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Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: marvine on March 16, 2008, 05:28:27 pm *compatible with any game up to FT, no EP needed*
There's a lot of choice for modular stairs now, thank to Numenor and some other great modders; but for my mountain lots I needed something a little more wild, which isn't really possible with the repeating steps shape, no matter how you recolour them... So I came up with an idea that turned out nicely: each step of these stairs includes 4 different meshes, that use different alphas and are revealed/hidden with the design tool. So the default shape is a single large stone, but once the stairs are in place the steps can be changed individually to 3 more different shapes. In my game, wild version: (http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/male_order_bride/dixieKitchen/rockstairs1.jpg) In Yakov's game, civilized version: (http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/male_order_bride/dixieKitchen/stoneModStairs01.jpg) I was a little concerned with the poly count, but in fact it's considerably less than some EAxis modular stairs (550 faces and 288 vertices per step, while the euro stairs from OFB have an average of 770 and 1114) :) I also included 2 recolours to match my rocks and waterfall shower: (http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq79/male_order_bride/dixieKitchen/rockstairs2.jpg) HOW TO INSTALL: these require Numenor's Scriptorium (http://freya.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=192613) to work properly; extract all the files, put the main and the recolour packages in your downloads folder, then click the "Scriptorium_ModularStairs" shortcut (it should be in your downloads folder) and put the "301_Marvine_rockstairs.txt" in the scriptorium folder. If you want to recolour these, it's a little particular: for a single texture, 4 recolours with different alphas are needed. I combined them in single packages for convenience, but of course they can be kept separate. Thanks and credits: Quaxi and the SimPE team, Numenor for the CEP and the Scriptorium, MTS2 for the tutorials and creation forums, and as usual my dear Beosboxboy for beta-testing and support :) Instructions for using these modular stairs without Scriptorum: see Post 21 of this thread (http://www.insimenator.org/showpost.php?p=1177735&postcount=21) Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: BeosBoxBoy on March 16, 2008, 05:32:38 pm woohoo! I was really hoping you'd make these after the water-fall shower =)
the rock shower demanded these to be complete =) Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: kere on March 16, 2008, 05:37:42 pm Thank you Ju! I will be doing some serious landscaping with these! A wonderful addition as always, with an unsurpassed attention to the details :)
*smooch* Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: PegasusDiana on March 16, 2008, 05:52:29 pm These are fantastic, I think I'm going to try them out in Castaways Story also. Thank you! :)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: oph3lia on March 16, 2008, 05:52:30 pm I've always wished someone would make convincing stone stairs and these are great, thanks a lot :D
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: kim on March 17, 2008, 04:49:33 am Nice Job
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Amun-RA on March 17, 2008, 04:57:13 am Just waht I need, GREAT WORK.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: HappySimsShoppe on March 17, 2008, 02:23:49 pm Wow, I love these stairs. Its sooooo pretty. Thanks :D
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: DutchXfan on March 17, 2008, 02:25:22 pm Thank you very much. I didn't know I needed this until I saw it. Yay!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Tenshii~Akari on March 17, 2008, 02:36:42 pm Perfect! I was looking for some great stone steps recently. These are steps that were a long time coming! Excellent job! :clap:
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: _cactus_ on March 17, 2008, 02:59:38 pm thank you very much!it will be great for my the newest project's photos ^^
+25 (; Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Ali on March 17, 2008, 03:32:21 pm these are amazing :thumbup: thanks :D
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: jaccirocker on March 17, 2008, 04:17:15 pm Oh I love these JU, these will go great with the shower and rocks, I have to build a nature retreat now. Thanks so much.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: megativity13 on March 17, 2008, 04:23:52 pm brilliant! thank you for making and sharing!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: vjvjvj on March 17, 2008, 05:12:12 pm Outstanding, thanks
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: elgranmariachi on March 17, 2008, 05:23:24 pm Wonderful!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Devomuffins on March 17, 2008, 05:42:46 pm anyway to use it without the scriptorium?
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: watts459 on March 17, 2008, 06:07:19 pm love these! can't wait to see these in lots by better lot creators than me. lol.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: KinwatsaZ on March 17, 2008, 06:21:38 pm Marvine, I don't know where you get your ideas, but with the wealth of all the same out here for Sims, your things are the most unique I find. Thanks for these. They will work well with my parks and Castle lots. K
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: simnut94 on March 17, 2008, 07:13:39 pm These are beautiful, thank you so much for sharing them with us.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: BeosBoxBoy on March 17, 2008, 07:41:43 pm egghugger - you will need to use a simple raw-text editor like Notepad to manually edit the following file:
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSData\Res\Catalog\Scripts\modularstairs.txt (or whereever you base game files are installed) in modularstairs.txt after you see Code: modularStairs 7 you add a new blank line followed by Code: #Marvine_rockstairs Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: jaykay13 on March 17, 2008, 08:06:54 pm Awesome, thank you!!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Joe_Debock on March 17, 2008, 08:20:35 pm This is great, you have no idea how long I have waited for this!!!!!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: J00wish on March 17, 2008, 08:41:58 pm Fantastic job! Thank you so much. These are going to look perfect for my one home. *grins*
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: terle on March 17, 2008, 08:54:00 pm WOW! Fantastic job!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Thayet on March 17, 2008, 10:26:54 pm Brilliant! These are marvelous! Thank you so much for sharing them :)
eta: Thanks also for including the non-scriptorium info, I prefer to edit my text files manually :) Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Stimy on March 17, 2008, 11:27:25 pm Amazing! Thanks form making these! Perfect for so many building styles. :)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: matze on March 18, 2008, 01:32:01 am Wow, what an outstanding work. This stairs are really fantastic. Thank you very much for the idea, realization and for sharing.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: calalily on March 18, 2008, 02:07:06 am Fantastic - these are gorgeous. Thanks so much. :D
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: poisonsilvi on March 18, 2008, 04:06:01 am OMG - these are fantastic !! Thank you ever so much - for sure i will use these a lot ! :)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: bogies on March 18, 2008, 04:13:21 am What a great idea!
Thank you, Karen :) Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: KnightSkyKyte on March 18, 2008, 04:54:56 am WOW, these look awesome! So realistic, these look fantastic! Thank you :)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: aelflaed on March 18, 2008, 05:07:25 am 'Natural' steps - why didn't someone do this years ago? Anyway, now you have, and they look marvellous. Thankyou so much.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: sparkle777uk on March 18, 2008, 06:06:51 am These are great :)
Thank you Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: bopashu2 on March 18, 2008, 06:12:17 am another amazing set. thanks so much for these.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: amc462000 on March 18, 2008, 08:02:08 am these are something I have longed for. thank you!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: novop1 on March 18, 2008, 09:21:25 am Great work, the stairs look awsome! Thank you very much.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: elkeda on March 18, 2008, 09:58:03 am Beautiful stairs, very realistic. Thank you so much
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: zukanob on March 18, 2008, 10:02:00 am Marvine, tu es simplement un genie! Thank you so much, these stairs are amazing!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Lauralli on March 18, 2008, 10:02:15 am These stairs look brilliant, thank you.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: adelegarland on March 18, 2008, 10:07:45 am ooh, I love these! I've been looking for something like these for ages! thanks so much!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: dvzele2 on March 18, 2008, 10:18:55 am Thanks so much, these will be wonderful in my game.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: mikevmg on March 18, 2008, 10:40:58 am Thanks
Is Wonderful I Loved Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: SynapticSim on March 18, 2008, 10:55:38 am Is there anything you can't do? I don't think there is. You are amazing as usual, and this is a fantastic addition to the game.
Great GREAT Great GREAT Great GREAT Job!!!!!!!!!! ~ Syn Hmm, why does that word "great" look so weird to me now. I'm fairly certain I spelled it right, but it just looks really weird. Whatever. Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: thistle8 on March 18, 2008, 12:00:30 pm Cannot wait to try these in game! Thanks :)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: marvine on March 18, 2008, 02:32:04 pm Thank you all for the kind words, it makes me feel less guilty for messing around with anything that I can find as an excuse to not finish my long postponed painful boring projects :lol:
Syn!! Damn you!! Now I can't type a single word without doubting, when English is already such a pain in the first place!!! :rofl: Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Firestar on March 18, 2008, 03:06:45 pm Now I can make a change to the landscaping in a hotel I've built for my story. I have your wonderful waterfall shower and a spa near it. I would have prefered that to sit higher. You've just made that possible. Thanks Marvine. Now I have to go mess about with them.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: crocobaura on March 18, 2008, 03:29:17 pm These are gorgeous! Thank you so much for sharing. :)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: sleighill on March 18, 2008, 03:54:47 pm These are quite fantastic...and thank you. So mossy and real-looking.
Thanks again. Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: ganymede30324 on March 18, 2008, 08:17:03 pm Can't wait to use these! Thanks!:)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: cassandra_107 on March 18, 2008, 08:53:53 pm Thank you so much. I have been frustrated that my ruined castle had newly carved steps.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: judy555 on March 18, 2008, 11:17:12 pm wow, these are STUPENDOUS!!!!!, just what I need. Thank you very much.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: sdg16510 on March 19, 2008, 02:16:51 am Thank you a million times over.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: pandasims on March 19, 2008, 06:14:58 am I love your job ~!!:-P
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: DianeD on March 19, 2008, 07:49:26 am Your beautifully detailed spiral stairs and railings are in nearly all my houses and now these naturalistic and just so right garden stairs will be gracing all my hilly lots. Thank you so much.
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: speedy7 on March 19, 2008, 10:34:42 am great! Thanks for sharing!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Elven_Ranger on March 19, 2008, 11:07:14 am Stunning! Thank you hon :)
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: Dory on March 20, 2008, 02:46:49 am OMG these are GORGEOUS!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: CHANEL261 on March 21, 2008, 07:18:19 pm MAGNIFIQUE !!!! THANK YOU !!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: miros1 on March 23, 2008, 07:46:43 pm Awesome! Thank you!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: irnasa888 on March 30, 2008, 08:22:27 am :thumbrig: :clap: Thank you!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: akulina on April 11, 2008, 04:05:15 pm Thank you very much:cheer:
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: TheLadyV on May 21, 2008, 10:40:37 am This is just what I was looking for...BUT I don't have a "Scriptorium_ModularStairs" folder in my downloads!!!!! What should I do? Can I just make one?
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: amatxus on June 19, 2008, 11:55:00 am Thank you!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: simglob on August 14, 2008, 09:24:22 am These are FABULOUS!!!! Thank you so much for these!
Title: Designable modular stone stairs, with shape options Post by: plum_flummoxed on November 01, 2008, 10:53:55 pm Thank you so much. What genius!
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