How I make hair for The Sims 4 (blender tutorial)

hi! i finally took the time and courage to make this tutorial - or perhaps rather walkthrough - of every single step i go through when i make a new hairstyle for the sims 4, from creating the strand to finish. you can download the hair here btw:   / more-hairs-for-159140485   this tutorial uses: · blender 4.3 · sims4studio (1.4.5.5) · adobe photoshop (optional, part 15) important! this tutorial doesn't cover how to make hair textures so you will need your own hair textures. i've uploaded 24 of my own (enough to cover all ea's colours) but if you decide to share a hair you made with my swatches, please credit me. link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fo9c... adobe photoshop DDS plugin (needed for part 15) for mac: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SVxz... for pc: https://developer.nvidia.com/texture-... the tutorial will not show you how to download and install sims4studio and blender 4.3 so make sure you already have these two programs installed. parts we will cover in this video: 00:00 | intro 00:55 | part 1: making the package file in sims4studio 04:20 | part 2: blender basics + preparing the strand 22:56 | part 3: speed meshing 52:02 | part 4: converting strands to mesh 1:12:40 | part 5: apply uv_0 - texturing the hair 1:23:53 | part 6: apply vertex paint 1:25:33 | part 7: apply weight paint 1:46:07 | part 8: making a uv_1 map 1:52:27 | part 9: decimate to lower polygons 1:55:11 | part 10: import back into sims4studio 2:02:20 | part 11: correcting gaps in mesh 2:05:17 | part 12: 1st in game testing 2:09:49 | part 13: correcting mesh 2:12:12 | part 14: making hat chops 2:22:55 | part 15: making a shadow map 2:32:38 | part 16: making LOD 1-3 2:37:57 | THE REVEAL additional help/tutorials; alerii's full hair tutorial:    • Sims 4 | Hair Meshing Tutorial From Scratc...   good if you're using blender 2.78 or older shows you how to do weight transfer from another hair and uv_1 data transfer (instead of doing the uv_1 manually) also has some good tips on importing/exporting inside sims4studio pocket-posies hair tutorials: weight paint (highly recommended!!!): https://www.tumblr.com/pocketposies33... hat chops: https://www.tumblr.com/pocketposies33... mauvemorn on the sims4studio forum full guide for every step, except meshing the hair, with good explanations on why each step is needed: https://sims4studio.com/thread/32975/... also, i highly recommend making a user at the sims4studio forum, to be able to ask for help and troubleshooting in the "creator help" section. also, this tumblr post has further hair tutorial links: https://www.tumblr.com/filippovnabey/...