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BastDawn:
Am I the only person who hates Raon hairstyles? They are pretty enough in the screenshots, but the back of the long hairs usually looks like a scraggly mess, none of them seem to be animated, and you can see exactly where the vertices are assigned during head turning animations because she only uses one skin weight. I've tried and deleted many Raon hairs, and the only one I've kept is a cute short style.
For things I do like, I love Nouk's latest hairstyle: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=235994
I also use a lot of "all-ages" conversions of Maxis hairstyles by Melodie9 (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=57451) and Callum91 (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=14491 -- although I like my version of the Tata Young hair better because I animated it)
XM Sims has a lot of great choices; this updo is my favorite: http://www.xmsims.com/sims2/ehtm/hair/hair33.htm
I find Peggy and Rose irritating for general incompetence, but there are a few gems among the muck, like this braid by Rose: http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/rose/rosedonate0063.jpg -- the back of the head is a little too large, but otherwise it looks exactly like the way I wore my hair for almost a decade during my 20's. If I don't cut my hair before it grows out another foot, I'll probably go back to the long braid again.
I don't use a lot of custom content these days, as I find that there are now enough decent Maxis items to cover most of my needs. I use a few older items like Windkeeper's Fire Alarm Clocks (http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/sets/objects/139986/ or http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/tsr/windkeeper/) -- there are other choices for hiding the fire alarm, or I could just use the sprinklers, but I like the little round framed picture. :) I also use her plastic flowerbeds (http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/sets/objects/192742/) if I want corner flowers; I want my sims to have to water their plants, so I only use them in places where normal flowers can't survive.
And this strawberry cake by Ayshala is just beautiful in the game, one of the few custom foods I've decided to keep: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=236605
Orikes:
Quote from: Khaki on 2007 July 15, 20:48:21
Wondering have you tried HP's "Bottomful Floors" for use as visible ceilings? It's so much easier to place than those individual tiles ...
http://modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=211418
I looked at them, but I heard was that they tend to be a bit more resource intensive than the ceiling tiles. Since I consider myself to be riding the edge of the game being too laggy, I decided to go with the less resource intensive version. I'm pretty happy with the ceiling tiles. They take a little time to place, but they look absolutely wonderful and are very easy to use. They may take a little time to place, but at this point, I have most of my frequently used houses outfitted with them.
Invisigoth:
I just spent hours decustomizing CC thanks to this thread. I went through almost 200 files and I have a lot of work left to do. I hate you all.
Also, it's usually so hard to find normal looking clothes for men, but fanseelamb at MTS2 has some great stuff, including the untucked stuff (if you like the untucked shirts you can still use them with normal Maxis pants, but the pants won't look normal with Maxis tops). And the sheer amount of downloads she has virtually guarentees you'll find at least *something* you like: http://www.modthesims2.com/member/fanseelamb
Hecubus:
Quote from: BastDawn on 2007 July 15, 23:14:51
Am I the only person who hates Raon hairstyles? They are pretty enough in the screenshots, but the back of the long hairs usually looks like a scraggly mess, none of them seem to be animated, and you can see exactly where the vertices are assigned during head turning animations because she only uses one skin weight. I've tried and deleted many Raon hairs, and the only one I've kept is a cute short style.
You are not. IN fact, I deleted all Raon, Peggy, and Rose hairs in my game because of how crappy they look in play. The only ones I have now are those that came with MATY sims.
I use amost exclusively XM, Nouk, and Seomi hair now.
eevilcat:
I was in the middle of sorting out my downloads folder when this thread started and I was being really good, deleting all the stuff I didn't use or like that much. Needless to say I've just downloaded and added yet more stuff to my game. ::) Thanks for the pointer to the Barcelonista goodies, I had the couple of bits that were on MTS2 and really like the make-up. I thought I had sorted out my custom hair folders really well, getting rid of all the excess but when I checked it was still 200Mb worth! :o I do have some Peggy and Rose hairs but only the ones that look good in game. If I get rid of a hairstyle that's in use, do I get a baldy sim or a default style?
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