quick and easy method to get your custom swimsuits and pajama's into Hot Date.

* once you acomplish this feat!  {find about an hour or two of free time and sit down in front of your PC}

you are going to change *all* your pajamas and swimsuits to a file name that the Hot Date downtown clothes rack recognizes.

Then you are going to take your Sim(ette) downtown and purchase their pajama's and swimsuits back !

I've simplified the process, and tried to make it a no-brainer.

examples:

..\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Skins

L100FAFitlgt_PajamaFLgt_racenet01rk.bmp - becomes ->    L100FAFitlgt_racenet01rk.bmp

Pajamafmed_flowermini.bmp - becomes ->     L100FAFitlgt_racenet01rk.bmp

pajamafmed_flowermini.cmx - becomes ->     L100FAFit_flowermini.cmx

1.) I pasted L100FAFIT_ to every Pajama file I had in the skins folder.

PajamaFLgt_racenet01rk.bmp - became -> L100FAFitlgt_PajamaFLgt_racenet01rk.bmp

2.) then I simply deleted the old Pajama part  - L100FAFitlgt_racenet01rk.bmp

3.) notice that I do insure the lgt, drk, and med are the same ( just edit the L100 part)

4.) with the cmx file I (pasted - deleted) and removed the lgt, med, drk to follow convention.

pajamafmed_flowermini.cmx - became ->     L100FAFit_flowermini.cmx fit can be fat, skn

5.) not every file file has a cmx (we're running out of fun time here) so I rely on this file to be the default

L100FAFit_original.cmx

---

more examples:

----------------------------------

UFFitmed_racenet01rk.bmp - became ->

S100FAFitmed_UFFitmed_racenet01rk.bmp - which became ->

S100FAFitmed_racenet01rk.bmp

----------------------------------

UFFitmed_lguard.bmp - became ->

S100FAFitmed_UFFitmed_lguard.bmp - which became ->

S100FAFitmed_lguard.bmp

---------------------------------

now that you've renamed (move these s100's and L100's to the ..\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\ExpansionPack3\SkinsBuy and / or ..\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\ExpansionShared\SkinsBuy

** the Sim File Cop program that checks the skins folder most likely doesn't check for bad files in the skinsbuy folder. drat!

however; if you made these files like this and moved them from your previously working LL/HP skins folder, you should have no prob.

** more note:  do not cancel the shopping - buy process - that will lockup or crash your game !

this is not a result of this moving the pajama's and swimsuits in to the skinsbuy.  I've noticed you can not cancel an AI animation without dire results in the downtown area.

enjoy..

These are the default textures for Pajamas:

PajamaFFit_01: Fit Female Pajamas
PajamaFSkn_01: Skinny Female Pajamas
PajamaFFat_01: Fat Female Pajamas

PajamaMFit_01: Fit Male Pajamas
PajamaMSkn_01: Skinny Male Pajamas
PajamaMFat_01: Fat Male Pajamas

PajamaFLgt_01: for Light-skinned Female Pajamas (all weight classes)
PajamaFMed_01: for Medium-skinned Female Pajamas
PajamaFDrk_01: for Dark-skinned Female Pajamas

PajamaMLgt_01: For Light-skinned Male Pajamas
PajamaMMed_01: For Medium-skinned Male Pajamas
PajamaMDrk_01: For Dark-skinned Male Pajamas

**   remember  that children wear the same pajamas as adults.

These are the default textures for Swimsuits:
UFFitLgt_01: Fit Light Female Swimsuit
UFSknLgt_01: Skinny Light Female Swimsuit
UFFatLgt_01: Fat Female Light Swimsuit
UFFitMed_01: Fit Medium Female Swimsuit
UFSknMed_01:
UFFatMed_01:
UFFitDrk_01:
UFSknDrk_01:
UFFatDrk_01:

UMFitLgt_01:
UMSknLgt_01: male swimsuits
UMFatLgt_01:

**   basic method for changing the children’s pajama’s, that you can also apply to the adult changes.

1.)    open Windows Explorer

2.)      drill down to** ..\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Skins folder

3.)      find the texture your child sim is wearing by double clicking on the
.bmp files that contain the 'c ch uch Chd' letters (these are child
textures).  By double clicking this should open up the .BMP file into a
paint program, so you can view the texture (clothes).  Now all you have to
is rename (match  the filename AFTER the underscore _ to  the children's
pajama .bmp file)

4.)    so this is another way to just click around and find the picture and
write down the filename to discover what the pajamas should be named.

Quick review Examples:
Like the texture b002mcchdlgt_nerd.bmp wears the pajama's
Pajamamfit_nerd.bmp
just go into the skins folder and look thought the mcchd or fcchd outfits
until you find the outfit your Sim child is currently wearing, use the last
group of letters after the last underscore and rename the last group of
letters after the underscore on the pajama texture/outfit to match.

again

B011FCChdlgt_soc01.bmp

will wear the

PajamaFlgt_soc01.bmp

so you have to find the Maxis names for all those outfits you describe {you
could just double click the child BMP's} and all the names for the pajama's
you like - then start matching up /renaming the pajama's to match the
outfit.

for the adult meshes {skins} the texture files would look like this:

default swimsuits: {3 for some reason or another}
uffitlgt_01.bmp
UFFitlgt_undies01.bmp
UFFitlgt_lguard01.bmp

==============================

Any Adult Sim wearing the MiniD9 texture will also wear the Pajama’s, Swimsuit, and nakeds texture if you match the description of the ‘outfit’ texture to these  bit maps.

B008FAFitlgt_MiniD9.bmp   outfit
PajamaFlgt_MiniD9.bmp       pajamas
UFFitlgt_MiniD9.bmp           swimsuit
nffitlgt_minid9.bmp                nakeds part

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**working example:Hearts pajama’s on child-

variables copied from the Elizabeth Elvira  characterXX.iff file:

Elizabeth Elvira

child

b011ucchd_01

BODY=b011ucchdlgt_soc01

c006fc_nerd

HEAD-HEAD=c006fclgt_nerd

HEAD

Top

R_HAND

Palm

female  9

lgt

==========

 

b011ucchdlgt_soc01.bmp  {default file located inside .far}

children’s soccer outfit

 

b011ucchd_01.cmx     {default file located inside .far}

------------- contents -----------

// Character File. Copyright 1997, Maxis Inc.

version 300

0

1

b011ucchd_01

0

0

1

PELVIS

xskin-b011ucchd_01-PELVIS-BODYCHD

0

0

0

xskin-b011ucchd_01-PELVIS-BODYCHD.skn  {default file located inside .far}

------------- contents -----------

xskin-b011ucchd_01-PELVIS-BODYCHD

b011ucchdlgt_soc01

19

PELVIS

R_LEG

R_LEG1

R_FOOT

R_TOE0

L_LEG

L_LEG1

L_FOOT

L_TOE0

SPINE

SPINE1

<snip>

=============

 the second line of the .skn file  calls the texture b011ucchdlgt_soc01 (.bmp)

so all we have to do is name the Hearts pajama’s to conform with the adult naming convention, hence:

 

PajamaFlgt_soc01.bmp

   
example textures for Children's Pajamas

1.)    open Windows Explorer

2.)    drill down ** ..\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\GameData\Skins folder

3.)    find the texture your child sim is wearing by double clicking on the .bmp files that contain the ‘c ch uch Chd’ letters (these are child textures).  By double clicking this should open up the .BMP file into a paint program, so you can view the texture (clothes).  Now all you have to is rename (match  the filename AFTER the underscore _ to  the children’s pajama .bmp file)

4.)    so this is another way to just click around and find the picture and write down the filename to discover what the pajamas should be named.

Quick review Examples:
Like the texture b002mcchdlgt_nerd.bmp wears the pajama's
Pajamamfit_nerd.bmp
just go into the skins folder and look thought the mcchd or fcchd outfits
until you find the outfit your Sim child is currently wearing, use the last
group of letters after the last underscore and rename the last group of
letters after the underscore on the pajama texture/outfit to match.

again

B011FCChdlgt_soc01.bmp

will wear the

PajamaFlgt_soc01.bmp

so you have to find the Maxis names for all those outfits you describe {you
could just double click the child BMP's} and all the names for the pajama's
you like - then start matching up /renaming the pajama's to match the
outfit.

for the adult meshes {skins} the texture files would look like this:

default swimsuits: {3 for some reason or another}
uffitlgt_01.bmp
UFFitlgt_undies01.bmp
UFFitlgt_lguard01.bmp
==============================
B008FAFitlgt_MiniD9.bmp   outfit
PajamaFlgt_MiniD9.bmp   pajamas
UFFitlgt_MiniD9.bmp   swimsuit
nffitlgt_minid9.bmp   nakeds part

just follow the same pattern as the children's pajama's
{after the underscore.}


 ======================================

but for now those having problems getting the Sim children to wear your
choice of Pajama's it is probably because these are the files that work for
the childrens pajama's and these are what you should use for the children's
pajama's:

Custom Pajamas for adult sims and children sims:
PajamaFLgt_customnamehere.bmp
PajamaFMed_customnamehere.bmp
PajamaFDrk_customnamehere.bmp
PajamaMLgt_customnamehere.bmp
PajamaMMed_customnamehere.bmp
PajamaMDrk_customnamehere.bmp

okay ?

Footnote - rather Handnote 8^)
hand textures:
hands, two each.........
HMLOlgt_customname.bmp
HMROlgt_customname.bmp

  link for another excellent tutorial on customizing pajamas and outfits:   thesimsresource
  Since  TSR  went to the paysite format, you will just have to look around for the Tutorial - drat.

dracman
Tomb Raider: Shotgun City
http://www.smokeypoint.com/tomb.htm


"Paul Gerhardt" <alt.games.the-sims> and I ( Dracman ) put all these pages together and Paul wrote in message...
> I've tried to lay this all out clearly for all in a new post. Please check
out "Amazingly Clear Explanation of Skins" and make sure I didn't screw
anything up.
> Thanks
> -Paul

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