Strangetown Extras: Johnny Smith gets a tan

[strangetomato]

So finally, someone at EAxis decided to think of the aliens when they designed a game feature. The tanning that sims can get with BV (which I think is pretty cool) actually works on the alien skintone. I almost jumped for joy when I saw it. After seeing them mess up so badly with the heatstroke in Seasons, I was expecting the worst, but instead, I got a tanned Johnny Smith.

Here he is, posing next to the rock shaped like Will Wright's head, just like they have back in Strangetown. Doesn't he look pleased? I find it sort of funny that the hue changes like that, making him more olive coloured (like that popular default replacement skin). I still prefer the mint green, but this is nice for some variety, and he really does look tanned.

I sent them off on another vacation, just for fun, since I'm still playing around with the BV features. Ripp really gets off on the new dances too, so I figured I'd do him a favour and get him to learn them all (then he can amuse me with which dance he chooses in different situations).




As you can see, Ripp got himself a bit of a tan too. He's as dark as Tank is, if not even darker. I would have expected him to burn instead, since he's so pale.

Yeah, Ripp... hang loose, indeed.

(Phi went sunbathing too, but didn't tan. That doesn't seem very fair.)




The beach vacation really seemed to agree with Ripp. Check out that goofy grin!

Comments

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Yeah, really. I can see Johnny taking really standard vacation pics like that too - insisting on getting a shot with the landmarks and all that.

Yeah, the tan is nice, isn't it?

I was disappointed about Ophelia. Maybe I canceled the sunbathing interaction before she was done (which is possible, since it takes a while), but I didn't see any change. It would be a let down if they somehow decided that the darkest skintone couldn't get any darker. I'll have to try it again at some point.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

Yes! I definitely see Johnny doing that. He'd also take family protraits and would probably force Ripp to do something about his hair.

Also, on a more random note, I saw the tracker thing in your user info, and I found myself. I got all excited for no apparent reason.

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Johnny Smith does everything the proper way. It must be something he picked up from his Mom. He likes to do it up right. I could see him building and painting a white picket fence too.

Well, that's a good reason to get excited. I even get excited when I see myself on there (I'm the loner out there in the North Atlantic ocean). I like having that tracker thing. It's not creepy like tracking exactly who is reading my journal, but I get an idea of how many people are visiting. I'm surprised to see so many.