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23rd May 2010, 12:47 AM	How to change a non-default skin to default? #1
simtastic2 Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 574	Hi, I found a non-default skin that I like, but I want it as my default. Is there anyway to do this? And if so, if it is complicated, can somebody help me with it XD Thanks!

23rd May 2010, 02:47 AM	#2
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,626 Thanks: 27793 in 63 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=351328 - Creating default replacement skintones in TS3, by aikea guinea. Should tell you everything you need.
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23rd May 2010, 03:53 PM	#3
CmarNYC Ms. Byte Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,670 Thanks: 22309 in 144 Posts 21 Achievements View My Journal	You have to change the Instance IDs to the default instance IDs - I guess the best way would be to extract all the skin tones, get a list of default instance IDs, change the file names, and import into a new package. Conversion to and from default might be a nice add-on for the next version of Skininator.

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Originally Posted by simtastic2

Hi, I found a non-default skin that I like, but I want it as my default. Is there anyway to do this? And if so, if it is complicated, can somebody help me with it XD

Thanks!

how do you change from default to non-default?

21st Jan 2012, 09:47 PM	#5
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,626 Thanks: 27793 in 63 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	Open the .package in S3PE, and extract all the resources marked _IMG (tick Tags at the bottom of the window if you don't see _IMG anywhere). Then follow a tutorial on making non-default skins, using the textures you extracted.
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22nd Jan 2012, 12:05 AM	#6
omegastarr82 Forum Resident Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 720 Thanks: 12527 in 39 Posts 24 Achievements View My Journal	Wouldn't using Skininator be the easiest route? Or does that only do default to non-default?
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22nd Jan 2012, 12:31 AM	#7
whiterider Oh, My! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 14,626 Thanks: 27793 in 63 Posts 30 Achievements View My Journal	As far as I know, the conversion feature never made it into Skininator. I only did a quick glance over the changelog, though.
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22nd Jan 2012, 01:34 PM	#8
CmarNYC Ms. Byte Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2,670 Thanks: 22309 in 144 Posts 21 Achievements View My Journal	Actually the conversion feature has been in Skininator for a while, but it's not clearly labelled as such. You have to extract the non-default skintone package(s) into a temporary folder with the Extractinator menu option which will load the files into the program in the proper slots, then save as a default package.

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