Beryl, ATL version
by Cal (calezane@xs4all.nl)
first upload: 14-12-2003

This archive contains meshes and skins for the Sailor Moon
character Queen Beryl, ruler of the Dark Kingdom. Most 
files are edited off Maxis files: the head mesh was made from 
the C015MA head, the dress from the F100Fa[...] body, and the 
head and body skins from the standard Maxis textures that go 
with these meshes. Only the hair mesh and skin are completely 
my own.

All names have a Mac-friendly maximum length of 31 characters.

NB. The hair is attached to the head and back. Normally, Sims'
hair is attached only to the head "joint" and moves with the head,
which looks ugly for long hair; this hair stays in place while
the head moves. This has two disadvantages: firstly, the hair
stays "pinned" to the shoulders when the head turns; secondly, 
the hair looks rucked up in both the thumbnail and the enlarged 
head that appears under the cursor. Still, I think neither is as 
bad as seeing the whole hair mass move around like a slab of
concrete.

NB2. This body needs the ATL custom body package (fatl.zip)! 
This package should be downloaded and copied to the right 
directories (be sure to read the instructions: some files
have to be copied) before the Sim is created, or the game 
may crash, either during creation or when changing outfits.

NB3. Other things and niggles:
-The actual shade of Beryl's dress is somewhere between blue and
off-purple depending on the (lack of) light; I chose a shade of
purple that went well with the hair.
-The jewellery comes off when the dress does. I assume (since she
also has fangs and pointed ears) that the three spikes on her arms
are part of her body. The shoulder spikes are not on the extreme
ends of her shoulders as in the anime, because they would then
move around with her arms and stab her throat when she dances.
-The dress looks ugly when she walks, because the vertices at
the bottom of the dress are assigned to the feet. I'm looking
into solutions.
-This dress has a far more symmetrical UVmap than the original
F100Fa[...] meshes.


File list:

skins:
BAS0FAlgt_beryl.bmp
BAS0FA-beryl-jewels.bmp
CAS0FAlgt_beryl.bmp
CAS0FA-berylhair.bmp

meshes:
xskin-BAS0FAAtl_bdress-BODY.skn
xskin-BAS0FA-jewelsb-RINGS.skn
xskin-BAS0FA-jewelsb-HEAD.skn
xskin-CAS0FA-spikesb-BODY.skn
xskin-CAS0FA_elfb-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-CAS0FA_berb-HEAD-HAIR.skn

CMX files:
BAS0FAAtl_beryl.cmx
CAS0FA_beryl.cmx

These all go in GameData\Skins.



Standard disclaimer:
Almost everything in this archive is either a copy of or derived from
Maxis material. This character belongs to Naoko Takeuchi and whoever 
else bought rights to (translations of) Sailor Moon. No infringement 
of copyright intended.


Conditions for use:
These files are being made available for fans to use in their own
installed Sims games. I don't mind the files being distributed 
among friends, or skinners using/editing the meshes for their own 
skins and including them in the download, provided they credit the 
maker. Here's what I DO mind:

-People putting this zipfile up for download on their websites and/or 
claiming they made it. (Happens to every kind of fanart...)

-Pirates who include these files on CDs which are sold for profit - and
that's not the same as someone burning a free compilation on CD and 
asking a small sum to cover shipping costs. These skins are FREE!

-Goody-two-shoes types who find it necessary to make skins with a "message",
like: Meat is Murder, God Bless America, Save the Whales. That is as
disgusting as neo-Nazi swastika-shirt skins. I'll make an exception for
things like Gay Pride logos, because that's about people living their
own lives, not telling me how to live mine. Preachy types can go find 
some other mesh.

-People who alter and re-distribute this zipfile, either by editing
the files (passing off your work as someone else's is as bad as passing
off someone else's work as your own) or by leaving some files out.
Missing files can crash a game, a game crash can damage game files,
damaged game files can mean a total re-install. At best, the person
trying to use the skin gets the shock of seeing the application quit.


For technical problems with these files, I wrote something called the
Sims Support Page (http://tiscali.home.nl/simania/ssp/ssp.htm). To
email me personally, put the word "gatch" in the subject line to keep
the mail out of the spambox. (In good weeks, I get 200 spam mails a
week. In bad weeks, I get 400 spam mails a week. Not kidding.)
