I am going to try this. I was hoping it was possible. I guess I can post what I learned about bump maps. If you desaturate and then invert (invert the colors that is) the texture map, and then paste it over the bump map, you can easily bump any skin or texture.

Note: The "colors" you are inverting aren't colorful after the desaturation. They are shades tints and tones of white grey and black. The bump map raises the white areas and sets back the dark areas.

And probably to add bump maps to new mesh (not Maxis)? This way nothing has turned out.
I want add b.m. to alpha skirt mesh...
But complexity here in what:
In package 6 files
body_alpha3~stdMatBaseTextureName.bmp - texture of skirt
body_alpha3~stdMatBaseTextureName_alpha.bmp - alpha of skirt
body_alpha5~stdMatBaseTextureName.bmp - Precisely same texture of skirt
body_alpha5~stdMatBaseTextureName_alpha.bmp - and precisely same alpha of skirt
body~stdMatBaseTextureName.bmp - texture of a jacket, shoes and all rest
body~stdMatBaseTextureName_alpha.bmp - alpha of a jacket, shoes and all rest

It turns out that here it is required three grey files !... But I have not other mesh with 3 body~stdMatMapTextureName.bmp

Whether is other way of addition bump map... Also there will be a hope that on new mesh the grey file will work?

help please

hey i need sims11.package... plz... =(

It didnt work for me (((((

I'm pretty sure there is a way to add a bump map to a edited maxis mesh isnt there? I would like to do it but I am not sure, should I make my mesh first and then do this? .....

Oh, rats....

I think you should add this bit of information to the first post as I worked 1 hour for nothing trying and retrying... *cries*

Thank you anyway, the tutorial is really great!

It's not working.
My sympe gives an error while trying to replace with PNG files... probably my PNG files ar not ok!

How do you know if you can see bump maps?

Go to the Bump Map Tester Thread

I have been fussing with a bumpless skin all day and knew that there had to be a way! and VIOLA!!! WOOHOO!!

I am off to make my bumps!!!!

Thanks!

It would be so cool if there was a way to add bump maps to this mesh. Its my favorite mesh but I also love the effects of bump maps. so sad.

Thanks!

Hmm, why invert? I have heard some people practice this and I have never understood. I make my bumpmaps by desaturating the texture map (and lowering the contrast etc.), but I don't invert them. If there is a crease on the texture, it's dark. And it should be dark on the bumpmap too, because then it will look set back. Inverting is a wrong way, in my opinion, because it results in the opposite. Or do I miss something?

ok so right now i am working on to add a bumpmap to ym new mehs based on afbodyslip

see if i get lucky
lol

what i have done is
exported afbodydresslongloose and afbodyhulaskirt
for longloose...i just did it for body file of afbodyslip
with hula i did some extra stuff by my self-(i dont think it will work but see wot happens)

ok
i failed
trying again..lol

I've been making shorts, but I have no shorts with the same mesh that has a bump map. I used the maxis mesh that came with the base game - the shortest pair with rips (no bump map) for female teens. Can I give it a bump map?

This thread say we can't add bump map to custom meshes but I've seen, and I've been playing with a lot of recolours from new meshes that HAVE BUMP MAP. And they work great.

If someone know how they did it, please tell me...

I'm a little confused : I'd like to add a bump map to a skin
but people here are talking about skirts and short and Maxis meshes needed to bump enabled them.
So I still wonder if it's possible to add bump to a basic skin, and how to do it...
Any idea ?

*edit* Oh, I just found this thread and will study it.....

It didn't work for me either so far. I will try again though. It is 2007 and many Expacks later. Perhaps the instructions are out of date?

I've tried it with a sportsuniform. I added a bumpmap. As base I used a bikini. It works.

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!
It helped a LOT!
XoXo