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

[ikichi.livejournal.com]

Yay! I was hoping he'd be more emerald, but still! Wheeeeee!

I'm gonna refrain from commenting about Phi's lack of tannage. I'm still pissed enough about S4 vamps to cause head explody.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

That first picture of Johnny is such a vacation picture. I could pull that right out of one of the scrapbooks I have.

If Ripp couldn't get any hotter..he just did. Foxy tan, Ripp.

Ophelia didn't burnt or a tan? Usually as soon as one of my sims stops sunbathing, they often get some kind of change in their skintone.

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

Have you sent them to play around on the pirate ship yet? That is the BEST, lol!

I could watch Ripp Grunt play pirate for hours, lol!

[pixelcurious.livejournal.com]

Mmmmm, mmmm.... I don't much care for tans in real life, but Ripp and Johnny make 'em look good. :9

[kin-thalas.livejournal.com]

BV is fun. He, and I never expected a green skinned to tan! Looks good though.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

I was a bit sleepy when I first saw this entry last night so I didn't pay attention to the text.

So of course, that pic of "Tan Johnny" made me thing you had actually downloaded an alien replacement skin, and I was really surprised!

Now that I'm awake, I'm still surprised, because I had no idea that aliens could get a tan too. I thought that their green skin lacked melanin pigments and all! :D

That's a pretty neat feature and I wonder if it works with custom skins, though. There's a lot I still need to try out with Bon Voyage ^^.

But I did try the pirate ship and it's made of awesome! So many goofy faces and silly animations in there!

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

O_O So HOT! *does grabby hands* And that's coming from a person who's not really attracted to Johnny. :P
On a serious note, I'm glad that it didn't turn out to be fucked up like the sunburnt/overheating alien skin. My aliens thank you for trying this out.
:Makes mental note for Hector and Balthazar, since they're intergalactic space travelers and all that. Haha, who am I kidding, it's for my own personal enjoyment!:
I haven't even tried going to a vacation lot yet, because I've already been overwhelmed with all of the bon voyage people escaping to my sims own homes and spreading all of the silly interactions already. (PT has now found out that his one true hobby is to just "hang loose" all day.) Can't imagine how it'll be when they actually go on one, I really need that hack that makes all of that stop.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

I've never had an alien get heat stroke (that can happen with season's right--hell I don't know that any of my sims have had heat stroke). Did you get a pic?

Hmm, I might have to abuse one of my aliens now. Mother XYZ IS in the bin. . .

[simfulacts.livejournal.com]

Ripp's probably enjoying all the nearly-naked ladies everywhere at the beach.