Back to work after my long break/strike/holiday/whatever!

Much needed at this time of the year, casual yet elegant warm outfits for your bodybuilders, inspired by a pic found on the net.

To my beta-testers: please replace your files with these, i fixed a clipping issue and the shoes noise.

A big thank you to Beosboxboy for beta-testing, making the canal side lot, and for the pics he took :love7:

Genetic merfolk skintones for both genders and all ages including babies.

And now we can agree that this project is complete?

Ok - explanations, PLEASE READ:

- these mesh-linked skintones will allow your merfolk to keep their tail on when nude.
- all the nude meshes (merfolk-nudemeshes.rar)are in one folder for convenience, you can just drop the folder in your dowloads after extracting.  YOU MUST HAVE NIGHTLIFE OR A LATER EP TO USE SUB-FOLDERS IN THE DOWNLOADS FOLDER.  IF YOU HAVE ONLY THE BASE GAME OR UNIVERSITY EP YOU MUST COPY THE FILES IN THE FOLDER INTO YOUR DOWNLOADS FOLDER.
- the baby will grow a tail only when naked; it seems that the legend is that merbabies have a tail only in the water, so it should be fine - the mesh was uv-mapped in such a way that the scales won't appear on the legs.
- if you really want your merbaby to keep its tail all the time, you'll have to install the replacement package (MESH_ju-beos_merbaby-replacement.rar); but then all babies in the game will have a tail instead of the diaper...

- Ooopsie, forgot to say that the morphs are enabled; but like the clothing meshes, only the females have a pregnant morph; and the males grow muscle only when fit [/COLOR]


I'm aware that the choice is limited but I don't intend to make more, there's no way I can provide every combination - that's why I settled on neutral colours for the scales. Of course, you're welcome to clone these and make your own!

Credits: Louis at SimCribbling for her wonderful 07 series (available HERE)

Eye colours inspired by Awasegg's pet genetics.

IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS OR DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW TO INSTALL THESE FILES, DO NOT ASK FOR HELP IN THIS THREAD!
SEE THESE TUTORIALS FOR DIRECTIONS ON INSTALLATION OF THESE FILES, OR BEOSBOXBOY WILL BEAT YOU.

BEFORE YOU ASK HOW DO I INSTALL THESE!
See and read these:

The Last Ever 'How Do I Install Downloads?' Tutorial

Shower-proof Skin Tones And You

The Last & Eternal Help File

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Still on strike or something, but I agreed to (read: jumped on) this request before the Pets fiasco.

These recolours aren't really spectacular, I'll just rely on SixStringSlim and our other brilliant skinners to make the best of this mesh

The alpha part includes the torso (same length as the alpha nightie) and the flared part of the sleeves; I didn't make a full alpha in order to avoid clipping problems around the shoulders.
- The blue texture is for solid alphas (no blend), so no transparency - and no layering issues.
- The black recolour is for see-through textures (blend), but the sleeves cause unavoidable layering issues as shown in the pic below so they shouldn't be textured.

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Ceci peut être copié et traduit sur n'importe quel site.

Si vous traduisez ce tutoriel, merci de contacter Beosboxboy ou Marvine
sur InSIMenator.net pour que nous puissions ajouter un lien vers votre traduction.

Tutoriel en italien par Sims2cri ici : http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=28468.
Leggere questa tutorial in italiano qui: http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=28468.

Tutoriel en allemand par Engelchen ici : http://foxtrot502.server4you.de/sims2/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=4794.
Diesen Tutorial auf Deutsch lesen hier: http://foxtrot502.server4you.de/sims2/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=4794.

PROBLEMES REGLES PAR CE TUTORIEL:





Quelques personnes parmi lesquelles Numenor, Dr Pixel, Beosboxboy et moi-même venons de passer deux jours à essayer de trouver une solution pour le problème d'icônes recontré avec les vêtements faits avec la Boit@look d'Animaux & Cie par les joueurs qui n'ont pas cette extension.
Après plusieurs tentatives infructueuses de mon côté et après avoir testé différentes solutions effectives mais pas vraiment simples par Dr Pixel et Numenor, tout s'est subitement éclairci en discutant avec Yakov et j'ai trouvé une méthode simple et rapide, même si vous n'avez pas l'habitude d'utiliser SimPE (un grand merci à Beosboxboy pour les tests intensifs et les jolies images ):

- ouvrez le fichier texture dans SimPE
- sélectionnez la ligne "property set" dans le panneau en haut à droite



- sélectionnez la ligne "parts = ........" dans le panneau en bas à gauche



- cliquez "add" dans le panneau en bas à droite, ce qui ajoutera une copie de la ligne en bas de la liste



- cette dernière ligne étant selectionnée



- tapez "outfit" au lieu de "parts" dans le panneau de droit - pas d'autre modification, le code est le bon



- cliquez "commit" et sauvegardez.



Il vous faudra supprimer le dossier thumbnails avant de démarrer le jeu de manière à mettre à jour les fichiers déjà installés.



Note: les thumbnails sont situés dans l'un des répertoires suivants:
   C:\Documents and Settings\NomUtilisateur\Mes Documents\EA Games\Les Sims 2\Thumbnails - *Windows 2000 & Windows XP

ou

C:\Mes Documents\EA Games\Les Sims 2\Thumbnails - *Windows 98 & Windows ME

ou

Home/EA Games/Les Sims 2/Thumbnails - MacOS X

* ou le nom du disque dur où est installé Windows

Ceci a réparé tous les fichiers que j'ai testés, des hauts et des tenues complètes par Innocent, JayAngel, Engelchen et Cocosims (yay!!)


EDIT: Il s'avère que cette méthode fonctionne avec les vêtements, les cheveux et les skin tones pour des installations comprenant Nuit de Folie, La Bonne Affaire et Glamour.

Cette méthode est utile pour les fichiers déjà faits, mais Numenor a ajouté une option "Legacy Bodyshop" à son BaseGameStarter here , qui permet d'utiliser la Boit@look du jeu de base pour créer du contenu personnalisé compatible avec toutes les extensions. ATTENTION: utiliser la Boit@look du dossier du jeu original ne suffit pas car sans l'outil de Numenor l'extension est quand même détectée.

EDIT 5 November 2006 22:36 (GMT -5:00):  Ceci a été signalé par MaryLou at MTS2

Il nous faut donc garder à l'esprit que la Boit@look d'Animaux et Cie incluera des fichiers incorrects avec le sim; veuillez donc faire un effort particulier pour prévenir les usagers qu'Animaux & Cie est nécessaire pour ces Sims!  J'ai mis une bannière à votre disposition ici dans ce but.

Permission is granted to copy and translate this on any site.
 
If you make a translation of the tutorial please contact Beosboxboy or Marvine
at InSIMenator.net so a link may be added for the translation.

Edit 4 December 2006: In reviewing Sims created with Body Shop from The Sims 2: Pets Expansion Pack it has been demonstrated that the customised face mesh of the character file (i.e., ########_########.package) suffers the same error as clothing and other items made with Body Shop. In those instances as this error has occured the Maxis default (un-customised) face is used. To restore the customised face mesh use the method described in the first post of this thread to restore the customised face to the downloaded Sim.
 
See this tutorial in French by Marvine here: http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=28655.
Lire ce tutoriel en français ici: http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=28655
 
See this tutorial in Italian by Sims2cri here: http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=28468.
Leggere questa tutorial in italiano qui: http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=28468.
 
See this tutorial in German by Engelchen here: http://foxtrot502.server4you.de/sims2/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=4794.
Diesen Tutorial auf Deutsch lesen hier: http://foxtrot502.server4you.de/sims2/wbb2/thread.php?threadid=4794.
 
See this tutorial (Solución para los problemas de compatibilidad con LS2 Mascotas) in Spanish by FJPerez here: http://www.insimenator.org/showthread.php?t=29827
 
WHAT THIS PROCESS FIXES:
 

 

 
Some people among whom Numenor, Dr Pixel, Beosboxboy and myself have spent the last two days trying to figure out a fix for the thumbnails issue with Pets made clothing for people not having the EP installed.
After fruitless attempts on my own and testing different workable but not so easy fixes by Dr Pixel and Numenor, it finally clicked in when sharing thoughts with Yakov and I found a quick and easy method, even if you don't have much experience of SimPE (a huge thank you to Beosboxboy for the thorough testing and the pretty pics ):
 
- Open your recolour in SimPE
- select the property set line in the top right panel
 

 
- select the "parts = ........" line in the bottom left panel
 

 
- click "add" in the bottom right panel, this will duplicate the line to the bottom of the list
 

 
- this last line being selected
 

 
- type "outfit" instead of "parts" in the right panel - no other edit needed, the number is the right one
 

 
- click "commit" and save.
 

 
You'll have to delete your thumbnails before starting the game so the changes can properly apply to the items that were already installed.
 

 
 

Note: The thumbnails are the files located in one of the following directories   C:\Documents and Settings\YourWindowsScreenNameHere\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Thumbnails - *Windows 2000 & Windows XP

   or

   C:\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Thumbnails - *Windows 98 & Windows ME

   or

   Home/EA Games/The Sims 2/Thumbnails - MacOS X

   * or what ever hard drive is your main Windows driveThis fixed all the files I tested, tops and full body outfits by Innocent, JayAngel, Engelchen and Cocosims (yay!!)
Now I didn't get to test this with the EP, there shouldn't be any issue but better safe than sorry... So it would be great if anybody with the EP installed gave it a try
 
EDIT: This fix has been shown to work with clothing, hair, and skin tones in installs of The Sims 2 with Nightlife EP, Open for Business EP, and Glamour Life Stuff installed.
 
This fix is useful for already made content, but Numenor added a "Legacy Bodyshop" option to his BaseGameStarter here , that allows to use the base game Bodyshop to create fully compatible clothing no matter which EPs are installed.
 
EDIT 5 November 2006 22:36 (GMT -5:00): This was mentioned by MaryLou at MTS2

So it bears reminding us all that using the Pets EP Body Shop will likely package the Sim in the Sim2Pack with misbehaving files; so please make especial effort to warn your downloaders that the Pets EP will be required for those Sims! There is a banner that I made available here for this purpose.

Putting together accessory packages with a sinusitis is a bit of a pain, so I didn't make new screenshots on top of it all - well, you get the idea, resized and reshaped so your regular sims don't feel left behind

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For those of your guys who aren't afraid of showing off! :lol:

4 recolours : The Rolex Explorer II in silver and gold, and the GMT Master II with a brushed steel band with a black or "pepsi dial" bezel.

Stackable with other accessories.

EDIT : works fine also with the athletic guy mesh

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A different look for your bodybuilders, though it's nicely versatile in my opinion.

WARNING: this mesh requires NL or higher, the fourth assignments of the base maxis mesh were too convenient and I didn't want to spend ages finding a workaround using only three.

Bumpmap enabled.

The accessory watches can be found here

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... At last

Enabled for YA/adult/elder.

Get additional recolours of this and other slim bodybuilder meshes by Engelchen (All 4 Sims)

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So you can mix and match with your favourite tees or nipple-rings tops

Note: the hair on the model (Natural Messy Hair for Males) is by coris at TSR: here

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Get additional recolours:

Recolor Marvine's low rise pants by howardlpeters
Four low risepants recolours by howardlpeters
Another goth recolor Marvines low rise jeans by howardlpeters
Recolour of Low Rise Pants by howardlpeters
Goth recolour of Low Rise Pants by howardlpeters

VERY low rise, and it won't look good with just any skintone (Amun-Ra's Raphael uses Enayla's "deep earth" skintone).

This being said, enjoy!

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Well, kinda.
Only one texture because I'm not that much inspired, and I must admit that it's a bitch to recolour when using transparency...



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Additional Recolours:
-by Jaccirocker: here
-by Persephone: here

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I always wanted that one for females, so here it is

EDIT 30 July 2006: Corrected the sex assignment of the jackets - they
will no longer appear as both male and female - only female items.  You need to
download and install these edited versions of the files to correct the unisex
assignment.  Make sure to allow the files to over-write the bad ones!



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