Um, something odd has happened: All my peeps have white or black boxes on their heads! What happened?

I took a look at the images, and the transparency of those files was not preserved during the work to merge them, which is why all of the peeps' heads have boxes around them. One possible reason for that (and a link to one solution for it) is discussed here. If you still have the previous images, you can simply go back to those for the time being.

I also moved that mod post to an admin area to prevent it being accidentally downloaded and used by anyone else.

thanks. But I didn't actually buy the game, my uncle gave it to me for Xmas and that was a few years ago! I don't know what to do!

Did you save your original images for the heads before you replaced them? We always advise that precaution, in case something goes wrong. If you didn't, you can re-download the game from wherever your uncle purchased it, or you can perhaps download a different mod of those images and use them for now.

Thanks goodness, I did save my original images so I'm all right! Whew! But It's a good thing you put that link for the mod away! Imagine what would've happened if loads of people downloaded the mod!

I made that same mistake my first time around when I'd merged head images. It's important to use an image editing program that supports transparency. For me it's only an issue when modding a png file. I love Photoshop and miss being able to use it on this computer. Gimp works well and I am slowly learning how to use it. I used Gimp to do the merge for you Seashall. It's was very nice of they8pizza to do the mod. She just needs to adjust the 'save' settings and it'll be "good to go".

All I can use is paint to do mods. I guess it's not good enough for that kind of mod.

Yes, unfortunately Paint can't save a transparent png. Alot of people use it for modding the maps for the game though. If you ever want to try Gimp it is free and available for download. Krystal also did 2 video tutorials to help people learn how to use it. They're posted here in the forums.

I have dial-up so it can be a pain to download things. I'll think about it when I have more patience though.

So does that mean you won't bother about the mod anymore?(Sorry if it sounded a bit snobbish, rude or imposing! >_< I just didn't know how else to word it!) It's ok if you don't feel up to it!