Misc. questions

[Peggy150]

First, Sims Character Makeover does not seem to recognize the skins from the HP
pack. When browsing, I noticed that there is a directory for expansion pack
skins. Is that why it doesn't see them? Would it hurt anything if I
copied/moved those skins into my gamedata/skins folder? I think I've gunked up
a lot of characters recently. (I'm afraid to look!)

Second, I'm having a problem with my HP CD. I'll give a shot to cleaning the
drive, but if it turns out that the disk is damaged, I'll just go out and buy
another one. It leads to an interesting question. Would a new disk play on the
current installation, or would it have a problem because of a different serial
number? Would I have to uninstall and reinstall? (I can just see me posting
"Help, I've got too many serial numbers!")

Notes to BlueGenie: I've been decorating a summer cottage and wanted to let you
know that you have the only paintings I've found suitable for it. (A nice
seascape, birds, chipmunk, etc.) Thank you! I also downloaded your four paned
window. It shows up in buy mode. Is this supposed to happen? I don't mind - it
seems to work OK.

Also would anyone let me know if you see some bright tropical wallpapers - I've
looked all over. I'm thinking florals in those vivid colors you see in the
caribbean.

I am so impressed by the quantity and quality of downloads available recently.
Thank you to all you object makers. Your efforts are really appreciated.

[Adam Steele]

Peggy150 wrote in message

> I'm having a problem with my HP CD. I'll give a shot to cleaning the
> drive, but if it turns out that the disk is damaged, I'll just go out and
buy
> another one. It leads to an interesting question. Would a new disk play on
the
> current installation, or would it have a problem because of a different
serial
> number? Would I have to uninstall and reinstall? (I can just see me
posting
> "Help, I've got too many serial numbers!")

It should run just fine with a new CD...
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[Chris Wesling]

Peggy150 wrote:
>
> First, Sims Character Makeover does not seem to recognize the skins
> from the HP pack. When browsing, I noticed that there is a directory
> for expansion pack skins. Is that why it doesn't see them? Would it
> hurt anything if I copied/moved those skins into my gamedata/skins
> folder? I think I've gunked up a lot of characters recently. (I'm
> afraid to look!)

The separate directory is for the costume trunk skins. You'll notice all
of them have names that begin with "ct-" instead of the usual numbers,
which will keep Character Makeover from finding them even if you copy them
over to GameData\Skins. So there's not much point in doing so.

> Second, I'm having a problem with my HP CD. I'll give a shot to cleaning
> the drive, but if it turns out that the disk is damaged, I'll just go
> out and buy another one. It leads to an interesting question. Would a
> new disk play on the current installation, or would it have a problem
> because of a different serial number? Would I have to uninstall and
> reinstall? (I can just see me posting "Help, I've got too many serial
> numbers!")

LOL! It should work fine. We had a roommate for a while -- he was actually
the one who hooked us on the Sims in the first place -- so there were two
copies each of The Sims and LL in the house, his and ours. I seem to
recall that we could put either his CD or ours into either computer and
play just fine.

Chris W.
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"Take care to get what you like or you will be forced to
like what you get." - George Bernard Shaw

[Thorn]

Chris Wesling <cwes...@cannedmeat.home.com> wrote in message
news:3B2C3D9C...@cannedmeat.home.com...

> Peggy150 wrote:
> >
> > First, Sims Character Makeover does not seem to recognize the skins
> > from the HP pack. When browsing, I noticed that there is a directory
> > for expansion pack skins. Is that why it doesn't see them? Would it
> > hurt anything if I copied/moved those skins into my gamedata/skins
> > folder? I think I've gunked up a lot of characters recently. (I'm
> > afraid to look!)
>
> The separate directory is for the costume trunk skins. You'll notice
all
> of them have names that begin with "ct-" instead of the usual numbers,
> which will keep Character Makeover from finding them even if you copy
them
> over to GameData\Skins. So there's not much point in doing so.

I tried moving and renaming them and discovered they're larger files, so
if you really want them you have to open them into an art programme copy
them, adjust the colur so it's indexed and then rename them using one of
the body meshes that Sims can find. I'm at the point where I'm hoping a
skinner will do it and I can download <g>
My skins all come out a bit grainy at the moment as I haven't totally
cracked the software (Photoshop that is)

--
Thorn (BMW)
Reality, as you experience it, will conform to your beliefs about how it
is.

[Peggy150]

Thank you for your help. I still need to figure out how to get those HP theme
skins (luau, country and rave) to show up in makeover. What I really want to do
is change the heads on a couple of characters. I went and did the dumb thing of
making more than one person in the neighborhood with the same head. Maybe I'll
just go edit the head, buy the person a dresser and have them change into the
clothes I want them to wear.

[Gnark Le Fourbe]

i changed the head of existing sims
(i mean already in the game)
also i added individual customed pajama, nude and undies
for them
it's not too difficult with an hex editor
just open the related iff file (userxxx) and search for
nff string
all you have to change is in this area
you will find there the head mesh and texture
change them taking care the new name has the same length
that works for non-default characters
i still have to test for default characters
i'll let you know all the thing if you are interested in
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[Gnark Le Fourbe]

i changed the head of existing sims
(i mean already in the game)
also i added individual customed pajama, nude and undies
for them
it's not too difficult with an hex editor
just open the related iff file (userxxx) and search for
nff string
all you have to change is in this area
you will find there the head mesh and texture
change them taking care the new name has the same length
that works for non-default characters
i still have to test for default characters
i'll let you know all the thing if you are interested in
"Peggy150" <pegg...@aol.comnospam> a écrit dans le message news:
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