🚧 TS4 CAS Swatch - 16 Referenced Swatches + Modified Meshes for ManiGP02Almond fingernails! ⚡ 1/19/25 - QUEUED FOR UPDATE!

────⋆⋅☠️ NOTICE ME, SENPAI!

• 🎁 sej_CASSwMe_GP02_Accessory_Y_ManiAlmond_240701.zip

  • Contains 2 packages. 1 for female and 1 for male.

  • Each CASSwME package contains 16 referenced swatches that will appear behind the EAxis swatches and 3 modified LOD meshes to make them compatible with the swatches.

────⋆⋅🎉 RELEASE NOTES

• 🎯 This is part of The Endgame but works independently.

• ⚔️ Requires TS4: Spa Day Game Pack.

• 🚀 Polished under Update 06/06/2024 - PC: 1.107.151.1020 / Mac: 1.107.151.1230.

• ⚙️ Outfit Safety is ❌ NEIN!

  • Outfits will default to EAxis swatches if these packages are removed.

• 🧬 These are HYBRID PERFECTION packages.

  • Modified meshes are embedded but swatch textures are REFERENCED. The smallest filesize is achieved. I am a god among flies.

  • A future update could change these to FULLY EMBEDDED packages if EAxis ever fiddles with the referenced resources.

• 🐍 Filenames - CASSwatch vs CASSwch vs CASSwME

  • My filenames have once again changed - a requirement for The Endgame, I'm afraid.

  • CASSwch (CASSwatch) packages contain additional swatches for EAxis items. They are NOT standalone items. Their SecondaryDisplayIndexes have been modified to position them between or behind EAxis swatches. The last two letter differs depending on what the package contains:

    • CASSwch contain custom swatches only.

    • CASSwME contain custom swatches and modified LOD meshes.

• 👽 Archives now include a custom folder containing the mod files.

  • Extract "#Sej" directly into your Mods folder and choose YES when prompted to replace files. Package updates will always have the same name as the previous release. Archives have version suffixes for easy backup.

  • Inside "#Sej" is a hidden DESKTOP.INI configuration file that prevents Windows Explorer from auto changing the View settings if there are more images than other files in the folder. It should work as intended on all recent versions of Windows. This DESKTOP.INI configuration file is included in EVERY archive that contains images. It is safe to overwrite this file. It is also safe to delete this file.

  • Consider the new "#Sej" folder as my way of helping you keep your Mods folder in order.

  • The primary purpose of the "#" in the folder name is to keep any Overrides contained within prioritized in the load order, however, other folders with special characters like "!" in front their names are higher in the special character order. Rename my folder as necessary to get it to the top of your Mods folder if you use any of my Overrides. I need to verify that folder names take priority over filenames and that a random loose won't override my override.

────⋆⋅✒️ I ADORE THESE FINGERNAILS!

They're the perfect length and the perfect curvature.

These, along with others, were the fingernails that EAxis screwed up the RestrictOpposite flags on in an update that IIRC was meant to address both female and male nails showing for everysim. Instead of adding the appropriate RestrictOppositeFrame flags, they added RestrictOppositeGender flags. This was the catalyst for The Endgame. I was so pissed and it took months for them to fix their botched fix.

Furthermore, ... I'm hungry, I'll finish this after noms.

Noms were had but I forgot what I was gonna say.

────⋆⋅📖 DOES IT IRRITATE ANYONE ELSE...

... that we don't ever get new content swatch colors on older content nails?

The 16 Contrast fingernail colors now appear after the 16 EAxis swatches. They've all been referenced from the Base Game.

Like the Werewolf fingernails, these fingernail meshes aren't "standardized".

To achieve L/R-mirrored fingernail colors with 5 independent colors, I modified each of the 8 LOD meshes to align them with the layout used for most fingernails including those from BG, fine-tuning UV placement with ContrastPride.

These modified meshes are now compatible with any texture that uses the standard horizontal five-block layout.

Fingernail meshes are gonna be my new thing, innit? They're fun to fix.

🌸 Go wild, but link back. It's courteous.

Happy Pride!