criquette-was-here:lowedeus: TS:CS SEASONAL PINES as base game nhood pines default replacementN
criquette-was-here:lowedeus: TS:CS SEASONAL PINES as base game nhood pines default replacementNot so long ago @shastakiss reminded me about defaulted version of pines from The Sims Castaway Stories, that I made once upon a time, when we worked on the seasoned maxis flora together. Shasta make her custom version of seasoned CS pines and upload it while I was prepearing the default replacement version with another texture, rendered in maxis-like way. I don’t remember, why I don’t publish it in that blog, but now I should fill this gap.So, how is the default replacement version different from the custom one? 1. First of all, the default replacement is more optimized: the DR version not only saves the game memory by replacing game resources, but also takes up less space (1.6 MB vs 642.1 kB). The earlier versions uses separate butch of textures for each pine from the set (there are three shapes of pine, each in three colorations). My DR version uses repository technique. To be honest, this set should be named “semi-default replacements”, because I defaulted only three basegame pines - the textures and other 6 pines is custom itself (basegame neighborhood pine texture isn’t replaced for some reasons), but all of the models uses the 9 texture resources, not 27.2. In addition, the default replacement allows you not to replace Maxis trees manually in neighborhoods such as Riverblossom Hills or the Three Lakes: the DR version will be placed automatically, and therefore the neighborhood view will immediately transform to this look:3. Finally, I used seasonal maxis’ lot pine textures for rendering in 3d-max, so the snowy versions of neighborhood pines matched in style with lot pines. DOWNLOAD THE DR NHOOD PINES PACKSo, if the lot pine has matched now with the nhood pines, how about the pines on another, not played lots, or lot pines from neighborhood view? They uses the simplifed imposter known as lod90, that still… ugly. So, there is aTS:CS SEASONAL PINES as base game lot pines imposter (LOD90) default replacementAs I remember I try to include the CEP-addon for a lot pine with recolors that match CS coloration, and add the own lod90 textures for each color, but at this moment I have no idea where that version is, sooo there is only default color for imposter of lot pine.DOWNLOAD THE DR IMPOSTER OF THE LOT PINEWell, there is another maxis pine for lot in Happy Holliday SP, and it still have the perfect imposter ever:…what the hell, Maxis? Oh, I shouldn’t be surprised after so many years. But now we haveFIX of HHSP outdoor christmas lot pine imposter (LOD90)It uses the parts of model and textures of maxis’ small decorated christmas tree. It isn’t so funny to render the spirals into the planes, or maybe I was too lazy for it, but I think now it looks pretty… Anyway much better than the cringy slices of notex LOLDOWNLOAD FIX of HHSP outdoor christmas lot pine imposter (LOD90)IMHO there is no sense to separate default replacements above because my new imposters are repositored to common textures. But maybe some of simmers aren’t have HHSP, and optionality always iz gud mmmokay? But you canDOWNLOAD THE FULL PACK OF LOWEDEUS’ TS:CS SEASONAL PINESMIRROR LINK (yandex disk)I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Yay!! -- source link
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