[GCN] The Sims 2

[hohenheim]

I'm trying to edit the game's textures, but they're in a format that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere.

I've tried a few programs but haven't been able to. Does anyone know of a way to extract them?

Textures.zip

[Hazza12555]

I believe you can use this, you just need to provide it with your .package file

https://modthesims.info/d/30839/simpe-latest-version-0-75f.html

[hohenheim]

 

1 hour ago, Hazza12555 said:

I believe you can use this, you just need to provide it with your .package file

https://modthesims.info/d/30839/simpe-latest-version-0-75f.html

Actually, I want to see the textures from the GameCube version, not the PC version.

Edited Thursday at 12:11 AM by hohenheim

[ikskoks]

I can see some shapes there, but I can't get it right with those samples.


Do you have some bigger samples? Like background images or something like that?

[Hazza12555]

From looking at the gamecube version, i think the textures are .TXFL files which is a custom format made by Maxis.

The textures are all stored in a singular .arc file, so if someone could extract from it then the textures would be there!

Here's the link to the .arc file 

https://gofile.io/d/J6Ojvq

Edit: I extracted all .TXFL file (11,443 in total)

Hope this helps ikskoks to read these!

(Uploaded a few at random below)

random .TXFL.zip

Edited Thursday at 11:13 PM by Hazza12555
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[ikskoks]

How did you extract ARC file? You didn't share your method. 😄
Anyway, I was able to create this script for ARC file:
https://github.com/bartlomiejduda/Tools/blob/master/NEW Tools/The sims 2/The_Sims_2_ARC_script.bms

 

And I've started to analyze "font_frankfur_s24_p0" TXFL sample, but the swizzling method seems to be custom on this one and the font doesn't look correct:


No idea how to fix it at the moment.

[Hazza12555]

2 hours ago, ikskoks said:

How did you extract ARC file? You didn't share your method. 😄
Anyway, I was able to create this script for ARC file:
https://github.com/bartlomiejduda/Tools/blob/master/NEW Tools/The sims 2/The_Sims_2_ARC_script.bms

 

And I've started to analyze "font_frankfur_s24_p0" TXFL sample, but the swizzling method seems to be custom on this one and the font doesn't look correct:


No idea how to fix it at the moment.

You can use Watto Game Extractor, and just provide it with the .arc file 🙂

Edited 12 hours ago by Hazza12555

[hohenheim]

6 hours ago, ikskoks said:

How did you extract ARC file? You didn't share your method. 😄
Anyway, I was able to create this script for ARC file:
https://github.com/bartlomiejduda/Tools/blob/master/NEW Tools/The sims 2/The_Sims_2_ARC_script.bms

 

And I've started to analyze "font_frankfur_s24_p0" TXFL sample, but the swizzling method seems to be custom on this one and the font doesn't look correct:


No idea how to fix it at the moment.

I used a BMS script from The Sims Bustin' Out. The Sims 2 has a Script but it doesn't seem to work, I assume the Bustin Out one works in all games (from 1 to Castaway), I also assumed that Maxis used some format commonly used by EA, but when I tried to use a specific program for EA game files it ended up not working (EA Graphics Manager).