President Kane's head
by Cal (calezane@xs4all.nl)
first upload: 27-09-2003
update 10-11-2003: edited readme text, renamed moustache skin
update 10-06-2004: replaced the moustache with a reusable one; 
small UVmap and bitmap alterations.
update 20-09-2004: head totally redone, more facial hair added.
URL corrected.


"Battle of the Planets" is one of the translations/hack jobs of
"Science Ninja Team Gatchaman", an anime show about five minors
battling the Galactor syndicate. Of course they needed some
backup from the grownups, and one of their supporters was 
president Anderson, or Kane, as he was called in BOTP. This
character provided Nambu with the necessary political support
and, possibly, funds. In BOTP, Nambu was Anderson, Chief of
Security, and Kane was his boss.

This head is a slightly edited form of the C012MA "buzz" head
mesh. The moustache is a separate mesh that takes its colour
from the rectangle in the bottom left corner of the head skin, so
it doesn't need a separate texture file. This moustache file is
much smaller than the old one, so no more pauses when it loads.
The eyebrow and sideburn meshes added later also use the head
texture.


File list:

skin:
cag2malgt_kane.bmp

meshes:
xskin-cag2ma_kane-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-hax1_mst01-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-hax1_brw01-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-hax1_sdb01-HEAD-HEAD.skn

CMX file:
cag2ma_kane.cmx

These all go in GameData\Skins.


Anyone who already downloaded older versions can simply delete
the following files:

kane-mustache.bmp
cag2ma-kane-mustache.bmp
xskin-cag2ma_kane-HEAD-MUST.skn

The skin and CMX filenames haven't changed, so it's not necessary
to reskin Sims using this head.


Standard disclaimer:
Everything in this archive is either a copy of or derived from
Maxis material, except the facial hair meshes, which were made from 
scratch. These characters belong to Tatsunoko and whoever else 
bought rights to (translations of) Gatchaman.
No infringement of copyright intended.


Conditions for use:
These files are being made available for fans to use in their own
installed Sims games. I don't mind the files being distributed 
among friends, or skinners using/editing the meshes for their own 
skins and including them in the download, under these conditions:

-No files from this archive may be put up for download on websites
without my permission, except for (edited versions of) the meshes,
provided the source is credited.

-No money may be charged for any files in this archive.

-The meshes may not be used to promote commercial or ideological
interests; I won't be made accomplice to someone else's lobbying.

-This archive may only be distributed in complete, unaltered form.


For technical problems with these files, I wrote something called the
Sims Support Page (http://www.simania.nl/ssp/ssp.htm). To
email me personally, put the word "gatch" in the subject line to keep
the mail out of the spambox. (In good weeks, I get 200 spam mails a
week. In bad weeks, I get 400 spam mails a week. Not kidding.)
