must select the "age" group you want for the animation (but the gender is not important)
Note : We're almost there, you're about to have access to all TS4 game animations (if you own the EPs, packs etc...)
- Press "Export"
The list of all TS4 game animations pops and we are going to select the first one for this tutorial (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1_x).
As you can see, this is how we get the .blend file we need for our animation (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1)
- Press "Save"
Note : You can double click on .blend files to see what the animations look like in Blender.
- Here is our animation in a .blend format
Step 2 : We are going to turn our .blend into a Sims 3 animation file.
- Launch Blender 2.79
Note : If you did the Setting up Blender part, you have what are called rigs.
- Open the Sims 4 to Sims 3 RIG.
File > Open > RigBase ts4 to ts3_FACE_V2.blend
This is what a rig looks like and this one is the Sims 4 to Sims 3 RIG (RigBase ts4 to ts3_FACE_V2.blend)
Note : Zoom it out using the mouse scroll.
Now we are going to add our S4 animation .blend to the RIG (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1).
- Click "Append"
- Click on our .Blend file.
- Then click "Action" and select the animation.
- Finally select our animation (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1).
- Click "Append from Library".
It takes us back here.
- On your keybord, Press "A" twice (the RIG turns blue) then press 'I'.
- "Animation" now appears under the RIG on the right.
- Right click "Animation" and select "Set Action".
- Click on our animation (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1).
- Our animation can now be played.
- Click on RIG to see all the coloured left part appear.
- If the animation stutters, place your cursor under the coloured stripes, " press "A" twice and "V" then select "Auto-Clamped".
- Correct the timeline lenght to your liking by changing the number in the "End" section.
- Now click on the little eye next to RIG to make it disappear.
- And click on the little eye next to AfRig to unhide it.
- Then click on the AfRig.
Play the animation and stop it at the end.
- After that press A (the RIG turns blue) and press "I" to put a keyframe at the end of the TimeLine.
This is the final step !
- Export as a Sims 3 animation with a name starting with "a_" because this is an adult animation.
I called it a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1
Choose where you want to save it and click "Save Sims 3 animation"
Here is what we obtain : a CLIP file that can be added to the Sims 3 game
Next we will see what our new Sims 3 animation looks like on a Sims 3 RIG.
- Open the AfRig or the AmRig
- Click on "Load Clip".
Find our Sims 3 animation and click on "Import Sims 3 Animation"
You can now play our animation on a Sims 3 RIG to see if everything is ok. You don't need to save it if you don't change anything, just quite Blender.
Note that there is often a problem with the S4 to S3 eyes animation.
- This short tutorial talks about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOCy5vIuz3g&t=105s
This S4 to S3 animation conversion tutorial ends here.
- This tutorial explains how to load our CLIP animation to the S3 game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OLeuptfFco
- Start by downloading Blender 2.79 & S4Studio
- Then set Blender up for TS3
- Note that The Sims 4 needs to be installed in order to extract TS4 game animations
Step 1 : We are going to extract TS4 animation we want in a .blend format.
- Launch S4Studio
Note : Do this step if you don't already have a project listed under "My Projects"
- Set up S4Studio
Add your creator name here
Click on "Settings"
Set up your Blender & Sim 4 game path.
Now that this is done, click the "Clip Pack" button under "Animation" and after that click on the "Animation" button.
Create a save file for the package, for this tutorial I named it "Test".
This is what you'll see :
Select the "Clips" tab.
Click the "EA Clip" button.
Note : Here you must select the "age" group you want for the animation (but the gender is not important)
Note : We're almost there, you're about to have access to all TS4 game animations (if you own the EPs, packs etc...)
- Press "Export"
The list of all TS4 game animations pops and we are going to select the first one for this tutorial (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1_x).
As you can see, this is how we get the .blend file we need for our animation (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1)
- Press "Save"
Note : You can double click on .blend files to see what the animations look like in Blender.
- Here is our animation in a .blend format
Step 2 : We are going to turn our .blend into a Sims 3 animation file.
- Launch Blender 2.79
Note : If you did the Setting up Blender part, you have what are called rigs.
- Open the Sims 4 to Sims 3 RIG.
File > Open > RigBase ts4 to ts3_FACE_V2.blend
This is what a rig looks like and this one is the Sims 4 to Sims 3 RIG (RigBase ts4 to ts3_FACE_V2.blend)
Note : Zoom it out using the mouse scroll.
Now we are going to add our S4 animation .blend to the RIG (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1).
- Click "Append"
- Click on our .Blend file.
- Then click "Action" and select the animation.
- Finally select our animation (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1).
- Click "Append from Library".
It takes us back here.
- On your keybord, Press "A" twice (the RIG turns blue) then press 'I'.
- "Animation" now appears under the RIG on the right.
- Right click "Animation" and select "Set Action".
- Click on our animation (a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1).
- Our animation can now be played.
- Click on RIG to see all the coloured left part appear.
- If the animation stutters, place your cursor under the coloured stripes, " press "A" twice and "V" then select "Auto-Clamped".
- Correct the timeline lenght to your liking by changing the number in the "End" section.
- Now click on the little eye next to RIG to make it disappear.
- And click on the little eye next to AfRig to unhide it.
- Then click on the AfRig.
Play the animation and stop it at the end.
- After that press A (the RIG turns blue) and press "I" to put a keyframe at the end of the TimeLine.
This is the final step !
- Export as a Sims 3 animation with a name starting with "a_" because this is an adult animation.
I called it a_ageUp_adultToElder_part1
Choose where you want to save it and click "Save Sims 3 animation"
Here is what we obtain : a CLIP file that can be added to the Sims 3 game
Next we will see what our new Sims 3 animation looks like on a Sims 3 RIG.
- Open the AfRig or the AmRig
- Click on "Load Clip".
Find our Sims 3 animation and click on "Import Sims 3 Animation"
You can now play our animation on a Sims 3 RIG to see if everything is ok. You don't need to save it if you don't change anything, just quite Blender.
Note that there is often a problem with the S4 to S3 eyes animation.
- This short tutorial talks about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOCy5vIuz3g&t=105s
This S4 to S3 animation conversion tutorial ends here.
- This tutorial explains how to load our CLIP animation to the S3 game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OLeuptfFco
#3
15th Feb 2022 at 7:49 PM
Last edited by FloTheory : 17th Feb 2022 at 5:08 PM.
Converting S4 Toddler & Children animations
Refer to Step 1 of :
Converting animations from TS4 game
Back to exporting TS4 game animations in S4Studio, the only thing you do differently is that you will export toddler or children animations.
- Select "toddler" or "children".
Note : Children animations start with "c_".
Note : Toddler animations start with "p_".
Once you have the .blend file for our toddler or children animation, refer to Step 2 of :
Converting animations from TS4 game
Note : Follow the whole Blender part up until you play the Sims 3 animation on a Sims 3 RIG.
Step 3 : Now all we have to do is convert the Sims 3 animation from the adult Sims 3 RIG to a toddler/child RIG.
- Press "A" to turn the RIG blue.
Note : I'll be showing you the steps with the male RIG (AmRig) because it's the same for both genders.
- Click "Key" > "Copy KeyFrames"
Now we are going to add a toddler/child RIG.
- Go to "File" and "Append".
Here we select the RIG we want, CuRig for child, PuRig for toddler.
- Click on CuRig or PuRig.
- After that click on "Object".
Now you select all the files starting with "Cu" or "Pu".
- And click "Append fro library".
This it what you see.
- Click on the "PuRig" or "CuRig".
- Click on "Object Mode".
- And select "Pose Mode".
- Place your cursor next to the two RIGS.
- Then press "A" (the Pu/CuRig turns blue), then press "I" and choose "LocRot".
- This is what we see.
- Now click "Key" and "Paste keyframes".
- This is what we see.
- Click on the adult RIG (AmRig/AfRig).
- Then click on "Pose Mode".
- Select "Object Mode".
Place your cursor next to the two RIGS.
- And on your keybord press delete and click "Delete".
This is what you see.
- Press "A" and you can now play the animation !
- Click on the "PuRig" or "CuRig" so it turns blue.
- Export as a Sims 3 animation.
- Name the animation starting with "c_" if it's a child animation, "p_" for a toddler animation.
This S4 to S3 Toddler & Children animation conversion tutorial ends here.
- This tutorial explains how to load our CLIP animation to the S3 game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OLeuptfFco
- In this part I'm only going to add the few extra steps required in S4Studio.
- And we will learn how to convert adult to toddler/children animations in Blender.
Refer to Step 1 of :
Converting animations from TS4 game
Back to exporting TS4 game animations in S4Studio, the only thing you do differently is that you will export toddler or children animations.
- Select "toddler" or "children".
Note : Children animations start with "c_".
Note : Toddler animations start with "p_".
Once you have the .blend file for our toddler or children animation, refer to Step 2 of :
Converting animations from TS4 game
Note : Follow the whole Blender part up until you play the Sims 3 animation on a Sims 3 RIG.
Step 3 : Now all we have to do is convert the Sims 3 animation from the adult Sims 3 RIG to a toddler/child RIG.
- Press "A" to turn the RIG blue.
Note : I'll be showing you the steps with the male RIG (AmRig) because it's the same for both genders.
- Click "Key" > "Copy KeyFrames"
Now we are going to add a toddler/child RIG.
- Go to "File" and "Append".
Here we select the RIG we want, CuRig for child, PuRig for toddler.
- Click on CuRig or PuRig.
- After that click on "Object".
Now you select all the files starting with "Cu" or "Pu".
- And click "Append fro library".
This it what you see.
- Click on the "PuRig" or "CuRig".
- Click on "Object Mode".
- And select "Pose Mode".
- Place your cursor next to the two RIGS.
- Then press "A" (the Pu/CuRig turns blue), then press "I" and choose "LocRot".
- This is what we see.
- Now click "Key" and "Paste keyframes".
- This is what we see.
- Click on the adult RIG (AmRig/AfRig).
- Then click on "Pose Mode".
- Select "Object Mode".
Place your cursor next to the two RIGS.
- And on your keybord press delete and click "Delete".
This is what you see.
- Press "A" and you can now play the animation !
- Click on the "PuRig" or "CuRig" so it turns blue.
- Export as a Sims 3 animation.
- Name the animation starting with "c_" if it's a child animation, "p_" for a toddler animation.
This S4 to S3 Toddler & Children animation conversion tutorial ends here.
- This tutorial explains how to load our CLIP animation to the S3 game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OLeuptfFco
#4
15th Feb 2022 at 7:51 PM
Last edited by FloTheory : 16th Feb 2022 at 4:23 PM.
Converting Custom S4 animations
Step 1 : Download the custom S4 animation package from their creator.
- It must be a .package file.
Launch S4PE.
- Click on "file" then "open" our custom S4 animation package.
We are looking for CLIP files (they are the animation files we want)
- Highlight a CLIP file.
- Then click on "Ressource" and "Export" then "To Package".
For this tutorial I'm naming it "Test2".
- Click on "Open".
We get a .package file.
Step 2 : We're going to obtain the .blend file for our cusom S4 animation.
- Open S4Studio.
- Click on "My Projects", select our "Test2.package" and click "Open".
This is what we see.
- Click on "Export".
You get a .blend file !
- Click on "Save".
Here is the .blend file that you can open with Blender.
This Custom S4 animation to S3 convertion is over, you can now refer to Step 2 of :
Converting animations from TS4 game
- Beforehand, ask for the authorization to convert the custom animation to their creator !
- You need to download S4PE
Step 1 : Download the custom S4 animation package from their creator.
- It must be a .package file.
Launch S4PE.
- Click on "file" then "open" our custom S4 animation package.
We are looking for CLIP files (they are the animation files we want)
- Highlight a CLIP file.
- Then click on "Ressource" and "Export" then "To Package".
For this tutorial I'm naming it "Test2".
- Click on "Open".
We get a .package file.
Step 2 : We're going to obtain the .blend file for our cusom S4 animation.
- Open S4Studio.
- Click on "My Projects", select our "Test2.package" and click "Open".
This is what we see.
- Click on "Export".
You get a .blend file !
- Click on "Save".
Here is the .blend file that you can open with Blender.
This Custom S4 animation to S3 convertion is over, you can now refer to Step 2 of :
Converting animations from TS4 game
#5
13th Oct 2022 at 6:47 AM
Posts: 10
Hello, is there any other way to get s4 anims into blender without s4 studio? - it refuses to work for me on win7.
#6
25th Oct 2022 at 2:21 PM
Hello BlaGGeR, not that I know of :/ sorry
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#7
3rd Apr 2024 at 1:19 PM
Posts: 2
Hi i have a problem with loading clip to ts3 rig. I do everything like in the tutorial, export as sims 3 animation clip but when i try to Load Clip the animation is "empty" - the sims3 rig does nothing just stands in deauflt t-pose when an animation is playing.
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