The Sailor Moon boys
by Cal (calezane@xs4all.nl)
first upload: 27-09-2003
updated 10-11-2003: edited readme.txt

These skins/meshes need the ATN custom body package (matn.zip)! 
This package should be downloaded and copied to the right 
directories (be sure to read the instructions: some files
have to be copied) before the Sims are created, or the game 
may crash, either during creation or when changing outfits.

This package contains the male Sailor Moon characters Mamoru/Darien
(the Masked Horror), Motoki/Andrew (the nice boy at the arcade), 
Urawa/Greg (Mercury's clairvoyant crush), Yuichiro/Chad (the layabout
who falls for Mars and moves in with her grandpa) and Sailor Moon's
kid brother Shingo, dub name unknown to me.

The actual files are: four head meshes, five head skins, four 
custom (warped) versions of standard Maxis body meshes, three new 
body skins made of bits and pieces of existing skins, and two 
standard Maxis skins renamed for use with the custom meshes. 
The mesh for Shingo's outfit is included in the game itself: 
B004UCChd, the mesh for the military school uniform, and the "U" 
means this body skin will show up for both boys and girls.

The Mamoru/Motoki head was edited off a head by Andria Dinan 
(Solace of Sims, current URL: "http://solace.mortaldesire.net/") 
because I was impressed by her Sailor Moon skins, and wanted an
"anime"-looking head I could work off. It is close to the C015MA
head, which I presume was the original base. I used her mesh to
make this one without her permission, simply because I haven't
been able to reach her! (I intend to replace them with meshes 
edited straight off C015MA.) The Shingo head is a strongly compressed
version of it. Urawa's head was made from the C007MA head, and
Yuichiro's from the C018MA model. In editing these heads, I've
completely buggered up their UV mapping, which means the head
skins are makeshift affairs.

All characters have their own outfits except Yuichiro, who I was
really too lazy to skin(sometimes, I just want to FINISH the
character so I can use it in the game) and Urawa, because Maxis
supplied a skin that looks exactly like what he wears (and yes,
he qualifies as a nerd). Motoki has his arcade clothes, but not 
the dippy apron.

The body meshes were only renamed to change the body type, but 
all head meshes have been named to a Mac-friendly length.


File list:

skins:
CAS2MAlgt_mamoru.bmp
CAS2MAlgt_motoki.bmp
CAS2MClgt_shingo.bmp
cas3malgt_urawa.bmp
cas4malgt_yuichiro.bmp
B002MAAtnlgt_nerd.bmp           (Maxis skin renamed to custom body type)
B003MAAtnlgt_motoki01.bmp
B004MAAtnlgt_mamoru01.bmp
B004UCChdlgt_shingo01.bmp
B815MAatnlgt_UnleashedBubba.bmp (Maxis skin renamed to custom body type)

meshes:
xskin-CAS2MA_mamo-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-CAS2MC_shig-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-CAS3MA_ura-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-CAS4MA_yui-HEAD-HEAD.skn
xskin-b002maatn_01-PELVIS-BODY.skn (these are all warped Maxis meshes)
xskin-b003maatn_01-PELVIS-BODY.skn
xskin-b004maatn_01-PELVIS-BODY.skn
xskin-B815MAatn_UnleashedBubba-PELVIS-BODY.skn

CMX files:
cas2ma_mamoru.cmx
cas2ma_motoki.cmx
cas2mc_shig.cmx
cas3ma_urawa.cmx
cas4ma_yuichiro.cmx
b002maatn_01.cmx
b003maatn_01.cmx
b004maatn_01.cmx
B815MAatn_UnleashedBubba.cmx

These all go in GameData\Skins.


Standard disclaimer:
Everything in this archive is either a copy of or derived from
Maxis material. The skins that are direct copies of Maxis skins
had yo be copied and renamed to work with the custom body type
meshes. This character belongs to Naoko Takeuchi and whoever 
else bought rights to (translations of) Sailor Moon. No infringement 
of copyright intended.

[Not that I believe anyone has a use for these meshes, but:]
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, provided they credit the 
maker. Here's what I DO mind:

-People putting this zipfile up for download on their websites and/or 
claiming they made it. (Happens to every kind of fanart...)

-Pirates who include these files on CDs which are sold for profit - and
that's not the same as someone burning a free compilation on CD and 
asking a small sum to cover shipping costs. These skins are FREE!

-Goody-two-shoes types who find it necessary to make skins with a "message",
like: Meat is Murder, God Bless America, Save the Whales. That is as
disgusting as neo-Nazi swastika-shirt skins. I'll make an exception for
things like Gay Pride logos, because that's about people living their
own lives, not telling me how to live mine. Preachy types can go find 
some other mesh.

-People who alter and re-distribute this zipfile, either by editing
the files (passing off your work as someone else's is as bad as passing
off someone else's work as your own) or by leaving some files out.
Missing files can crash a game, a game crash can damage game files,
damaged game files can mean a total re-install. At best, the person
trying to use the skin gets the shock of seeing the application quit.


For technical problems with these files, I wrote something called the
Sims Support Page (http://tiscali.home.nl/simania/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.)
