sugar_cookies wrote:
I think my question may have been overlooked. I was wondering if editing the EA townies affects anything?
Well, that all depends, and the reason I didn't answer is that I am not familiar with the tool you plan on using.
What I use when I need to perform surgery on a non-playable sim is testingcheatsenabled true, and then I shift-click on the sim. The menu has something about editing the sim. Choose that option. I don't have the game open right now, and I don't remember exactly what it says. EditSim or Edit Sim in Cas or something about editing. You'll know when you see it.
That will instantly take you to the CAS screen, whether for simmies or critters.
Once there, you want to confine your surgery changes to only the head of a simmie. Change anything on the head, including the overall facial structure/head type and eye color. You can also change anything concerning the hair and make-up. You can change the clothes. All that is safe.
If you want to play absolutely safe: Do NOT change traits or wishes or favorites (you probably shouldn't change the star sign, either). Do NOT change the sliders for body shape, muscle size shape, or female chest size. Do NOT change the name. Do not change the skin tone.
There is a reward machine that changes body fat and muscle conditioning. If you click on it, you can choose to change either the sim clicking or specify a different sim. I'm fairly sure this works well for any sim that you can get to visit your lot.
In the same menu that you used to get the sim into CAS, you have the option of changing traits, which can by done on the fly, with any sim you see walking around town.
For playable sims, name changes are done during the day at the city hall. You can get rewards to change lifetime wishes (before you complete a lifetime wish), and to change favorites.
I have actually never used the in-game "take them to have surgery done" at the hospital. I don't know if that safely changes body shape or skin tone, but I'll be checking it out, soon.
Other than that possibility, I had a rather disastrous situation when I tried to change the skin tone of a genie. It changed the color of all skin tones in CAS. So, something is definitely not safe about changing skin tone when using the cheat, at least since ST.
You can also do a general makeover of any sim you can catch and persuade to come into your salon, but that won't change huge noses or misshapen facial bones.
For critters, you are limited to changing the body shape to one of the predefined sim critter body shapes for the respective type of playable critter. After that, you can change to one of the predefined head/ear/nose shapes/coat types, etc. You will not be able to access any of the more advanced head or body structure manipulations.
You can change only the base color of the critter, with somewhat unpredictable results for layer color. But if you like what you see, no problem. In addition, you can choose any predefined color combination in the saved pattern/color chart. So if you make or download a critter's color/pattern that you enjoy, save it to the chart and you will be able to use it just like the EA default color/pattern types.
You can also change a horses mane and tail types, saddles, accessories and etc, and recolor them. You will not be able to add unicorn horns, but you can add the unicorn beard, if you have a unicorn.
If you do use Twallen's mod, please ask your question of him, in his forum, so you get the correct answer.
