The Sims 2 Body Shop is a tool to create characters
outside the game. With the tool, you choose the eye color, hair,
clothing, and more. Eye color is one of the changes you can make. This
tutorial will walk you through the process of creating a new eye color
to be used in The Sims 2 Body Shop.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: 15 Minutes
Here's How:
- Start
The Sims 2 Body Shop. Choose Create Parts at the top of the screen.
After this click Start New Project. From the next menu, you have the
choice of which part you are going to make. Select Create Genetics. Next
choose Eye Color.
- In the eye color screen, you will see the colors already available to you. Pick one of the colors to modify. I choose brown.
- With
the eye color selected (there will be a green line around choice),
click the Export Selected button near the bottom of the screen.
- Enter
a project name. Name this one, FirstTryEyeColor or the new color you
are going to make. Click the Accept Project Name button.
- The next screen will show where the eye textures were saved. Open Windows Exploreer or My Documents, and browse to the folder.
- With
the eye color folder open, you will see three bmp files and a package
file. You need to open stdMatBaseTextureName.bmp with your favorite
graphics program (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, etc.)
- Within your graphics program, use the hue/saturation adjustment to create the eye color you desire.
- Once
you have a color you want, save the file. Switch back to The Sims 2
Body Shop. Click the Refresh Preview Sim. You may continue to save your
work and refresh the preview Sim until you are satisfied.
- Next
we need to create a swatch that will appear in The Sims 2 Body Shop.
Open the swatch.bmp in your graphics program. You can create the swatch
in a variety of ways. I copy the eye from the original, and paste it
into the swatch. Save the file after you done.
- Refresh the Preview Sim. Once you are happy with the results, Click the Import to Game button.
- The eye color will be available to you when you create a new Sim.
What You Need:
- The Sims 2 Body Shop
- Graphics Software