'Randomly' changing faces
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: KellyQ on 2007 January 30, 07:13:28
Not to hijack this thread but after reading RainbowTigress' post about replacing default eyes, I decided to go about it that way. (I tried Sleepycat's method in Simpe but am too Simpe retarded to figure out how to go about it :-[.) So I downloaded default eye replacements and while it changed all Maxis made sims to the default eye colors, no go with the CAS sim that I'm having problems with; she still has the ugly Maxis default brown. I am irritated beyond belief with this.
As far as sims changing faces with uniforms, my sims' faces don't change as far as shape or characteristics but their makeup disappears until they change back into their regular clothes.
Sorry, I think things got confusing with so many different "defaults." The defaults you downloaded do in fact replace Maxis default eye colors, the brown, dk blue, lt blue, green, and gray. But on the actual skin tone files, if you look at them in SimPE, the facial skin graphics have an eye in the corner for each age and each sex for teen and older. (On the baby skin, this file actually has their whole body including the face.) This is the flat Maxis brown color you see. If you are using a default skin replacement, a lot of times the person making the skins left this with the Maxis brown eye, but I saw some where this had been changed also with one of the creator's default eye replacements. I did this myself on one of my favorite default skin sets where the eye had not been changed from the flat Maxis brown, and it wasn't that difficult, mostly cutting and pasting. It was mostly monotony after getting into the rhythm of it, having to extract all the facial files to my hard drive, copying the eye graphic, opening each facial file, pasting the eye graphic, saving it, and after doing that for each facial file, importing them back into SimPE for the correct face. Save that one, then repeat for the other three skintones. I definitely made a backup after that, but I think it was worth it. My Servo that I changed to have a human appearance does not have an eyecolor, so this eye shows up for her. Also, I had a child born to a human and alien couple, and the child has an alien eye shape, but her eyes are not black. They defaulted to the ugly Maxis brown, so by fixing the skin file she was using, I was able to get her to have a prettier eyecolor.
slurpeefiend:
I have the whole "changing into a weird ugly face when changing into a uniform" problem with only one of my sims, but none of the others. He was created alone in CAS with all game-provided genetics and clothes. Also, he goes weird in his uniform, but his employee doesn't.
KellyQ:
Thanks OpiumGirl and RainbowTigress for taking the time to give me more information. At least I now understand the "why" of it even if I don't have a clue on the "how" of changing it. ;D
I finally just decided to download some contacts from Mermaid Cove and used those. At least I don't have to look at the ugly default brown eyes on my otherwise lovely sim. :-\
RainbowTigress:
Quote from: KellyQ on 2007 February 01, 07:16:56
I finally just decided to download some contacts from Mermaid Cove and used those. At least I don't have to look at the ugly default brown eyes on my otherwise lovely sim. :-\
That is truly the easiest way to deal with it for now. And you're welcome. :)
I got my contacts from Lyran. I didn't know Mermaid Cove had them. I'll check it out. She's always coming out with new stuff.
OpiumGirl:
NP, KellyQ
Glad to be of some help. THere are some great contacts on MTS...maybe the ones Rainbow Tigress was referring to. I know that they're cloned after Helaene's eyes. Some of them don't look quite right, but there are a few styles that look quite nice and there are a TON to choose from so you're bound to find some that you really like. :)
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