[Neighbourhood Decoration] Empire Earth 2

[esperesa]

Firstly, I must give credit to the lovely Podchacha for the idea of extracting buildings from strategy games to use as 'hood deco, because it is brilliant. Thank you!

These are conversions of buildings from the game Empire Earth 2, edited to be used as neighbourhood decoration for Sims 2. It's mostly medieval Western and medieval East-Asian architecture (along with some Greek buildings). They look decent enough from lot view as well, but some will have some missing faces only visible from bottom-up. So, you know... don't put those close to lots if it bothers you. Still looks better than what the game does to your own lots, though. They're placeable everywhere, too. Credits go to Mad Doc Software for making this game, naturally.

Here's an impression of what it looks like in neighbourhood view:


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The stuff on the island in this picture is not included. The pagoda and the little houses are by Podchacha, and the tower is by Lethe_s/Sunni.

And here are overviews showing everything that is included. They're huge, so I'm going to link to them instead:
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You can find them in the 'Miscellaneous' section of the 'hood deco catalogue, except for a little fire pit not pictured (you can find that under 'Stones').


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Comments

[simbic]

i had to log in to tell you this is SO GLORIOUS. beautiful work as always yuxi :D

[shadowfell_sims]

These are absolutely fantastic! I've been anxiously awaiting them since your first teaser post and they will be marvelous in my new 'hood. Thank you so much!

OMG

[(Anonymous)]

I think I just fainted! BEAUTIFUL Yuxi, thanks so much! epo

[curiousb]

These are truly wonderful, Yuxi! :O

I've often wondered about extracting stuff from other games, but I really don't know where to start. Can you give any tips, or is it really to dependent upon the particular game to give any general advice?

Other games

[miros1]

You have to find instructions for extracting from the other game, but once you've got an obj file, the import into TS2 should be straightforward.

Re: Other games

[miros1]

Duh, forgot to say:

Great job!

[esperesa]

I usually just start with finding out if there is a modding community for the game I'm eyeing. That often means there are tools to easily extract meshes and textures from the game, and it's like Miros said - when you have the mesh as an .obj and the texture, all you really need to do is edit it to fit TS2. There are also a bunch of programs out there that take a 'screenshot' of the game you're playing, saving the environment and all the models and textures in it, making you able to import it in a program like 3DS Max (3D Ripper comes to mind). It's a bit of a pain to extract the part you're looking for from that jumbled mess.

[vuokkosims.livejournal.com]

This is perfect! I don't have to fill my hood with flats buildings, my regency era hood will be filled with this glorious set, thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Nice touch met adding the birds @ medieval hood xD
Xxx Pee

[esperesa]

X"D Het was dat of helicopters.

[russianspidercat]

What a blast from the past. Those are gorgeous, thank you :D

[(Anonymous)]

Omg these are wonderful! Thank you so so much!

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks so much,these look fantastic! Brighten up the ol' hood. ;-)