(Almost) All Maxis Hairs in 5 Custom Genetic Colors

** UPDATES **
12/19/2023 - Beards and Brows: facial hair is now in a separate file from BASE. Choose between the linked beards (will not show up in CAS, but can be selected in bodyshop and is linked to the specific hair color), or unlinked beards (will show up in CAS regardless of sims hair color). I have also cloned the eyebrows into a new file called browclones. The cloned brows are optional if you would like to access the new hair color eyebrows in CAS (they will appear regardless of hair color).

4/27/2024 - 'Tis a bit late for the Season: earmuffs and hat+earmuffs hairstyles from Seasons are now included in the Seasons file. The debug "cap" hair (the one that Romeo Monty wears) is also included in a separate file called "caps". In addition to this, the following fixes have been made:

• Fixed some incorrect values in the "family" field.
• Fixed incorrect or missing textures on several toddler and child hairstyles (most were in the family fun pack and nightlife).
• Fixed an issue where elder townies who randomly generated with one of the new hair colors would spawn bald and without eyebrows.
• Fixed the texture on the strawhat hairstyles for the icy hair color (previously, part of the hat was lighter than it should be).
• Overhauled the sorting order of all hairstyles. Now, if you have more than one of these colors they will always appear in a consistent order (chocolate is first, caramel is last, same as the list in the main post). This also fixed a mistake I made that particularly annoyed me in CAS where if I turned on debugging mode the debug hairs would be randomly mixed within the other nearby hairs.

8/11/2024 - This update turned out to be later than expected, but I finally took the time to recreate the beards (the way I did them before wasn't working the way I'd hoped). Now, they are linked to the proxy hairtone and have a unique "family" value which allows them to be used in the mirror/gussy up.
Also, by request, I've written a sort of "guide" on how I make these recolors! Mostly it involves a lot of notekeeping and making little alterations in SimPE, but the whole thing is available here: https://app.box.com/s/w2d8m6gpcd477f1l0vrgjdh0huya4oes
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Hi all! I'm a long time simmer and I've done some modding projects for myself but this is the first one I'm uploading. I've been working on this for a few months now and I think it's finally in a state where I feel good about sharing it! I'm still working on this project, though, so please let me know if you find any issues!

General
This is a set of recolors for all the hairstyles in the Ultimate Collection in five new colors:

• Chocolate (a mix of Maxis Black and Brown). Genetic = 1
  Hairtone: 00000021-4000-0000-0000-000000000000
• Sandy (a mix of Maxis Brown and Blond). Genetic = 1.5
  Hairtone: 00000032-4000-0000-0000-000000000000
• Icy (a lighter, less saturated Blond). Genetic = 2
  Hairtone: 00000053-4000-0000-0000-000000000000
• Auburn (a mix of Maxis Brown and Red). Genetic = 1
  Hairtone: 00000024-4000-0000-0000-000000000000
• Caramel (a blend of Brown, Red, and Blond). Genetic = 1
  Hairtone: 00000043-4000-0000-0000-000000000000

Each of the new colors is genetic and townie enabled. I originally wanted to give these their own bins in CAS, but due to modding limitations that isn't currently possible. Unfortunately this means that, even though facial hairs and eyebrows for these colors are included, they cannot be selected in CAS or gussy up/mirror menus. I decided to keep them in with the other files though, since townies will need the matching eyebrows. I also noticed that MTS flagged these as default replacements, but these are in fact new items and will not override existing hairstyles.

About Included Files
Each color is independent so you can use as many or as few as you like. I also separated the hairstyles by pack for people without UC. This means that within each zip file you will find:

• Hairtone file (required)
• Textures file (required)
• Basegame file (required)
• Files for each EP and SP that has hairstyles (optional)

About Property Sets
These styles all use the same family values as the original four colors, so adult sims with these haircolors will age into the normal Maxis Grey as elders, and career outfits that use specific hairstyles (such as the llama mascot head) SHOULD work. From my testing, I found that normal careers generally work, but some special outfits like the witch hats don't get automatically added. I'm trying to get this working and I will update once I do.

Update 8/11/24: I've noticed since creating this mod in my own testing and through comments that trying to give an existing sim one of these new haircolors in-game through gussy up doesn't work (the style changes but the color does not). This is an unintended consequence of familifying these hairs, and unfortunately the only workaround I know of right now is to use SimPE to edit the sim's character file to update the hairtone.

The new styles have also been flagged to the same pack they originally came with. This covers hairstyles from toddler to adult, and across all categories. See the note at the end for the styles that are currently missing or have been altered.

Compatibility
As these are CC items, they should be pretty safe, but there are some things to note on default replacements:

• If you have mesh defaults that use the same textures as the original hairs: you're all good to use these! They will work with the default meshes.
• If you have mesh AND texture defaults on the same hairstyle (i.e. a total replacement): the corresponding recolor from this file will likely not display properly in this case. If you're familiar with SimPE and bodyshop you can replace the recolor I made with one for that default.
• If you have texture replacements: These won't conflict, but my recolors won't reflect the default replacement. If you want these colors to match them you will need an image editing software and SimPE to replace the corresponding texture in the Textures file included with each color and all the corresponding hairstyles will be updated.

Permissions
Feel free to use and edit these if you like them! Credit is appreciated.

Missing and Altered Styles
Aside from one hairstyle (amhairhatbeardgenie_beard) which I couldn't find, there are also some that I haven't added yet. I will likely add these in the future (at least the Seasons ones).

• afhairhatcap_purplecream (BG, hidden)
• amhairhatcap_bluebrown (BG, hidden)
• auhairgorillamask (OFB)
• auhairhatmascotknightclose_mask (OFB)
• auhairhatmascotknightopen_mask (OFB)
• ufhairbarretteearmuffs (Seasons)
• umhairshortsimpleearmuffs (Seasons)
• uuhairhatsnowearmuffs (Seasons)

Alterations:

• M&G hairstyles use the same family from child-adult (default behavior has them different)
• More variety in the "swim" hairs used for hat styles released after Seasons (most of them use closecrop/longsimple as a default, which doesn't always match)
• cfhairhattiara from Family Fun uses the same family value as the basegame tiara
• tfhairponypuff from TSS uses the same family value as afhairponypuff from AL. If you are only using one of these packs, they won't be linked but each style will still work individually.
• afhairhatsleepingmask is sleepwear and underwear only