Quick question!

[hat_plays_sims]

Hey, so, you know the Du Lac Cotehardies? That's the AF and TF dresses. I just did those for CF and they're adorable. There's a Toddler conversion of the mesh, too. Is that overkill? It's semi-historically accurate, but dressing a toddler like that is... that's the tiny satin vest you by for your two-year-old when you get his picture taken. The baby's gonna wear that while the artist works on his portrait and then you're gonna take it off before he spits up on it.

And oh my god did you guys know we can have non-default baby outfits now? That is SO happening, let me tell you internets. Chris Hatch is amazing. (And I don't know why Maxis didn't give us different baby outfits. Babies exist so you can dress them in cute clothes that they'll outgrow in six weeks.)

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[eien_herrison]

Indeed -- it's very simple to do (if you can townify non-baby clothes you can townify baby clothes and if you allow me some time, I can pop my townified stuff in as I've got an impending birth in a family I'm playing). I randomly decided to try it because I remembered WW had a checkbox for baby clothing -- made copies of the original clothing, went on a mass-townify spree, and tried it out.

I know theraven was looking at allowing baby hair as custom meshes, but they're a bit inundated with editing baby clothes to be non-default (I know I'd love baby hair which doesn't have to involve editing skintones).

I don't think babies would automatically change in to winterwear if taken outside -- I don't think toddlers do, do they? (My thoughts/assumption/experience says you have to manually change them, so it'd stand to reason that babies would have to be manually changed too.)

Edit: Might be a bit small, but non-default townified baby clothes. Baby #3 is wearing my current default, but the other three are wearing non-default stuff.

[hat_plays_sims]

It makes perfect sense that you could townie-enable toddler clothes. I'ma have to do that with my diapers and my shirts and smocks and such. (Not so sure about the kirtles I'm working on.) Seriously the whole thing has me cackling like a mad scientist and wishing I understood the stand-alone-mesh process-- there's a blanket by Tenshii Akari I'd love to have as a non-default I could set for winterwear, but nobody's mad it custom yet.

I think toddlers change to winterwear when adults do. Next time I'm in-game I'll futz with it and see what happens, but today is going to be spent on baby kirtles. I've got a couple nice white ones that could work for christening gowns for normal games, and the rest just look nice and warm.

... Is it me or is that a picture of a pregnant Sim?

[eien_herrison]

I've had townie-enabled toddler clothing for ages, and it really doesn't take long to do. I am wondering if (if) I could somehow make the baby clothes applicable for different categories. I've got some stand-alone diapers which look too cold for everyday use, but would look nice in an 'underwear' category (likewise some snowsuits which could be shifted to outwerwear).

Yeah, sorry, should have made it clearer/indicated more. On the sidebar there's four babies, and all but one is wearing non-default clothing (baby #3 is in default clothing). This was taken just as the birth started, so no opportunity to go in and change clothes.

Edit: Okay, okay, I am trying not to get all hyper but placing baby clothing in different categories does work. You do need something to manually change a baby's clothing (like the Sim Blender) and anything other than everyday will be completely randomised, but...you can have a baby who has an everyday, underwear, and outerwear outfits (and all non-default).

[hat_plays_sims]

... Toddler. I meant baby. I've got townie-enabled clothes out the wazoo, because my game is Medieval and I hide pretty much all the Maxis clothes. I just type faster than I brain. (And I put stuff in formalwear for toddlers sometimes.)

Ah! I see them now. How did townie-enabling baby things work out? I've got a notepad file full of stuff to test.

Do babies get changed into outerwear in the winter when a parent walks through the door or are they immune from those Put Outfit On Me checks? Do you have anything like Inge's formalsign or Pescado's clothing tool? I really don't mind making babies selectable for five seconds to run them through the clothing tool's Pick New Clothes thing, but I've never tried it for babies so I don't know if the option is grayed out. And I'm gonna be in Body Shop for the foreseeable future, making Stuffs, or I'd just go check these things myself.