These files are only useful to PC owners (or Mac owners running VirtualPC) who have BodyWarp installed. This is a free SKN-editing utility which can shrink, enlarge, rotate and change the offsets of all joints in a SKN mesh, blended vertices included, without degrading the normals. In layman's terms, it can be used to blow up, tone down or otherwise "warp" a Sims mesh. It can also save the alterations made to each joint to a "warpfile", which can then be loaded to apply exactly the same changes to another mesh. This is extremely useful for custom body types which are normal meshes changed in BodyWarp; the same warpfile can be applied to, say, every Fit mesh in the game to create corresponding ATN meshes with very little effort. Simply loading a warpfile may not always be enough; the "fit2skn" warps require considerable mesh and UV-map editing after being applied, and are only meant to create a base to work from. Most body type warps, however, are a simple matter of load'n'save. Every warpfile zip comes with a readme.txt to explain which file does what.
For instance, to create a taller version of the B200MAFit mesh, load the mesh, load the warpfile, make sure the option "Save CMX" is ticked and save the mesh as "xskin-B200MAAtl_ctb.skn". Two files needed for the mesh to show up in the game have now been created; all that's needed is one or more skins. As the ATL mesh is close in shape to the Fit mesh, the Fit skins will do nicely. Locate all skins starting with "B200MAFit" and copy them to the same filename, but with "Fit" replaced by "Atl". All these skins will now be available to the custom mesh.
Go here for a list of body types, most
of which can be made using warpfiles from this page.
Download | Last uploaded | Description |
---|---|---|
30-08-2004 | Warpfiles to stretch standard and ATN bodies to tall ones. | |
30-08-2004 | Warpfiles for the ATN (Average-Teen) body type. | |
30-08-2004 | Warpfiles to shrink standard and ATN bodies to short ones. | |
30-08-2004 | Warpfiles to shrink standard and ATN bodies to very short ones. | |
20-09-2004 | Warpfiles for the SUM (sumo) body type. | |
30-08-2004 | Making skinny versions of fit meshes. Extra editing required. | |
30-08-2004 | A file to slim down the behinds of MASkn meshes based on the old unisex skinny swimsuit mesh. | |
30-08-2004 | Warps applied to the CBL body after editing. | |
30-08-2004 | Warpfiles for the CSK (Child-Skinny) body type. (Pre-editing optional.) | |
30-08-2004 | Warpfiles for the CSM (Child-Small) body type. (Pre-editing optional.) | |
15-03-2009 | Making young-teen versions of CHD meshes. Extra editing required. | |
30-08-2004 | Adult to child heads and vice versa. | |
17-02-2005 | Warpfile to make MABBS meshes from male fit ones. | |
01-04-2008 | Warpfiles to make SMA meshes from fit ones. |