#bodyshape: AM EA

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AM EA - @shandir's BG3 "City of Brass" outfit

Warning: High poly: 20k

I'm probably not keeping it in my folder, but you said you wanted it @queerdrow

fullbody outfit, 15 colors, has fat and preg morphs, has a swatch, and has briefly been tested in game

SFS | Box

Models: Victor Aspir (fat), Darren Dreamer (thin), Vidcund Curious (2nd trimester preg)

[executables-sims]

Get to know you: Sims Style

Thank you so much for the tag, @goatskickin! :D I am ill rn, so please excuse the rambling. x) Long post ahead!

What’s your favorite Sims death? Maybe fright? I've only ever had it happen once via ghost, the anim is pretty funny. :)

Alpha CC or Maxis Match? My Simblr probably says otherwise, but I don’t have a preference! I’ve had nearly every possible CC style under the sun throughout my years of playing, and I constantly think about reviving my 'semi-realism' folder (living vicariously through you, other simmers!). I didn't play with CC until early 2006 though, so MM is a little bit more nostalgic. :)

Do you cheat your sims weight? Hell no! I'm still in awe of Nysha's townie body diversity mod finally letting townies be fat. :D I wish the game had a better way of managing bodyshapes so I could add more variety that way.

Do you move objects? Of course!

Favorite Mod? Of all time? Impossible! My continued interest in gameplay is always because of new mods. :)

I did gain a new outlook thanks to a mod recently, though! My wild romance sim Blaze Biermann ended up 'mood swinging' to fortune before he went to uni, and instead of reverting, it got stuck.

He had a few flings still (pleasure secondary), but after he returned home and met his daughter (for the first time since her birth), he started cringing whenever I directed him to romance his dates. It felt like he had grown as a person, and I loved it!

TL;DR: Randomly change your sims' original aspiration/s to give them interesting character arcs! First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack? I mean, not my decision, but our first TS1 EP was Hot Date. I'm pretty sure I got TS2 EPs/SPs in order of release (miss those days of unwrapping a new one every birthday/christmas!).

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing? We're LIVE, baby! 🎥

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made? I don't usually get very attached to my first-generation sims, but maybe Evonne Milos, from the gameplay/story hood I accidentally destroyed in four days? Never actually played her, but I had a lot of ideas for a corrupt 'sexpot' politician. x)

Have you made a simself? Lots! 99% of the fun I had playing TS2 as a kid was me and my best friend making ourselves and our respective crushes of the week, and we'd always live in one of those Veronaville lots that was two houses connected by a balcony. I can't even tell you the amount of times she got me pregnant against my wishes whilst I went to the bathroom, lmao.

Which is your favorite EA hair color? For colour consistency, probably brown? But there are a lot of brunettes in Brunwick (must be the name!), so I enjoy the recessives popping up in gameplay. :)

Favorite EA hair? Does an EA download count? Jeanette is lovely.

Favorite life stage? Ohhh dude, that's so difficult to answer. They all bring different challenges and dynamics to the household! I feel like I've started to appreciate the child lifestage more since Brunwick has grown large enough to have multiple friendship groups. It's fun watching them goof around with each other and be actual kids, instead of sitting indoors skilling. I really need to build a park! :)

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay?

Are you a CC creator? Yes, I really love how this game has led me to so many creative hobbies! Would like to tackle BHAVs one day. :)

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad? Yeah! I consider us all friends over our shared enjoyment of the game really, but as a chronic lurker I'm not the best at cultivating connections. x) Does anyone wanna make a secret club? xD

Do you have any sims merch? No, but I do have a bunch of rad sims memories. 👉😎👉

Do you have a YouTube for sims? Nope, but I watched plenty of sim music videos back in the day! Found a lot of songs that way. :) Some formative memories here: One / Two

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing? I sadly don't have screenshots of my oldest saves thanks to a combo of no external HD and no screenshot program, but here's one example:

But gameplay-wise, a lot! My early years were probably based around creating stories more than actively playing, but when I did I would just emulate perfect families, attempt legacies, and restart BG hoods over and over. x)

Now I'm all about wants-based gameplay; witnessing and interpreting a story, as opposed to creating one from scratch. But I will add drama if I find my interest waning! x)

Who’s your favorite CC creator? Again, super-duper impossible to answer because everyone's CC makes the game fun, but my most recent CC shopping spree was Honeywell and HugeLunatic! :) 🛒

How long have you had Simblr? Technically 2011, officially 2013, but if we're being pedantic, I finally made a dedicated Simblr (this) in 2016. x)

How do you edit your pictures? These days, just sharpen and shrink! CC previews aren't too complicated either- a blurred out screenshot for the BG and a shadow.

What expansion/gamepack is your favorite? Ooh… maybe Nightlife, by a smidgen? I feel like it gave us a lot of new features and items, and the subhood was nice (as a non-builder at the time!).

Tagging: @daman19942 @aondaneedles @eulaliasims @profesionalpartyguest @tvickiesims @and everyone else, I love reading these! :D

[pooklet]

Get to know you: Sims Style

I was tagged by @pockethamster and @furbyq-sims so here we goooo.

What’s your favorite Sims death?

In general: the satellite, cuz of the piano replacement that I have. It is also one of the most efficient ways to cull townies.

Specific deaths that have happened to my sims: Tiara dying in a toddler potty. No death in my game has ever/will ever be funnier.

Alpha CC Semi-realism or Maxis Match?

Semi-realism. Maybe it's cuz I started playing when that was the common style, but maxis match just looks very ... flat to me? Very papery. I've seen it done in a really fun, cartoon-y style by some creators, but that seems to be the minority and most of it seems to hew very neutral/natural toned and I am not about that lol. Even IRL, I like to surround myself with bright, colorful stuff.

Do you cheat your sims weight?

Like, keep them thin? lmao no. I let their personality determine whether they exercise, but that has nothing to do with them being fat, as far as I'm concerned. I use a lot of fat bodyshapes because I'm fat myself and I like to have a lot of variety in my game. I don't have any system for deciding whether I use the maxis default body or a custom shape, I just go with what looks right to me.

Do you move objects?

Are there people who don't?

Favorite Mod?

Hm, either ACR v2 or Walk Through Blocks. I like my sims to be able to make as many autonomous decisions as possible, and navigate the spaces that I cram full of clutter.

First Expansion/Game Pack/Stuff Pack?

In the Sims 1 the first expansion I got was Hot Date. I played TS2 from release, so my first expansion was University.

Do you pronounce live mode like aLIVE or LIVing?

Alive.

Who’s your favorite sim that you’ve made?

I mean, it has to be Mawreen, right? If only for the chaos that she's sown.

Have you made a simself?

Yeah a few throughout the years, and I haven't played them in ages. Mostly I just use them for silly little pics with @skulldilocks's selfsim.

Which is your favorite EA hair color?

One of the custom ones, I guess! I don't remember, I have all the EA hairs hidden lol.

Favorite EA hair?

I don't have one, really. Maybe some of the natural black hairstyles converted from TS4 but I couldn't name specific meshes.

Favorite life stage?

Adult! I made a custom aging mod so I can go through the other stages relatively quickly. The way my game is set up, they unlock all their traits and wants once they're an adult, and I like to see who they are as a fully realized person, so that's the most fun for me.

Are you a builder or are you in it for the gameplay?

Gameplay. I have a lot of fun making houses based on real floorplans that I find, but it's mostly just stage dressing for the little freaks that inhabit them.

Are you a CC creator?

Yeh.

Do you have any Simblr friends or a Sim Squad?

I mean, @skulldilocks obvs. People don't approach me much so there's only a few ppl that I talk to regularly like @furbyq-sims and @lilithpleasant. I am not really the "squad" type.

Do you have any sims merch?

This is a real thing?

Do you have a YouTube for sims?

Nope! I would never stream gameplay, the way I play isn't interesting. Lots of pausing and carefully adjusting angles to take pictures, getting distracted by other stuff, random crashes, etc. And editing that footage into something watachable would take ages. My play style lends itself better to picture entries, so I use Dreamwidth.

How has your “Sims style” changed throughout your years of playing?

More colors, more aliens, more [[JAM FACTORY]] lore.

Who’s your favorite CC creator?

@skulldilocks no question! I love watching her create anything for any game or craft. She's so talented. It doesn't matter if she's making sims cc or custom houses for Skyrim or doll clothes or anything else, she's my biggest inspiration.

How long have you had Simblr?

2010, babeyyyy.

How do you edit your pictures?

I have a tutorial here. I need to update it because I use different actions now, but most of the actual information there is still accurate.

What expansion/gamepack is your favorite?

I want to say pets because I love cats so very much, but in terms of actual content, probablyyyy FreeTime? I like anything that makes sims more unique and the hobby system is a lot of fun!

I tag: @skulldilocks, @lilithpleasant, @krabbysims, @monilisasims, @goatskickin and @simmer-until-tender

[potential-fate]

I sorta loathe the ts2 fat morph....

which has apparently become a project of it's own.

so I mentioned this vaguely somewhere, but thought I should make a generalize post about it. Mainly cause it'll probably affect any cc I make in the future so... there's that.

Anyway.... because I've spent the last few months sorta adding fat morphs to some of my really old clothing, I quickly realized that I didn't have to deal with EA's "fat" morph. There is literally nothing stopping me from just... making it look better/how I want it to.

Anyways, long story short, I'm picky. There are a decent amount of nice bodyshapes out there, and while I like them, I don't like having multiples of the same outfit (it's the same reason I ended up going with Sunshine hair.) I like sticking to the game's original setup, which in the case of fit states, is unfortunately limited.

I also spend most of my time posing and doing story posts, so I'm not a fan of the much larger bodyshapes, even though I love them in theory.... because they clip a ton, and make more work for me later. So I wanted something that I liked 🤔 but also didn't fuck with the in-game animations too much.

Also, I just sorta like the pear-shaped chunky body type (it's not at all cause it resembles mine lmao nope.... not at all.)

anyways, idk if anyone is even still reading this, but uh... yeah.

I guess this is me, introducing the "sorta chunky, sorta pear-shaped, 'still not really a fat morph' in my opinion because game limitations" bodyshape/fatmorph? (Or, in short cause filename size 'pfate pearshape'.)

At least as an idea. idk if anyone is at all interested in this. but if they are, I can share whatever people want about it/resources for it? idk it's not like I have WSOs cause I honestly don't know how to use them let alone make them. I tend to just make my morphs by hand.

But on a technical note, I think I have most of the Digi Marvine feet naked meshes defaults changed to this, and some other stuff too. mainly Club Crimson stuff, because frankly, I'm still using the files I had from 2012 so none of them had morphs at all (though I'm sure someone somewhere HAS added morphs to them.)

[[ TL;DR is this: I felt like I needed to make a post about it, cause some of the stuff I'm gonna be sharing coming up has fat-morphs based on this. things like defaults that either didn't have morphs so I added them, or they had morphs but I edited them anyways because I was defaulting them with specific sims in mind (like Jorah, Alex or Ginevra) and I wanted a post that I could link back to for reference on those posts. ]]

in any case, if I make a default and change the morphs from ones that already exist, and you WANT the defaults with the original morphs, that's very easy to switch out and I will gladly do it if you ask lol. otherwise I'll probably edit things as I see fit since uhm. well I make cc 99.9% for myself 😂😅

Other age turnarounds under the cut, cause this is too long already.

EU Bodies (Left: Maxis Standard/thin, right: Pfate-Pearmorphs)

TU Bodies (Left: Maxis Standard/Thin, right: Pfate-Pearmorphs)

CU Body (Left: Maxis Standard/Thin, right: Pfate-Pearmorphs)

CU body changed the least from the original fat-morph, then the elder femme frame, I would say? cause the elder frame already had a sort of pear shape (that sorta inspired the other femme ages.) the others are varying degrees of change, with AM being the strongest change by far.

[julietoon-ts2]

TS2: GP11 GroomSuit 4to2 by Julie J

Mesh included - has fat & preg morphs

AM - maybe Teen and other bodyshapes to follow

Credit

Julie J

EA/Maxis

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[trillyke]

Swish Top

Ribbed ruched crop top with a front tie. Inspired by the Gettin’ Hotter Crop Top on DOLLSKILL.

custom thumbnail

20 swatches (15 solid + 5 ombre)

base game compatible

edited EA mesh by me

the bow can be distorted with certain poses or bodyshapes

please read and respect my TOU

you can buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi if you want

DOWNLOAD HERE (TSR)

Links to the CC I used on the preview are in the Creator Notes on TSR! Special thanks to all the amazing creators whose CC I used on my models.

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hello, io! just popping in to say that i just saw your AF body edit and i am very, very, VERY interested in your default of it, if you'd be willing to share? i think it looks SO much better than the EA original. if you'd rather not share, however, that's all good! just gotta say either way that you did an amazing job.

Hello and happy to hear you’re interested! I’m going to share them, no worries, I’m just not at home a lot now or in the foreseeable future, and it’s a lot of effort so I haven’t! BUT! How would everyone feel about labor intensive temporary solution of 1) the af nude defaults and 2) compilation images + access to a SFS folder of defaults and replacements for meshes by me and other people to match this af body default shape? It’s a bit of a mixed bag, not just af really. The meshes kind of come as-is, @theboldandthebeautifulsims has kindly been testing the meshes out and letting me know of booboos I’ve missed. I’m updating them whenever I have time and access to my computer.

So! I’m offering a sort of public beta access to a bunch of meshes, which requires paying some attention to what you’re getting and what’s overlapping with existing things in your downloads. And the bodyshape default yeah yeah. I just want it to match to the clothes my sims wear so I’ve updated my favorite meshes to do that. Here are some of them:

LIKE SO! I’ve been matching waists, editing normals and uvs, separating tops into groups, adjusting hem shapes, so on. Just to give everyone an idea and to explain why i’m putting off uploading this in a more elaborate way :D because hnnnnghg, see. so uhh yes, no?

[kat-simss]

Kat’s Massive To-Do/Wishlist

Learn how to convert meshes to different bodyshapes (ts2)

Clean out my WIP folder

Redo old preview pictures

Dig out my old (kathcberg91-era) cc backups and see what’s in there, fix mistakes, give them new thumbnails, and put them up for download (I may or may not have broken the links)

Fix links on my old blog (I think the theme is broken too)

Find a new theme (?) and profile picture

Figure out a good way to take family tree pics for my legacies

Finish my characters page for the decades challenge (and also maybe Breckenridge)?

Set all of my cc to show up in one place (in order in CAS)

Reorganize my projects folder

Learn how to shoeswap things

Learn how to make separates (preferably for categories other than casualwear)

PUT THE SECOND PART OF MY MEDIEVAL HAIR DUMP UP FOR DOWNLOAD (ya’ know, the one I’ve had finished for like half a year now but am just too lazy to bin and take preview pics for???)

A few “mini defaults” for ts2 (e.g. separating the “extra” parts from sunni’s medieval ui defaults)

Figure out mesh-making (I’ve been making renders in blender and playing with the physics engine and it’s really fun so far!)

Convert some ts4 terrain/terrain paint as a default terrain for ts2

Maybe figure out a way to make custom roads reference your default terrain rather than needing to edit the textures individually

Default replace all of the careers, cards, etc. in ts2 with they/them/non-gendered pronouns bc I learned how to edit in-game text the other day and I like to torture myself with long-term projects, apparently

“Finish” my genetic skin setup and put it up for download (the kinda-current version is on my “WIPs folder of doom” page, but I still want to add more, clean up the swatches, find a better way to organize it, etc.) + edit the sortindex numbers

Re-organize & compress my dl folders (again)

Figure out a way to quickly make new packages (I’m currently working with MacroRecorder, which works well, but the free version only allows for 10 repetitions, which isn’t ideal)

Figure out a way to quickly change the sortindex value of a package so you can arrange cc in a certain order without having to edit each individual package file

And now for the wishlist (ts2):

Color wheel (like I said, a girl can dream, right?)

Batch edit for simPE so I don’t have to spend ages editing each individual file whenever I do...anything, really (WITHOUT having to merge files), I should probably post something on mts about this

Less hideous lot imposter textures

A lighting mod that is basically @dreadpirate’s edit to gunmod’s lighting mod, but with the indoor brightness of spookymuffin’s/@dreadpirate’s mm lighting mod, which can be switched back and forth between almighty-hat’s “a world lit by fire” edits (a function of @dreadpirate’s edit of gunmod’s mod)

Figuring out why CAS lags with lots of accessories, makeup, etc. while Bodyshop doesn’t (and if it can be fixed, I’ve double-checked and it’s apparently a known issue, even if you only have a little cc and your computer is capable of handling it)

64-bit version of ts2 (c’mon EA. I’m waiting.)

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AM EA

fullbody: 4t2 EP14 CoatSherpaboots (10 recolors) (also enabled for elders) (mirror)

top: 4t2 EP14 CoatSherpa (10 recolors) (also enabled for elders) (mirror)

top: 4t2 SP17 CoatScarf (10 recolors) (mirror)

Model is Darren Dreamer.

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@madlensims's DomenicoOutfit converted by @kurimas in SBB requested by @gloriousbiscuituniversitydreamer

Two styles in SBB:

"No Break" (original) - trousers don't touch shoes same 10 recolors as Kurimas's SFS | Box

"Slight Break" - trousers touch shoes and crinkle a tiny bit 4 solid recolors (black, blue, brown, red) & 3 two-tone recolors SFS | Box

I also offer the "slight break" style for regular Maxis AM frame. same 7 recolors as above SFS | Box

All three meshes have fat & preg morphs.

SBB model is Tybalt Capp. EA model is Darren Dreamer.

Where I got my terminology: Pant Break Guide, Pant Length Infographic

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Okay, so I really liked @gingerplaysthesims’s Pear bodyshape. I liked the fat state almost more than the thin. So I’m working on some WSO actions for “Pear Thin” and “Pear Fat”, which will be 2 of the 10 bodyshapes* I plan to release clothes for males in.

With some reverse “engineering” I was able to use GG’s naked body mesh and create Pear Morphs, so the Pear Thin will use GG’s fat & preg morphs instead of using the regular morphs that are typically used for AM.

It’s still a work in progress. The knees are wonky (just like with any of the other bodyshape WSOs I’ve tried to make so far). On the Pear Thin, thin state, the trousers are clipping through the coat on one side. And the curve of the coat is not smooth, especially on the fat morphs. I’m going to also see if I can unsmoosh that second row of buttons.

* It’s really EA size + 9 bodyshapes.