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Hey everyone! My name is metalmoose and I retexture hair for The Sims 3. I retexture what I feel like playing with, but feel free to send me any suggestions!
Showing posts with label hair by butterflysims. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hair by butterflysims. Show all posts

Friday, June 1, 2012

Your Cigarette Kisses That Taste So Sweet (ButterflySims 49 Moose'd)

So I know that I promised that I would post this like three days ago, but I realized that I hadn't made made any other levels of detail than LOD0, and I had to make them. Not to imply that it took me three days to make them, but I went on a surf trip with some friends for the past three days, and I made them just now when I got back. By the way, this isn't my 100th creation, its my 100th post. But its special anyway, this is the special thing I was talking about.

I've been working on this thing ever since somewhere around early April, and then I gave up after I realized I couldn't fix the Sims 3 version, gave up, and waited for the Sims 2 version for like a month, and then continued to work on it for a really long time until now, because I'm finally satisfied with this thing.
Remember how the last thing I released had alien head issues as well? This thing has the worst Alien head issue I've ever seen ever. Hands down, the WORST case of Alien head I have ever seen IN MY LIFE. I really like how it turned out, and the difference is almost laughably entertaining (gif below). Long story short, this version is somewhere around 4,000 polygons less than the original, it doesn't have an alien head, is compatible with breast and fat sliders, and has better textures (assuming you think my textures are better than Butterfly's). Oh and I also fixed a little squiggle in the mesh that is very clearly seen in the brown image. Again, as I'm terrible at preventing transparency issues, there are some in this version. I'm sorry, you can see them in the gif below as well, but they're only from the side. 
The hairstyle is named after a song by Dirty Vegas called Electric Love, listen to it, its great.

Click to make big(also let me just clarify that my version doesn't mess with your sims' eyes, its just that I was in the middle of switching default replacements as I took these images, and only realized this after I had already prepared all of the images):
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CATCH PHRASE(The reason that the control image's hair is so giant is because her breasts are at max)!
This hairstyle is 10,048 polygons in LOD0 (which is crazy in comparison to the original's 14,280 polygons) and 6,479 polygons in LOD1 (compared to the original's 6,767 polygons).
*This haistyle is available for females of all ages except for toddlers, because there is no way in hell a toddler has this hairstyle. It makes no sense, and there's also the fact that I never ever use children or toddler versions, and I'm going to be honest and say that I haven't even tested the child version. Anyway, only child-elder females can wear this hairstyle. Sorry*
This hairstyle is compatible with breast and fat sliders. (Let me just say that I fought HARD to get this to be compatible with fat sliders. I don't think you understand. I had to try to reduce this by 4,000 polygons, and even then, I had to make the fat morphs at least 8 times. That means that I made the fat morphs 8 separate times, and had to test them in game 8 times, and 7/8 times the horrible thing EXPLODED. I don't think you understand how horrendously discouraging that is. But I pulled through, for all of you (Because I don't even MAKE fat sims). You can thank me by enjoying this thoroughly (and sending me screenshots because they make me happy).) But the hair clips with the face at maximum fatness. I'm sorry, I can't fix that. 



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh this, but I fixed the atrocities committed by the original mesher. The general shape and idea for this hair goes to butterfly, but the way that this hair fits your sims, the way that this hair animates, and the textures you see are all mine. I am aware of the tremendous amount of work that goes into meshing, but the fact that the work was only halfway done bothers me to no end. 

If you enjoy my work, please like my facebook, follow me on tumblr, comment on my post, or subscribe to my blog. 

Keep coming on, 
Moosie

P.S.(In Aqua): If you have any issues with this hair at all, please let me know so I can fix them. Especially since this thing has been in the works for weeks and I would hate for it to not work for you. And because I never tested the children's version.

Please feel free to use this hairstyle for any preview or machinima needs you may have, but please do not upload anywhere else. The only time it is acceptable for you to reupload this is in a sim bundle, but in that case PLEASE link back to my blog. Please don't retexture this without my permission, although whether I allow you to retexture it depends completely on whether I'm feeling pissy or not that day. Please do not claim my work as your own and please don't steal my textures. 

Monday, April 30, 2012

So I Can Be Happier To Be Safe Up Here With You (ButterflySims 47 Moose'd)

So I've been really depressed lately. Which I know sounds cliche, because it seems that every creator for the sims has been depressed at some point in time, but I'm just all kinds of sad and stuff and there's no denying that I feel terrible. I've been having a lot of issues with friends and family and schoolwork and stuff, and everything feels like its falling apart. But that isn't your concern, I have a new hair for all of you. Well its not new, its a reconversion. Put simply, I made a previously unusable hair usable.

There are a lot of thingies going on here. I didn't like how high the hairline looked previously, so I waited until a Sims 2 version came out (2 days ago). I did a few things to it, and the transparency issues are almost nonexistent unless you're really obnoxious about it. This hair is also fully breast and fat slider compatible, except  it clips a TINY bit at its extremes, but hey, its much better than the original in that sense. The only drawback of all this is that I couldn't get the LOD1 that I made work. It wouldn't import properly, and even when I got it to import without fat morphs, it had clipping issues at the roots, so it would have looked terrible in all of the menus and icons. Long story short, there is no LOD1, and LOD0 is doubled.
Also, I just realized that I took all my previews with HQ mod off, and I am completely not in the mood to go back and take them all again. Sorry.

This hair's name is based on HyperBallad by Björk. I've actually been waiting to use this song for this specific hair. I'm absolutely and totally in love with this song.

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Catch Phrase!
This hairstyle is 9,994 polygons in LOD0 and in LOD1 (Which is approximately 1,000 polygons less than the original allowing for morph and slider support).There is no LOD1, because I'm horrible and lazy and evil and would rather club baby seals in my free time rather than make LOD1s for all of you. Clearly.
*This hairstyle is only available for teen-elder females, because although I am capable of making child versions, screw that because I don't use them, and they are a pain, and there are zero toddlers that have hair like this.*



DISCLAIMER: The original mesh isn't mine, but the reason this version exists and functions in the way it does is because of me. Also, the textures are mine as well. 

If you like my work, then please comment or subscribe or like my facebook.

I Go Through All This Before I Wake Up,
Moose

P.S.(Its aqua): If you have any issues, then let me know so I can fix them. If anything goes wrong, please notify me, so I can make it all better.

Feel free to use this hair for any of your picture taking needs, or movie making or anything along those lines, but don't reupload anywhere. The exception to the re-uploading rule is sim bundling, but that is IT, and you MUST link back to this page. Please don't retexture this version at all, unless by some miracle I agree to let you use it. I've decided that after the 4-10 hours I spend on these things, I don't particularly want anyone slapping some 10 minute textures on my fix. Please don't steal my textures. 

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

I'm Just Sayin' You Could Do Better (Butterfly 40 Moose'd)

I realize its been a while, but I've been kinda busy. I had prom recently, and I've been under a lot of stress and I've been having quite a few problems at home AND at school because of family and friends, and lately I've been feeling stretched too thin. Of course, this hasn't stopped me from wanting to retexture things, but I hadn't been able to get my hands on anything because SunsetSims was down and stuff. On top of everything, I have to fix everything I do with the exception of the stuff Cazy makes, but the exceptions come few and far between.

So yeah, lots of things going on. When I saw this hair, I liked it, but it had a plethora of problems that I had no idea how to fix. I thought that it wasn't voluminous enough, and I thought that it sat too high on the head, and I would have preferred that it was compatible with sliders and such, and of course, I thought that the textures were gross, and I HATED that idiotic little hat.
When I finally saw the hair in-game, I noticed this horrible bald spot behind the right ear, and I must say that it was just some REALLY sloppy work on Butterfly's part.
My version has its own issues too. Because it is my first conversion that I've ever posted ever, it has a few TINY transparency issues that I actually have no idea how to fix. They can be seen in the brown image, I think, but there aren't many. Also, the hairstyle is a bit wider, and it doesn't tuck behind the ears like the original, because as hard as I tried, I couldn't get it to do that, because Butterfly's Sims 2 mesh doesn't fit the Sims 3 head very well. Also, as you can see in the last image, the hair tends to crunch when a sim's head turns all the way to the right, but the animations are quite good, if you're willing to actually look at them in game. My previous fix had only 20 transitions between different bones, and this one has 33, so it should be MUCH MUCH better.
My version is better because it is fat morph and breast slider compatible, and it has about 3,000 polygons less than the original, and in my opinion, it looks better, but that's just me and your opinion is likely different.

By the time you read this, my castle links will probably have been updated back to mediafire, sorry about the trouble, everyone.

The name of this hairstyle is based on Drake's song, Marvin's Room. Don't let the fact that he's a popular artist fool you, he is an incredible artist, and the song is hauntingly beautiful.

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Ketch Phrez.
This hairstyle is 10,160 polygons in LOD0, and is 7,518 polygons in LOD1. Most people should be able to run my version, but the original is 13,100 polys in LOD0, and 11,196 polys in LOD1, so my version may be easier to run for most. 
*This hairstyle is available for teen-elder females and is non-default.*



DISCLAIMER: I did not mesh the original Sims 2 version, but I converted this one from it, and this version, and the textures are mine. 

If you like my work, I have a facebook page that you can stalk, you can also comment below or subscribe to my blog. 

Tell me, have you heard that lately?
Moosie

P.S. (In Orange): Please let me know if you have any issues, ESPECIALLY because this is my first conversion, and I will fix them as soon as I can. 
Please go ahead and use my work for whatever you like, but please don't reupload my work unless you're bundling it with a sim upload, and in that case, I hope that you'd give me credit. Please ask before retexturing my conversion, and don't steal my textures. 

Saturday, February 18, 2012

I'm All Alone, I'm Coming Down (ButterflySims 46 Moose'd)

Here's the thing. I wasn't sure that my texture would look good on this hair, and I was right to think it might look a little bit weird, because it does. But I followed Butterfly's textures EXACTLY. Because I followed her textures so closely, think of my textures being just like Butterfly's, but lighter and less fug; so I mean, I hope SOMEONE likes it.

Alright, so I'm going to be quick, because another thing just became available, and I want to retexture it.

Title is based on Porter Robinson's song, The Seconds.

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Ketch Phrez!
This hair is 12,912 polygons in LOD0, although I don't know where they all went, because it sure doesn't look like it, and 6,480 polys in LOD1, although LOD1 looks a bit sloppy. Some people will have trouble running it, sorry about that.
*This hair is available for females of all ages, and in non-default, which means you can have multiple versions if you so desire.*



DISCLAIMER: Mesh is not mine, textures are. 

I you like my work, you can subscribe, or like my facebook for updates before they go up on my blog, or you can comment here.

P.S.(What's green and loud? A froghorn): If you have any issues with my work, let me know, and I will fix it/them.
Use my work for whatever you please, but please give me credit if you're including it in like a sim download. Please no stealing of textures or reuploading, thanks.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

They Get Lost And Out Of Time (Butterflysims 39 Moose'd)

Alright kids, it is time for another retexture! I hope all of you don't mind the adf.ly thing, because I really like it, and it has a nice way of tracking where all of you are, for example, I had no idea that people in places like Korea and Latvia like my work, so shout out to them, it makes me feel awesome. Also, all of us had to wait a REALLY long time to get our hands on this style. Ridank.

Title based on Little Black Submarines by The Black Keys. Epic song is epic.

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Cootch Phrez.
Okay, so bad news. This isn't available for children. It looks like trash on children, and its also not something that I will ever use so I did not resize it. Sorry. Only Teen-Adult females (simply too glam for the youngin's). Also, you can only have one version in your game at a time, so if you wanted Butterfly's for some odd reason, its too bad. ENJOY.




Disclaimer: I did not make this messy (albeit pretty) mesh. I only made the textures for it and lowered it a little to suit my tastes.

If you like my work, there's this page on this piece of internet that belongs to me, you can check it out, or you can comment or subscribe :)

(Ridiculous guitaring),
Moosie

P.S. (AHN PARPLE): Let me know if you encounter any issues, I will fix them straight up. 
Use my work for what you like, but no paysites or stealing of textures. I only require credit if my mesh edit is used or if my file is being bundled with a download, taking of pictures does not need credit, although it is nice.