What I've Been Working On #003

Hey all and happy November.  I can't believe the time is flying by so fast!  I wanted to share a quick lookahead of what I have planned for the rest of the year.  This month, I will release both the Sidesaddle and the Gradual Aging mod, and December will bring the Regency social class update.

Sidesaddle

So this week I worked on finishing up the canter walkstyle.  This one initially gave me some problems because the usual edits I made had the Sim shaking back and forth in their saddle quite a bit, so I had to do a few more manual edits than I had initially hoped.  I'm currently looking into overriding some of the idles as well, but may ultimately decide to just stick with walkstyles.

Gradual Aging

A good chunk of my time for the Gradual Aging mod was spent this week on trying to figure out how to make hair turn grey.  Unfortunately, because of the way hair textures are sometimes painted onto the skin, this was a lot more difficult than I liked.  Initially I wanted to overlay a generic grey texture which would increase in intensity, but depending on the hairstyle, it had some pretty undesirable results:

What I ultimately settled on was something that looks more like strands of hair turning grey instead of an entire cover of the hair.

It's not a perfect solution, and some hairstyles that follow a different strand direction look a little odd, but it's the closest I think I'm going to be able to get without overriding every single hair in the game.

I'm also planning to make greying hair an optional package, so if it looks weird on your favorite hairs, you can opt out, but wanted to make it an option for those who want it.

Parchment Computer

Now that I understand animations better, I spent a chunk of time trying to figure out a computer override that will allow us to have quill and parchment computers.  Unlike other mods, Sims automatically use the quill and writing animations when using the parchment, and it doesn't replace the animations on regular computers either.

Regency Romance

Finally, I wanted to simply mention that I'm in the early stages of assembling the Regency Romance social class update.  I don't have a lot of visual deliverables on this one for this week since it's mostly been coding rather than the fun stuff, but I've got a sizable start on the Clergy and Governess careers.

Thank you to all!

~ JS