Well, I uninstalled and reinstalled my games.  It turns out that the super nude patch installed the f-word mod, even though I chose NOT to install that part!  It installed it any way!  So now I am wondering, is there an ALTERNATIVE to the snp? 

Two hours is NOTHING!?  Oh dear Lord...

Photoshop is the easy part.  Or so I THOUGHT.  I've only worked with layers to do glitter graphics in the past.  Never really tried the 3D thing until now.  My hubby says I have no depth preception so maybe that is it! 

I bought that program you can use to make sims but guess what?  It sucks.  I can't even remember the name of it off the top of my head other than the word GOLD is in it.


So what you suggest it to just tweak the sim in Bodyshop until it looks like who I want it to.  That is going to be harder than using Photoshop! lol  I'll try that then.  I am guessing that is how the people over at MTS2 do it then, right?  They ask for photos of you facing forward and not smiling, a profile and a 3/4 view.  I guess if I accidently did my step-daughter I can do other people too.

I think...

Thanks for all of the pointers everyone!  I really do appreciate it!

Do these REPLACE the defaults?  I'm an idiot and have no idea how this stuff works!

I really wasn't sure where to put this one so if it is in the wrong place, please forgive my dumb ass!

I've been TRYING unsuccessfully to create sims that look like people I know, celebs, etc. using the photo skinning method.  I have used the tutorial that is located at Anna's Reich (Oepu), and 2 different ones posted at MTS2.  I have printed them out and followed each one step by step and I still can not do this.  I haven't figured out WHY I am having such a problem because when it comes to photo manipulation (for lack of a better term) in Photoshop, I can do almost anything.  Anything but this.

Last night I worked with the first tutorial I mentioned for 2 hours.  My goal was producing Queen Latifah.  What I ended up with was an attractive African American woman but it was NOT her.  I tried doing my daughter, my step-daughter and my daughter's favorite actress Amanda Bines.  Nothing.

So what I am asking in my ignorance is, to anyone who does this and is good at it, what tutorial did you use when you started, if any, and what tips do you have?  This can't be as hard as it seems.  Can it?

That would be the one.  I am going to try it again.  You may be right.  Where my 12 year old daughter wouldn't do this, my 17 year old son WOULD.

Yes, I deleted the cache files.  I even went as far as deleting the entire game folder (like it says to do in the book), and let the game reinstall it.

When I was talking about uninstalling and reinstalling, I meant the entire game.  Sorry I wasn't so specific.

This is driving me nuts!  Maybe I will just completely remove the game from my system, right down to the registry and reinstall it and all of my CC except any lots.

Here is what I am noticing.  This is only happening in CAS when I go to choose the sim's aspiration.  It is not happening in game at all.  I still can't find anything which tells me that those particular files were just over-written.  So I ask this:  if I were to go and download the f-word mod (I think that is what it is called), install it and then un-install it, do you think that would fix the problem?  Or should I just do an complete un-install and re-install of my game files?

I removed the downloads folder and it still happens. 

Thanks again everyone for your help!

I still can't find this file!  Not only did it change the woohoo to fuck but it changed other things.  Like it changed one thing to "be a pimp."  Now I really don't know what  I am looking for. 

Just for the record lemonfresh, I didn't download this file.  It just happened to show up. 

I didn't download any replacement wants files either.  I have no idea what this is.

Thanks for the help everyone!

That would be the file that is in there.  The woohoo to fuck one.  Sorry if I didn't describe it better.

I already did a scan with the clean pack installer and did that both with the hidden files showing and without.  I haven't found anything yet. 

Sorry about the colored text as well.

Thank you Marhis!  I appreciate your help!  I am glad someone finally understood the situation and was able to be KIND and help.

Now to floppyboo and ElfPuddle.  What names.  Hmm.  You two don't know me yet you choose to insult me.  Now it is my turn.  I think I will start with those horrid user names.  Let's start with floppyboo.  Would this be used to describe your boyfriend?  After all, a BOO is a boyfriend.  Does he see you naked and go all floppy?  Are you THAT unappealing?  You must advertise this?  Shame.

And ElfPuddle.  Hmm...sounds like an elf pissed himself.  So you are a puddle of elf piss, huh?  How appropriate.

Now both of you can kiss my ass.  I'll be leaving now. 

Again, thank you Marhis.

Obviously you didn't read my last post. 

There is suppose to be a face of a saved sim in there (someone posted that earlier) and mine is gone.  Someone also posted that when you choose the alien skin it automatically went to the alien face.  Mine no longer does.  Once he explained there was no actual head but these things should be there/should happen, I understand better. 

So if someone else in here says that "the only thing they can think of is the head of a saved sim in step 2" (or something to that effect) then I am not completely wrong.  There should be something in step 2 that I am missing.  And if someone says that you choose the alien skin and you automatically get the alien face and I am not, the I am not totally wrong because something is not right in my game.

At this point all I am asking for is help in getting the picture of the alien face back and the game fixed so that when creating aliens their heads have the right shape.  No more and no less.  I don't care about the zombies or mannequins anymore.  Just the aliens.

That's the thing.  I used to get the "skin face."  Maybe that is the proper word for it.  There was a head in step 2.  No more.  Now when I select the alien (or zombie) skin, I am able to put it on any head at all.  Not the normal one for that skin tone.  Is this starting to make more sense now?  I guess I was thinking heads all this time because there were heads in step 2 in CAS.  I don't get the Pollination Tech shaped heads when I choose that skintone.  That is what is bugging the hell out of me.  That and the head being missing from step 2.  If someone can help me get this straightened out, I'll be forever grateful!

Thank you for explaining this better!

This is where it SHOULD be but I have nothing there.  Before when I clicked on the head that was there, I would have an alien shaped head.  How do I get it back there?  Cause I am using a program right now to locate the files and it is pretty rough!

These are the numbers that pop up when you run the mouse over the object in CAS in debug mode.

No, my kids have downloaded no CC into my system.  They are not allowed on this computer.  They each have their own computers.  I did find the werewolf face paint.  Just can't figure out why the head shapes are gone now.  I wish I had a way to post the ones I made before.  I have 2 alien families, a zombie family and a mannequin family, all with distinct heads that showed up when I chose those skins.

Honestly, I could care less anymore about any but the alien one.  Head I mean.  I just can't figure out why my step #2 is BLANK when it use to have something in there.

As far as using all caps, yeah, I realize that it considered yelling IF you use it continuously.  But when you use it on a word or two it shows emphasis only.

Sorry to be such a pain in the ass, but I just KNOW what my game had in it, what my daughter's game has in it and what my friend's game has in it - none of us having any CC or shared files.  And I am the only one with missing stuff.

About 3/4 of the way down is a post from a gal named Dixielandsh who also has the same files as me (the ones I have missing), which proves they should be there.

http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/messages.php?&openItemID=item.2,item.61,item.104,item.41,item.127,item.23&threadID=60f06538559170c526e77f06b2760d75&directoryID=21&startRow=1

For the record, when I wrote this I had some custom content hair files.  But as the other gal writes, she has NO CC, hacks or the like.  And, if you read the VERY FIRST RESPONSE that I got here, that person also says that yes, they ARE there and goes as far as telling where they are.

I just want them showing back up.  I'm trying to figure out WHY they are still in my daughter's PC who has NO internet connection and no CC (other than the same ones I have from pre-orders) STILL has these.

At MTS2, they have a replacement for the default alien face IN CAS.  http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=209816
It shows in the preview a photo of the original CAS default and of the replacement one as well.  I am also looking to see if anyone has redone the zombie or mannequin. 

So see, they SHOULD be there.

First of all, thank you!  Someone else has (or in my case HAD) these files and everyone else here is WRONG!  I can even post a link to thesims2.com about this very thing. 

There IS SUPPOSE TO BE (IN DEBUG MODE) an alien, mannequin, and zombie skin tone.  This is even mentioned in Prima's official Cheats guide, as well as several places on the internet.  Just as there are big black alien eyes.  The second step should in fact be to choose a head and that is where my files are NOT showing up.  So if someone else is missing these heads, or the skin tones - there is something wrong in your game too. 

I am beginning to think it has to do with a Windows XP update because mine is completely up to date.  My daughter also has TS2 but no internet connection at all and guess what.  She has them in hers.  That is the only difference.  That and she doesn't have Pets or Seasons.  However, I just did a reinstall and these files were STILL missing BEFORE I put Pets or Seasons in there.  So that isn't it either.

I've done the uninstall and reinstall.  Nothing. 

I made alien, zombie and mannequin families all the time in CAS.  I even have them in my game.  I just can't make them anymore cause the heads are gone.  I'll go to the file spot and find them.  I just want to know how I get them back to where they go.

Ok.  I have a problem.  I have posted about this at several other forums, including contacting EA about it and NO ONE seems to be able to help me.  I did a search that somehow brought me here so I am hoping someone can help me!  Here's the deal!

I have NO custom content in my Sims game other than the ones made by Maxis.  I have all of the Sims2 games (EPs & SPs). In CAS when you use boolProp and choose the alien, zombie or mannequin skin there are suppose to be heads (with the alien it is a specific set of facial features as well) that go with those. When you choose to change the head there should only be one head in there. In my game there are NONE. They are gone. Also, the werewolf full face paint is gone. The alien black eyes are still there though. I have had a bunch of people tell me that these files don't exist or that they are custom content.  THEY ARE NOT!  These files were also in my daughter's game and I could have copied them to my flash drive and transferred them to my PC & game but since my son got a virus in her PC and I had to reformat it, she lost the files and we haven't put the game back in yet.

I did have to reformat my PC lately and I was hoping that the files would be there when I reinstalled.  But no.

I know these files are on the discs somewhere but I don't know where or how to get them off of there and back in my game.

These are the numbers of the files that used to be in my game.  I checked with a friend of mine for the numbers:

0x0c560f39-0x4f184229-0x71c77514

0x6c4f359d-0x4f184229-0xb1720b1f

0x2c1fd821-0x2c176742-0x11c77514

affacelycan_s1

I installed an old neighborhood I had created with families using each head and those are showing up as they should.  I am told that this means the files are still in my PC somewhere or their heads would go back to something else. 

Also, no one can tell me why this is happening.  I use these files all the time to make strange families.  I wish someone could just find and zip them up and send them to me because this is really giving me a migraine now. 

Any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!  Many thanks in advance!