XSTECH Default Hair Fixes & Edits
Project: XSTECH's Sims 2 Defaults
by XSTECH
Uploaded July 16, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
Updated July 16, 2026, 5:10 a.m.
Sul sul! Here are some fixes for my hairs. A lot of my previously edited texture's were extremely crusty because I was missing the propper DDS Utilities toolkit, and some of my earlier defaults had some other issues with things such as optimization or colours that I felt were less ideal (i.e., my preference for dark brown over light brown swatches).
All versions of my defaults will still be available at their original posts (see "Project" -> XSTECH Sims 2 Defaults), but this post will serve as a comprehensive fix for all defaults before this point. Going forward, my future hair defaults will be checked to make sure they fit the same quality standards.
What was changed: fangora -> dark brown swatches for all mbad -> dark brown swatch fbandana -> disabled for random fbarrette -> dds fix fbarrett_clip -> dark brown swatches & dds fix for desaturated black swatches for black/blond alt/red. rest unchanged. fbeanie -> dds fixes, properly flagged as a hat, unhidden but disabled for random mbeanie -> same as above but did not require dds fixes fbucket -> dark brown swatch for camo/pattern/plain fcap -> dark brown swatch, fixed flags, unhidden mcap -> fixed flags, unhidden fcapup -> dark brown swatches fcowboydome -> fixed black swatch, properly flagged as a hat, unhidden but not townified fcowboyupdome -> dark brown swatch fcowboyupdome_gardner -> softer green bow, dds fixes, properly flagged as NOT a hat now, unhidden but not townified fcowboyupflat -> dark brown swatch, adjusted hat colours, properly flagged as a hat fdeco -> dark brown swatch, fixed black swatch, yf enabled fdreadsband -> dds fix for dark/blue fflypigtails -> all textures replaced with sims 4 versions, dds fix fgypsy -> dds fixes fgypsy_ep7 -> dds fix, unhidden fhalo v1 -> dds fix mhatllama -> dds fix fhighponytail -> dds fixes & dark brown for black/brown/grey fhip -> red is replaced with a dark brown swatch from the original sims 4 version, not present in my default or the other default flong -> dds fixes, dark brown swatch, red swatch adjusted to be less bright, mirror hairs less bright / unedited, green swatch is now a teal fmascotknightopen -> dds fixes and edited dark brown for black/red fmessedup -> dark brown swatch, adjusted blonde swatch, dds fixes, mirror hairs are sims 4 colour textures instead of hue shifts, fponypuff -> dds fixes & dark brown for yellow/teen/blue/green fponytail high -> dds fix fpoofs -> dds fix, adjusted colours fravekimono & hatelf -> dds fixes, adjusted colours for ravekimono frockabilly -> dds fixes, dark brown + changed blonde fshortperm -> dark brown swatch, adjusted blonde swatch fsleepingmask -> purple: dark brown swatch, changed curler colours, still flagged as a hat / grey: dark brown swatch, kept hat flags / blue: no longer flagged as a hat fshortheadband/tfheadband -> dds fixes for dark brown for purple/green, disabled for random except green/pink/purple/teal ftourguide -> mountain/far east dark brown swatches fwitch -> v2 bad/neutral and v3 good/neutral dds fixes fvampire (alt) -> dark brown swatch
If any of the files are missing please let me know, I had some weird deleting on accident things going on while making the previews lol
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