Mod The Sims - BodyShop Mechanic [Updated March 14 2009]

BodyShop Mechanic [Updated March 14 2009]

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Posted 9th May 2007 at 12:21 AM - Updated 14th Mar 2009 at 01:18 AM by Dr Pixel : Program Updated - Viewed 180418 times. Direct link to this thread

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BodyShop Mechanic v .36B by Dr Pixel

Released March 14, 2009

Bodyshop Mechanic is Copyrighted 2006 - 2009 and is not to be distributed on other sites.

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NEW! Added a Rename/Copy section to make it easy to handle your finished
Bodyshop package files.

NEW! Updated the Remove Projects section.

See the Help Manual for full details.
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Bodyshop Mechanic works with any combination of expansions and stuff-packs.

This program is for Windows users only. No other files are necessary, if you can play The Sims2 game on your Windows computer, it should work for you.

It uses a standard Windows installer, and includes a complete Help manual.

BodyShop Mechanic is a simple program that gives you a little better control of the BodyShop program that comes with the Sims2 game, and lets you easily control many useful user-created Bodyshop enhancements.

It will NOT work with the pre-release version of BodyShop, only with the versions that are installed along with the game itself.

You can:

Choose the size of the BodyShop window (800 x 600 - or - 1024 x 768)

Get BodyShop to re-create it's thumbnails. This is useful if you have some bad thumbnails in BodyShop. This will not fix the bad thumbnails unless you have corrected the problem that caused them - most often this is a missing mesh file, or a flawed mesh edit.

Remove old BodyShop projects that are cluttering up the Projects list.
This will not harm your finished projects, once you have imported them into the game the project files are no longer needed and are wasting space and causing BodyShop to load slowly.

Remove any unwanted project folders - these are also not needed after you have imported them into the game.

Hide The SavedSims and/or the Downloads folders from Bodyshop.

Change the background picture/color used in BodyShop at any time.

For the background picture you can choose any bmp, jpg, or png image you have, of any size. You have the option to tile or resize the image to fill the whole Bodyshop window.

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You can also easily control several user-created Bodyshop add-ons:

You can change the lighting brightness using Wes Howe's enhanced lighting files.

You can change the default "hands on hips" mannequin pose to any one of many available user-created poses. There are instructions included for creating your own pose files if you like.

You can control Windkeeper's Bodyshop Enhancement files. These are the default screen replacements, the mannequin skintone replacements, and the invisible undies for skintone creators.

The help manual has complete instructions and download links for all these files.

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The "Run Bodyshop" button will start Bodyshop with the chosen settings.

You will still be able to change the background while BodyShop is running.

All other features can only be used when BodyShop is not running, and will be disabled while BodyShop is running.

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That's all there is for now, I hope you find it useful.

Dr Pixel

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8th Aug 2007, 02:55 PM	#26
freakNpink Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 49	Thank you!

19th Aug 2007, 05:31 PM	#27
heavyhair Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 14	Thank you, this is amazing, you are amazing, I love it.

7th Sep 2007, 06:39 PM	#28
Jonesi Scholar Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 1,569 Thanks: 27157 in 151 Posts View My Journal	This doesn't seem to work with BV...When I click "Run Bodyshop" it greys out like it's starting up then goes back to normal 2 seconds later.
	BlackPearlSims

9th Sep 2007, 06:31 PM	#29
strovod Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 24 Thanks: 157 in 1 Posts	I can't sem to get the file every time I try it says: diagnostic message the file is dammaged or has an unknown size
	more at www.yarafashion.nl

10th Sep 2007, 05:15 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonesi

This doesn't seem to work with BV...When I click "Run Bodyshop" it greys out like it's starting up then goes back to normal 2 seconds later.

No, the "run BodyShop" option won't work with BV - unfortunately Maxis didn't provide any way to automatically tell what the folder name is with new expansion packs so I have to code them in myself with each new expansion.
Once I can afford BV I will update the program. It won't be until next month, though - things are a bit tight this month.

Dr Pixel

My Mod the Sims2 page - last update March 10

16th Sep 2007, 08:42 PM	#31
strovod Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 24 Thanks: 157 in 1 Posts	it works!!!! :D Thank you soooooo much!
	more at www.yarafashion.nl

27th Oct 2007, 08:13 AM	#32
amygdala Lab Assistant Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 60	hello!i installed it in the config folder but it still says i can't find it

10th Nov 2007, 05:19 PM	#33
Moonfire Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 19 Thanks: 287 in 3 Posts	Thanks bunches for this cool tool! I seem to be having a problem with the screen size though. It won't open at 1024x768 and BSM won't run bodyshop for me. It does everything else it's supposed to though!
	So long and thanks for all the fish!

15th Nov 2007, 03:56 AM	#34
lolamayy Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 17	Nice.....Hey!Does my pic show.
lolamayy Test Subject Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 17	MD

28th Nov 2007, 08:04 PM	#35
jason7871 Lab Assistant Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 142	I cant seem too get this Fantastic program too work either i have all Ep's an Stuff Packs except Teen Style Stuff it worked before i got BV please Dr.Pixel i need this great Tool will you be updating it soon? Please.......................
jason7871 Lab Assistant Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 142	"The only thing too fear is fear it's self."- FDR "As you slide down the bannister of life,consider me a splinter."~Jason Crawford

3rd Dec 2007, 12:19 PM	#36
hugsforfrazier Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 49	This is everything I've been looking for. I hate the Bodyshop lighting and I hate how you can only use 2 poses in Bodyshop. My prayers have been answered! Thank yoooouuuu!!!
hugsforfrazier Test Subject Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 49	Please. DON'T ask me who Frazier is, or I'll hurt you.

16th Dec 2007, 07:01 PM	#37
Numbuh 826,664 Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 24	Wow, I don't know what to say,but thank you so much!
Numbuh 826,664 Test Subject Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 24	I'm not a poster; I'm a downloader, because I'm interested in the products here. :)

18th Dec 2007, 11:23 AM	Dumb questions #38
alexasrosa Instructor Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 420 Thanks: 21012 in 92 Posts View My Journal	Firstly, thanks so much for this idea. For a creator like myself that hates loading the game and taking pics this is a God�s send! Sorry about sounding dense (I�m going to pretend it�s a problem with me not being a English native speaker ) I have a doubt about changing the poses: we have to close BS to chose another one (that I get) but we don�t have to close Mechanic, right? Than we chose another pose and hit �run BodyShop�� am I right? How about the files in Config: if we don�t want to be using Mechanic � I use it for photos � do we have to take them out somewhere? Thanks again!
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18th Dec 2007, 12:37 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alexasrosa

Firstly, thanks so much for this idea. For a creator like myself that hates loading the game and taking pics this is a God�s send!

Sorry about sounding dense (I�m going to pretend it�s a problem with me not being a English native speaker

)

I have a doubt about changing the poses: we have to close BS to chose another one (that I get) but we don�t have to close Mechanic, right? Than we chose another pose and hit �run BodyShop�� am I right?

Yes, that is correct.

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How about the files in Config: if we don�t want to be using Mechanic � I use it for photos � do we have to take them out somewhere?

Thanks again!

You do not need to remove any files from the Config\ folder.

When you run BodyShop again (not using the Mechanic program) it will still use the last pose and lighting you had selected with the Mechanic program.

If you want it to use the Maxis default pose and lighting instead, you can use the Mechanic program to change back to those after you quit BodyShop - you don't have to run BodyShop again at that time. What it does is to change the extension on all the pose and lighting files in the Config\ folder that you are not using from ".package" to ".off"

BodyShop will also have the last background picture or color that you set still available.

Dr Pixel

My Mod the Sims2 page - last update March 10

22nd Dec 2007, 08:50 AM	#40
Chopperchic Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 25	Thanks for updating this for BV. I missed being able to use this tool.

24th Dec 2007, 01:23 AM	#41
butterflykiss4u Forum Resident Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 687 Thanks: 10048 in 55 Posts	Thanks this rocks!!! I love the background changer amazing job!
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6th Jan 2008, 04:01 PM	#42
Sammy79 Field Researcher Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 314 Thanks: 2200 in 12 Posts	Just calling to say, I have BV and TSS, and it works! Thanks for the update! :D
	Please don't PM/IM me with requests

16th Jan 2008, 11:23 PM	#43
babyliss Field Researcher Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 277	The Bodyshop Mechanic is saying it cant find Bodyshop!! What's wrong, it won't load Bodyshop!! It was working for awhile now all the sudden it's not...
babyliss Field Researcher Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 277	Marvin the Martian: "Oh goody! My illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator." Vivi: "No more. I won't let you make any more instruments of murder!"

17th Jan 2008, 05:29 AM	#44
FLChicago Field Researcher Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 225	It stopped working for me when I installed the Glamour Life stuff pack. When I installed Nightlife expansion pack, it started working again. So it depends on what you recently installed. It may not be able to find the new folders.

17th Jan 2008, 04:12 PM	#45
babyliss Field Researcher Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 277	But I never installed anything else...it just stopped working all the sudden. How can I fix it???? edit I'll try and reinstall it...
babyliss Field Researcher Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 277	Marvin the Martian: "Oh goody! My illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator." Vivi: "No more. I won't let you make any more instruments of murder!"

7th Feb 2008, 01:10 AM	#46
eletrodj Field Researcher Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 288 Thanks: 15227 in 39 Posts View My Journal	Is it work with BV and Teen Style Stuff? I have all expansions packs and stuffs. Edit: Works well with BV and Teen Style.
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28th Feb 2008, 01:13 PM	#47
Aleesha Instructor Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 458 Thanks: 3495 in 21 Posts	0.17 and 0.18 worked with Bon Voyage, they don't with Free time though =/

3rd Mar 2008, 03:05 PM	#48
DutchXfan Space Pony Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 436	Are you gonna update for Free Time? I hope so, because it doen't work with FT now and I like this tool a lot.

17th Mar 2008, 10:57 PM	#49
SparkleSim Forum Resident Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 791 Thanks: 15238 in 71 Posts	It's freakin' awesome! However, I did put the files in a folder (I called the folder 'Bodyshop Mechanic') and then put that folder in: MyDocuments/EA games/Sims 2/Config like you said but the poses and lightings are still greyed out. Are you supposed to put both the notepad and the "pocketknife thing" in that folder? Or are you supposed to put something somewhere else? Do you separate the two?
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1st Apr 2008, 06:46 PM	#50
UserName Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11	That's so awesome thanks!!!
UserName Test Subject Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 11	I just don't get people who say they "don't listen to music." That's just wrong, that's like saying you hate life...

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