Deleting dishes, homework, bills, the newspaper etc
themaltesebippy:
I got rid of alot of crap. Went from 100 skins to about 25. Eyes I had the most trouble with ditching, but got rid of about 100. I use Clean Installer to prevent getting extra unwanted eyes, makeup, skins. I couldn't believe how many skins looked freakish on certain ages or opposite sexes. Also was more than happy to get rid of clothes that don't go with my theme. Taking out the trash!! Haven't regretted getting rid of anything. I did almost all cleaning up in BodyShop and a few with Clean Installer.
Motoki:
Damn MB, how many eyes do you have if you got rid of 100 and that wasn't even all of them? :o
I actually found one set of eyes I really liked and made them Maxis replacements, then I also made another variant set as contact lenses. Recently, I made alien, my own red vamp and alien red vamp contacts too but that's pretty much it.
I agree with you about those skins, a lot of them do make the opposite genders look freakish, particuarly most make them men look overly made up and scary. :o Like most other sims downloads, it seems like most skins are geared toward females.
Zeljka:
I had a real problem with eyes too, trying to get natural looking colours that looked good on a variety of Sims was harder than it should have been. I think I'm down to about 40 or 50 (still looking for a good green) Unfortunately, it seems the best looking eyes often have shading around the corner so they look awful unless the Sim is staring straight ahead. I've deleted hundreds.
Stupidly, I continue to test new eyes and skins on Sims that I breed wildly, then delete said eyes and skin when I get fed up and have odd Sims with weird cloudy eyes and the least appropriate Maxis skin colour imaginable. Custom skins are really hard, I think I need one of each gender and age group to walk around naked for a couple Sim days so I can see how they really look. Particularly hate those with the visible change from body to head, though I did have one where their teeth were red (think gums only) for anything under teen and another where the inside of the mouth is gold !?
I've tried the Surgery to replace eyes only, but it doesn't seem to work, and choosing Skin only gave one of my Sims a green head (but not body) She's pretty funny, so I made her a townie.
Motoki:
Quote from: Zeljka on 2005 October 26, 05:49:34
Unfortunately, it seems the best looking eyes often have shading around the corner so they look awful unless the Sim is staring straight ahead. I've deleted hundreds.
Yes I know and it really irritates me. >:( It looks terrible when you see them in cinema scenes too. I've been meaning to see if I can go back and try and fix them in photoshop myself without ruining them or making it look too noticeable that they have been edited, I just haven't gotten around to it. There's a reason Maxis didn't put a border around there eye textures. :P
As for changing eye colors, if I find a new eye color I like I just make a contact lense from it. I take an existing contact lense, use it as a base to create a new on in the bodyshop, then get the image file for the new genetic eyecolor I like, copy it over the new contact image and reimport it back to the game. It works out pretty well and no messing with SimPE to change their eye color. Just watch if you have NL that you don't give anyone full face makeup as a turn off because contacts count as full face makeup.
ZephyrZodiac:
I have a lot of Hairfish's eyes from Mermaid cove, and there are some really good green eyes amongst hers.
I also love Starrat's cats' eyes from The Sims' Zone (UK). especially with the blue elf-skin!
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