TUTORIAL: Changing the Height of Sims with SimPE
The Mule:
I think on that guy I used .66 or .5 can't remember exactly which..
MsMacDugle:
Quote from: beosboxboy;90591
This requires SimPE (q.v. http://sims.ambertation.de/) and a bit of patience.
You will discover the name of the Sim's character file by:
1. Start SimPE
2. Tools >> Neighbourhood >> Neighbourhood Browser
3. Select the Neighbourhood from the pictures
4. Tools >> Neighbourhood >> Sim Browser
5. Scroll to find your Sims, look for the file name in the File Name column
6. Write down the file name & Sim name
Close SimPE
OK let's assume you were looking for Joe Sim in Pleasantview
You followed the instructions I just gave and found his character file was N001_User00015.package
The thing about the names are simple:
Begins with.................................Neighbourhood folder
N001_ .......................................Pleasantview
N002_ .......................................Strangetown
N003_ .......................................Veronaville
N004_ .......................................User made
N005_ .......................................User made
N006_ .......................................User made
etc
Pleasantview is located here:
My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighbourhoods\N001
notice how N001 is the name of the folder?
The Characters are located here:
My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Neighbourhoods\N001\Characters
Browse to the character folder for your neighbourhood, double click N001_User00015.package.
Once you locate the character file for the Sim you want to change, you need to open it with SimPE, look for the AgeData, and alter the stretch (dtSingle) value
Make sure you get the right AgeData for your Sim.
Look at the age (dtUInteger):
0x00000004 = teen -- usually stretch (dtSingle) = 0.94
0x00000008 = adult -- stretch (dtSingle) = 1.00
0x00000010 = elder -- stretch (dtSingle) = 1.00
NOTA BENE: In some versions of Windows comma (,) is the decimal point, if this is what you normally use, then 0,94 - 1,00 - 1,00 etc
Remember to COMMIT your changes & save.
-------
The value 1.0 is supposed to reflect an average height, so roughly 5'10" or 1,78 metres.
The value 0.94 is supposed to reflect an average height of 5'5" or 1,67 m.
If you wanted professional basketball player sim, a good value would be stretch 1.2
-------
It depends on the stretch value - some are worse than others. Maxis defined the animations for sims of pre-defined heights.
In all most of them are off by "livable" amounts that film-makers can over-come with camera angles. But if you show little or no restraint, you can have a 0,5 m adult hug a 6,0 m adult with ease... just expect it to look weird.
-------
-------
Gné? but you have SimPE, maybe you didn't let it set itself as the default programme to open these file types during install?
-------
Gné? but you have SimPE, maybe you didn't let it set itself as the default programme to open these file types during install?
------
Sina, of you install Crossover Office (may not work on Mac) or maybe Darwine (very beta WinE for Darwin) you might be able to run SimPE
If not now, certainly some time in the future
[*]Thank you for creating such a wonderful tutorial.
[*]But, what if I want to change the height while in bodyshop? Since my system doesn't support the game very well anymore. Yes, I'm gonna upgrade eventually. But for now I use mostly my bodyshop.[/LIST]Again thank you, I will use this once for all the ones that I have in game already created. It sure will beat having to boot up the cheat everytime.
MsMacDugle:
Quote from: The Mule;504815
I think on that guy I used .66 or .5 can't remember exactly which..
thank you, thank you, thank you as my title bar says.
The Mule:
MsMacDugal....it doesn't work unless you change the height in SimPE AFTER they're in a neighborhood. It won't work in Bodyshop...one of my previous posts explained every step I went through, and that was one of them. I created him in bodyshop, exported him, changed height in SimPe, and as soon as he hit the floor in CAS, he grew....
BeosBoxBoy:
In theory, there may be a way to change the height ratio in Body Shop - BUT! it would be a sort of one size for all mod - so, for instance, if you wants a male dwarf - you would perforce have all adult males as dwarves so long as the mod was in place. However - I have not been successful in locating any file to manipulate the height.
So the best I can figure is to only change the height of actual Sims on lots in the neighbourhoods.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page