Hello everyone, I've been getting into Maxis Match objects lately .

I downloaded a lovely coffee table (it is this one https://n99forumpaks.jfade.com/old....ategory=71.html, at the bottom of the page, a 1 tile coffee table to match the Scraps Ranch Coffee Table), but when I try to select a different colour with the design tool, I get the attached error message ("This object is not designable").

The creator included TXTRs and TXMTs in the file, so I assume they did mean for it to be recolourable.

Does this mean it needs a CEP Extra? If so, is there a tutorial on how to do that please?

Or is it something I can change in SimPE please?

Thanks to anyone who can help

A MMAT is usually required for an item to be recolorable (unless it's repo'd).

They seem to be set up properly, though I have noticed the odd issue when internal mesh names have spaces, so could be that. Possibly the MMATs/instances/SHPE not matching with which is the "true"/default color (but I doubt that). GMND/MMAT/SHPE seem fine. Have checked for stray spaces in value strings too, but couldn't find any.

The table is standalone, so shouldn't need a CEPextra.

Can you test if the file below has the same issue (make sure to move out the original first). I just changed the internal name to remove spaces, to check the theory.

Thanks for your help, I tried the file you kindly edited, thanks.

Unfortunately it didn't show up at all in my game, I checked under all table types, and dressers too just in case.

Do you think making a recolour or a clone with Object Workshop in SimPE would work, or would I need to repositiory it to the base game Scraps Ranch coffee table (I have never repositoried things before, so I would need to follow a tutorial)?

I can give it a test tomorrow.

The item already comes with recolors, so if those don't work for you, making a new recolor likely won't work either. Repoing might work, but I'm unsure if it uses the same textures as the ingame table.

Repository tutorials (both achieve the same goal)
https://db.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=229452 (Silentlucidity's tutorial)
https://hugelunatic.wordpress.com/2...tory-technique/ (Hugelunatic's tutorial)

(Auto tool for items that don't need remapped UVs to work - I do suggest to learn the manual method, so you know how to fix issues, though)
https://www.picknmixmods.com/Sims2/...toryWizard.html
(this one is for both clothes and objects)

Other useful tutorials
https://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=103379 (adding subsets)
https://hugelunatic.wordpress.com/2...orable-subsets/ (^ is an addon to this one)
https://hugelunatic.wordpress.com/2...ts-recolorable/ (Fixing non-recolorable items)

I had repo'd these a while back (years ago) but didn't finish the shadows. The shadows aren't perfect but not bad.

@simmer22 = Thanks for those links, I'm a complete beginner to repositorying etc., so they will come in very handy

I haven't done it before because I prefer keeping textures separate for clothes, and generally only want them in one age group.

But I really like it for objects so I will probably try to learn the technique, I like following tutorials to learn new things.

@Huge Lunatic = Thanks so much, that's perfect! I tried it in game and it works perfectly, and the shadows look good to me