Collection Tweaker Tutorial
This is a tutorial of how I use Collection Tweaker for collections made in game (collections made in CCMagic require more steps which I made a tutorial for HERE. You can still add CCM sets in these in-game collections as they show up in CCM)
Before I start making collections in game, I like to have a Window opened to the Collections>User folder, sorted by ‘Date Created’ making sure it’s in descending order (which should be default) i.e recent items at top. You could also filter Date Range so only items made Today are shown only.
Make your collection in game as usual, e.g Bikes
You’ll be using Collection Tweaker to choose your own image so it doesn’t matter if you click the check box, it will default to the first TS3 base game image. You’ll see it near the top after the EA collections
At this point you could make multiple collections all at once. The Explorer Window with files sorted by ‘Date created’ or 'Today’ range will show all the ones you created at the top but they won’t show up until you exit the game. I’ll just stick to the one for this tutorial :)
Exit game. You can save and exit if you want to, but it’s not necessary to save if you’re just making collections and not playing, as long as the game exits properly without crashing, your new collection will show up.
Start Collection Tweaker and click ‘Open Collection’
Browse to the Collections>User folder to see your newly created collection at the top (sorted by Date Created or Date Range, same as the Window Explorer)
You could make it easier and rename your collections before doing this, I always forget lol
The opened collection will always show the red cross image because you’re customising it. Click ‘Customise’ then ‘Import’ to browse to your selected PNG (or your own created PS icon). I’ll use the bike PNG from The Spirit Realms TS3 Ultimate Icon Collection set from MTS.
You can change the name here if you want. The name won’t change in the Collections Folder, that doesn’t matter, it will show in the game. Click ‘Save + Exit’.
If you’re customising multiple collections, click ‘Save’ and repeat previous steps for each one, then Save + Exit.
Note: The ‘Export’ button is for exporting the PNG image only, not the collection.
If you want to rename the collections in the Collections>user folder for easy reference, do it while customising them (if you didn’t do it before) because the more you do, the further down the list they’ll be and therefore harder to find at a glance 😄
Now, open your game to check your customised collection shows up.
If successful, you’ll see it near the top where it was before but with its new icon!
- Add the line ‘PackedFile ../Collections/User/*.package’ in the Resource.cfg file for the images to show up!
Priority 500
PackedFile Packages/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile Packages/*/*/*/*/*.package
PackedFile ../Collections/User/*.package (if using CCMagic, see Edit note below)
- When making your own icon psd in PS, the size has to be 54x54.
- Collection Tweaker only imports PNGs, not icons (.ico).
Edit:
Sorry, I forgot to add, if using CCMagic, you have to add any additional lines to the Resource.cfg via CCMagic because it resets the original file to it’s default setting. So add ‘PackedFile ../Collections/User/*.package‘ to CCMagic like so:
