Odd discoveries made when messing around with extracting sims....

[silvainsims_archive]

1. You can, in fact, extract a baby. They will show up fine in bodyshop, have what are presumably the correct features when you age them up, and the only real issue is that you can't give them a hairstyle until you go into CAS. I'm very glad I found this, as I now know exactly what Gabrielle (daughter of Ben and Doc Nerd) actually looks like. I have to say, it could've been worse- some oddness, but she still manages to look pretty good, at least with the right lipstick to disguise the fact that she has an odd shadow under her mouth because her mouth and chin don't mix well.

2. Extracting a baby produces an unnerving missing-half-their-head effect when you age them up in bodyshop. It's unnerving enough that I'll probably reserve the use of this feature for very, very rare occasions.

3. I hate waiting for SimPE to load, then waiting for SimPE to close, then waiting for Bodyshop to load, then waiting for bodyshop to decide to be less mind-numbingly slow so I can get to the area where all the extracted sims are, then waiting for the various features to do the same so I can try to give them hair/outfits that don't make me cringe, then waiting for bodyshop to close, then waiting for the game (and all its various loading screens) to load. Waiting in general, in fact, drives me crazy. Which is why I'm posting this as I wait for the game to load.

Comments

[gintasticnecat.livejournal.com]

I think she actually looks very sweet! Like a little pixie gnome. (That's a good thing!)

I hate the slowness of bodyshop, it's actually quicker for me to get into CAS than getting that beast going.

Interesting being able to extract babies though, that I did not know.

[silvainsims.livejournal.com]

I, personally, think she looks lovely (despite the mild oddness- she looks weirder without makeup, though), and am very glad I discovered that feature of SimPE. (I'm also glad for an opportunity to use that hair, I adore it but couldn't find anyone it suited. It looks good on her, though.)

Now I'm actually more impatient about getting through this next rotation in the Legacy Haven, though....

[docnerd.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha, she got The Chin! Could be way worse, though. I am pleasantly surprised.

It sucks that you can't make the babies show up in CAS. That would be far more useful. But I've extracted them a few times; I did that for the rebuild of my custom 'hood.

[silvainsims.livejournal.com]

Yep, and Ben's mouth.... not the best possible combination there, but she pulls it off. Much better than what the CAS create-a-kid button told me when I tested it because I was intrigued by the possibilities and didn't realize I could extract babies.

I have to agree about CAS and babies, I've never understood why they did that.