More Manly Hair: Sims 2 Basegame Dreads for Men Teen to Elder
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It's enabled for Teens through Elders, and the recolouring functions work with the roots, main colour and highlights, but tips don't really show up as such - they tend to add a light overall tint to the hair as a whole. As an extreme example of the recolouring, in the third picture in the below screenshot we see a lovely purple main colour with green highlights and red roots.

Going in-game, Cycl0n3 continues to proudly sport his purple-green-red scheme, while his pal seems to be mocking his colour choices although his own choice of mauve and blue with black roots really isn't a whole lot more tasteful.

For a less silly and more helpful (and manly) look at it in-game, the handsome tough-guy below gives us a look at it all around.

For those of you who are familiar with this hair in TS2, you will notice that I've changed the back. The original mesh, for some reason, was a solid block in back, which looked awful. I stripped out the solid block and replaced it with loose dreads for a much better look. You can see the changes to the back in the last of the pics shown as thumbnails at the bottom of the page: the first shot in that pic is how it looked in TS2, the second is how it looked in TS3 before I modified it, and the third one is how it looks now.
As well as remodelling the back, I also made the hair a little longer, which I think looks better.
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:
Unzip the .zip file, and copy the .package file to your Mods\Packages folder.
If you don't have a Mods\Packages folder and/or don't know how to install .package files, please see full instructions here: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php...g_Package_Files
Thank you for looking and I hope you'll find this another useful style for your manly sims!
Polygon Counts:
4021
This is a new mesh, and means that it's a brand new self contained object that usually does not require a specific Pack (although this is possible depending on the type). It may have Recolours hosted on MTS - check below for more information.
MensTS2Dreads_ByEsmeraldaF.zip
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Install Instructions
1. Click the file listed on the Files tab to download the file to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file. Now you will have either a .package or a .sims3pack file.
For Package files:
1. Cut and paste the file into your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages folder. If you do not already have this folder, you should read the full guide to Package files first: Sims 3:Installing Package Fileswiki, so you can make sure your game is fully patched and you have the correct Resource.cfg file.
2. Run the game, and find your content where the creator said it would be (build mode, buy mode, Create-a-Sim, etc.).
For Sims3Pack files:
1. Cut and paste it into your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Downloads folder. If you do not have this folder yet, it is recommended that you open the game and then close it again so that this folder will be automatically created. Then you can place the .sims3pack into your Downloads folder.
2. Load the game's Launcher, and click on the Downloads tab. Find the item in the list and tick the box beside it. Then press the Install button below the list.
3. Wait for the installer to load, and it will install the content to the game. You will get a message letting you know when it's done.
4. Run the game, and find your content where the creator said it would be (build mode, buy mode, Create-a-Sim, etc.).
Extracting from RAR, ZIP, or 7z: You will need a special program for this. For Windows, we recommend 7-Zip and for Mac OSX, we recommend Keka. Both are free and safe to use.
Need more help?
If you need more info, see:
- For package files: Sims 3:Installing Package Fileswiki
- For Sims3pack files: Game Help:Installing TS3 Packswiki
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Updated: 14th Jun 2010 at 11:52 AM by EsmeraldaF
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