Electric Dreads for Men and Women (TS3 Conversion)
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Created by Esmeralda
Uploaded: 30th Jan 2015 at 6:14 PM
Updated: 30th Jan 2015 at 7:08 PM
Updated: 30th Jan 2015 at 7:08 PM
Before using this hair, be sure your game is patched up to date, as EA fixed the hair-crashing bug in a recent update and if you're not patched up to date you may have problems.
Here's a conversion of the Sims 3 'Electric Dreads' men's hair, from EA's 'Midnight Hollow' world. I loved this weird hair in TS3 (and loved Midnight Hollow), and was pleased to see that it translated well to TS4 with just a few minor alterations.
It's for both male and female, Teen to Elder, and is not enabled for Random, so you won't get townies generating with this hair.
It has 11 colour combinations comprising add-on straps and tendrils layered over base hair, as below:
Five natural colours: 1) Black and silver on black hair, 2) Shades of dark grey/silver on dark brown hair, 3) Shades of blue on platinum hair, 4) Black and silver on blonde hair, 5) Shades of brown and bronze on brown hair for a Steampunk or Old West type of look.
Next, some unnatural colours and two Elder shades: 6) Multicolour on dark purple/aubergine, 7) Black and crimson on dark red hair, 8) Green/brown/yellow on green hair for an alien or Hipster Plantsim look, 9) Purple/silver/blue on dark blue hair, and the two Elder shades of 10) Black and gold on grey hair and 11) Turquoise and silver on white hair (the white hair could also be for alien or fantasy characters).
In-game, we have a colourful group of roomies who all have different dress sense but the same taste in hairstyle:
And below, Goth Girl flirts with Steampunk Guy.
Hat compatibility: It was not possible to make this big hair hat-compatible. As an 'emergency' measure, I gave it the hat chop meshes from my recent Ponytail Braids upload, so as was the case with that hair, you can think of this hair as having all gone up inside the hat. But it doesn't look great, so I don't recommend it - it's just there in case your sim gets inadvertently switched into a hat for their career or similar. I don't recommend it for normal use.
Recolouring: This hair is pretty challenging to recolour but if you want to give it a try, I've attached a couple of templates for you to follow. In the download file "ElectricDreadsRecolourTemplates.zip", there are two files, one a greyscale texture in .bmp form (which includes the alpha channel) and the other one is a recolour mask in jpg form. Open both files in your graphics editor and layer the recolour mask over the greyscale texture file, so that you can see what goes where.
Thanks for looking, hope you'll find this a fun hair.
INSTALLATION:
Download one or both hair zip files depending on whether you want this hair for males, females or both. Unzip the zip file(s) and move the .package file(s) to your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods folder.
Polygon Counts:
5393 for each hair. This is somewhat higher than default TS4 hair, so use sparingly if you have a very low-spec PC.
Additional Credits:
Made with S4 CASTools, Milkshape, and Sims 4 Studio.
Thanks to the Midnight Hollow team for this nifty hair.
Here's a conversion of the Sims 3 'Electric Dreads' men's hair, from EA's 'Midnight Hollow' world. I loved this weird hair in TS3 (and loved Midnight Hollow), and was pleased to see that it translated well to TS4 with just a few minor alterations.
It's for both male and female, Teen to Elder, and is not enabled for Random, so you won't get townies generating with this hair.
It has 11 colour combinations comprising add-on straps and tendrils layered over base hair, as below:
Five natural colours: 1) Black and silver on black hair, 2) Shades of dark grey/silver on dark brown hair, 3) Shades of blue on platinum hair, 4) Black and silver on blonde hair, 5) Shades of brown and bronze on brown hair for a Steampunk or Old West type of look.
Next, some unnatural colours and two Elder shades: 6) Multicolour on dark purple/aubergine, 7) Black and crimson on dark red hair, 8) Green/brown/yellow on green hair for an alien or Hipster Plantsim look, 9) Purple/silver/blue on dark blue hair, and the two Elder shades of 10) Black and gold on grey hair and 11) Turquoise and silver on white hair (the white hair could also be for alien or fantasy characters).
In-game, we have a colourful group of roomies who all have different dress sense but the same taste in hairstyle:
And below, Goth Girl flirts with Steampunk Guy.
Hat compatibility: It was not possible to make this big hair hat-compatible. As an 'emergency' measure, I gave it the hat chop meshes from my recent Ponytail Braids upload, so as was the case with that hair, you can think of this hair as having all gone up inside the hat. But it doesn't look great, so I don't recommend it - it's just there in case your sim gets inadvertently switched into a hat for their career or similar. I don't recommend it for normal use.
Recolouring: This hair is pretty challenging to recolour but if you want to give it a try, I've attached a couple of templates for you to follow. In the download file "ElectricDreadsRecolourTemplates.zip", there are two files, one a greyscale texture in .bmp form (which includes the alpha channel) and the other one is a recolour mask in jpg form. Open both files in your graphics editor and layer the recolour mask over the greyscale texture file, so that you can see what goes where.
Thanks for looking, hope you'll find this a fun hair.
INSTALLATION:
Download one or both hair zip files depending on whether you want this hair for males, females or both. Unzip the zip file(s) and move the .package file(s) to your Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods folder.
Polygon Counts:
5393 for each hair. This is somewhat higher than default TS4 hair, so use sparingly if you have a very low-spec PC.
Additional Credits:
Made with S4 CASTools, Milkshape, and Sims 4 Studio.
Thanks to the Midnight Hollow team for this nifty hair.
This is a new mesh, and means that it's a brand new self contained object that usually does not require a specific Pack (although this is possible depending on the type). It may have Recolours hosted on MTS - check below for more information.
Filename | Size | Downloads | Date | |||||
Esmeralda_ElectricDreadsRecolourTemplates.zip
Size: 699.8 KB · Downloads: 16,181 · 30th Jan 2015 |
699.8 KB | 16,181 | 30th Jan 2015 | |||||
Esmeralda_MensElectricDreads.zip
Size: 3.78 MB · Downloads: 23,284 · 30th Jan 2015 |
3.78 MB | 23,284 | 30th Jan 2015 | |||||
Esmeralda_WomensElectricDreads.zip
Size: 3.78 MB · Downloads: 22,189 · 30th Jan 2015 |
3.78 MB | 22,189 | 30th Jan 2015 | |||||
For a detailed look at individual files, see the Information tab. |
Key:
- - File was updated after upload was posted
Install Instructions
Basic Download and Install Instructions:
1. Download: Click the File tab to see the download link. Click the link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract: Use WinRAR (Windows) to extract the file(s) from the .rar or .zip file(s).
3. Cut and paste the file(s) into your Mods folder
Need more information?
- Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\
- Windows Vista/7/8/8.1: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods\
- Anyone can use both .rar and .zip files easily! On Windows, use WinRAR.
- If you don't have a Mods folder, just make one.
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Packs Needed
None, this is Sims 4 base game compatible!
Other Information
Hair Style:
– Natural Colours
– Punk/Streaks/Crazy Colours
– Maxis-Match
Maxis Flags:
– Gender Conversions
: Gender Conversions of Maxis Hair
Bin Type:
– Binned
Age:
– Teen
– Young Adult
– Adult
– Elder
Tags
#electric dreads, #midnight hollow, #dreads, #cyberpunk, #steampunk, #cyber, #goth, #hipster, #ponytail
About Me
Retired from The Sims for now but I'll still check for questions or PMs. Thank you to those who liked my Sims stuff, love all of you. My Fallout 4 mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/fallout4/...?tab=user+files and https://colorfulcommonwealth.proboards.com/ which also has Sims mods not uploaded here, plus tutorials on making Fallout 4 and Starfield cc. Currently figuring out Starfield cc creation.
MY POLICY: I'm easygoing, please just don't copy my creations or claim them to be your own work. You may include my creations with your sims or lots, just credit me with a link back to the item.
MY POLICY: I'm easygoing, please just don't copy my creations or claim them to be your own work. You may include my creations with your sims or lots, just credit me with a link back to the item.