what happened to WCIF?and requests?  you just destroyed all my plans and hard work! I spent a lot of time working on WCIF and requests  I also  had plans to learn meshes and make meshes for all the people whos requests were going ignored.  I even had plans to post my recolored meshes but I needed to ask some questions. now every place I was posting in is gone!  all my threads gone all the people I was going to help there threads are gone! 

Im trying not to demand,if it came off that way sory, its a question that I could ask on other websites with out offending any one, Im used to people agreeing quickly to that kind of question.  its just Im telling you what helps me.

as for ancienthighway's suggestions, I want to share but want to learn  weather or not I would be aloud to post what I made since I don't know who owns the meshes I used or if my Sims are even good looking or if Im aloud to post sims based on copywriter subjects.   I need a lot more resurch.  any how Im going to start looking up threads and FAQs

if people feel like answering questions the way I asked them to fine, if not I'll find my answers in the way your demanding. 

clean installer finds out who made a mesh after its in the downloads folder and the zip or rar file has been deleted? 

any how like the other guy said finding body shop means using the version from the most resentr EP
the start up Icon is right along the same menue as the game's start up icon. 

once there you want to folow the menues and do things  I'll screen shot for you if you PM me,
then have a paint program of some kind ready for the recoloring step.

body shop confuses me way less then SimsPE I need a SimsPE lesson that is more simplified then the tutorials. 

if you have a huge Download collection Body shop may take several minuets top open.  So dont rush back here with "my body shop won't work"

some frequent body shop problems are
1. wrong version being used
2. you didn't give it time to oppen yet
3. you have cash files laying about.

I always delete my cash or what ever technical name they have, files before running my game.
some day I may screen shot all these thingamagigs and learn the proper names .

any how my PMs always here for you .


to ancienthighway Im looking for things I think are not out there. I have looked on Sims wiki and modthesims 2 and a small handful of WCIF threads, download sites, etc I think what I want has not been created before.   and Im looking for all kinds of things like a Fly head, I modded one but I wanted feedback on its quality and never got it, and I want the top half of a sub since the botum half wouldn't be shown since it would be under water, but I want entire complete objects when it comes to  sci-fi animals. I also have a number of requests for changing a mesh that exists so it applies to all ages and all genderes   I also have a lot of signs I want created  but I think I found some one to do those I need to wait yet.  also this other person whos helping me cant find a good palce to upload her work so I need a suggestion.  over all I have several 100 thing I want some are  requests for the same things other people made and I wanted to know what other peoples requests were also passed over.

@ DaSpecial1 I'll help you body shop but  Im not going to upload any thing for you unless you tell me the artit's name of the mesh you want recolored, show me that the artist said it was ok to recolor the mesh and tell me how to upload the mesh.  this is why I don't upload any thing, I can't remember who made what meshes and don't know how to refind the artist to ask if I can upload there work. other things I make I know the artists wishes and there for I can not reupload there work.

but I can link you to what I remember and teach you how to Body shop. 

as for the rest of you all I want is for you to spot

My name is (name)
I like to make meshes of (name)
I have (time) hours of free time
I am/ am not taking requests right now

when you see a request say if you'll do it or not
if a request can't be done say why

Im not asking for any thing else.  Also some posts Im reading were highly helpfull and I'll take that advice. other posts, misunderstood all or part of what I said but I dont want to start arguments.


I do have a new question, how do I keep track of what artist made what meshes?   if I made folders would the game know how to open my made up folders and how to find the downloads if I filled the EA games: sims 2: downloads folder with all kinds of new made up folders?

and how do I ID the names of artists who make meshes?  some people sighn there work, other's don't  how do I find out who posted what?

and how many websites would let me upload my sims files any how?

thats actually a good idea and a useful one. I just feel so dishonest photoshopping my sims. 

but my topic is better sumerised as

if your a creator tell me what is easy and hard for you personally to do so I can think of a way to make my requests more fun for you personally as an individual. 

I can read FAQs but I don't know if they'll have personal Opinions.

like if I made meshes I would only do star wars, star trek, anime, sci0fi, dragons, mythology, fantasy stuff like that.  I wouldn't take requests to do sports or popular rock stars or any thing I don't know.  and I wouldn't take requests to do t-shirt recolors. 

I want to know the names of creators who were kids in the 80s and are huge sci-fi geaks and who are Otaku for anime.
I don't think some one who thinks Sci-fi sucks and who knows nothing about it would have fun  doing some kind of Sci-fi item  and Im worried that my requests might be for things that the comunity has no interest in doing. 

what kind of threads would help me find out what each individual person is interested in so I can ask for things people enjoy and not ask for things people hate?

what Im trying to find out is

what kind of requests are  realistic i?

 what are limitations the game places on creators?

what kinds of requests would make a request sound interesting to the creator? 

Also while its true that a creator's feelings are important, the feelings of the requester are important too.  I use my sims to tell stories and I want the best possible porops, cloths, and objects for my sims.  Body shop only takes me so far.
When I make a story or a family and I find my self needing a submarine or a large Alien riding animal or a certin kind of hat or hair mesh, I would realy like that thing made in week maybe 2, if it took sevral months or over a year to amke a mesh I would wounder what was taking so long.
if a Mesh was unmake I would want to know why.

So thats why Im also trying to learn what are the realistic exspectaions of a mesh?

would it be easier for me to say "make me a cube? or clone an item and change its catigory and use?" or do mesh creators enjoy making things with legs and arms and a face and moving parts? 

 

also this thread is about my requests being unanswered while NO ONES  are being fulfilled.

its not just my requests, every request I have looked at becouse "OMG thats so cool I want it too!" has also gone ignored.

and I want to know if your anti-sci-fi and only do realistic objects or if sci-fi meshes are too complex to make or if artists  don't read a request after its more then 30 days old or what now? 

I was looking at requests. some of mine, some belonging to  other people and I came upon a lot that gone a long time with out any one doing them.  theres a super cool request up from  August 04, 2008! and it ticked me off that some one had to wait such a long time, and they are STILL waiting!  requests come here to be ignored. dreams come here to die. no one cares about the people who don't have mesh making programs. 
And I want to know a few things

how many people even use this web site ?
how offten?
and of those who use it how many have meshing skills?
and of those with skills how many have time?
what kinds of projects motivate you?
what would help a request have better odds of getting attention? 
how long does it take to make a new mesh?
what ideas are simply too complex to use?
can 3D objects created for non-sims2 reasons (like other games and artwork)  be  converted in to sims2 objects? 
can sims1 or sims city 4 meshes be turned in to sims2 objects?
is there any thing at all that can motivate some one to make requests sooner? faster? and for the people who have good ideas?
why don't people bother to respond to topics even if its a rejection comment? 
who are the most willing request takers?
can you give me any tips that would make me feel like its actuly worth it to keep posting requests?

a post on the 2nd page !  In any web site I have been on the 2nd page would be full of posts only 1 day old.  true I got the warning message but I didn't think the post would be any more then 31 days old.

and what about repeat post vs raising dead posts?  if I want to request some thing that some one else requested, but that some one else never had made what should I do?
and why do we have dead posts?  why don't mesh makers go threw the posts and just FINALLY make these objects?  if some one has been waiting 7 months for a class cylinder that stands up vertically and refreshes needs why not just make one?  how long does it take to make the shape, color it clear and hack it to refresh energy?

Im always confused when people say "I want this" and then show a Sims2 screen shot of the exact same object. also I forgot the game was on systems other then PC.  I figured "if you have the screen shot, you must have been on the download website or in your game to get it" 

any how sorry, I just didn't think to check the post date, its not some thing I think about when Im posting things. 

I want one of those too, but the one in the image, were did that come from? I mean if you have a screan shot of it complete and in the game, wear did THAT down load come from? and why do you want an ohter one?   and whats with the warning for bumping old threads?