I don't usually have a lot of nice things to say about people, or at least that's what people think; but I have to tell you, MsBarrows counts right up there with Blessed Teresa of Calcutta for her charitable work in explaining the repository method to me in clear concise language that even this thick-witted Russian could understand.

I won't deny the pretty pictures helped guide my unsteady hand through a process that had been mind-boggling for me because so many others before her had left out one tiny, yet all important, detail: You must include the custom object marker in the names when you are working with other custom objects as the source of the textures: ##0x1C050000!

One simple little detail that too many others had neglected to mention in their explanation. That tiny bit of assumed knowledge held me back in understanding the repository method for over a year.

I mention this because a great deal of the Sims Community doesn't speak English as a first language so expecting them to go crawling through 500+ posts to find one remark expressing a "commonly known" bit of information is not a reliable method to yield frequent success.

In the time since Ms Barrows went to the especial effort to explain the repository method to me, I have become increasingly reliant on the method, so her value to me as a mentor has really paid off.

I wish that more people in this world were as thorough, generous, and patient as MsBarrows. She really is a clear example of the best sort of person in the Sims Community.