Any Decent Custom Hair?
Bangelnuts:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 November 12, 13:46:56
Well, one assumes that if the mesh is only for toddlers, then the game can do little else than substitute something when the toddler grows up, and it's safer if it chooses default meshes - you can always change them later! (And for the short time kids are toddlers, I would never bother to give them custom hair, although I'd change their hair if they're bald!
I use custom hairstyles on my toddlers because unfortunately the face templates are limited in the toddler age group.the hairstyle helps the toddlers have different genetic appearances rather than all toddlers looking like Identical twins in the game.
noname:
Quote from: IgnorantBliss on 2005 November 12, 08:22:09
The problem is that not all custom hairstyles have all ages, or some of the ages don't match. Say, someone used a blond Maxis hair and then only changed the teen, adult and elder hair, making them black. If you make the whole hairstyle genetic, then toddlers and children will have blond hair and only get the correct black hair when turning into teenagers. Also, you're going to have a ton of identical toddler and child hairs, because these have not been edited in most cases, even if they match the color otherwise.
Although I haven't tested it in game, I would assume that as long as you set the genetic color to be correct for the custom hair, you won't have the mismatching problem if a generation is missing.
Bangelnuts:
Quote from: CharlenieHead on 2005 November 12, 16:17:18
Quote from: IgnorantBliss on 2005 November 12, 08:22:09
Although I haven't tested it in game, I would assume that as long as you set the genetic color to be correct for the custom hair, you won't have the mismatching problem if a generation is missing.
the color isnt where the game is having substitions it in the age brackets .ie if a custom hair mesh is only for teens and up . the game thinks it should be in all age brackets if its a maxis color. if its a custom color then the game automatically categorizes style and color appropriately.the game tends to judge based on color raather than style so a long toddler hair only in black will show up in other ages as the barrette style. which means you have a boat load of deletion to do. the same is true with a short hair if its a maxis color but the mesh is only for a certain age group you end up with meg hair by the boatload in all the other age brackets.with males it is the close to the head style that is dfault for maxis
ZephyrZodiac:
OH, if I'm creating toddlers in CAS, I might give them a custom hairstyle as long as I know it's part of a complete set, but with born-in-game infants, I just wait until they're kids. Except for twins, I rarely have more than one toddler in a house, so knowing which one it is isn't hard! And if I wait until they grow up to be kids, at least then I know which hair group they would have been in.
Bangelnuts:
Quote from: ZephyrZodiac on 2005 November 12, 17:18:58
OH, if I'm creating toddlers in CAS, I might give them a custom hairstyle as long as I know it's part of a complete set, but with born-in-game infants, I just wait until they're kids. Except for twins, I rarely have more than one toddler in a house, so knowing which one it is isn't hard! And if I wait until they grow up to be kids, at least then I know which hair group they would have been in.
I change the hair in toddlerhood if the hairstyle I want is available to children and up. for a hair stylye thatis all ages I tend to give the parents the custom style in CAS that way when they have children its automatically in herited as custom hair is dominant in the DNA Pool. the default style that all toddlers get if they are female I cant stand because it becomes meg hair in childhood,I finally found a way to dress it up though I down loaded hair ribbons for it
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