Maxis does it again!

[Klaatu]

If y'all need a place to exchange files, feel free to use my place: http://klaatu.dyndns.org/Uploads/

Just upload what you want there, then tell others here the link to the file you uploaded so they can download it. Please keep it related to Sims2, if you don't mind. I can't do any modding myself, so this is about the only way I can contribute.

If we need more organization later, that can probably be accomplished without too much trouble.

HTH

[Sleepycat]

I just haven't gotten the skintones done yet because the new layout of SimPe doesn't match Syera's instructions. So I don't want to fiddle until I know I got it figured out.

I replied to your question about gene fixing skintones in the other thread

[Jelenedra]

I finally got Datgen to work.

Sleepycat-

I had the debug version, and before I started up datgen- I used cleaninstaller and went through all my hair files and seperated them into new folders. Once I was done with that I took everything else out of my downloads folder and opened up datgen. Loaded up the files no problem and the hair category editor worked like a dream.

I got all my files binned and I only messed up one. I threw a blond in the brown bin on accident. Other than that, it was pazaak. 

[BlueSoup]

I got all my files binned and I only messed up one. I threw a blond in the brown bin on accident. Other than that, it was pazaak. 

Oh, that reminds me, I did that to one of the XMSims hair colours - thanks for reminding me!    I've been waiting for the release of SimPE to fix it (although now I have to find the right place to do it all over again  )

[Jelenedra]

My mess up was a Xmsims one too!  Was is the dark blonde hair version of the hair my avatar is wearing? Because if it was.... that's creepy. 

[BlueSoup]

Heh, no it was the platinum blonde version of the hair in your avatar. That is kinda weird.

[Jelenedra]

Very, very weird. *listens for Twilight Zone Music* I think we're okay though. *looks under her desk for gremlins*

[Motoki]

I finally got Datgen to work.

Sleepycat-

I had the debug version, and before I started up datgen- I used cleaninstaller and went through all my hair files and seperated them into new folders. Once I was done with that I took everything else out of my downloads folder and opened up datgen. Loaded up the files no problem and the hair category editor worked like a dream.

I got all my files binned and I only messed up one. I threw a blond in the brown bin on accident. Other than that, it was pazaak. 

Heh, see I told you. Once you get the damned thing working it's a hell of alot easier than SimPE. Just drag and drop to the right color pretty much.

[Jelenedra]

It's just temperamental as hell starting up.  Just so much easier than editing lines and lines of code in SimPe.

[nectere]

I have a place you can store binned stuff...uh with permission of course...(its called Uploader - at the top but you have to be registered - sorry)

its in my profile - the limit is 1mb per upload though. I guess if that is too small I could fix it

[BlueSoup]

Yay, nectere has a forum!  Whaddya want to bet there's no smilies at all? 

Definitely going to start uploading my sorted hair as soon as I remove the excess ages. 

[Simsbaby]

Another mesh, glad they are making more curly hair but this looks like a fuzzy rat.  I think Motoki is right about them showing up for sims with the golden badge.

[Argon]

Wow! Those textures really are Maxis made... (I just compared them)

The lifo's can be found in The Sims Open For Business\TSData\Res\3D\Sims08.package

afhairlonglayer and amhaircurly are the names.

They don't show up with the golden badge, I just tried it.

[Motoki]

Yes, I checked too. They don't even have a property set made for them just the meshes and textures so it looks like they were half finished. I'm not sure if they abandoned them due to some problems or maybe time constraints or what. Perhaps they were intended for the gold badge but it definitely isn't in the game to work that way.

I do wish Sims Connection would have set these up properly though. If these are Maxis hairs they need to be in the right color bin. And if they didn't alter the textures, and it doesn't look as though they did, then they need merely to reference the texture. Packaging the files with the textures makes it unnecessarily bloated and large and of course they also left the child and toddler ages in there and you get 4 copies of the grey hair for elders. What a sloppy mess!