Tutorial: Creating and Coloring Glass Texture in Sims 3

Alchemist

Original Poster

#102

23rd Oct 2009 at 11:59 PM

Fantastic news Killc*a! Thanks for sharing your findings

This information is going to come in very handy.

OM

Field Researcher

#103

24th Oct 2009 at 11:28 AM

Quote: Originally posted by nazariopilar

sorry, my English is null

make a new chair with some glass and some solid
there are no chairs with two groups

Pilar, what about finding an armchair with two groups and convert it to a dining chair ?
I think Inge did that for some sims3 armchairs…
Actually, I have the same problem (except I didn't realise it until you pointed it out -___-).

Alchemist

Original Poster

#104

24th Oct 2009 at 1:16 PM

Is there an armchair with 2 groups besides the shadow?

OM

Field Researcher

#105

24th Oct 2009 at 2:20 PM

Well, i'll have to check, that's the other thing ^^.

Cocomama

Inventor

#106

24th Oct 2009 at 3:15 PM

We sure could use a list of all the objects with their specifications about groups and recolorable parts etc.
Inge was going to talk with Delphy about that, and see if maybe S3PE could give information about it.

Field Researcher

#107

24th Oct 2009 at 7:28 PM

Maybe we could start a thread where people can post about the objects they've cloned already and have info about ? This would be a start.
I think I'll just go ahead, create it and post about my findings.

anouschka

Test Subject

#108

24th Oct 2009 at 7:51 PM

Which informations do we need in details ?
EA name of the object
number of castable parts
number of groups in .MLOD 0X00000000 and what the group contain
Something else?

Field Researcher

#109

24th Oct 2009 at 8:01 PM

Pretty much what I noted

, except for the CAStable parts. I just edited to add that. Thanks

I noted groups for all MLOD/MODL... Maybe that was too much ?

anouschka

Test Subject

#110

24th Oct 2009 at 8:06 PM

I think it's good like that. I will edit every time the castable parts. That let know how many materials the mesh has. it could perhaps help.

Lab Assistant

#111

31st Oct 2009 at 5:47 PM

I have a question I have managed to make transparent flooring but the problem is it isn't as shiny as I would like it to be how do I increase the shininess on the glass color

Alchemist

Original Poster

#112

31st Oct 2009 at 5:50 PM

If you figure it out let me know. I had the exact same problem which is why I scrapped my glass flooring experiment.

The only suggestion I can make is to start experimenting with the settings of whatever glass shader you're using. Try changing the numbers and see if you end up with something you like.

OM

lemoncandy

Forum Resident

#113

31st Oct 2009 at 6:16 PM

Isn't there a Specular line in those settings? That should control shininess...
I may be wrong.

Lab Assistant

#114

31st Oct 2009 at 6:18 PM Last edited by JillianWong : 2nd Nov 2009 at 3:45 PM.

oh yes there is I forgot all about that thanks for that lemoncandy I will have to start messing with the specular to see where I get with it

Lab Assistant

#115

2nd Nov 2009 at 3:45 PM

so I have a question I have managed the up the specular on my flooring they are shiny to where I want them even though I might up it a tad more lol.

My question is there a way to modify the transparency of the glass texture as I would like them a tad bit more transparent. On roofs they are transparent see image but on the floor as an overlay they are not as transparent as I would like them to be. Sorry for being such a noob and asking so many questions.

on flooring not so transparent

Killc*a

Field Researcher

#116

2nd Nov 2009 at 3:54 PM

Quote: Originally posted by JillianWong

so I have a question I have managed the up the specular on my flooring they are shiny to where I want them even though I might up it a tad more lol.

My question is there a way to modify the transparency of the glass texture as I would like them a tad bit more transparent. On roofs they are transparent see image but on the floor as an overlay they are not as transparent as I would like them to be. Sorry for being such a noob and asking so many questions.

To make them more transparent, you need to change the last number in the "Diffuse" line to smaller numbers. For example 0.10000000 to make it very tranparent.

Lab Assistant

#117

2nd Nov 2009 at 3:57 PM

Thank you Killc*a off to experiment

Field Researcher

#118

2nd Nov 2009 at 6:02 PM

Jillian, just to be clear, is it a floor tile, that you edited ? If yes, is it transparent from the bottom too ?
Whatever you did anyway, it's absolutely fantastic.

Lab Assistant

#119

2nd Nov 2009 at 6:27 PM

It is a 3x2 rug I edited by adding a glass texture to it
thank you hazuitokage

Alchemist

Original Poster

#120

3rd Nov 2009 at 1:00 AM

Jillian your glass flooring looks wonderful

Don't worry about being a "noob". We're all pretty much trying to learn to mesh with this new game and you gotta start somewhere.

I don't know if this will help at all but the Fresnal thing also changes the glass texture. If you're not getting the effect you want just by changing the Diffuse you might try Fresnal also. Just a thought.

OM

the_alien_among_us

Lab Assistant

#121

7th Nov 2009 at 7:09 PM

JillianWong - That looks great. how is it progressing

Field Researcher

#122

7th Nov 2009 at 9:29 PM

She already posted it up at her site ^^.

Everybody is requesting glass floors since I posted my glass windows, but my recent attempts ended up in a pitiful bowl of fail. I'm not even sure I'm cloning the floors the right way, and besides, the ceiling would probably need to be edited too. I cloned it and when I exported the mesh for it, it was a cube. this is very strange ^^. One thing is sure, glass floor tiles are a long way away (especially if I'm the only one trying to make them

). My take is that people that already made new floor tiles would maybe be better at this... Oh well. I suppose this will be cracked too in due time ^^.

… I'm talking to myself.

Alchemist

Original Poster

#123

7th Nov 2009 at 10:05 PM

I got a lot of requests for glass floors when I posted that glass barrier thingy too. But I think you're right...the people best situated to take it on are the people who have been working with floors not meshes.

OM

lemoncandy

Forum Resident

#124

8th Nov 2009 at 6:33 PM

Question, maybe somebody knows this.

What is this material and how does it influence a glass object? And where can I look up what the number corresponds to?

I'd like to create a dark colored glass, so far I could only get pastel colors fiddling with the RGB+transparency values. Okay I'll be exact: I want a beer bottle brown, but can only get a diluted tea color.