CC Hair: Alpha or Maxis Match? «12...Next Go

Huiiie_07

I was wondering this for quiet some time now which one is more popular in the community. If you download cc hair, do you prefer Alpha or Maxis Match?

As for me, I prefer Maxis Match by a mile. It looks better with the art style of the game. Alpha hair looks out of place for me. In fact, the only alpha hairstyle I have in my game was needed because I wanted the clayified version of it, which requires downloading the original one.

Which do you prefer?

Evie0602

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

All of my hair is maxis match. Alpha hair looks weird to me.

kemisz

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I used to use alpha but now I can't use anything but maxis match.

citysimmer

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

Alpha hair seems out of place. I have clayified hairs, but no alpha.

thatsnotsweg

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I'm not playing with any CC right now, but when I do I only use Maxis Match hair. Alpha looks out of place in the game and it's jarring to me. I don't really like clayified hair in my game either, but it's not as much of an eyesore as alpha is.

CK213

Alpha (realistic looking hair)

Most of my CC is aimed at adjusting the art style of the game more towards something that looks like The sims 2 with more realistic and detailed textures as well as object meshes. So I am not holding to matching the original art style.
I have quite a bit of TS2 textures converted for The Sims 4. It doesn't bother me to have clays and alphas in the same world.

FireFancy

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I'm actually really impressed how ultra realistic people can make their games with Alpha CC! It's really cool, and modders accomplish a lot.

But for me, I'm just too lazy with keeping track on all of the CC I would have to download and check on regularly to keep up to date, to make the game more realistic or change the art style.

The most I've done is download more ponytail CC. Unfortunately, I can never find any Maxis Match male hairstyles that I like :(

PninaSimmer

Alpha (realistic looking hair)

Alpha. I don't like the look of MM.

BradyGalaxy

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

Alpha Hair just seems out of place to me. You have realistic hair with a non realistic body.

LadyKyn

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

Alpha just doesn't go in this game well without changing a lot of other things around it. There's been a few select alpha hairs I like, which seem pretty soft and not too out of place with the game, but I find Maxis match to be far better. Not to mention a majority of alpha hair is always so high poly I find it not to be worth it in downloading them anymore. Wish some creators would learn how to get that poly count down because 20k poly for one hairstyle is ridiculous. Highest I've seen one is 60k. No thannnnksss.

Anything else alpha that isn't hair just seems so fake with little to no texture on most of them. Didn't think photoskinning was still a thing. It's still terrible and probably the laziest way in making skins and so called 'realistic skins'.

Know it's just a matter of what you like more, but that 'hyper realistic' skins just creeps me out.

Huiiie_07

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I actually already expected Maxis Match to have a lead, but not such a big one! I'm actually surprised that this vote is so unanimous considering that no matter where I'm looking for cc, I always see so much alpha hair that I have to search for maxis match specifically, so I thought it's much more popular than the vote would suggest. But we'll see.

@LadyKyn I can't agree more! Every time I see sims with hyper-realistic looking cc, especially skin tones, I get totally creeped out. It's uncanny valley for me like nothing else. I don't know why, but something about it just seems "off".

LadyKyn

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

Yeah uncanny valley and anything close to it is just weird. Usually most skins look too dry or oily, but I just don't like CC like this in particular.

Photoskinning just shouldn't be a thing. Thought that method would of died out. It feels like the head is photoshopped on except it's a photoskinned CC. Anytime I see this it always celebrity related.

Edit: Chucked the pictures under a spoiler in case someone doesn't like looking at them.

Cupid

Mostly MM. I say mostly, because I do have three female sims to whom I gave alpha hairs. They've had them for so long now that they blend in well to me. All the other sims use MM, though. (no, I don't feel bad about mixing the two, the hairs are so pretty )

I think clayified is like the worst though, it's like some strange medium inbetween that just doesn't work for me

PapayaPancake

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I remember when the game first came out a lot of people didn't like the art style or the "clay hair". But I absolutely adore Sims 4 art style and cartoony graphics. Maxi Match for me!

ladybreid

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

Personally I can't stand how poorly alpha clashes with the style of TS4 so I avoid it like the plague.

GamingTweety

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I was using alpha hairs before but now I hate the look of it in the game. Maxis match the best

NewModder

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

All of my custom hair is for toddlers & I just really love the TS4 art style so always go for MM to make the rest of the fam & game.

Nindigo

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I don't like the look of alpha hair and it doesn't mix well with the awesome TS4 graphical style...in my humble opinion. MM on the other hand I feel is a credit to the game and fits in seamlessly.

agustd

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I used to only download alpha hair but I've had a change of heart recently and one day it just started looking ugly to me. Got rid of every hairstyle and downloaded MM cc. I think most of it looks better than the in-game stuff.

Ona_Simmer

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I've just switched to clay. (I need to update my profile picture)

ItsJanier

Neither. CC free.

mistwolf7

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

I used to use Alpha but it can look so out of place compared to other sims and I felt like it always looked weird if I had different hairstyles for a sim and one was Alpha and the other was in-game or MM. Now I only get MM CC so it always blends in with everything else I have.

Reksoh

ItsJanier wrote: »

Neither. CC free.

why go into a topic asking about CC just to tell everyone that you don't use any?

anyway, I prefer MM !

Bananas_45

Maxis Match (same texture like maxis hair)

FireFancy wrote: »

I'm actually really impressed how ultra realistic people can make their games with Alpha CC! It's really cool, and modders accomplish a lot.

But for me, I'm just too lazy with keeping track on all of the CC I would have to download and check on regularly to keep up to date, to make the game more realistic or change the art style.

The most I've done is download more ponytail CC. Unfortunately, I can never find any Maxis Match male hairstyles that I like

Have you tried XLD, Luumia Lovers, Rope, Birkches, or Peace?

Linamints

Alpha (realistic looking hair)

I prefer Alpha. I have gone to great length to overhaul the boring simple textures in my game and I've never liked how the clay hairs looked. It reminds me too much of things like Asda story instead of a game made in recent times. I remember when I first got Sims 4 I thought the hairs were the least attractive part of the game and thought they stood out with how different to the rest of the game they looked. I will say however, the EA hairs have gotten a lot more detailed in recent packs.

ipippin

Alpha (realistic looking hair)

I don't really mind. I like having separate games for Alpha and others Maxis. I think I prefer Alpha because it's more realistic and therefore suits my script mods and traits alike.