Would Facial Asymmetry Be Possible? (Pic Heavy)

greenXen

Is the ability to create asymmetrical Sim faces not in the game because of lack of demand or lack of technology? Is this not seen much in gaming because people don’t want it or because it’s too much trouble for developers?

I ask because, to me, this seems like it would be a great feature to have. People don’t actually have symmetrical faces, and some of the character and uniqueness of faces is always lost by not being able to reproduce this asymmetry. For example, the hallmark of noted actor/comedian Stephen Fry’s visage its unevenness:

Even those noted for their looks do not have the perfectly symmetrical faces that we’re presented as ideal in gaming and other media:

I could see this feature being used for:

• re-creating more accurate celebrity likenesses
  
  
  
• creating better monsters
  
  
  
• creating permanent facial expressions, such as a permanent smirk or raised eyebrow
  
  
  
• better plastic surgery failures if/when that is added to the game
  
  
  
• creating cartoon characters
  
  
  
• re-creating better representations of family members
  
  (See: Awkward Family Photos )

JoAnne65

Yep, I'd love that.

Cement

This would be nice. It could be an option to tick it on or off in CAS just in case for those who'd keep the symmetrical sims, or sort of only accessible through "detail mode" or something.

greenXen

Cement wrote: »

This would be nice. It could be an option to tick it on or off in CAS just in case for those who'd keep the symmetrical sims, or sort of only accessible through "detail mode" or something.

That's one possibility. I also thought it could work if you held down the Ctrl or Alt key and then selected the feature you wanted to work on asymmetrically.

anettesb

that would be so awsome

I wonder if a guru will tell us the reason

maybe they just never thought about it