Sooo... This was a little art project of mine that I've been working on for a bit, that turned into a mod :p
This replaces the Servos in the game with a higher quality remake of the Servos from The Sims 1. There's also a non-default version with clothing and customization options.
I realize this might be really niche, but I had a lot of fun making this and I learned quite a bit in the process :)
Requires OFB, of course! Downloads and more info/screenshots under the cut.
Default Replacement Version
All variations have been accounted for, so Servos will show up properly and uniquely when using formalwear or if they're occults.
Download: SFS / Dropbox
Customizable Non-Default Version
This version adds a bunch of special CAS skintones, clothing, makeup, glasses and a new eye color.
I tried to sort these properly, all grouped together and far behind any CC, as not to clutter your CAS too much and to keep this robot-specific stuff out of the way so you may have to scroll a bit to find the parts.
Download:
Unmerged (A lot of packages): SFS / Dropbox
or
Merged (Only 2 packages): SFS / Dropbox
Creating a customized Servo
You can just make it a normal Sim instead of a Servo if you want, by the way. I tried to make it work as best as I could, linking the skintone to the proper naked outfit and all. If you intend on doing this I recommend you use my Separates4All mod.
To create a customized Servo, first initialize a Servo in-game, you will be replacing this one. Then quit and launch Bodyshop.
Included is a default template Servo with an unmodified face, which is required for accessories to work properly. Clone your custom Servo from it, it should be all the way behind your other saved Sims in the Bin:
Select the gender of your new Sim as normal.
The body customization is found in Top/Bottom clothing. I tried to give everything descriptive tooltips as it's hard to see what things are in the thumbnails, so if in doubt hover over the items.
The clothing pieces such as shirts, suits, backpacks, etc. can be found in Tops.
Bottoms are for designs such as text, colored accents or camo patterns.
In skintones you can change the base color of your Servo
Eye colors are in hairs, with tooltips as usual.
Fangs, eyelashes and lipstick can be found in Full-Face Makeup with tooltips.
The little bows they wear on their antennas can be found in the Glasses section with tooltips.
You can then use Alt Sims Surgery in SimPE to replace your in-game Servo with the one you just made, which should be the newest package in your SavedSims folder.
If you don't know how, here's a tutorial I found.
DIY/GIMP Templates
If you're interested in recoloring or just poking around in the project files, here are the GIMP projects I made for recoloring and texturing:
(You will need GIMP, of course)
SFS / Dropbox
Optimization Info
There are a lot of pieces for me to list all polycounts, but a full LOD Servo is roughly around 6k (Way lower than CC hair, so I'd consider that a success :p)
All models have been exported as SMDs and then re-imported with generated Bump Maps. Meshes that have been through this process perform a lot better in-game, fun fact.
Playing on Low Sim Quality will lower the polycount a little for customized Servos, but on defaulted Servos it makes the most difference with them going down to about 2k polys.
Texture resolutions I've tried to keep rather low, with the Servo body being 1024x1024, clothing 512x512 and the Servo head 512x512
Credits
Uses fonts by @franzillasims
The non-default version was inspired by the Plumbot Clothes Project by @deedee-sims
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Throughout the years I've been really resistant to using default replacements for servos, if only just bc I like how they look in sims 2 by default. But your servus recreation so cool! I'm really conflicted now. I've always liked how bots from he first two games (esp. s1) look like they're straight out of a 50s sci fi flic, and seeing the the servus up close, in your pics, made me realize they're even more so than s2's servo. I mean, their heads look like a toaster, how cute is that? TT-TT
Haha, thank you SOOOO much <3 they do look like toasters!!
I mean you don't lose anything by just giving it a shot! If you end up liking it but are still conflicted and want to keep the TS2 Servos you can download the non-default version, although it's not as easy to set up!
