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Snapshot Editing Tutorial
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A basic snapshot editing tutorial for story telling.

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Masks - Hiding without Deleting
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  • Installation Help
  • Added: Jul 22, 2008
  • Creator: sww
  • Credits: Estatica for the preview image. sim_man123 for requesting this tutorial
  • Revision: 1
  • Downloads: 188
  • Filesize: 2344 kB

Masks are a very useful feature of Photoshop, it allows you to hide parts of a layer without deleting anything. This tutorial is written with object creating in mind, but it can easily be applied to clothes, walls, floors or fancying up preview images.

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Building Pools And Waterslides
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This tutorial explains how to create the coolest pools and waterslides. These waterslides and pools will look great in community lots, or even in any Sim’s backyard. It also explains how to make rooftop pools.

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Slot tutorial part 1
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This tutorial will explain what slots are, how to move them to another position, how to rotate them and how to change the type of slot. This is an advanced tutorial. It is assumed you already know how to mesh and know how to work with SimPe.

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Easy Covered Porches
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Do you want your Sims to be able to enjoy nice outdoor areas without having to worry about the rain or snow disturbing their fun? This tutorial will show you how to make covered porches for their enjoyment. Base Game compatible and no hacks needed. This is a basic level tutorial.

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How To Create Objects Using Google Sketc
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A 'method' style tutorial about how to make objects using the popular program, Google SketchUp Pro. You need prior knowledge of all programs used in this tutorial since I will not be covering how to use, but how to do. This is a basic tutorial.

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Guide to A Simple Family Tree
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A simple guide to building a simple family tree using Paint.

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Creating 'Studio-esk' Preview Images
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A short easy to follow tutorial about making studio like preview images for your The Sims 2 objects. This principle can be applied to The Sims 1, but it is more directed at a The Sims 2 audience.

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Creating Custom Story Covers
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This tutorial will show you how to create custom title pages for your stories. You will need a photo editing program, such as Paint.

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Start to Finish - Object Creation
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step-by-step guide to help you make your own objects for your The Sims 2 game.

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The Hidden Rules of Beach Lots
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  • Installation Help
  • Added: Jun 13, 2008
  • Artist: Illiana
  • Credits: gamelia for the suggestion!
  • Revision: 1
  • Downloads: 2669
  • Filesize: 329 kB

Beach lots aren't like regular lots in the game, and if you don't know what makes them different you can run into all sorts of problems. This tutorial will explain some of the worst problems with beach lots, and provide tips on better uploading and downloading strategies so that we can all share and enjoy beach lots as they were meant to be enjoyed!

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Texture Mapping with Milkshape 3D
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Meshing is fun, texturing is easy, learn my tricks and be happy

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Recoloring with Image Adjustments
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A basic level tutorial that covers the entire process of recoloring, from making the file in SimPE, to making the texture using simple image adjustments like hue/saturation and color balance, as well as several others. Background knowledge not needed, but helpful.

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Adding slave groups to object meshes
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This tutorial will teach you how to add a slave group (or subset) to objects. It only covers updating the package in Simpe and not all the process of cloning. You will also find useful my first tutorial on adding subsets. Level: Advanced.


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Basics to making a Glass Walled Pool.
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The basic guide to creating the glass walled pool of your dreams. Turn any plain old pool into a masterpiece. Transform your house into the custom dream home your sims would die for. This tutorial covers the basics of creating pools with glass walls. Master the basics and begin making spectacular pools.

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