Dear badboyracer,

Thank you for your submission of "6 Recolours of VoV's Grotti Turismo" in the Vehicles area at MTS.

Unfortunately, the thread has not been approved at this time due to the following reasons:

* Build/Object Recolours - Please Include In-Game Catalog Location & Price
When uploading any recolours of EA items or new meshes, please make sure to include the in-game name, location in the catalog and price of the item(s) you have recoloured so downloaders know where to look for your recolours/meshes when they are in the game.

* Build/Object Recolours - Please Include In-Game Name
When recolouring any Maxis items, please make sure to include the in-game name of the item(s) you have recoloured so downloaders know where to look for your recolours when they are in the game.

Names of items and the EPs (expansion packs) they are from can be found in the CEP Documentation or in Delphy's awesome searchable CEP Database.

* Screenshots - Blurry/Crunchy
Your screenshot(s) appear blurred, pixellated, or "crunchy" due to poor image quality or over-compression. Please make sure that your game's graphics settings for texture detail and sim/object detail are turned up to high before taking screenshots. Also, never enlarge smaller pictures in a graphics program. Enlarged pictures will always be blurry.

Please see Screenshot Basics for more information on taking better screenshots that comply with MTS standards.

* Textures - Pixellated/Blurry
Your textures are blurry or pixellated. Play with the sharpness settings in your graphics editing program to make sure your graphics are crisp, clean, and look realistic in-game. If you are using photos as textures, make sure you are using good source photos that are of a sufficient size for your project - you should be scaling down, not scaling up!

Sims 2 specific: For clothing, make sure you have read Faylen's clothing tutorials, and check to make sure Body Shop is not resizing/pixellating your graphics.

Sims 2 specific: For objects, you may wish to use a larger texture size for your object textures - make sure you keep the same aspect ratio (256x256 can become 512x512). If you find you are getting pixellation when importing your textures, make sure you are using the nVidia DDS Utilities, not the Import button, and you may try using DXT3 or DXT5 instead of DXT1. Remember that larger textures and higher DXT values create larger files and a greater strain on the game to render, so only use them when you absolutely must. There is information on obtaining the nVidia DDS Utilities and use of the Build DXT function on the tutorial by Numenor, Recolouring Objects with Object Workshop.

* Textures - Texture and Shading/Bucket Fill
Your textures should have some detail to them - not just a single-colour bucket fill or flat pattern, but with highlights and shadows in the right places, to give the appearance of folds, ripples, etc. - even fabric that would be skin-tight or smooth against a surface is going to have some shading and highlighting along the contours. For a tutorial on a simple technique for adding shading and highlighting, see: How to Add Shadows and Highlights.

* Textures - Too Bright
Your textures are over-bright. Please make your colours gentle on the eyes - you can be bright without being blinding, and over-bright colours are very hard on the eyes for gameplay. Colours should look vivid but not neon in your editing program - they will look nice and bright in-game but not too bright that way. Try lowering the hue and saturation of your colours to mute them a bit.

Please read through all of the rejection reasons above! If you decide to resubmit your item, correcting only one or two of them (when more exist) will result in another rejection.

While we appreciate the time and effort that goes into making custom content, we advise you to read MTS' Creator Guidelines forum, where you can get information on quality of items and submission details. You can also get help and advice in the individual forums of the Create section, and can post photos of your project in the Creator Feedback forum for specific advice on how to improve.

If you are unclear as to why a specific upload was rejected, you may post in the Creator Issues forum. This is set so that only you and staff can see threads, to keep any issues private. Before posting in this forum, please make sure to review all of the reasons listed above. Once you've worked on this upload, and improved all the points mentioned in this PM, feel free to upload it again.


Finally, thank you for uploading to MTS. We assess each upload individually on its own merits, and while your submission may have been rejected on this occasion, please make use of the various tutorials, suggestions and feedback forums here on the site to find out how you can improve. We look forward to seeing your next uploads here!

Kind regards,
MTS Staff

Dear mattc117,

Thank you for your submission of "7 Recolors of VoVillia's Esperanto GTAIII HD (Both Meshes)" in the Vehicles area at MTS.

Unfortunately, the thread has not been approved at this time due to the following reasons:

Build/Object Recolours - Please Include In-Game Catalog Location & Price
When uploading any recolours of EA items or new meshes, please make sure to include the in-game name, location in the catalog and price of the item(s) you have recoloured so downloaders know where to look for your recolours/meshes when they are in the game.


Build/Object Recolours - Please Include In-Game Name
When recolouring any Maxis items, please make sure to include the in-game name of the item(s) you have recoloured so downloaders know where to look for your recolours when they are in the game.

Names of items and the EPs (expansion packs) they are from can be found in the CEP Documentation or in Delphy's awesome searchable CEP Database.


General - Failure to make Required Changes
Your upload required changes to comply with the Creator Guidelines. It is now being rejected because those changes were not made within the allotted 72 hour period, or because you have made changes in that time frame, but you have not made -all- the requested changes. Please review the reasons given in the previous Changes Required PM, and make the required changes before resubmitting your work.


Screenshots - Far/Small/Thumbnails
Your screenshots are too small. They are either thumbnail versions instead of full-size, are taken from far away, or are otherwise too small. Make sure you upload screenshots big and close enough to see the detail of what you have made. The maximum size for pictures on MTS is 1280x1024 pixels. Minimum Size: 800 pixels wide by 600 pixels tall is a good size for the smallest pic you would want to upload.

Please see our Screenshot Basics tutorial for further help.

Kind regards,
MTS Staff

Dear mattc117,

Thank you for your submission of "2 Firebird Hood Designs for FP's '79 Firdbird" in the Vehicles area at MTS.

Unfortunately, the thread has not been approved at this time due to the following reasons:

General - Failure to make Required Changes
Your upload required changes to comply with the Creator Guidelines. It is now being rejected because those changes were not made within the allotted 72 hour period, or because you have made changes in that time frame, but you have not made -all- the requested changes. Please review the reasons given in the previous Changes Required PM, and make the required changes before resubmitting your work.


Textures - Black and White
Pure black or white should never be used to create sims content because they do not display well in-game. Please use a dark or light grey to create textures that look black or white - they will display much better than black/near black or white/near white.

There is a "tiptorial" with pictures demonstrating why you should not use pure black or pure white for sim content, as well as suggested settings to use instead here: Tiptorial: Making Black and White Clothing (The Right Way!) - though this "tiptorial" is written for clothing, the recommendations given apply to all sim content, as it all has the same display issues when using black and white textures.


Other reasons (these may be clarifications of above points, or additional reasons)
Your white is too white, see reason above for further explanation.

Kind regards,
MTS Staff

...In the end, there are much better sites to upload to then MTS.

but that is a very HOT recolor. Where can I get one with a Texas license plate?

I couldn't agree more!

MTS is and will ever be a snobby place. Only "famous friends" are welcome.