I create male sims mostly simply because I have a hard time getting female sims looking right, especially the make-up. I also have trouble with the eyes and they end up looking squinty. I also spend a lot time doing builds. I seldom put them on the gallery because I use a lot of cc and can never remember where it all came from.
Me. I rarely play the actual game, but I create a lot of sims. More than I'll ever need.
I feel ya there. I just get so carried away creating alternate universes of alternate universes that I'm like how many versions of these guys did I make?
I unfortunately have a lot of trouble creating Sims with skin colors other than Caucasian. I don't know what it is, but I just can't get Sims with darker or lighter skin to look the way I want! I'm also afraid that I'll end up portraying them in not the best light so there's that too. I swear I'm not racist!
I'm black and I have a really hard time picking skintones for Asian sims. There's only one or two that I cna make work, idk if its me or the game! I think i'll try finding some cc skins to help with this
I love CAS and have been known to spend hours there at a time. That said, I'm not a CAS dwelling simmer so much as a builder. Not a great builder, but a builder nonetheless. I love the sims 4 version of CAS and, even though it has no color wheel, its the best CAS we've had to date, I feel. There's an excellent variety of clothing available in many different eras and styles and I love the pull and drag features there.
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Any CAS lovers out there utilizing the new Style career to your advantage? I can't play anything from the patch or GF yet bc I'm waiting for the hotfixes on them and I'm waiting on a sale for GF.
I love CAS! I found I was using the same pieces over and over, though
That's why I came up with a way to force myself to use pieces I don't normally. The "challenge" I came up with is fun, but isn't getting a lot of love, so I'm wondering if people want to beta test it and let me know if there are any ideas to enhance it.
While I enjoy this newer and better CAS, I don't spend copious time there --- especially since the latest patch glitched 'time'. Sims age whilst in CAS. I had to outfit the groom's family for the upcoming wedding and everybody, his parents and four siblings aged up anywhere from 2-4 days! I play on Long. The groom somehow escaped. I know this because I took the time to jot down how many days they had until they were due to age up. Comparing that with what they were once I got out of CAS was startling. I also was aware people were complaining of this problem before I did it. I do have my entire Sims4 game folder copied to my desk top, so if it becomes problematic, no worries. I always change out a Sims' wardrobe upon aging up, so this could be a problem later on.
As for hiding out in CAS, that's not my style. If I need a break from the game, I have been known to go into build mode and create their next dwelling. I find that very relaxing. It takes me about three + hours to complete a build, do the finish work and furnish it.
I love CAS! It's just fun creating new faces and trying out different styles of hair and clothing. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy actually playing too but I do think TS4 has the blandest gameplay so far especially compared to TS2. As such I spend a lot more time in CAS!
I also love CAS! I have 2 saves I use just for testing new CAS that I download...in those saves, all I do is dress the neighborhood Sims and give them CC hair and CC shoes. Then, after determining the CAS custom content works, I move it to a different Mods folder, which I use for most of my saves, and start fresh with more new CAS custom content to test. (Only the Mods folder I am currently using for my game is named Mods, the other Mods folders have different names, and each folder has a different name when not in use). I get most of my CAS content from TSR.
I have been playing The Sims since 2001, when Livin Large came out. My avatar deliberately looks like Chris Roomies from TS1.
I love CAS in this game and I can spend hours creating characters, matching their outfits to their personalities or viceversa, making their features to my taste, etc. I enjoy every bit of it. Like the OP I am also guilty of having bought a pack solely for the CAS items.
But I also love building and very often I will just open the game and just build and decorate for hours.
My rotational save is so much fun at the moment as well that I am spending a lot of time in live mode recently.
I guess, despite all the flaws this game has, I still find a lot of joy using every aspect of it.
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All my creations are CC free.
I too spend a lot of time in CAS - I like challenging myself to do different things. Sometimes I stick with the same items because I really like the way the look and/or are styled but at the same time I like forcing myself to be "out of my box".
I like themes or recreating someone (whether that's IRL, TV/Netflix shows, YouTubers etc). There's so many creative things you can do in CAS that I think some people overlook
The sims in the sims 4 are so boring that I prefer creating them and decorating their houses over playing their lives. I can spend a good 2 hours in CAS making 1 sim and another 2+ decorating a house. Then I either make a story for the sim(s) I made and play them, leave them to their own devices or I burn them and the house to the ground. It's cathartic. I don't upload to the gallery because I don't care about recognition.
I've spent a lot of time in CAS after Seasons reclothing all my favourite Sim families. They now have fantastic multiple choices of outfits for summer, winter and parties. I sometimes use the dice roll option to see what Maxis comes up with.
There's now so much to do with terrain, building and CAS there's little time to play the game itself but I bought Get Famous for the objects and build items anyway.
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I feel ya there. I just get so carried away creating alternate universes of alternate universes that I'm like how many versions of these guys did I make?
I'm black and I have a really hard time picking skintones for Asian sims. There's only one or two that I cna make work, idk if its me or the game! I think i'll try finding some cc skins to help with this
I do use cc sometimes! I'll try and look for that!
I don't even upload mine to the Gallery. It isn't about recognition for me.
That's why I came up with a way to force myself to use pieces I don't normally. The "challenge" I came up with is fun, but isn't getting a lot of love, so I'm wondering if people want to beta test it and let me know if there are any ideas to enhance it.
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As for hiding out in CAS, that's not my style. If I need a break from the game, I have been known to go into build mode and create their next dwelling. I find that very relaxing. It takes me about three + hours to complete a build, do the finish work and furnish it.
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But I also love building and very often I will just open the game and just build and decorate for hours.
My rotational save is so much fun at the moment as well that I am spending a lot of time in live mode recently.
I guess, despite all the flaws this game has, I still find a lot of joy using every aspect of it.
All my creations are CC free.
I like themes or recreating someone (whether that's IRL, TV/Netflix shows, YouTubers etc). There's so many creative things you can do in CAS that I think some people overlook
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This Sim took me a couple of days to create.
what's your gallery ID? I will check you out
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There's now so much to do with terrain, building and CAS there's little time to play the game itself but I bought Get Famous for the objects and build items anyway.