Custom Skins

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I have looked for it but I cannot find the post I saw this in. Someone said
that people have had trouble with customised skins due to the fact that some
people haven't added the toddler part of the skin. Just a question on that,
if I were to have problems with a skin I downloaded, would the skin fix
itself up after the toddler stage? (Just going by what people have been
saying I mean). Its just that I saw a thread in binaries with some very odd
looking people, they mouths had moved to other parts of their heads and
stuff. Like a small skin had been used on a big mesh for a head. I just
don't want this problem if I can help it.
Thanks,
Beck.
 
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It's fairly easy to fix the skin itself through Bodyshop - though a bit
fiddly. You won't be able to fix it for an existing sim without difficulty
though I think you can do this through SimPE but I'm not sure you can change
the genetics - I've seen a tute for this and that is complicated. If the
skin doesn't cause the game to crash in the first place, I should think it
would fix itself as the sim ages and accesses the new textures for the older
age groups. With the Maxis-made skin bug, this is what happens.

Best wishes
Maxon

"Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> I have looked for it but I cannot find the post I saw this in. Someone
said
> that people have had trouble with customised skins due to the fact that
some
> people haven't added the toddler part of the skin. Just a question on
that,
> if I were to have problems with a skin I downloaded, would the skin fix
> itself up after the toddler stage? (Just going by what people have been
> saying I mean). Its just that I saw a thread in binaries with some very
odd
> looking people, they mouths had moved to other parts of their heads and
> stuff. Like a small skin had been used on a big mesh for a head. I just
> don't want this problem if I can help it.
> Thanks,
> Beck.
>
>
 

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Oh ok. I haven't had any problems yet lol.
Hey, I just put a whole heap of downloads into my game and went in to see
which I would like to keep and delete (I have way too many), and I found a
pair of black pants 5 times and all were exactly the same. Would it be ok to
delete 4 of them, or were there 5 for a reason? Just thought you may know
more about downloads. Thanks again,
Beck.
"Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:q_6Ae.1871$WW5.1252@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> It's fairly easy to fix the skin itself through Bodyshop - though a bit
> fiddly. You won't be able to fix it for an existing sim without
> difficulty
> though I think you can do this through SimPE but I'm not sure you can
> change
> the genetics - I've seen a tute for this and that is complicated. If the
> skin doesn't cause the game to crash in the first place, I should think it
> would fix itself as the sim ages and accesses the new textures for the
> older
> age groups. With the Maxis-made skin bug, this is what happens.
>
> Best wishes
> Maxon
>
> "Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:DZ5Ae.2189$3n.17769@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>> I have looked for it but I cannot find the post I saw this in. Someone
> said
>> that people have had trouble with customised skins due to the fact that
> some
>> people haven't added the toddler part of the skin. Just a question on
> that,
>> if I were to have problems with a skin I downloaded, would the skin fix
>> itself up after the toddler stage? (Just going by what people have been
>> saying I mean). Its just that I saw a thread in binaries with some very
> odd
>> looking people, they mouths had moved to other parts of their heads and
>> stuff. Like a small skin had been used on a big mesh for a head. I just
>> don't want this problem if I can help it.
>> Thanks,
>> Beck.
>>
>>
>
>
 
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mmmm - do they, in fact, look like copies of Maxis clothes?

If so, what you have are corrupted skin files. This can happen for various
reasons. Alternatively, how did you install them - were they from zip files
which you put manually in Downloads or were they from a self-installing
Sims2Pack file?

Best wishes
Maxon


"Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:CJ8Ae.2226$3n.18786@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Oh ok. I haven't had any problems yet lol.
> Hey, I just put a whole heap of downloads into my game and went in to see
> which I would like to keep and delete (I have way too many), and I found a
> pair of black pants 5 times and all were exactly the same. Would it be ok
to
> delete 4 of them, or were there 5 for a reason? Just thought you may know
> more about downloads. Thanks again,
> Beck.
> "Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:q_6Ae.1871$WW5.1252@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
> > It's fairly easy to fix the skin itself through Bodyshop - though a bit
> > fiddly. You won't be able to fix it for an existing sim without
> > difficulty
> > though I think you can do this through SimPE but I'm not sure you can
> > change
> > the genetics - I've seen a tute for this and that is complicated. If
the
> > skin doesn't cause the game to crash in the first place, I should think
it
> > would fix itself as the sim ages and accesses the new textures for the
> > older
> > age groups. With the Maxis-made skin bug, this is what happens.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Maxon
> >
> > "Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> > news:DZ5Ae.2189$3n.17769@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> >> I have looked for it but I cannot find the post I saw this in. Someone
> > said
> >> that people have had trouble with customised skins due to the fact that
> > some
> >> people haven't added the toddler part of the skin. Just a question on
> > that,
> >> if I were to have problems with a skin I downloaded, would the skin fix
> >> itself up after the toddler stage? (Just going by what people have been
> >> saying I mean). Its just that I saw a thread in binaries with some very
> > odd
> >> looking people, they mouths had moved to other parts of their heads and
> >> stuff. Like a small skin had been used on a big mesh for a head. I just
> >> don't want this problem if I can help it.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Beck.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
 

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Just to add, there are a few of these instances, tops, pants, hair styles
(all the same type and colour), so I meant to ask about them all.
Beck.
"Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:CJ8Ae.2226$3n.18786@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Oh ok. I haven't had any problems yet lol.
> Hey, I just put a whole heap of downloads into my game and went in to see
> which I would like to keep and delete (I have way too many), and I found a
> pair of black pants 5 times and all were exactly the same. Would it be ok
> to delete 4 of them, or were there 5 for a reason? Just thought you may
> know more about downloads. Thanks again,
> Beck.
> "Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:q_6Ae.1871$WW5.1252@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> It's fairly easy to fix the skin itself through Bodyshop - though a bit
>> fiddly. You won't be able to fix it for an existing sim without
>> difficulty
>> though I think you can do this through SimPE but I'm not sure you can
>> change
>> the genetics - I've seen a tute for this and that is complicated. If the
>> skin doesn't cause the game to crash in the first place, I should think
>> it
>> would fix itself as the sim ages and accesses the new textures for the
>> older
>> age groups. With the Maxis-made skin bug, this is what happens.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Maxon
>>
>> "Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:DZ5Ae.2189$3n.17769@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>>> I have looked for it but I cannot find the post I saw this in. Someone
>> said
>>> that people have had trouble with customised skins due to the fact that
>> some
>>> people haven't added the toddler part of the skin. Just a question on
>> that,
>>> if I were to have problems with a skin I downloaded, would the skin fix
>>> itself up after the toddler stage? (Just going by what people have been
>>> saying I mean). Its just that I saw a thread in binaries with some very
>> odd
>>> looking people, they mouths had moved to other parts of their heads and
>>> stuff. Like a small skin had been used on a big mesh for a head. I just
>>> don't want this problem if I can help it.
>>> Thanks,
>>> Beck.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
 

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So far I haven't seen a Maxis version of these things (the copies) so I am
assuming they aren't. I am not 100% sure if they were zips or
self-installing files. I have an option to delete these copies, but I just
don't want to stuff things up.
Say I have a pair of black jeans in an adult sim, if I were to delete these
would it stuff the game up? I'll try and explain what I mean but I may not
be able to make much sense here:
If you click on a toddler and set their clothes and face etc etc, then you
go back and click onto a child, it just takes your preferences and makes
them into a child, am I right there? If so, does deleting a set of clothes
in one age group affect the rest of that Sims life? (sorry I am not good at
explaining this).
Thanks,
Beck.
"Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%1dAe.1550$yk6.345@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...
> mmmm - do they, in fact, look like copies of Maxis clothes?
>
> If so, what you have are corrupted skin files. This can happen for
> various
> reasons. Alternatively, how did you install them - were they from zip
> files
> which you put manually in Downloads or were they from a self-installing
> Sims2Pack file?
>
> Best wishes
> Maxon
>
>
> "Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:CJ8Ae.2226$3n.18786@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>> Oh ok. I haven't had any problems yet lol.
>> Hey, I just put a whole heap of downloads into my game and went in to see
>> which I would like to keep and delete (I have way too many), and I found
>> a
>> pair of black pants 5 times and all were exactly the same. Would it be ok
> to
>> delete 4 of them, or were there 5 for a reason? Just thought you may know
>> more about downloads. Thanks again,
>> Beck.
>> "Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:q_6Ae.1871$WW5.1252@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> > It's fairly easy to fix the skin itself through Bodyshop - though a bit
>> > fiddly. You won't be able to fix it for an existing sim without
>> > difficulty
>> > though I think you can do this through SimPE but I'm not sure you can
>> > change
>> > the genetics - I've seen a tute for this and that is complicated. If
> the
>> > skin doesn't cause the game to crash in the first place, I should think
> it
>> > would fix itself as the sim ages and accesses the new textures for the
>> > older
>> > age groups. With the Maxis-made skin bug, this is what happens.
>> >
>> > Best wishes
>> > Maxon
>> >
>> > "Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> > news:DZ5Ae.2189$3n.17769@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>> >> I have looked for it but I cannot find the post I saw this in. Someone
>> > said
>> >> that people have had trouble with customised skins due to the fact
>> >> that
>> > some
>> >> people haven't added the toddler part of the skin. Just a question on
>> > that,
>> >> if I were to have problems with a skin I downloaded, would the skin
>> >> fix
>> >> itself up after the toddler stage? (Just going by what people have
>> >> been
>> >> saying I mean). Its just that I saw a thread in binaries with some
>> >> very
>> > odd
>> >> looking people, they mouths had moved to other parts of their heads
>> >> and
>> >> stuff. Like a small skin had been used on a big mesh for a head. I
>> >> just
>> >> don't want this problem if I can help it.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Beck.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
 

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Sorry Maxon, I just had a good look through my skins and some are in fact
copies of Maxis originals.
So if I have corrupted skin files, is there any way to fix this?
I did notice a few of them weren't copies of the maxis ones though...
Sorry to be a pest. But thank you for you help with this.
Beck.
"Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:%1dAe.1550$yk6.345@newsfe7-gui.ntli.net...
> mmmm - do they, in fact, look like copies of Maxis clothes?
>
> If so, what you have are corrupted skin files. This can happen for
> various
> reasons. Alternatively, how did you install them - were they from zip
> files
> which you put manually in Downloads or were they from a self-installing
> Sims2Pack file?
>
> Best wishes
> Maxon
>
>
> "Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:CJ8Ae.2226$3n.18786@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>> Oh ok. I haven't had any problems yet lol.
>> Hey, I just put a whole heap of downloads into my game and went in to see
>> which I would like to keep and delete (I have way too many), and I found
>> a
>> pair of black pants 5 times and all were exactly the same. Would it be ok
> to
>> delete 4 of them, or were there 5 for a reason? Just thought you may know
>> more about downloads. Thanks again,
>> Beck.
>> "Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
>> news:q_6Ae.1871$WW5.1252@newsfe6-win.ntli.net...
>> > It's fairly easy to fix the skin itself through Bodyshop - though a bit
>> > fiddly. You won't be able to fix it for an existing sim without
>> > difficulty
>> > though I think you can do this through SimPE but I'm not sure you can
>> > change
>> > the genetics - I've seen a tute for this and that is complicated. If
> the
>> > skin doesn't cause the game to crash in the first place, I should think
> it
>> > would fix itself as the sim ages and accesses the new textures for the
>> > older
>> > age groups. With the Maxis-made skin bug, this is what happens.
>> >
>> > Best wishes
>> > Maxon
>> >
>> > "Beck" <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
>> > news:DZ5Ae.2189$3n.17769@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
>> >> I have looked for it but I cannot find the post I saw this in. Someone
>> > said
>> >> that people have had trouble with customised skins due to the fact
>> >> that
>> > some
>> >> people haven't added the toddler part of the skin. Just a question on
>> > that,
>> >> if I were to have problems with a skin I downloaded, would the skin
>> >> fix
>> >> itself up after the toddler stage? (Just going by what people have
>> >> been
>> >> saying I mean). Its just that I saw a thread in binaries with some
>> >> very
>> > odd
>> >> looking people, they mouths had moved to other parts of their heads
>> >> and
>> >> stuff. Like a small skin had been used on a big mesh for a head. I
>> >> just
>> >> don't want this problem if I can help it.
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Beck.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>