This mesh is really pretty! I'm still kinda mad about her policy though, I would understand if she converted regularly but if she's not going to do them all then why lose all those great meshes? Also I don't know if you all noticed but she doesn't allow retextures either.
Fyi this hair has some problems. Flora only did 2 Lods (0 and then 1,2 and 3 share the same one) Also it doesn't have bone assignments, it's all assigned to the head so basically it will animate like a stiff board. poly count is about 10,000 if anyone wondered :)
If you're going to have a selfish policy like that (I can kind of understand because I mean, it IS your own mesh), then all I'm saying is that you need to make sure that 1. your texture looks great (no dark roots, for instance), 2. the mesh is nearly flawless, 3. there are correct bone assignments, and 4. there are correct LODs.
If you can't get those right yourself, then you should go ahead and let someone else with greater skill in those particular areas retexture and fix the hair. Otherwise you end up looking bitter, jealous, and stingy.
"Also I don't know if you all noticed but she doesn't allow retextures either."
Well, what is says is that "due to the Sims 3 hair recolor files include our hair MESH file, please DO NOT recolor our hair", which makes me think that, if using the method that AWT uses, it might be possible to recolor her hair since the original mesh would still be required. Not sure, though.
"I also think that if people want to, they should just go ahead and convert her hairs if she isn't going to do them at a reasonable pace."
I understand what you're saying, but it's attitudes like this that lead to creators saying, "Fuck it, might as well go pay." Because if they don't feel respected or appreciated, why bother?
I'd love it if Flora could convert her hair at a faster rate, but as long as she's contributing freely to the community, the least we can do is respect her policy.
"I understand what you're saying, but it's attitudes like this that lead to creators saying, "Fuck it, might as well go pay." Because if they don't feel respected or appreciated, why bother?"
Well, she'd be appreciated if she'd release hair more than once every six months.
"Well, she'd be appreciated if she'd release hair more than once every six months."
That's so bad of you saying that. You don't know why she takes more time to release hairs, she might be hell busy in her life, you don't know, and it really doesn't matter. Be appreciated that she makes new hair mesh styles for you for free.
You complain of everything, this blog is doomed... It's just sad what's going on around in here...
"Well, she'd be appreciated if she'd release hair more than once every six months." ehem...does her job title say she has to make cc for sims 3? she has a life outside sims you know..theres a thing called the real world.
^ i know, right? I'd never be able to make custom content *period* because i have school, a boyfriend, friends, homework, and family to keep me busy...i should actually be studying right now =.=
Perhaps I should rephrase. I appreciate her work and what she does. I loved her hairs for TS2 and that's why I'd like them for TS3. I didn't mean to sound so hurtful, but honestly, I think it's wrong for her to not allow people to convert her items when there are plenty of people capable and willing to do them.
I apologize for those of you that misunderstood what I was trying to say and I truly mean to harm to Flora.
It's not wrong for Flora to ask for people not convert her hairs, it's her policy and you should respect that. Even though I do agree it's not much nice of asking so and not doing that herself.
One way or another, I respect her decision even though I am not in agreement with it.
What I don't understand is that everyone is happy when Peggy or Newsea hairs are retextured, no-one mentions a creator's policy there. Is it because Flora is a free creator?
Yes. Pay creators aren't respected because they are already breaking the Sims 3 EULA by charging for content anyway...so if they can't respect EA's policies when they need their game in order to make the content they create functional, why should we respect theirs?
However, free creators are respecting EA's policies and sharing out of the goodness of their heart instead of greed, so people feel like they should respect their policies as well.
"It's not wrong for Flora to ask for people not convert her hairs, it's her policy and you should respect that. Even though I do agree it's not much nice of asking so and not doing that herself.
One way or another, I respect her decision even though I am not in agreement with it."
Well, i'm not gonna download. It's a nice mesh, but, i want a proper blonde in my game and these look kinda greyish to me. Using AWT's method sounds like the best way, if it can be done. Best way is to contact Flora and ask about it.
Maybe you should see if the color is because that is the color she chose from CAS. I hear people here complain of weird colors and then I go into CAS and change them. Very easy.
Well,actually, The EA's EULA changed some time ago, which makes the creation of ccs for financial gain perfectly leagal. But, If T$R or other paysites sued every single person for ignoring their policies,They will have to close their sites,because there are too many X).
Yes. Paysites are unethical and detrimental to the community. As long as a creator is putting out free content for everyone to enjoy, their policies deserve to be respected. Even if their method of doing so is slower than we would like it to be.
"Well,actually, The EA's EULA changed some time ago, which makes the creation of ccs for financial gain perfectly leagal. But, If T$R or other paysites sued every single person for ignoring their policies,They will have to close their sites,because there are too many X)."
No, it didn't, TSR-troll-who-is-probably-Atwa. Read it for yourself. The EULA remains the same and that is what you should go by--not what some BBS moderator said that was not reflected in the actual text of the EULA.
No, the other anon is correct. EA did make the selling of custom content legal. HOWEVER, if someone wishes to share or redistribute or recolor or edit the content in any way, it's perfectly legal for that person and the original creator can NOT sue EA or their customers. So yes, you can charge. But you can't pull the BS that TSR pulls with threatening to sue. It's perfectly legal for people to share the content that they have paid for.
Beautiful! I'd love to see a recolor, though, as I'm not a huge fan of Flora's textures.
ReplyDeleteThe texture's look kinda primative, but the mesh and alpha are lovely! :D
ReplyDeleteFinally, but, i'd like to see a recolour too and more male hair converted from Flora.. A snail does a faster job than this..
ReplyDeleteThanks
If both sides were puffy and with a retexture it'd be pretty..
ReplyDeleteLove it, need more 'normal' hair like this.
ReplyDelete"Finally, but, i'd like to see a recolour too and more male hair converted from Flora.. A snail does a faster job than this.."
ReplyDeleteI know. :( It bums me out how XM Sims doesn't want anyone else converting their TS2 hairs, but they only come out with new ones once every few months.
I actually like this hair style! Nice Work :)
ReplyDeleteIs anyone gonna retexture, or will this version have to do? Not sure if i should download, or not, but, sure i can wait and see..
ReplyDeleteHorrible texture, horrible mesh. I loved XM sims way back in TS2 days but not anymore.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit, I love all of Flora's meshes, she is one of my favourite creators :)
ReplyDeleteThis mesh is really pretty! I'm still kinda mad about her policy though, I would understand if she converted regularly but if she's not going to do them all then why lose all those great meshes? Also I don't know if you all noticed but she doesn't allow retextures either.
ReplyDeleteFyi this hair has some problems. Flora only did 2 Lods (0 and then 1,2 and 3 share the same one) Also it doesn't have bone assignments, it's all assigned to the head so basically it will animate like a stiff board. poly count is about 10,000 if anyone wondered :)
^Thanks Robo for the info.
ReplyDeleteI'd understand her policy too if she converted regulary, but not only she doesn't do it but she also does her job half-assed.
^Exactly.
ReplyDeleteIf you're going to have a selfish policy like that (I can kind of understand because I mean, it IS your own mesh), then all I'm saying is that you need to make sure that 1. your texture looks great (no dark roots, for instance), 2. the mesh is nearly flawless, 3. there are correct bone assignments, and 4. there are correct LODs.
If you can't get those right yourself, then you should go ahead and let someone else with greater skill in those particular areas retexture and fix the hair. Otherwise you end up looking bitter, jealous, and stingy.
Geesh, sims4 will be out before Flora have converted and shared all her hair. Who have time to wait for that? LOL
ReplyDelete"Also I don't know if you all noticed but she doesn't allow retextures either."
ReplyDeleteWell, what is says is that "due to the Sims 3 hair recolor files include our hair MESH file, please DO NOT recolor our hair", which makes me think that, if using the method that AWT uses, it might be possible to recolor her hair since the original mesh would still be required. Not sure, though.
^ I think Anubis retextured one of her hairs before.
ReplyDeleteI also think that if people want to, they should just go ahead and convert her hairs if she isn't going to do them at a reasonable pace.
This hair is begging for a shiny retexture. I hope AWT's method can be used :)
ReplyDeleteLooks kinda like ashley greene
ReplyDelete"I also think that if people want to, they should just go ahead and convert her hairs if she isn't going to do them at a reasonable pace."
ReplyDeleteI understand what you're saying, but it's attitudes like this that lead to creators saying, "Fuck it, might as well go pay." Because if they don't feel respected or appreciated, why bother?
I'd love it if Flora could convert her hair at a faster rate, but as long as she's contributing freely to the community, the least we can do is respect her policy.
like the hair, dont like the slacking on the LODS and bone assignments :/
ReplyDeleteA bit too poofy...*sips a cup of oolong with pinky sticking out*
ReplyDelete"I understand what you're saying, but it's attitudes like this that lead to creators saying, "Fuck it, might as well go pay." Because if they don't feel respected or appreciated, why bother?"
ReplyDeleteWell, she'd be appreciated if she'd release hair more than once every six months.
"Well, she'd be appreciated if she'd release hair more than once every six months."
ReplyDeleteThat's so bad of you saying that.
You don't know why she takes more time to release hairs, she might be hell busy in her life, you don't know, and it really doesn't matter.
Be appreciated that she makes new hair mesh styles for you for free.
You complain of everything, this blog is doomed... It's just sad what's going on around in here...
"Well, she'd be appreciated if she'd release hair more than once every six months."
ReplyDeleteehem...does her job title say she has to make cc for sims 3? she has a life outside sims you know..theres a thing called the real world.
^ i know, right? I'd never be able to make custom content *period* because i have school, a boyfriend, friends, homework, and family to keep me busy...i should actually be studying right now =.=
ReplyDeletePerhaps I should rephrase. I appreciate her work and what she does. I loved her hairs for TS2 and that's why I'd like them for TS3. I didn't mean to sound so hurtful, but honestly, I think it's wrong for her to not allow people to convert her items when there are plenty of people capable and willing to do them.
ReplyDeleteI apologize for those of you that misunderstood what I was trying to say and I truly mean to harm to Flora.
It's not wrong for Flora to ask for people not convert her hairs, it's her policy and you should respect that.
ReplyDeleteEven though I do agree it's not much nice of asking so and not doing that herself.
One way or another, I respect her decision even though I am not in agreement with it.
What I don't understand is that everyone is happy when Peggy or Newsea hairs are retextured, no-one mentions a creator's policy there. Is it because Flora is a free creator?
ReplyDelete"Is it because Flora is a free creator?"
ReplyDeleteYes. Pay creators aren't respected because they are already breaking the Sims 3 EULA by charging for content anyway...so if they can't respect EA's policies when they need their game in order to make the content they create functional, why should we respect theirs?
However, free creators are respecting EA's policies and sharing out of the goodness of their heart instead of greed, so people feel like they should respect their policies as well.
"It's not wrong for Flora to ask for people not convert her hairs, it's her policy and you should respect that.
ReplyDeleteEven though I do agree it's not much nice of asking so and not doing that herself.
One way or another, I respect her decision even though I am not in agreement with it."
Exactly what I was trying to say. Thank you.
Nice hair! Ugly textures!
ReplyDeleteWell, i'm not gonna download. It's a nice mesh, but, i want a proper blonde in my game and these look kinda greyish to me. Using AWT's method sounds like the best way, if it can be done. Best way is to contact Flora and ask about it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe you should see if the color is because that is the color she chose from CAS. I hear people here complain of weird colors and then I go into CAS and change them. Very easy.
ReplyDelete^thank you, finally someone who understands that the colors are changeable in sims 3.
ReplyDelete^It's not the color, it's the texture. Try it out. Mostly all of Flora's hair has a muted grayish tint.
ReplyDeleteWell,actually, The EA's EULA changed some time ago, which makes the creation of ccs for financial gain perfectly leagal. But, If T$R or other paysites sued every single person for ignoring their policies,They will have to close their sites,because there are too many X).
ReplyDelete"Is it because Flora is a free creator?"
ReplyDeleteYes. Paysites are unethical and detrimental to the community. As long as a creator is putting out free content for everyone to enjoy, their policies deserve to be respected. Even if their method of doing so is slower than we would like it to be.
"Well,actually, The EA's EULA changed some time ago, which makes the creation of ccs for financial gain perfectly leagal. But, If T$R or other paysites sued every single person for ignoring their policies,They will have to close their sites,because there are too many X)."
ReplyDeleteNo, it didn't, TSR-troll-who-is-probably-Atwa. Read it for yourself. The EULA remains the same and that is what you should go by--not what some BBS moderator said that was not reflected in the actual text of the EULA.
No, the other anon is correct. EA did make the selling of custom content legal. HOWEVER, if someone wishes to share or redistribute or recolor or edit the content in any way, it's perfectly legal for that person and the original creator can NOT sue EA or their customers. So yes, you can charge. But you can't pull the BS that TSR pulls with threatening to sue. It's perfectly legal for people to share the content that they have paid for.
ReplyDelete^Unless it's EA's created content, btw. Forgot that part. They won't allow the sharing of what THEY make.
ReplyDelete