Dazed and Confused about Body Shapes
meesha:
I am completely lost on how to use the various body shapes in my game. I have the fat family meshes from melodie9 already and those look pretty good in my game - at least with the clothing that I was able to find and download. I would love to use the body builder meshes as well, but there are a lot more options presented and with the base meshes and skin tones forum it was stated that I would need to download all of those files. Why do I need all of those files for a single sim? I didn't have to download all that stuff for the fat family meshes so I think I'm misunderstanding something there. Everything is spread out across different threads from retired creators so it seems very confusing to me. To keep it simple, if someone could tell me what base files - not counting the clothing - that I would need for a male and female sim to be played from child to adult using the body builder body shape, I would be very grateful. I do plan on using the body shapes on more than one sim eventually, but I want to test them out on individual sims first.
I am aware that clothing files are separate, but I am looking for something specific with clothes as well for the fat family as well as the body builder shape. I play a highly customized game based on Harry Potter. I love the idea of being able to create some of the "larger" characters like Vernon and Dudley Dursley, Hagrid, etc... The clothing I use for my students is recolors of the robes created by mia86, which go from child to adult for males and females. I also use recolors of the trenchcoat for Quidditch robes - teen through young adult - a link to the converted trenchcoat for female teen and young adult was included there.
I've seen a lot of the regular maxis outfits converted for both the fat family and the body builder body shapes, but I have not found any conversions of those custom clothes for the fat family or the body builder body shapes - except for the trenchcoat for the male adult and teen body builder. Nor have I found any instructions on how to do such conversions myself. How are these conversions done? And if that involves meshing, is there a tutorial explaining how to convert a regular mesh to one of these body shapes?
Thank you
BlooM:
As you figured out yourself clothing has nothing to do with the sim itself, clothing outfits(colors) and mesh(the shape) can be worn by every sim.
When you create a sim you decide wich shape you want it to be(bodybuilder, fashionmodel, Fat melody etc etc)
Choosing that shape is done by picking the sims skintone.(skincolor)
That skintone is linked to all gender and age shapes:
a baby shape, unisex
a child shape(wich is divided in a top and bottom shape) Unisex
a teen shape(wich is divided in a top and bottom shape) Male and female
a young adult and adult shape wich are similar(wich is divided in a top and bottom shape) Male and female
a elder shape(wich is divided in a top and bottom shape) Male and female
These shape will appear ingame the moment the sim is taking a shower.
All these shapes are called Meshes and you can download them as showerproof meshes most of the times.
So When you want to create a bodybuilder you will need the following files:
*A bodybuilder skintone
* a baby bodybuilder showerproof mesh(there isn't any so the default baby is linked to it)
* The child bodybuilder showerproof meshes(same story, not available)
* The teen bodybuilder shape(top and bottom mesh)
* The adult bodybuilder shape(top and bottom mesh)
* The elder bodybuilder shape(top and bottom mesh)
Most of the times the skintone will have one custom shape linked to it(the male bodybuilder for instance)
All other genders and ages will then use the default basegame shapes.
However, the are also custom skinntones arround that are linked to a teen male/a adult male and a elder male bodybuilder.
and there are skins arround that are not only linked to the males but also linked to the female bodybuilder.
So its all in the skin.
Look for a skintone you like and find out to wich shapes it is linked, that skintone and those shapes(showerproof meshes) you need to create a sim.
EKozski:
If you're looking for BodyBuilder skintones, start here. BodyBuilder V.2
And, make sure you get the showerproof meshes. If you don't, you'll have a floating head in the shower or bath.
Then, go here. Synaptic Sims. (Free Registration is required.) Get the BodyBuilder V.2.0 meshes. These are the latest meshes. They now have toes. If you look around, you'll find clothes made just for it. Pajama's, swimsuit....
Also, if you go here, Lost Utopia, and, here, Murder Stage, you'll find even more stuff for the BodyBuilder V.2.0
For regular clothes, you'll find all that stuff here.
Hope I helped.
meesha:
3yay 1rock
BlooM - thank you so much. That was exactly what I needed. Looking through all those different forums and threads was starting to make me twitchy. Showerproof skins and top and bottom shape meshes from teen through elder - I know where to get all of that for the males, but what about the females? I found the single female projects thread - very lonely looking among tons of male threads - but it looks like there are only athletic and BB meshes for the adult female even though the skins say they are for teen through elder. Are there meshes available for teen and elder females for the athletic and/or BB female? It seems rather odd to have a female sim suddenly go from borderline anorexic skinny to big, buff muscles and then back to skinny with everything sagging. Did I miss a thread or download link?
EKozski - thank you for the clothing links. I'm finding a lot of skin tight and/or skimpy BB clothes - I've never seen guys at the local gym dress like that! I think I'm hanging around the wrong gym. :D Synaptic Sims has a trenchcoat for both genders I might be able to work with - but I haven't found any robes yet. Does anyone know if there is a tutorial for converting existing clothing meshes to work with different body shapes?
Thanks again - this was such a huge help.
BlooM:
Quote from: meesha on June 13, 2010, 03:28:28 pm
3yay 1rock
BlooM - thank you so much. That was exactly what I needed. Looking through all those different forums and threads was starting to make me twitchy. Showerproof skins and top and bottom shape meshes from teen through elder - I know where to get all of that for the males, but what about the females? I found the single female projects thread - very lonely looking among tons of male threads - but it looks like there are only athletic and BB meshes for the adult female even though the skins say they are for teen through elder. Are there meshes available for teen and elder females for the athletic and/or BB female? It seems rather odd to have a female sim suddenly go from borderline anorexic skinny to big, buff muscles and then back to skinny with everything sagging. Did I miss a thread or download link?
EKozski - thank you for the clothing links. I'm finding a lot of skin tight and/or skimpy BB clothes - I've never seen guys at the local gym dress like that! I think I'm hanging around the wrong gym. :D Synaptic Sims has a trenchcoat for both genders I might be able to work with - but I haven't found any robes yet. Does anyone know if there is a tutorial for converting existing clothing meshes to work with different body shapes?
Thanks again - this was such a huge help.
You are right, i dont remember any athletic or bb female teens either ;)
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