Thank you for going to the trouble of doing this. This is a very clear and well-thought out tutorial.

I hadn't even discovered that SimPE now has this facility! I used to open each file one at a time to change age/category data.

Much appreciated.

The exported clothing is exactly the same as the original as it's all digital.

When I make clothes I have often exported and reimported the clothing many times before I actually upload as there might be things I want to add after a while that I didn't think of when I was still working on the item, like a necklace or whatever. As long as you're working on your clothes you don't have to clone and export/import though as you use the function "load saved project instead" but sometimes you want to change something on a piece of clothes many weeks after you've made it. That process of exporting/importing it again does not change the quality of the duplicates at all and you also get the option of choosing the categories in which the clothes are going to be displayed.

So, when you just want to change the categories of the items it's much faster to do as I described than to go through the process of using SimPE as described in the tutorial above. You mention that some creators don't want their items to be changed. That's true and should be respected or course but whether the categories are changed in Bodyshop or SimPE doesn't make a difference here. The outcome is the same as the categories have been changed no matter which one of the two tools you used to do it. If you're not allowed to change the clothes, then you shouldn't do it. Neither with BS nor SimPE.

Last edited by Nebulosa : 5th Sep 2005 at 05:49 PM.

If you wish to make a tutorial about doing it in Bodyshop Nebulosa go for it, this particular tutorial is about doing it in SimPE.

Thank you so much for all these wonderful tutorials!!!
I can't wait to recategorize all my stuff back into place!
I hate the maternity clothes, specially because I ALWAYS end up with the grey and purple one (eek... :P) and there are so many, eight right? Anyway, do you think clicking pregnant in the categories will work for, let's say, a simple dress mesh?

Clothing is designed and made for specific mesh's, you could always 'try' it? I dont think it'll work to your liking.

Thanks so much this is exactly what I needed. It is so much easier than using DatGen. Woohoooooo!!!!

Thanks so much for this guide. I only have about 1,500 downloads, but I just bought University and Nightlife, so I backed up my downloads and am starting with a fresh install. I installed, then patched, then installed, then patched, then installed, and finally patched. This, along with your guide to organizing the downloads folder have helped me greatly to get ready for reinserting my downloads. Keep up the great work and looking forward to the update of the downloads guide.

i would just like to say THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. I WAS LOST WITHOUT A TUTORIAL. i was so scared i was going to crash my computer it took months before i even downloaded the program.

my computer is almost 5 years old. could take the chance. i am notthe richest nugget in the pot. can't afford a new one. :baloons: :salute:

Help Me This Stupid Window Won't Open To Full Size I Can Only See The Tabs. And Someone Fix This Bug I Have Changed My Viewing Setings I Have Reinstalled The Program Twice And Still It Doesn't Work.

HELP PLEASE! I want to thank you so very much for your tutorial. But I have a problem; At the 2nd option at the top you said to go to Scan Folders, well,
it won't open, instaid it says (Unable to start toolplugin.) So, what do I do now? Why can't it open it?

Thank you for your respond? I appreciated everything you do! You are someone special!

Is there a way to change from male to female using the SimPE? I have female clothing showing up in the male clothing and visa versa. Any help is appreciated. Thanks so much!!!

Thank you sooo much!! You made my day,well it was day when I started, anyway, Thank you sooo much for making everything so clear and easy to follow!! I was a bit skeptical at the beginning because my scan folder thingie didn't work, but I fix it (thanks to you guys!!) and everything was clear as water!! You guys here at MTS are so good to us...anyway thank you!!!!

Many thanks!!! This is exactly what I needed!!!! Woohooo!!!!

i really like it

My scan folder screen does not have any tabs on the bottom - nothing scans????

So, this worked out great. Thanks for the great tutorial. One thing i did notice is that the second time i scanned my files (so i could check to see if i finished them all), I left the thumbnail scanner checked, and it re-scans the files, but doesnt have to re-create thumbnails. So you can leave this checked for you second scan, and it will scan just as fast as if you unchecked it. This was good for me cause i still wanted to be able to see the thumbnails.

First I would like to thank you for this tutorial, this seems so complicated and fun at the same time.
(I'm using SimPE 0.56 for the first time and have a question). I read the part where it you said:

Just to get you familiar with the operations tab, click on the Operations tab in the lower half of your Folder Scanner, than scroll down that box until you see the portion designed for the "Clothing Scanner" You will now see set Ages: and set: Categories: and options for that, thats what you will be using at this point.

In that operations tab is the following and I'm not sure what to do with it:

Health Scanner

OFB Shelve scanner (by Numenor):

dimension

the window will not scroll within the operations box.

what do you suggest that I do to continue recatagorizing? thank you for any help
xo

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Frumph. I just wanted to pledge my undying love for you!!!! I've printed both your tutorials out and have been busy busy busy cleaning up the unorganized mess that is my downloads folder. You are my KING!!!!
Thanks a ton!!!!!

[QUOTE=momicajack] Thanks so much for that little tidbit Momicajack . All my adult ladies suddenly turned green just like your teens. I'm so excited about going through my ridiculous amount of clothes to find that stupid tick mark. ARGH!!!! Better then reinstalling everything at least.

I have found both tuts of great help as I have only just discovered them. Would it be possible to let me know how to find hidden hacks as I keep getting error messages before loading a lot and I cant find the athletics career it says to delete. Hope you can help me, thanks again for all the information you have taken the time to write. Ossie

Please, do not hijack threads with unrelated posts. Look into the Help section, the FAQs first, and if you don't find your problem answered there, then post on the Help forum.

Thanks for the outstanding tutorial. It's great to be able to recategorize things the way I think they ought to be. Not only do I want to stab people who check every category for every clothing item, at least 25% of the 'everyday' things I download seem to me to belong in 'formal'.



Thanks for this reply, momicajack -- I had the exact same problem. What I want to know is: what is the 'skin' category, and why does it break everything if even one clothing package has that checked? Can anyone shed some light on this?

A very useful tutorial for anyone who has downloaded more than one sets of clothes. Now I don't have to fly into murderous rage because all of the missclassified outfits.

You're not alone. I have this same problem. The scanner opens, but it's basically just an empty box without tabs. Go figure? lol

Thank you so much for this tutorial! Here I was doing it the stupid long way through Bodyshop-exporting the file and then reimporting it and putting it in the right place. Stupid but it was the only way I knew how. lol. Thank you for this!