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

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Are you using the whole director's cut?

I was lazy this time and just lobbed the whole thing in there. Some of the stuff (like the macro things) don't really work unless you MAKE them work, so I figured just leave them (that way I'm not accidentally removing something beneficial, like some of those anti-redundancy deals).

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

Really? You're using the whole thing?

I went through it all and picked out the ones I wanted, but I still don't know what some of them do, so I have to revisit it at some point.

If you have the romance mod, you probably have that weird thing where the sims will only dance with members of their preferred sex (if they have one). I thought that one was a bit restrictive.

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah, I forgot about your issue.

I'll have to check that out (my m/m couples are more interested in serenading one another than dancing--in fact, I don't think there's even a stereo at the PAP house--no t.v. either).

Perhaps I'll pull the romance out and yank the macro stuff too (it's a little annoying having it in the menus).