Just when you thought HP couldn't be any more awesome....

This is great! Thanks!

Cherub Curly Hair (All Ages, Both Genders, True Custom!)
 

Truly custom hair!

In the tradition of my TS2 hairs, I'm proud to present my TS2 Cherub hair, converted for use in TS3! It was my first TS2 hair so it seemed fitting.

This is a true custom hair and doesn't replace anything! It shows up as a new item in CAS to choose, and does not require any Store hair or anything like that to work. You can just put it in your game and play - no fuss, no muss, no needing to choose whether you like another hair better.

It works properly for sims of different body types (fat/fit/whatever) and the hair recolouring options (roots/main/highlights/tip) work properly as well, though they may not look amazing in all colour options due to the way this hair is constructed.

This hair is for all ages (toddler through elder) and both genders (male and female). Your sims may not switch properly through all ages wearing the hair due to the way it had to be made kinda separately, but you can easily take 'em to a mirror and fix that. It may not be the most feminine hairstyle but I know a lot of people like to play butch/trans/otherwise short haired girls, and it's a LOT easier to do a hair for as many sims as will have it all at once than to do the other stuff later.


May not be perfectly perfect...

I've done my best to minimize wonkyness with this hair, but TS3 hair is pretty damn complicated, and I have limited time to spend on fiddly bits. There may be some slight "over-shine" and an appearance of a bit of pixelly sparkly around the edges in CAS but that doesn't really happen in-game. Lighter colours may not look quite as amazing as darker colours. The technology and knowledge to make absolutely perfect TS3 hairs is still in development, but it's about as close as I could get.

It also doesn't look real spiffy with sideburns. Sorry 'bout that. Facial overlays to get them to match up are a giant pain in the ass.

But it -does- include all the LODs and I've tested and get no zoom crashes or anything like that like some of the initial problems others have had.


To install:

1. Download the RAR file and extract the three .package files from it.

2. Install the .package files - recommended is use of the Helper Monkey!

3. Play! You shouldn't have to delete your cache files. Find the hair in Create a Sim for your new sims, or Change Appearance on a mirror for your existing ones.


Model credits:

Ethan by newone08, Raymond by TummyZa, Leah by Princess Leia, and an unreleased female sim by me. Eyes are by me, face is by Aikea Guinea.


No requests, please...

I am definitely going to do more hair for TS3... but I have limited time I can spend on creating (darn that real life and need to sleep!), and plenty of existing plans on which hairs (and what type of hairs) I want to do first.

I have permission from Nouk to convert her hairs, I have my own hairs I made for TS2, and hairs from TS2 itself all that can be done, as well as perhaps some brand new styles I might do. Which is probably enough to keep me busy for a year!

I will mainly be focusing on shorter, more "masculine" styles for a while, as guys tend to get the short end of the stick when it comes to hair. Any that are female or child appropriate will work for them, too. But with so much to do, I really don't take requests, suggestions, hints, or "ooh that'd be cool!" into consideration.


Huge thanks to:

DELPHY!! For slaving over figuring out non-replacement hair and for putting together a super easy to use tool to make it!

WES!! For his awesome Q-Mesh plugins for Milkshape!

All the awesome folks who figured out the file formats and gubbins to allow this to happen.

Also thanks to Lee for in-game testing.

Polygon Counts:
Count for LOD0 (highest detail) is 3340. LOD1-LOD3 are much lower.

thank you thank you thank!!! this is SO great you have done this, well done and they are great looking too!

he he he! It's come. Thanks!!!

Ooooooh finally non-replace hair! Wow! And curly!! Much needed, thank you !

Wow!! This is great, now I can actually ADD to my game, not just replace Thanks so much and this looks awesome too :D

Finally! I was hoping someone would make this one Sims-3-ready! Thanks so much!!! :D

Thanks this is awesome now hopefully creators who've already made hairs will alter theirs to be non replacements as well. I hope to see a long curly hair for females soon, I can't believe EA left out curly hair

YAY! One of my favourite sims 2 hair. Thank you so much for making it unisex!!

Do you have any idea how awesome you are? Sure you do that's why you made these because you are! Thank you, for this oh so needed curly hair!

I think I luv you! *hugs* Thanks!

Thank you so much HP! I was anxiously waiting for you to upload this hair I just love it and thank you for making it for both genders,

HP, you so ROCK! This was one of my favorite TS2 hairs.

This is amazing!!! You are amazing!!! Thank you HP!!! Can't wait to see this on some of my boys!!!

Brilliant! So tired of seeing the same old stock Sims 3 hairs. Thank you!

Absolutely gorgeous HP! This was always one of my favorite hairs for The Sims 2. THANK YOU THANK YOU!

Thanks for all your effort converting this to Sims3! Also thank you to all who figured this out and made the tools for your work!
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Yay! This is one of my favorite hairs for Sims 2 so I am thrilled to have it for Sims 3. Thank you!

THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!

Finally we get some true custom hairstyle which is not the Peggy's plastic ones!

Finally curly hair. Can't see why EA left it out it looks beautiful on sims and curly hair is natural just like straight.

LOL at your "Install Instructions" page!

HP, I bow before thee... this was one of my fave hairs of urs from TS2, and now it's here for TS3 - absolute awesome. U are a true genius in the field of mods, conversions and just general greatness. Thank you so much

Just when I decided that TS2 was better and that I wouldn't be playing 3 for a while. You go and do this. Thanks so very much. In a good way.

I read about the Peggy (leeching and entirely improper) fiasco today so congrats and THANKYOU to you, Delphy and Wes for working very hard and doing things the "right" way.

I can't say much more really

Thanks again for releasing these! I hope you can make a tutorial on how to make hair and such :D

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! This is my #1 FAVORITE hair to use for my toddlers and children, and I'm so, SO glad that you were able to make it for The Sims 3. You're amazing!

Dizor - Once I feel I really have the hang of it and we've worked the bugs and kinks out of D's program, I'll do a basic tutorial geared toward TS2 to TS3 conversion, when I can find the time. I currently have a babbling 7 month old hanging over my left arm as I type, trying to grab stuff on my desk and fall on his head onto the floor, so that may be a while.

I think I nearly convulsed in pleasure. I just got the Peggy hair, too, and now this? Please. Don't stop! MORE!

Also: I did scream aloud and scared the living daylights out of my mother when I did this.

That's bad. BUT, really, HP -- I you. Thank you so much!

And I agree with the poster above HP's post: it looks great on toddlers. And the whole ugly toddler look with shoddy hairs was getting tiring. <3

thank you!! finally some real custom content! loooooooove your work

I. Love. You.
The game been out for, what, a month and a half? And we're already blessed with awesome cc! I just can't imagine how it will be in a year or two *head implodes*

Thank you very much!

I think that's what they call revolution :D
So much thank you, it looks so wonderful - and you even made it for both genders and even for toddlers...aaah it's so great! I'm really thankful for your upload!

I just read yours and Delphy's posts in the forum about the hair and here it is, just when I thought you couldn't get more awesome. Thank you so much!

This is amazing! Thank you!

Non- replacable?! Awesome!! Thank you soo much HP!!

I loved this hair in Sims 2! Thank you Thank you. And it's toddler thru elder too.
I just knew you guys would figure out how to make non-replacement hair!
Oh I'm so happy I literally squealed when I saw this! :D

Thank you so much for all you do. I am so happy to see custom hair.

!! Thank you !!

Thank you! I feel like a piece of me died every time I launched TS3, due to the hair situation.

Awsome! Thank you so much. =)

omgosh thank you so much =D

Thank you.I read somewhere you where working on making this hair availeble for sims 3 whitout replacing another hair.I'm so happy I can download it now.This was one of my favorite hairstyles for sims 2.Thank you verry much for all the great work you do and for sharing it with others.

OMG HAIR!!!!!!! There was a much mind squeeing when I logged in to find HAIR. <3

WOOT!

Thanks for this!

Thank you so much HP and all those who were involved in this! It is awesome and thank you for making it unisex

Lindsey

Yay for some proper working hair without hidden surprises!

Great Job
Thanks!!!!

I'm in love with you!!! *huggggg* Thanks for sharing your awesomeness with us!! <3

Yay our first real custom content,thank you this hair is awesome

Oh I really loved this hair for Sims 2. And it is awesome to have it for Sims 3. There were no curly hairs in the game. And moreover no really short hairs for boys and girls. So thank you very much for this. :D

And so much better than peggys ugly "giant head" hairs.

COOL! Male hair!!!

I can't believe you guys finally did it!! THANK YOU!!!

Woweeee Wow Wow!!! Yay - my tots won't look goofy anymore!

Wow custom hairs. You are really great. Love this style, already in sims 2. Thank you very much.

OH, THANK YOU!! I thought I'd never get this back! Thank you thank you!!!

Thank you so much for sharing this; it's definitely going to be a permanent fixture in my mod folder. Looks great; wonderful work!

Heartfelt thank you's to you and everyone here that share such great works and devotion, so that someone like me can have such wonderful things added to my game. Thank you so very very much!

It's official HP, I love you O_O. I'm glad that someone has finally worked out how to make custom hair that doesn't replace anything.

Is anyone else having trouble with the file? Mine keeps saying that the file is corrupt.

Fantastic hair, thank you sooooo much =c)

p.s. Brenari, works o.k. for me!

It's been perfect from day one, and now that it's non replaceable just makes it even better!

Yay the custom hair is here! Thank you! :D

That's just awesome. Those straight-haired sims just freak me out. :D

OMG, HP,a HUGE hug to you! Thanks so much! The EA hair styles seriously suck and I am so glad you and those who helped are able to make non-replacement hair! I LOVE it! :D

Great Praise To Hp!!!
 

GREAT!!! I love it ... and how convenient one doesn't have to make a new mesh

But is it just me or does it make a huge forehead on the guy?!

I must say they are really good.

You are amazing!! Thank you ever so much!!!

Finally a couple of new hair meshes - this and your Nouk hair mean that my male Sims can have some decent hairdo's at last! THANK YOU so much!!

Thank You! It is awesome!

*squeals with JOY* Yes!! Thank you!

I think it looks amazingly good this was my fav hair in ts2 now i have it for ts3 thanks so much

Oh, wow, I think I love you!

And regarding it perhaps not being "perfect," EAxis' own hairs shipped with the game and sold in the store are FAR from perfect either. Not that I need to point that out to anyone, of course...

Wonderful work!!! Many, many thanks. You rock! One of my favorite hairs.

one of my fave hair from the sims2 thank you so much, i can't wait for others...

You did a amazing job! Thanks a lot, it pleases me more than I can say. Thanks for the hard work you did on both hairs (nd also on you other work)

You did a amazing job! Thanks a lot, it pleases me more than I can say. Thanks for the hard work you did on both hairs (nd also on you other work)

Yyyuuuaaay HAIR

Thank you very very much and great job

Pierre

HP you are the best!

*GASP* You made it! I can't believe it! And one of my favourite hairs!!

*bowsheadtothemasterofpixels*

Thank you very much!!!

Thanks so much, HP. I know that this was not easy.

Yah ah ha! SUCH the genius! ty oh so much, it rocks!

WooooHoo! YAY HP!

This is amazing. Thanks for sharing it!

Your Sims 2 Gaius hair was one of my favorites. I really hope to see it converted for TS3.

This is truly amazing, thank you

-repeatedly hits the thanks button-

Thank you for hanging in there :D

This is a must-have for me. Thank you for your conversions. :D

I can recall this hair from your The Sims 2 creations. Thanks a lot for sharing it with us . . .

*downloads within the instant*

This was a great cut in TS2....and now for TS3.....love it. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you so much!

Yay! A non shaggy /non emo hair! Thank you ssooo much XD

Finally some hair! Good hair, not the tacky hair shipped with the game.. YAY

THANK YOU!!! You are my hero! =)

.....you deserve another thanks, so.......thanks

Excellent! Thank you

HP, you rock! This is awesome! As well as the other hair too!

!!!! I am so excited to see other people putting out custom hair now - especially curly! This & the sport hair look fantastic, thank you!

THANK YOU for all your hard work! :D

Aaaaaaah! This is so great, thank you so much HP!

You are truely an amazing creator, I have downloaded most of your creations and I am absolutely impressed, Thank You so much for sharing your creations :D

I! LOVE! YOU! One of my greatest fears was that I would never have my lovely TS2 hair collection for TS3... I see now it is possible!