Maxis-Matchy ManBrows! Binned!
Custom brows & facial hair clutter up the bin like mad. They force you to scroll scroll scroll and click on a zillion wrong-colour brows to find one good one. They're annoying. So I decided to try colour-binning the buggers and - behold! - it worked! It's not even hard! Surely these can't be the first binned brows, but I haven't seen any before so here's the method I used:
- Make your brows in Bodyshop as usual. I recommend cloning Maxis brows as a base to avoid complications.
- Quit Bodyshop and open your new black brows in SimPE.
- Click "Texture Overlay XML" in the Resource Tree, then click the first item in the Resource List.
- Copy the family number to a temporary text file - you'll use that later.
- Change the hairtone to the correct colour number. A list of numbers can be found in HystericalParoxysm's Hair Binning Tutorial. Click Commit.
- Repeat step 5 for each item in the Resource List, being careful to make the grey brows grey. Save.
- Open the next brow colour in SimPE. Repeat steps 5 & 6, but this time DELETE the grey and also paste in that black family number - you want all the colours to have the same family number.
- Remember to commit after each change and save when you're done.
Other facial hair can be binned exactly the same way. Theo's Colour Binning Tool works too.... for the most part. It doesn't delete the extra greys so you'll still have to do that manually in SimPE. And of course you can always use an in-game mirror to make the brows not match your sim's hair if you wish.
Anyhow... these brow sets work for all ages & genders. The grey elder brows are attached to the black brows, so don't delete the black brows if you want the grey ones. They all use Maxis textures and match well with Maxis hair. And they're binned! Maybe someone will find them useful.
Oh! Also, if by any chance you happen to already have the rufusbrows or galebrows that came with my sims, please delete those before installing these. They may conflict because I was silly and used the same family number.
Additional Credits:
The blue eyes pictured are Oepu's Maxis Match Eyes. Thanks, Oepu! Thanks also go to HystericalParoxysm, the creators of SimPE, Delphy & the rest of the MTS2 staff, and all the members who make MTS2 great.
binned-rufusbrows.rar
Download
Uploaded: 29th Nov 2007, 177.8 KB.
6,260 downloads.
|
||||||||
binned-jornbrows.rar
Download
Uploaded: 29th Nov 2007, 100.5 KB.
5,986 downloads.
|
||||||||
binned-galebrows.rar
Download
Uploaded: 29th Nov 2007, 108.5 KB.
6,887 downloads.
|
||||||||
For a detailed look at individual files, see the Information tab. |
Install Instructions
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract the zip, rar, or 7z file.
3. Place in Downloads Folder: Cut and paste the .package file(s) into your Downloads folder:
- Origin (Ultimate Collection): Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims™ 2 Ultimate Collection\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows Vista/7/8/10: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Non-Origin, Windows XP: Documents and Settings\(Current User Account)\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\
- Mac: Users\(Current User Account)\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads
- Mac x64: /Library/Containers/com.aspyr.sims2.appstore/Data/Library/Application Support/Aspyr/The Sims 2/Downloads
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
- If you don't have a Downloads folder, just make one. See instructions at: Game Help: No Downloads Folder.
Loading comments, please wait...
Updated: 13th Jan 2009 at 9:19 PM - editing keywords
-
by zoej 18th Sep 2007 at 11:32pm
33 114k 213
-
by -Shady- 14th Jun 2008 at 4:23pm
31 214.4k 209
-
by -Shady- 17th Jul 2008 at 9:17pm
24 99.3k 151
-
by -Shady- 9th Oct 2008 at 7:07pm
28 125.2k 184
-
by ShojoAngel 18th Oct 2008 at 8:06pm
21 79k 74
-
by ShojoAngel 5th May 2010 at 11:46pm
19 55.3k 85
-
by caramelcoffee 21st Aug 2011 at 12:41am
8 21.5k 14
-
by Lina 6th Aug 2014 at 12:14pm
3 10.8k 19
-
by fanseelamb 16th Oct 2005 at 3:34pm
I set out to make my very first Elder sim the other day, and quickly realized there was nothing appropriate more...
-
by fanseelamb updated 19th Jun 2012 at 1:14pm
Two plaid shirts, one denim shirt, and one brown/black two-toned shirt - all paired with snug jeans and cowboy boots. more...
-
Slimming Grey Suit with Slightly Unbuttoned Black Shirt
by fanseelamb 4th Sep 2009 at 1:12pm
This slimming grey suit is worn with one button buttoned, over a casually unbuttoned black shirt. more...
-
Super Cute Stripey Sweaters (9 of 'em)
by fanseelamb 26th Jan 2007 at 12:42am
Warm cuddly stripes! more...
-
Unripped "Untucked" Baggy Jeans (Rippy Bum Versions Added)
by fanseelamb updated 22nd Nov 2008 at 12:58pm
Some unripped recolours of my new baggy jeans mesh. Because sometimes you just don't want holes in your pants. more...
-
Fluffy White Bathrobe..... and some other colours too.
by fanseelamb updated 26th Aug 2008 at 7:27pm
I absolutely adore the bathrobes that came with Kitchen & Bath Stuff, but I wanted a plain white one too. more...
-
by fanseelamb updated 2nd Jul 2005 at 5:18pm
Assistant Director Walter Skinner. If you're a flippant, alien-obsessed FBI agent, this is who you want as a boss. more...
13 16.6k 6
-
More Suits With Badges (or without badges)
by fanseelamb 14th Aug 2006 at 5:35am
My little detectives and FBI agents needed more suits with badges, so.... more suits with badges! more...
-
by fanseelamb 4th Nov 2005 at 1:40pm
Here's a little :lol: collection of fairly modest, sometimes tomboy-ish tops for the ladies. more...
-
Half-Buttoned Cowboy Threads in 6 Colours, 2 Styles
by fanseelamb 12th Mar 2010 at 11:27pm
Snug jeans, cowboy boots, a big ol' belt buckle, and checkered shirt in your choice of 6 colours. more...
About Me
I now upload mainly to tumblr and leefish.nl.
Here's a comprehensive gallery of all my tumblr, leefish.nl, and modthesims content.

tumblr | leefish.nl | all offsite downloads | complete downloads gallery | fanseetags
By downloading my content, you accept these TERMS OF USE. Please respect them.