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22nd Jan 2006 at 10:41 PM
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Changing Icons For Existing Collections
Hola!
Requested after submitting my icon collection so I thought I'd have a looksee if it can be done and thanks to the wonders of
SimPE it can! Not too difficult either =)
We will go from this:
to this:
The first thing you need to do is find the actual collection file you want to update. Probably the most difficult bit if you have a lot of collections as they are saved with non-specific names (eg: 0x10de8111.package). Beep! Silly me. Not hard at all with Sims2 Clean Pack Installer!!!
1: Start Sims2 Clean Pack Installer
2: From the drop down menu choose *browse* and go to your collection folder: default location is: C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Collections.
3: CPI will list each collection with the name you gave the collection in game. Clicking on the files will bring up a preview of the icon (blurry given size). Now, if you mouseover the collection file you want - CPI will bring up a tooltip at your mouse pointer which gives the ACTUAL file name (eg: 0x10de8111.package). Write this down so you know what package to open with Simpe. You can have both programs open at the same time so you can refer back.
Step 1: Open up
SimPE and browse to your collections C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Collections.
Step 2: Left click on the jpg/tga/png IMAGE entry in the far left Resource Tree window. This will bring up the same named entry in the main window. Right click it to bring up a menu. Mouseover to the Replace menu item and left click.
Step 3: Choose you new improved Icon file!
SimPE will now pop up a browse window for your to find your new icon file. I keep mine in the default location of C:\Documents and Settings\yourname\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Collections\Icons. Select your new icon.
Step 4: If you get this following window pop-up click yes
Step 5: Once you have done that - the text in the main window should now be in italics. This indicates you have made changes to the file and should save your file so go ahead.
Step 6: Check that your data has saved. The text should have returned to normal and the image viewer should now show your new icon!
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Loverat
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