HomecrafterPlus and In-game Counterpart Files

Technical information on HomecrafterPlus-made (HCP) and in-game files in The Sims 2: walls, floors, and ground cover/terrain paints.

Walls

• HCP wallpaper files consists of:

1 object xml file

1 texture image (txtr) file

1 text lists file

There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.

• In-game wallpaper files can have:

1 object xml file

>=1 texture image (txtr) file

1 text lists file

The extra txtr file(s) can be a bump-map, an environment map, etc.
The txmt file type for all HCP wallpaper files and for most in-game wallpaper files is "wallpaperbump". Only a few Wallpapers have txmt files of the "Wallpaperpool" type which is for caustic animation. Wallmasks are actually a type of wallpaper.

More Information on Walls

• Settings for bump-mapping on HCP Wallpapers and Floor Tiles

Floors

• HCP floor tile files consists of:

1 object xml file

1 texture image (txtr) file

1 text lists file

There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compessed.

• in-game floor tile files can have:

1 object xml file

>=1 texture image (txtr) file

1 text lists file

The extra txtr file(s) can be a bump-map, an environment map, etc.
The txmt file type for all HCP floor tiles and for most in-game floor tiles is "floor". Only a few Floor Tiles have txmt files of the "floorpool" type which is for caustic animation.

There are some other rare types of floor tiles such as swim-pool surface floor tiles, swim-pool depth floor tiles, neighbourhood water floor tiles, road floor tiles, grid tiles, etc...

More Information on Floors

Special effects:

• Tutorials:Transparency in Floor Tiles - Tutorial #1
• Tutorials:Transparent Floor tiles - Tutorial #2
• Tutorials:Modding - Floor Tile - a multi-purposed thread.
• Settings for bump-mapping on HCP Wallpapers and Floor Tiles

Terrain Paint

• HCP terrain paint files consists of:

1 floor xml files

2 texture image (txtr) files

1 text lists file

There may be a directory of compressed files when at least one file is compressed.

However, an in-game terrain paint can have bump-map(s).

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