changing cc hair color using simpe

[telefen]

Hi: for years I've been changing hair colors which I didn't like, thru making a new recolor which ended up in saved sims folder. Today, I tried exporting the TXTR & changing it in GIMP & using build DXDR. It sounds too easy because, the results were perfect eveytime. My question: Am I doing something wrong?. I mean am I adding extra files or other things I'm not aware of?. All i did was to export the TXTR,change the shade of the hair in gimp,build DXDR & commit&save. Otherwise this method saves a lots of time. :beer:

[fakepeeps7]

That's a perfectly valid way of doing things. You can do it with clothing, too.

The only issue that I've found is with file size. Body Shop compresses things where SimPE does not. So if you're just using SimPE, your files can end up being bigger. If you're worried about it, run the files through The Compressorizer before you use them in your game.

[telefen]

That's a perfectly valid way of doing things. You can do it with clothing, too.

The only issue that I've found is with file size. Body Shop compresses things where SimPE does not. So if you're just using SimPE, your files can end up being bigger. If you're worried about it, run the files through The Compressorizer before you use them in your game. Thanks fakepeeps7. I followed your advice 6 ran those folders(a couple of) thru compressorizer, wow the ugly redishblond not only looks like a real blond but, instead of 1mb,it became 1/4 of the size. Thanks for everything. I guess my Curisitypayed off. The only other issue which is really not that important is, when I get rid off hair categories, It seesms like that I have to leave the elderly category intact otherwise I either get a BS crash or the hair disappears completely :faceslap: . Any Idea, cause i wipe out all other categories & it works great. :beer: :up: :)

[fakepeeps7]

When you get rid of an age category, you have to get rid of everything related to that age category in SimPE (the TMXTs, the 3DIRs... everything). It's been a long time since I've done anything like that (so I can't remember exactly how it was done), but if you want, you can have a look at the two hats (http://www.modthesims.info/browse.php?f=372&showType=1&gs=0&showAll=1&u=285828) I did for girls. One of them is for toddlers and girls and the other is for girls only. I took out the other ages because they already existed in the game and I didn't want them taking up space.

[telefen]

Thanks again fakepeeps7. This sounds like I've missed those. I hope it doesn't matter so much or does it? If I have to, then I guess I'll make BS crash again LOL. This is funny. I don't get to play the game much nowadays. Have a good day. My head is spinning. why didn'nt maxis make it a little easier.

[StarboardParoxysm]

SimPE -can- compress, you just have to tell it to do it. On one of the panels (sorry, I forget which one - it's the one where you can change the Type, Group, and Instance too), there's a tickbox for Compressed. If you tick that, it'll compress the resource - but you have to do it for each resource in each file that you change, so it may just be easier to use Compressorizer. ;)