Sims 4 Studio for Windows 3.1.2.6 (Wishes) - Open Beta

Introducing Sims 4 Studio (Wishes):





A menu option that allows you to un-merge package files. For more information, see the tutorial HERE

Also new is the Color Palette tool. This tool will allow you to save the colors and color tags from a package as a shareable, re-usable color palette. For more information about this feature, see the tutorial HERE. If you have comments about the new feature, please post them HERE.








Sims 4 Studio updates with the first version in a beta series that will add some of the requested features from our member Wish List thread


New in Wishes:

• Drag & Drop Swatch Reordering - this feature works on the Studio tab and when using the My CC feature
  
• Screenshot Manager
• Color Palette Manager
• Model viewer settings that allow you to change the background color and toggle the grid on and off
• Support for all DLC packs up to the My First Pet SP
  
• New batch fix options
• Package un-merging
• Object mesh geometry state support
  

Thank you to simtress and juliej for getting us the resource needed to enable Studio for the Fitness Stuff Pack and testing to make sure it works.

Thank you to Renorasims for getting us the resource needed to enable Studio for the Toddler Stuff Pack and testing to make sure it works.

Thanks to all who have reported Pets-patch-related issues, especially Kaizoku-Gal for drilling down on the problem with CC hair. Thanks also to tuco for pointing out the need for a Screenshot Manager.

Remember that Studio forums provides a Custom Content Upload Section and we'd love to see the things that you create with Sims 4 Studio posted there. If you're looking for excellent CC for your game, stop in and take a look 

No other site can offer the same level of knowledge when it comes to teaching you how to use Sims 4 Studio or troubleshooting problems you encounter while creating something with it so if you have problems with or questions about Sims 4 Studio please ask at Sims 4 Studio forums!

The Tutorials Forum and the Creator Help Forum are staffed by nice people so don't hesitate to post if you run into questions or problems while creating something using Sims 4 Studio. 

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Creator Help:
If you have questions about how to use the tool or the project you are creating post here.

Credits:

• The Sims 4 Studio: Andrew, Orangemittens
• Graphic Design: Helaene, Yecats
• Studio Moderators: Annabluu, Bakie, Brujah, deathpoke1qa, Feyona, fufu508, inabadromance, LaraCroftFan, mathcope, mauvemorn, MisterS, monas, SamanthaGump, UntraditionalNerd, Zelrish

File a Bug:
Participating members can post in THIS THREAD with bug reports associated with this build. In order for us to easily troubleshoot encountered bugs, please provide as much of the following as possible:

• Repro Steps (What exact steps did you take in order to encounter the issue?)
  
• Expected Behavior (What did you think was going to happen?)
  
• Actual Behavior (What really happened?)
  
• Applicable Screenshots (Pictures always help!)
  
• Package Used (We understand if this is too sensitive to post on the forum. Packages can be PM'd to Andrew, OrangeMittens or a Moderator.)
  

Additional Notes:
To modify meshes or animations, you will need to have Blender 2.76 installed. Blender 2.70 will continue to work with Studio as it has in previous versions, but no other Blender versions are supported by Studio.

Blender 2.76:
Blender 64bit
Blender 32bit

OR

Blender 2.70:
Blender 64bit
Blender 32bit


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3.1.2.6
[Batch Fixes]
+ Added a batch fix "Allow cc for mermaids" that adds the Mermaid tag to CAS items and the Swimwear category (for hairs, beards, etc. so they are available to mermaid form).
+ Added a batch fix "Fix cc bathtubs (Island Adventures)"
+ Batch fixes no longer remove items from the mods folder that it fails to process

[Buy/Build]
+ All wall heights are exported/imported with batch import options once again.

[CAS]
+ Changing the body type/apply to all will now set the Additional Texture Space for all swatches.
+ Fixed a bug that caused deleted CAS swatches to not also delete the associated thumbnail.

[Game File Cruiser]
+ Improved startup time and memory consumption of the Game File Cruiser

[Warehouse]
+ Updated the Skintone resource

[Translations]
+ Added German language fixes by standardheld and tinapapst
+ Added Swedish language fixes by frxyasims

3.1.2.5
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for the Island Living expansion pack.
[General]
+ Blender 2.79 can now be used with Studio.
+ Updated tags to the latest patch.

3.1.2.4
[Tuning]
+ Fixed a bug with the last version that made tuning extraction to a folder crash.

3.1.2.3
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for StrangerVille Game Pack

[Objects]
+ Added support for custom tags with 32 bit values.
+ Added a way to edit an unknown value in the Cutout Info Table resource.
+ Object swatches with duplicate variant ids will be skipped when creating a recolor.
+ Umbrella overrides will not include extra tuning to be included as a custom umbrella.
+ Fixed an issue that occurred when editing a mesh that caused the normal map to stop working.

[Build]
+ Floor thumbnails are auto generated from the diffuse texture.
+ Roof thumbnails are auto generated from the diffuse texture.
+ Wall thumbnails are generated from the short wall diffuse only.
+ Wall textures imported as DDS with the auto-resize option off will not go through any image format conversion.

[CAS]
+ Added the updo tag.

[Tuning]
+ Added support for Rabbit Hole, Headline, Career Gig and Narrative tuning types.
+ Fixed an issue when using the "Restore tuning comments" tools option when there were custom tuning references.

[Warehouse]
+ The selected item will stay in view after sorting.
+ Fixed an issue where selecting to batch export to .package caused Studio to continue using .package even if you tell it not to.
+ Fixed an error when saving the Region Description resource.

[General]
+ Updated tag list with the latest patch.
+ Updated shader list with the latest patch.
+ S4S should now be large address aware (is able to use more memory before getting an out of memory error).
+ Added keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+S to save as.

3.1.2.2
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for Get Famous
[General]
+ Added 24 bit hashes to the hash generator

3.1.2.1
[Objects]
+ Fixed many issues with geostates (toybox, microwaves, clothesline, washboard, science table)
+ Fixed an issue with objects using the AnimatedTree shader that caused them to be invisible in the game.
+ Update shader list for Seasons.

[General]
+ Studio is now Large Address Aware (Can use more memory before crashing with an out of memory error).

3.1.2.0
[Tuning]
+ Fixed a bug from changes made in 3.1.1.9 that makes most SimData resources not save.
3.1.1.9
[CAS]
+ Non-override clone options will exclude Uniform tags.
[Objects]
+ Added support for the S4S Accessories mod to umbrella packages.
+ Fixed a bug that could occur when adding a swatch on some items.
[Tuning]
+ Added support for the new tuning types added with Seasons.
+ Fixed a bug where the "u" value in the root of a SimData xml would not get saved.
[General]
+ Added a Brazilian Portuguese language option (Not yet translated, just a copy of the Spain one).
[Warehouse]
+ Updated most of the "World" resources that were previously supported for seasons. World Object Data is still broken.
+ Added basic support for the Terrain Mesh resource.
[Color Palette]
+ Fixed a bug with the swatch order of the first swatch after applying a palette to a package.

3.1.1.8
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for The Sims 4: Seasons
[Batch Fixes]
+ Added a batch fix to add the Hot/Cold tags to clothes for seasons.
+ Batch fixes now include a text file by the backup folder with a list of things that were changed.

3.1.1.7
[Objects]
+ Updated blender plugins for the 6/19/2018 patch
3.1.1.6
[General]
+ Updated for the 6/19/2018 patch.

[Objects]
+ Added the Cooler, Heater, Can be struck by lightning, and Never receives snow tags.
+ Updated the Object Catalog resource for the patch.
+ Updated mesh resource for the patch.

[Build]
+ Updated the Terrain Paint and Roof Pattern resources for the patch.
[CAS]
+ Added the Hot & Cold weather tags.
[Warehouse]
+ Full tag list updated for the patch.
[Tuning]
+ Tuning extraction should no longer give an error related to object changes in the patch.

3.1.1.5
[Objects]
+ Fixed a bug from 3.1.1.4 that caused an error or a squished mesh to be imported when the new mesh is significantly larger than the original.
3.1.1.4
[Objects]
+ Added support for geostate meshes
[Color Palette]
+ Fixed a bug where applying a color palette caused the last swatch to show as the default instead of the first.
+ Added a warning instead of a crash when attempting to save a color palette with an invalid file name.
[Tuning]
+ Added a more informative error message when saving a package with Sim Data resources that have syntax errors.

3.1.1.3
[General]
+ Added an option to enable the pack icon on all swatches (checkbox to the right of the catalog thumbnail on the Studio tab).
[UI]
+ Moved package merging, screenshot management and batch fixes from the "Tools" menu to a new "Content Management" menu.
[Tools]
+ Added a menu option to un-merge package files.
+ Speed and memory optimizations to the Color Palette tool.

3.1.1.2
[Tools]
+ Added a color palette tool.

3.1.1.1
[Game Packs]
+ Added support for The Sims 4 My First Pet Stuff Pack

[Translations]
+ Added Czech translation corrections by Sonia
+ Added Spanish translation corrections by Flertzia
+ Added Russian translation corrections by 13whitemice

[General]
+ Updated tag list for the latest patch.

[Animation]
+ Fixed an issue that caused an error when a creator with special characters in their creator name imports a pose using Blender 2.70

[Build]
+ Fixed a crash when opening a build item that has referenced textures.

[CAS]
+ Removed the bikini bottom tag from the Studio tab (not used by EA)
+ Added the hair color tag to the Studio tab for eyebrows and facial hair.

[Objects]
+ Fixed a bug that caused additional swatches of items cloned with 32 bit instance numbers to not have 32 bit instance numbers.
+ Fixed a bug that caused imported shadow LODs of windows to not show the correct shadow in the game.
+ Fixed a bug that could sometimes cause Studio to crash after closing an object .package.

[Warehouse]
+ Added protocol buffer resources to the Warehouse

3.1.1.0
[Game Packs]
+ Added the Jungle Adventure Game Pack
[Translations]
+ Fixed some German text issues where chairs were labelled as tables.

3.1.0.9
[Game Packs]
+ Added the Laundry Day Stuff Pack
3.1.0.8
[Screenshot Manager]
+ Added an option to select a different folder if your screenshots are not in the default folder.
+ Fixed a crash and slowness when there are a ton of screenshots (tested with 4GB)

3.1.0.7
[Batch Fixes]
+ Updated the "Fix Objects for Cats & Dogs Patch" batch fix to include objects that were broken with the December 12, 2017 patch.

3.1.0.6
[Batch Fixes]
+ Added a batch fix that fixes alpha hairs that were broken in the Cats & Dogs patch.
+ Updated the Cats & Dogs object batch fix to include toilets.
[Tools]
+ Added a new option: Screenshot Manager. This allows you to view and edit in-game screenshots.
[Warehouse]
+ Updated shader field list.
+ Added several new resource types and updated some to the latest patch version.
+ Fixed an issue with the world color timeline resource.

3.1.0.5
[CAS]
+ Added pet textures to the cats and dogs in the model viewer (thanks to Feyona for providing the textures)
+ Fixed a gap that appears with new meshes for Cats & Dogs

[Batch Fixes]
+ Cats & Dogs object batch fix now fixes benches, sofa overrides, and 6-seat round dining tables.
+ Cats & Dogs CAS batch fix now fixes mesh distortions that were introduced with changes in this patch.

[Warehouse]
+ Added support for World Color Timeline & Sky Box Texture resources.

3.1.0.4
[Game Content]
+ Added support for the Cats and Dogs Expansion Pack

[Batch Fixes]
+ Added a batch fix for pre-pets patch CAS CC to fix the arm problem
+ Added a batch fix for pre-pets patch sofas and loveseats

3.1.0.3
[Animation]
+ Updated for the pets patch.
+ Fixed an issue that caused non-adult blank blends to be exported stretched to adult size.
[CAS]
+ Updated for the pets patch.

[Batch Fixes]
+ Added a batch fix to update beds for the pets patch
+ The disallow for random batch fix now also removes uniform and style tags that caused them to show up on random sims anyway.

[Tuning]
+ Updated Sim Data to work with the pets patch.
+ Added support for the Sickness,Breed, CAS Menu, CAS Menu Item, Relationship Lock and Household Milestone tuning resource types.

[General]
+ Fixed some issues that could cause Studio to crash while switching swatches.
+ Added a right-click option to turn off swatch re-ordering.
+ Fixed an issue that caused the "Help>Windows Event Logs".
+ Added an option to the Tools>Modding menu to add DLC pack requirements.

[Translations]
+ Fixed a bug in the German translations that caused CAS tops and bottoms to be switched.

[Model Viewer]
+ Added the option to change the background color of the model viewer.
+ Added the option to disable the grid in the model viewer.
3.1.0.2
[Game Packs]
+ Added Toddler Stuff Pack
3.1.0.1
[Game Packs]
+ Added Fitness Stuff Pack
3.1.0.0
+ Drag & Drop swatch reordering for all content in the Studio tab and in My CC