Member Controls

How to... > Super noob question on floating head
sfriggsLink to postposted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 5:27 pm

Member since:
 2011-11-29
Posts:
 1
My wife has a sim in game with a custom skin on that becomes a floating head when nude.  Everything else works fine.  I understand this is a body mesh problem and that SimSurgery will allow me to change the skin, but it is a really pretty skin and I don't want to change it if it's possible to fix it.  The problem is, I have no idea which skin it is.  We have several that look similar in game, and my wife doesn't remember which one she's wearing.  I am brand new to SimPE and honestly have no idea where to begin to look.  If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it.  I really want to save this sim AND the skin she's wearing.
GhostLink to postposted: Wed Nov 30, 2011 9:59 pm
Avator for Ghost

Member since:
 2006-03-19
Posts:
 788

Mod The Sims might be a better place to ask how to actually fix the skin, but I can tell you how to find it. Package the sim. Now get the Clean Installer Here:  http://www.modthesims.info/d/409950 and open the sim's package with it.  It will list all the CC that packaged with that sim. Including the skin. 

 

I know I saw a tutorial on how to fix it once you know which skin it is, but I don't remember where I saw it. If I can find it for you I will link it here. Meanwhile, you can try seeing if you can find it and re-download it. You may not have gotten the mesh for that skin, if it's a skin that goes with a CC body type.

sfriggsLink to postposted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 2:01 am

Member since:
 2011-11-29
Posts:
 1
Cool thank you so much I will do that and let you know how it goes
sfriggsLink to postposted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 7:22 pm

Member since:
 2011-11-29
Posts:
 1
Haven't had a chance to try it yet been busy, but I do want to say thank you to Inge, Ghost, Quaxi, and any others who still monitor/maintain this forum.  I wracked my brain for days before posting, and found very little info.  Unfortunately, I cannot acces mts2 from work (where I've done most of my info-searching) due to my organization's content filter, so getting help here was a breath of fresh air.  Thank you again, and also for all the hard work you've all put into this program.
GhostLink to postposted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 11:01 pm
Avator for Ghost

Member since:
 2006-03-19
Posts:
 788

I'm glad we could help.

 

If you use the color binning tool available at Theo's Shack, you can change the meshes of that skin file. I've also been told that it would help if you have all your body meshes in the SimPE file table. This will let the tool show you what mesh it uses, if you do have it.  

 

Here is the tutorial for linking a skintone to a body mesh: http://theos.chewbakkas.net/tutorials/tutorial-mesh-linking.html

 

This is the installation instructions for the hair binning tool, which is a SimPE plugin http://theos.chewbakkas.net/tools/color-binning-tool-readme.html

 

And the link for the color binning tool for simPE .63 and later is http://theos.chewbakkas.net/tools/color-binning-tool.html

 

 



viewthread, 0, 0, Super-noob-question-on-floating-head