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Tutorial: Permanent Height Change

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29th Jun 2006, 03:20 PM	#26
AmandaPanda1988 Forum Resident Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 821 Thanks: 1071 in 30 Posts 10 Achievements	Oh, sorry I read every single post in here but I didn't see someone mentioning it. Ah I see it now. Sorry again thats what I get for reading so late at night - -;

29th Jun 2006, 09:11 PM	#27
Menaceman44 Alchemist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,958 Thanks: 35012 in 371 Posts 31 Achievements View My Journal	No problem.
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2nd Jul 2006, 07:45 AM

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3rd Jul 2006, 10:17 PM	#28
wuhsch0 Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1	Great Thread! Thanks to all of you. I'd like to add something about the heigth that should be taken vor stretchSkeleton 1.0 The average height of women an men varies between different countries. You find an overview of the average heights at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_height In the game female and male sims got the same height. For example: in Germany Males are 180,2cm , Females are 169cm and Sims therefore are 174,6cm of average height. Anyway, it doesn't really matter if you pick 180cm or 170cm - as long as the relation of height between your different sims fits.

11th Jul 2006, 06:10 AM	#29
ashenwolfe Lab Assistant Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 90 Thanks: 687 in 3 Posts 5 Achievements	Thanks so much for the tutorial Lexx, and thanks to wolfgeek for the chart, it's saved me at least a couple of week's calculations (I flunked math in h.s. miserably lol!)

16th Jul 2006, 11:41 PM	tall and small sims kissing... #30
Betty_Lou Test Subject Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4	hello, people! this is my first post... I have Sims with various heights... and there is a problem with them doing interactions. When a small sim kisses a tall sim he just kisses somewhere the neck of the other sim... this looks... really odd... I changed the heights using the cheatbox, though... Are you having trouble using simPE, too?

17th Jul 2006, 07:05 AM	#31
IgnorantBliss The Resident Bunny Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 4,762 Thanks: 7231 in 18 Posts 14 Achievements	Betty_Lou, yes, the animations will look funky when you change sims' height with "cheats" like these. I don't think there will be any easy fix for that problem.

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31st Aug 2006, 03:52 AM	#32
Lord Aaronus Test Subject Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 25 Thanks: 22 in 1 Posts 2 Achievements	I've been going crazy with this in my experimental neighbourhood. It's the perfect way to insert 'tween' age groups between the official Maxis ones (I've never really bought the idea of aging from 9 to 16 in one shot.)

4th Sep 2006, 03:08 AM	#33
Makuakane Test Subject Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2	Just one question regarding SimPe... I've used it to do about 40 characters, though its very lengthy during the wait process between characters. I'm very unfamiliar with this program and therefore my steps in modding the heights goes like this. 1. Load the neighbourhood 2. Click Sim Description 3. Find the Sim 4. Age data 4. Change Height However, every time I finish changing the height I load the neighbourhood again... is there a way to go back to the neighbourhood without having to load it each time? Any help on this would be great! Thanks for this nifty cheat! Definately adds a much more realistic touch to the game! =]

7th Sep 2006, 07:59 PM	#34
Citysim Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 204	No one pointed out, but Datgen does this also just as quick, by opening the character file, so if you Datgen and not SimPE then you can still do this. I been doing this for as long as I can remember playing the game, after a while, I never bother anymore as its gets a little irriating having to re-edit then everytime they age transist such as YA-Adult even though they are suppose to share the shame default height.

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13th Oct 2006, 11:32 PM	#35
kuronue Test Subject Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 29 Thanks: 162 in 2 Posts 5 Achievements	To find the field in the new simPE: open the neighborhood using tools -> Neighborhood -> Neighborhood Browser open the sim by using tools -> Neighborhood -> Sim Browser and clicking on them click More -> Open Character File(on the far right in the bottom pane) from here, you can proceed as above, finding the age data. This allows you to select the sim using their name and image rather than guess and check EDIT: I see that someone suggested this above, however, my instructions are more detailed for beginners. and no, I don't know how to get back to the sim browser-- from what I can tell, openeing a character file unloads the neighborhood

16th Oct 2006, 07:23 AM	#36
Citysim Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 204	A much much quicker way than kurone suggested is just directly open the right N00x_User000XXx.package file and change the value there.

16th Oct 2006, 10:53 PM	#37
Menaceman44 Alchemist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,958 Thanks: 35012 in 371 Posts 31 Achievements View My Journal	Yeah but you have to know the right file name to start with and if you don't know it then that is no help.
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17th Oct 2006, 07:43 AM	#38
Citysim Lab Assistant Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 204	Just click on the Image data first then you get the sim portrait to verify the right one, eventually you will remember the characters numbers as you gotta go back soon after they age transist anyway.

26th Nov 2006, 05:15 PM	#39
TornadoATB Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 93 1 Achievements	Thank you so much for this now i can get o with making my harry potter movie how tall can it go ????
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26th Nov 2006, 06:33 PM

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27th Nov 2006, 08:39 PM	#40
Menaceman44 Alchemist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,958 Thanks: 35012 in 371 Posts 31 Achievements View My Journal	I think the maximum is 50 but at that height all you can see on screen of the sim is knees down anyway. I don't think there is a limit in the base game though.
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11th Dec 2006, 07:12 PM	#41
janohere Test Subject Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 1	Has anyone tried this with pets? I tried with my dog and it worked, except now they have a leash sticking out of their mouth! Any ideas for a cure?

11th Dec 2006, 11:01 PM	#42
Menaceman44 Alchemist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,958 Thanks: 35012 in 371 Posts 31 Achievements View My Journal	Take the leash off? I dunno. I don't have Pets yet. EDIT: I have Pets now and tried it myself but with a pet that had no collar: His tongue went through the back of his head!
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9th Jan 2007, 04:49 AM	#43
aviation Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5 Thanks: 1 in 1 Posts	Love it this is awesome. ..

9th Jan 2007, 02:43 PM	#44
cannabeuh Test Subject Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 16	Thanks for the details but i have a problem now ! My sims have a different height, it's great, but when my sim man kisses, for exemple, a smaller sim girl than him, he kisses her the forehead instead of kissing her the mouth! A little annoying! What can i do ?

9th Jan 2007, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by cannabeuh

Thanks for the details but i have a problem now !
My sims have a different height, it's great, but when my sim man kisses, for exemple, a smaller sim girl than him, he kisses her the forehead instead of kissing her the mouth! A little annoying! What can i do ?

I don't think there is anything you can do to fix this, it is a known side-effect of height-change that the animations will look funny in certain situations, since they are made for the original-height sims.

18th Jan 2007, 05:27 AM	Good...but... #46
CormorantEnt Field Researcher Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 229 9 Achievements	Hmm. Tampering with their full math? I would imagine that's extremely risky business. I would only do that for them when they're adults, and I am certain of their heights. I wouldn't try it on anyone younger. I just noticed this. About two months after this was posted, I came up with an independent chart to simulate adult height on a temporary basis. Chart at Dozerfleet Wiki Originally: The trick to this one is rounding. 5'10" is rounded down to 5'9", and 5'11" is rounded up to 6'0". Other than that, an inch is more or less every 2 sSk hundredths apart. Updated: After reviewing my formula and Wolfgeek's, I've modified my measurements to be more in accordance with Wolfgeek. His takes estimates based on a mathematical stance. Mine involved more guesswork. I was always an inch too high.
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20th Jan 2007, 07:37 PM	#47
kokomas Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 40	Using SimPE 0.60a and it looks like stretch number goes to 0 when I click 'commit'.

21st Jan 2007, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SassyTeffie

Awesome! I made a whole midget family (adults, teen, children, toddler, and babies)! The kids don't retain their midget size when they gow up, though. Also, this tutorial doesn't work with the latest version of SimPE. you have to get an older version (I have 3.8a). It works best, though, to have the newer version as well. Then you can open the new version, find the Sims you want to mod, write down their numbers, close the new version and open the old one to mod (this saves you the tedious work of opening hundreds of files to find your Sim)!

My SimPE version is 0.60 Alpha and I can find any of the things this whole thread is about. I do would like to change the height of my Sims as all the same size is not very good for the game apperance. I personally married to a man much taller than me.. So our sims in the game are completely unrealisting even thought they do look like us..
Where can I get an older version of the SimPE?

Thank you,
Makai

21st Jan 2007, 08:31 PM	#49
Menaceman44 Alchemist Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,958 Thanks: 35012 in 371 Posts 31 Achievements View My Journal	If anything a newer version would be better. Older ones might not work with the games you have installed. We could seriously do with some pictures to go with the descriptions here so that everyone knows where to click on stuff.
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31st Jan 2007, 08:56 PM	#50
748gnh Test Subject Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5	Thanks for this! Kind of makes you wonder if Short/Average/Tall will be a CAS option in some EP... I rather hope so, since I'm too lazy to do this for all my sims!

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