You do you, this is The Sims… you can do whatever you want to do. If that is the look you are going for, though, go wild. Keep in mind that if you use a square pattern floor tile – whether that’s through your own creation or downloading a texture, you need to make sure that final colour is different to the one at the start – or you might end up with rectangles rather than squares when tiling a large area – as you can see below. Follow all of the steps above, but skip the export step and go straight to import – importing the tile pattern you downloaded and resized. You’ll need to resize it to be 512×512 and in a PNG format. Raw Pixel is one great example – and also happens to be where we got our “Paint” tutorial tile showcased above from.įor this method, find an image of the floor tile you want to use and save it to your craft folder.
There are many sites with free resources from where you can import floor tiles and patterns. The alternative to recolouring is to simply use an existing pattern. Creating Sims 4 CC tiles without recolouring or photo editing
Move the package file over to your mods folder and you should see it in your game – remember to turn on mods and CC if you have never used any CC before. You can also the Tags tab to select the categories in which your newly created Sims 4 CC floor tile will appear when using the search filters. If you didn’t do so earlier, head back over to the Catalog tab and add details like name, description and price. Save it once you’re done and then simply “Import” it from the texture panel in The Sims 4 Studio again.
You’ll be promoted to save the PNG file texture… see why that craft folder might be useful?Īfter saving, and if you are doing a recolour, you can open the PNG in your preferred software and adjust it accordingly. If you want to simply recolour using photo editing software, you can select Diffuse and then click Export. Here you’ll see a bunch of options, but the most important is the “Texture” panel with Diffuse, Normal and Specular.ĭiffuse is the part you want to change to whatever it is you want your floor tiles to be. For now, we will work with the Texture tab. You can come back to the Catalog tab to fine-tune those details later on. If you want to create zero-cost floor tiles for Rags to Riches challenges, we are not here to bestow judgment.
The Catalog tab lets you set the name (what you see in-game), description and the price. The tabs on the right are where the magic happens. The file will open automatically in The Sims 4 Studio. Name the file something you’ll remember – or whatever you want to call it in-game (you’ll still have to add that officially later on) – and save it to that craft folder you created earlier. You’ll be prompted to name and save your file. Select any tile and then click next at the bottom of the screen. More technical options include creating your package from scratch, but we’re not that technical. Change Type to Floor and from here you can pretty much select any tile you want. Open The Sims 4 Studio and underneath Build, select Standalone Recolour from the welcome screen. Sims 4 Studio: Floor tile CC basic tutorial But, as you’ll discover, you might not even need it.
Our tutorial will not cover how to use photo-editing software, though – there are simply too many options. Our tutorial will only focus on the most basic way of making your own floor CC for The Sims 4 and this tutorial is specifically for floor tiles – although a similar process is followed for almost all recolours. It’s not necessary, but it will help with organising stuff.
Like a little craft nook right on your desktop. There are many extremely helpful people who and existing tutorials that will help you through the process of more complicated creations.īefore you begin, it’s worth creating a folder for your supplies and creations.
While our tutorial will help you through the basics, you might also want to opt for additional reading on TS4 Studio forums.
If you have not done so already, you obviously need to download and install The Sims 4 Studio. Make your own Sims 4 CC floors: TS4 Studio Quick tutorial Paint won’t be your best option if you want to do a recolour, but it will work if you are playing around with making some of your own patterns – which is far easier than it sounds. Once you learn how easy it is, you might never use the in-game floors ever again. In fact, this floor pattern, which you can download on Sims File Share if you like, was made using only Paint.