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#1 Old 5th Mar 2015 at 11:59 PM

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Default How to use downloaded meshes?
Sooo...
I just downloaded some meshes and I install them in my Downloads folder, I entered to The bodyshop and they wont appear.

Did I placed them in the wrong folder? Why they dont show up?

Please help!!!
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Mad Poster
#2 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 12:01 AM
Did you unzip them? You'll also need recolors for bodyshop items, because meshes won't show up on their own.

You should probably read the how-to's here: https://www.modthesims.info/wiki...:Custom_Content

This is how to download:
https://www.modthesims.info/wiki...Fracking_Idiots (if you're not computer-savvy)
https://www.modthesims.info/wiki...acking_Geniuses (if you more or less know your way around a computer).

This is how to get CC to show up: https://www.modthesims.info/wiki...ame_Help:GCCTSU
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#3 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 12:08 AM
Quote: Originally posted by simmer22
Did you unzip them? You'll also need recolors for bodyshop items, because meshes won't show up on their own.

You should probably read the how-to's here: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php...:Custom_Content

This is how to download:
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php...Fracking_Idiots (if you're not computer-savvy)
http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php...acking_Geniuses (if you more or less know your way around a computer).

This is how to get CC to show up: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php...ame_Help:GCCTSU


I unzip them, and in the webpage theres no recolour of it
I downloaded this http://www.justsims2.ru/index.php?M...ile&IdFile=1994
Née whiterider
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#4 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 12:13 AM
Yes, that's just the mesh. You'll need to download some recolours; there are some on Justsims - I think the pink "Victoria's secret by NataliS" here is one: http://www.justsims2.ru/index.php?M...ction=underwear
Out of interest, why did you download the mesh? Usually folks end up downloading meshes because they've already found a recolour for it that they like.

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Theorist
#5 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 12:17 AM
Do you understand what a mesh is?

A mesh is like a pattern. To make the pattern work you need to use material.

mesh (pattern) + recolors (material) = outfit :D

(Some meshes do come with their own colors ...)
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#6 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 12:19 AM
Quote: Originally posted by Nysha
Yes, that's just the mesh. You'll need to download some recolours; there are some on Justsims - I think the pink "Victoria's secret by NataliS" here is one: http://www.justsims2.ru/index.php?M...ction=underwear
Out of interest, why did you download the mesh? Usually folks end up downloading meshes because they've already found a recolour for it that they like.


Is just that I just learned how to recolour and I wanted to recolour that swimsuit
Née whiterider
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#7 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 9:32 AM
Ahh. In that case, yep, you'll need to download a recolour of it, which you can then use as a base for your recolour. Once you've got your recolour made you can delete the original recolour if you don't want to keep it.

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.
Forum Resident
#8 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 12:23 PM
Also, some mesh creators include templates for recolorers to use. They aren't always labeled as such, but they are generally small files, much smaller than the files for things that Sims would actually wear. That particular mesh does have a template, it's "5fc75be0_templateUHHFA" .
Née whiterider
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#9 Old 6th Mar 2015 at 12:36 PM
Huh, I assumed it didn't have one since OP couldn't find it in Bodyshop. Though maybe that's because they were looking in swimwear when the template is categorised as underwear.

What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.
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