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[motoki]

Well they updated their stuff again. Some nice stuff this time. There's some workout clothes for women that actually don't make them look like old ladies. And there's some guy stuff too. A child's Miffy shirt and a "Rich B!tch" shirt I got for Blanche lol.

There's some makeup that reminds me of the dryads too.

[Calislahn]

I looked earlier today and it was the same stuff, see it must be the time difference they were still tucked up in bed then ;D

Going to have a little look

EDIT: Got the miffy shirt for the girls, and some other bits, i saw that makeup it is a bit dryady (is that a word )

I really should do my Tweety one ;D

[Calislahn]

I just looked on there to see if i could find anything about clothing and i found this tutorial.

www.sims2.thesimsresource.com/article/tutorials/Bodyshop_Skinning_by_Thomas

Seems i did do it right after all with the top so it must just be how it is, i've noticed quite a few of the clothes look dodgy close up especially the edges of the swimwear. Still the game is such fun i'm not really bothered about that.

[motoki]

Hmm, interesting but that tutorial doesn't talk about the normal maps at all. I know I have seen one that does though, I will have to dig for it.

[Calislahn]

Well i thought i had as well i'm sure i read something about the bump maps once whatever they are, i know they add the contours to the texture so i assume one of those three that where in my project folder was that



It's weird getting used to something else after so long working with Morrowind textures

[motoki]

bump maps and normal maps or more or less the same thing yes. I know there was a good tutorial I found darn it but I can't seem to find it now I did find one but it was in German. Found a couple of other links:

members.fortunecity.com/lpx/tutorials/bumpmap.html

www.monitorstudios.com/bcloward/tutorials_normal_maps1.html

I will keep looking

[motoki]

Okay I found the tutorial I was thinking of

home.planet.nl/~Dobbe065/Tutorials/Denim1.html

On page 2 he talks about the normal maps. Apparently it's pretty easy because there is some Photoshop plugin (I assume it would work on PSP as well) that you can use that basically makes the normal map for you. I think you might recognize the page it's on too

developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html

The actual file is here: download.nvidia.com/developer/NVTextureSuite/NVIDIA_Photoshop_Plugins_6.6.0827.1800.exe Apparently it's an updated (?) version of the DDS plugin with the normal map plugin with it, or maybe it had it with it all that time and I just never paid it any mind.

[Calislahn]

Thanks

Not saying i'm going to start doing clothes mind you, it's just nice to know that's all

[motoki]

Well they updated again. I like the description for this shirt:

Feed the kids, mow the lawn, fix dinner and be Chief of Staff at Sims General Hospital... that's a Wonder Woman.

And this shirt is just awesome



That's how I feel playing my Mike and Chris sims who have 5 children none of whom like to do their homework and who are always complaining and refusing to share beds (I made one girl sleep on the couch because she wouldn't sleep with her brother; I have the money and room for another bed but I am tired of their nonsense!) and also watching over that senile old live-in Nanny Sharlene to make sure she doesn't burn the house down.

[Calislahn]

:laugh4: I love that cat, i have had that feeling many times ;D

There's an actual wonder woman Sim, have you seen it? got the proper costume and everything ;D

[motoki]

Yes I have it. Thought of dressing Cali up in that costume or as 60s Austin Powers girl (got his sim too lol) what with you being English and all. ;D

[Calislahn]

Go on then ;D I'd like to see that actually

[Mebyon]

So I download something. (A bit coy about admitting what it is!) It appears in tha zip file as a set of .package files. What do I do with these?

[Calislahn]

You need to unzip them to the EA folder found in My Documents so My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads.

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Thanks Cali, I'll try that.