#sims 4 wont open

[milkypopsims]

Sims 4 - Game not starting issue (PC user fix?)

I've been having issues recently with my sims 4 game not opening, went through many trial and error. I've seen some other people experience issues with this as well so I am posting this to try and help those figure out a solution and/or what has helped me.

(Please note - Mods are not an issue in this as I have done the testing with no mods active.)

First, I will list a number of things that can be a simple issue that does not cause you to delete files etc. One thing that I've noticed fixes it is to completely restart your pc every time before launching sims but that is not an ideal fix as it can do harm to your pc resetting it so often. It is always recommended to make a back up file of your sims folder so you don't lose any gameplay. (Learn how to back up your gameplay here.)

Check your antivirus & firewall and make sure nothing is blocking the sims. (It is never recommended to play with antivirus off, but turning it off to check if that is the issue can be a easy fix. If this is the issue you will have to go through some settings to allow sims 4 through your antivirus / firewall. (Possible help here.)

Make sure your drivers are updated. Depending on which drivers you use you need to check if the driver is needing updated. In my case I use NVIDIA drivers, so I use GeForce Experience to update my NVIDIA driver. If you use a different one you can google which you need to update your certain driver. (If you use NVIDIA, you can get GeForce Experience here to update your drivers.)

Make sure OneDrive is NOT syncing. (For some reason, this ruins the game.)

You can right click and try and run as administrator on EA app.

Delete EA, and do a clean install.

If you're still running into issues, like I was there is a few more things you can do to fix this issue. A quick (not permanent) fix I've found out is basically clearing EA cache. If you want a quick fix to be able to play the game and not have to reset your whole PC.

Open your EA app, in the top left navigate to those 3 line bars, from there go to help > app recovery. This will basically clear EA cache and restart the application.

Then, go to steam > go to your game library, and find Sims 4, right click > properties > installed files > verify integrity of game files. This will load for a moment, going through your steam files. Then you will force close the Steam application.

After doing all this, try opening your sims game and it should load up and be playable. Like i stated above this is not a permanent fix, but it works for me when nothing else is working.

Finally, I think I've come to an outcome on the issue. In the AppData files (which is in hidden files) there is a folder that is called "Origin" which was what Sims 4 used to run through before switching to EA, even if you've never downloaded Origin for sims, there is a large chance this file is in your PC and the cause of the game not opening.

Open hidden files so you can see the file to delete. (If you don't know how, I've included a Microsoft link here.)

Uninstall the EA app, and restart your PC.

Delete these folders: (AppData is a hidden folder, please do #1.) C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Electronic Arts C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\EADesktop C:\Users\YOUR-USERNAME\AppData\Local\Origin (the top 2 might not be there if you uninstalled EA and restarted computer as said in #2, but be sure to delete the Origin folder.)

Empty trash

Reinstall EA app through the website - can be found here. If not all your installed games are visible then restart the client - this should populate the list. This should be a perm fix for the not opening issue, I hope this helps someone. xo, milky.

{credits to this post for the help on the resolution.}

[flovoid]

‘tied by blood and yet, you are my greatest nemesis…’

[theosconfessions]

Love is Embarrassing- The Final Choice

why scarlett...what could be the problem.....

@simvanie @duusheen @bubblepopsims @fl0ptrait

[fizzytoo]

tiny baby lookbook 🌻

[wooldawn]

[arson-09]

why wont the sims open🧍🏻

[halsingf]

gio asked stevie to move in with him (lower rent thank u god), so now everyone's favorite couple is now officially sharing the tiniest apartment in the world

[obsssims]

i'm addicted to cc shopping, is a disease, really

[29121996]

idk . i just my creative skills n hobbies are smth ive always longed for so ive alwys studied my relationships w them and wbat triggers thsm and just . it makes me feel so fucking sad sometimes

[ftmbruce]

panicking because i spent money on something i needed while it was a really good price

[maplebellsmods]

So excited to share the mod i've been working on! Here is the Love Triangle Mod. Mapping this concept out was a bit difficult because I didn't wasn't sure how I was gonna go about creating the base structure. But I think it turned out fine in the end.

Here is everything you need to know:

Requirements for Love Triangle to appear

Romance Track with TWO Sims

Minimum 30+ Romance Score each

Once these options open up you will have the option to "Reveal Divided Heart". This would be underneath the Love Triangle pie menu (which is under the romance pie menu).

Note: Just because your Sim has revealed that they are in a love triangle, it doesn't mean that being romantic around either Sim won't result in jealousy. They can still experience jealousy; they are just aware that the Sim has feelings for them and another.

There a few interactions available for both the center and the two love interest.

Most of the interactions are pretty straight forward but that there are few that I will explain more.

The love interest also has quite a interactions available to them.

Ultimatum: The LI can also give the center an ultimatum. The options you can use after using the ultimatum interaction could be, "Open Relationship, End Relationship or Make Choice". But you do not have to. I wanted to make this as flexible as possible.

Since there are already lots of great open relationship mods, I didn't expand on that part because there are so many other ones that would be more fleshed out.

Your sim can also talk to someone they are close to about their predicament. The friendly love triangle option is available under the "Gossip/Other Sims" menu.

You also need to have a 80+ friendship level to have these interactions open up.

Explore Feelings and Reflect on Feelings are solo interactions. This basically involves your Sim think about how they feel. Depending on how high or low the relationship bar is with either sim you will can get a hint on how your sim is feeling about each Sim.

Finally there is the "Final Choice" . Once your Sim is ready to choose the SimPicker will popup. Be SURE to press on the Sim you are in Love Triangle with. Or else the game wont properly recognize that the Love Triangle is over.

No, it does not.

Credit for the pose: Here

What else do I need for the mod?

Lumpinou's Mood Pack Mod, so it is required for the mod to work properly.

You can get her mod here.

If you already have it great! But make sure it's up to date. Otherwise, it will break the UI

XML injector

I'm experiencing some weird bugs!

Let me know, please.

Report it here: Mod Bug Report

How to install the mod?

Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods <--- Unzip the file and make sure it's placed in this path.

Download Here

Public April 24th

[azuhrasims]

Daily Rewards - The Cheaters Guide

Not mods. With the exception of the very last tip, you should be able to use all of these options to get your free goods without needing to log into you Sims 4 game daily even on console.

Daily rewards are here! I'm not thrilled. I love free items added to the game, but I'd prefer they drop in an SDX and not be tied to my remembering to log in at regular intervals. Anyway.

I don't want any of you to feel left out if are unable to log in. I want you to have access to as many of these free items as you can without using mods. Really. These items? They were all downloaded into our game with the latest patch anyway.

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The Buy Items

These are the easiest to access. You have options too!

The first option works right now as of May 31st 2024. I don't know if it will be patched at some future date. This one everyone can do.

Go into build and buy mode. Filter by Special> Event Rewards and SELECT ALL colors. Make sure you also have your buy items sorted to see everything (not just selecting comfort, like I did the first time.)

Looks like the update on June 6th, 2024 made it so you cannot access these items on accident anymore. The second option still works though.

Second option to acquire buy mode objects is to download a room from the gallery that has all of the objects in it. There are multiple by now. Pictured above are rooms from gallery users: HenfordHenCoop and onlyabidoang

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The Reward Trait

There are two easy options to get the reward trait as well. You can get it now, today, May 31st, 2024.

The first method: have your sim achieve 5000reward points. Purchase a Re-Traiting Potion from the rewards store. The Practice Makes Perfect Trait is right there.

Looks like the update on June 6th, 2024 made it so the reward trait is no longer available this way. The second method still works though!

The second method, as noted by OnlyAbiDoang on X -- you can open the cheats console and type in the cheat:

traits.equip_trait trait_PracticeMakesPerfect

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I Want Everything Right Now

You know what? If you are playing on a computer, you can have all CAS and BB objects unlocked right now. You sure can. You just have to edit your .ini file. Yes, they're keeping track of our log in rewards on our own machines. I'm telling you this to let you know that if you uninstall and then re-install your game, those rewards will no longer show up for you. Ah, but this tips shared on X means even that wont be a problem.

Anadius on X shared this tweet about editing your own .ini file so you can access everything. Right now. Including the hair, the necklace, whatever. Everything from this first round of login rewards.

Have fun!

[nicole-2099]

“Little us..”

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(SJ. Sim Jake. X reader)

(Jake as a dad😝🤩)

(Fluff/cute/short/simple!!)

Note: okie dokie so this is basically what id picture when I think of Jake being a dad, oh and yes IK it’s been a while…school has started and I’ve been busy so don’t expect much from me posting but I will try!!! Anyways enjoy reading and don’t forget! Don’t be silly wrap that Willy<3

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You wake up to the sound of your sweet baby boy crying, you can’t help but groan as you push yourself out of bed you’ve already gotten up 4 other times and you have no idea why he wont stop crying, you rub your eyes as you make your way to his crib, you sigh as you lift your baby up into your arms cradling him, rocking back and forth in hopes he’d stop crying. “Please just go to sleep pretty boy, I’m tired too..” you say in hopes he’d Listen, as you rock back and forth you seem to start drifting off and you almost lose your balance, but a pair of firm hands grab your waist, and you jump eyes wide open now, you sigh once you realize it’s your husband Jake, “when did you wake up..?” Jake wraps his arms around your waist pulling your back against him as he rests his chin on your shoulder. “Just now..what’s wrong with him..?” Jake hums his sleepy gaze turning to the baby in your arms. You shrug looking down at your baby with a frown as he squirms around in your arms, you yawn and press a kiss to your babys forehead. “Baby..your tired go get some sleep I’ll take him..” Jake says as he takes the baby from your arms, you sigh and say with another yawn “I’m sorry..” Jake eyes span to you and he looks at you with a frown, “no don’t, don’t be like that, you have nothing to be sorry for, just go sleep I’ll be with him..” you smile at Jake a loving look in your eyes and you lean in and press a kiss to his and your babys cheek. As you make your way back to your room you can hear Jake humming and talking to your sweet boy trying to calm him down, you flop on the bed to tired to even pull the covers up over yourself, you fall asleep a few moments later.

You’d wake up what felt like a few minutes later, but it had been at least 2 hours later, you roll over hoping to see Jake already sleeping and back in bed but you don’t, you sit up out of bed looking around waiting for your tired eyes to adjust, your turn on your bedside lamp and look around the dimly lit room and see no signs of Jake or the baby, you jump to your feet and hurry to the babys room, and turn the light on and look around and in the crib not seeing Jake or the baby, you’d start to panic now and you’d rush to the living room and you still don’t see any sign of them, your basically a few seconds away from a panic but then you feel a cool breeze hit your back, you turn to see that the balcony door was open, and instantly your mind races with thousands of thoughts as you come up to the balcony, but they all fade away instantly when you see Jake half asleep holding your sleeping baby boy in his arms as he hums and looks up at the stars on the soon to be blue sky. “Jake..?” You say confused out of your mind he snaps out of his half asleep state and looks up at you with a sleepy tired smirk “he sleeps better to the sound of the night..the second we got out here on the balcony and sat down he slept..”. You can’t help but chuckle softly. “Baby..you scared the crap out of me I was thinking the worst..” you say softly as to not wake the baby, Jake smiles at you as he stand up from the chair he was sitting in and yawns. “I’m not crazy sweetheart…ugh come on let’s get back to bed my back is killing me..” you’d nod as you both step back into the living room closing and locking the door to the balcony. “Do we put him back in his crib..?” You ask, Jake shakes his head. “He’ll sleep with us for a while..maybe at least till he’s 2 then we’ll put him in the crib..” you smile nodding as you sleepily wake your way back to your room, jake and the baby following behind. You’d sleepily crawl into bed and take the baby from Jake as he slipped back into bed, you’d gently lay the baby in the middle between you and Jake, your inch closer wrapt your arms around his small body holding him tightly, Jake smiles at you with sleepy eyes and wraps his arm around you pulling you against him, he presses a kiss to your and the baby’s forehead. “Sweet dreams..”

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It’s been a hot minute since my last post so if this flops it’s all good, anyways hope y’all like it also, go a head and leave ideas if u have any!!! 😝😝

[sunny-ssunset]

MASTERLIST AND REQUESTS

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❀ All my storys are here! ❀

REQUESTS! OPEN!

I try not to ignore any requests but tumblr has been deleting some before I could even start the draft so im sorry if your request hasnt came through :(

Disclaimer! If gender is unspecified in the request it will be chosen by me.

❀ What I'll write! ❀

♡Any gender

♡Any characters

♡Headcanons and fics/oneshots

♡Yandere x reader/ Character x Yandere reader

♡Romantic will be aged up and platonic doesnt really matter the age

♡I only write for south park sorry

❀ What i wont write! ❀

♡Character x character im selfish

♡Character x oc again im selfish

♡No poly relationships i dont really know how to portray that sorry

♡Smut i cant take it seriously tbh

♡Adult x child (unless platonic) self explanatory

♡Incest or like weird shit bc im normal

I post every Wednesday :D

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ONESHOTS!

-Unbearable.

❀Kyle x a Mute! Rebellious! Fem! Reader❀

Kyle helps a girl he's been keeping his eye on, not knowing it will change his perspective of her permanently. (AGED UP)

-Her highness.

❀Princess Kenny x Fem! Knight! Reader❀

Y/n asks Princess Kenny to be her Queen. (AGED UP)

-Y/n's coffee catastrophe!

❀Tweek x Coworker! GN! Reader❀

Y/n's first day on the job!! How hard can it be? (AGED UP)

-How I met your mother

❀Kyle broflovski x Fem! Reader❀

How kyle broflovski met his now wife. (AGED UP)

-I just can't live with out you

❀Kenny mccormick x Fem! Reader❀

He really does love her, don't you think? (AGED UP)

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FANFICS!

-Pretty in Pink!

❀Yandere South park x a Girly! Fem! Reader❀

A cute popular girl vs. highschoolers, Can Y/n win their hearts over? (AGED UP TO 18 AND OVER)

-Chapter 1

-Chapter 2

-Chapter 3

-Better in Red

-Chapter 4

-Chapter 5

-Yandere headcanons (TW)

-Chapter 6

-Chapter 7

-Bathing Kenny headcanons

-Kyle shopping headcanons

-Chapter 8

-Choose your Soulmate!

Old name: Choose your character

❀Yandere south park x reader❀

Y/n finds themself playing a cute dating sim that includes lots of hot LIs! What could go wrong? GN! AGED UP!

-Tutorial

-Level one

-Level two

-Level Three

-Level four

-Level five

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HEADCANONS!

❀Smoking 🍃❀

-Smoking 🍃 with Stan, Kyle and Kenny

Smoking zaza with Stan, Kyle and Kenny. (GENDER NEUTRAL AGED UP)

-Smoking 🍃 with Craig, Clyde and Tweek

Smoking zaza with Craig, Clyde and Tweek (GN AGED UP)

-Smoking 🍃 with Damien thorn

Smoking zaza with Damien thorn (GN AGED UP)

❀Honest dating hcs❀

-Honest dating headcanons

What i think dating show accurate Stan, Kyle, Cartman and Kenny would be like. (GENDER NEUTRAL AGED UP)

-Honest dating headcanons Part 2

What i think dating show accurate Craig, Tweak, Jimmy, Tolkien and Clyde would be like (GENDER NEUTRAL AGED UP)

❀Dating headcanons❀

-Damien thorn dating headcanons

How I imagine damien thorn would be in a relationship (GENDER NEUTRAL AGED UP)

-Pip pirrip dating a female misunderstood and sweet reader

Pip pirrip dating a girl that sticks up for him.

(AGED UP)

-Mean! Jock! Stan Marsh x Weird kid! GN! Reader.

Bully! Jock! Stan marsh x Weird kid reader headcanons. GN AGED UP

-Watching a movie with Kyle, Stan, Kenny, Cartman.

How I imagine watching a film with the main 4 (seperate) would go (GN AGED UP)

-Watching a movie with Craig, Tweek, Tolkien and Jimmy

How I imagine watching a film with the Team Craig (seperate) would go (GN AGED UP)

-Dating Clyde Donovan headcanons

How dating Clyde Donovan would go! (GN AGED UP)

-Dating Kenny Mccormick headcanons

How dating Kenny Mccormick would go! (GN AGED UP)

-Kyle dating a hispanic GN reader

Kyle with a hispanic reader! (AGED UP GN)

❀Super hero hcs❀

-Dating human kite headcanons (GN AGED UP)

-Dating mysterion headcanons (GN AGED UP)

❀Dating a girly female reader (AGED UP)❀

-Kenny dating a girly reader

-Kyle dating a girly reader

-Cartman dating a girly reader

-Stan dating a girly reader

-Stan dating headcanons part 2

-Craig dating a girly reader

-Tweek dating a girly reader

-Damien dating a girly reader

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[tenyrasims]

~ Downtown Marketplace & Pub DL~[Free]

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── 𝕃𝕠𝕥 𝕀𝕟𝕗𝕠𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟 - 30x30

~𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕜𝕖𝕥𝕡𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕖~

𝔽𝕚𝕣𝕤𝕥 𝔹𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 Building with a Pub and an apartment on the 3rd and 4th floor

𝕊𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 Residential building with 3 floors and basement

For the Building [Essential cc list] ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── - Fence - Kitchen - shelf - shelf 2 - shelf 3 - Bar - corner seats - Plants - plants 2 - plants 3 - plants 4 - Brick wall - Pub Sign - Bistro Table - Bistro Chair

- Love Seat - Wall Plants - Chairs - Bathroom - Neon Tubes - Neon Signs - Bar Neon Sign - Dryer - Bike rack - Ashtray - toilet - Door

- Stairs - Shot glass holder - fridge - Couch - Sink - Bar caddie - Old vent - Garden edge - Awnings - Bathroom mirror - Floor - Wall

*Use bb.moveobjects

-> Playable Pool Table mod by @utopya-cc

*Decoration CC list included in DL If you want it to look kinda similar with all the decoration ive used in the screenshots. If not just decorate it yourself and show me what you made of it~ Remember, I used my own shaders and world texture replacements so it wont look 100% like mine♥ All residental rooms are empty so you can furniture it ~ ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── Thanks to all cc creators, go out and check their Blogs♥ @officialsnootysims, @bojanastarcevic, @aroundthesims

@nickname-sims4 @bakiegaming No Style x Woodlands

@felixandresims @taurusdesign @simsi45 @winner-9

@peacemaker-ic @rumorukaraizon @syboubou

@mintyjinx mutske @somik-severinka @thetrashisout

@helen-sims @moderncrafter @studio-k-creation @cinamun

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ── As promised here is the Pub & Marketplace Lot of Aidan&Ashina I use in my current Story to run their pub. I renovated it and you can download it now fully ~ Also I finally did it and opened a Patreon for you guys, where I will also share some of my Sims soon, so get ready for some hot dudes in your game ! Feel free to DM me if anythings wrong or do not work♥

TOU: Do not reupload my build and claim is as yours. Do not include or put my Builds in anything behind pay walls. ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──

[𝔻𝕆𝕎ℕ𝕃𝕆𝔸𝔻] Simfileshare l Patreon[free]

[dejasenti99]

well hi :3 welcome to deja’s skinblending guide. this is my first full written tutorial so excuse me if its not very good LAWL before we get started, here's the tools i'll be using

sims4studio

tray importer

photoshop 2022 (theres cracked version everywhere on tumblr)

blender 4.1

sims 4 ripper

blender + the ripper aren't required to make skins, plenty of people don't go that extra step, but i love using it for placement help

okay lets fuckin go gamers heres my very in depth process for making my ocs skins

miss dolly is gonna be our model today. she already has a skin but im gonna add some little details for the sake of example + some tats cause ive been meaning to anyway.

so when i first get started on making someone a skin, ill find a good base to use and then add details from other categories like nosemasks, eyebags, contours, etc.

my fav skin creators are @sims3melancholic and @thisisthem. my bases are usually thisisthem, and then i'll pick through a couple s3m skins and make notes on my phone about what parts i wanna take off of them (like, say, i like how a certain s3m skin's nose looks. i'll use that instead of a nosemask)

my goal when im gathering things i wanna add is to free up as many slots as i can. id rather add cheshire's freckles onto her skin than use up the freckle slot in skin details that i could use for something else, yknow?

ill repeat this process for makeup next. obviously im not giving my ocs permanent full glam, but some lipsticks can add better texture, you can get highlights/blush from........the blush section LOL and i love using this obscurus eyeliner at a low-ish opacity

just adds an extra level of detail i love. i think what keeps my sims looking consistent next to each other is that i tend to use some of the same details all across the board

make sure for all makeup/skin detail/tattoo category swatches you use, you make note of what swatch it exactly is. when you go into s4s to export the file, you're gonna have to manually select it and if u cant remember what skintone u chose out it can be annoying :/

note that she is completely nakey aside from her piercings while i pick what im gonna use for her skin! no clothing but u can keep on their hair. this is so we have a clear view of everything (and i mean EVERYTHING) for blender.

after you make sure u save the sim/household to ur gallery, you can close out of cas and save ur game! i forgot to do this bc im a fucking idiot but its okay bc you will not. its not REALLY necessary to do this as long as you know exactly what packages you need to locate for texture exporting

step one is done!!!! close out ur game

i have a million fucking characters so i made a deja senti skinblending folder to keep it all organized :-)

this is what it looks like inside. gives u a pretty good overview of what ur gonna be doing tbh. the 't' folder is all the textures we're about to export

thankfully i do have a version of dahlia saved in my gallery so even tho i didnt go it before i closed my game i can still show u what to do in tray importer lol. i have multiple sims in one household, so i narrowed it down by going up top and selecting dahlia / human / and her everyday outfit.

since im gonna give her this blush, i right click and hit open w package viewer so itll find it and open s4s for me

anime wow sound. im gonna change the color manually in photoshop so it doesnt matter to me what swatch i export. hit that green export button under the list of diffuse/shadow/etc (u dont need to worry about all those options, just diffuse) and save it to ur folder!

once ur done gathering ur textures ur good to close out of tray importer and s4s(we'll come back to s4s later tho)

thats step two! the quickest step lawl

this is where i start being a little extra. u dont have to rip ur sim and use blender if u dont want to, but i think it can rly help bc the default sim in s4s doesn't have ur sims facial features and can make ur skins look wonky/wont give an accurate representation of how itll look in game. this cuts out having to go in game/out of game over and over to check

so in simripper once u load up ur sim, the important part is to make sure u have it set to export the dae with separate meshes. once thats done u can import it into blender and there's plenty of other tutorials out there how to use simripper n all that.

so once u get the dae loaded into blender im gonna send u on a little side quest over to this ask i answered where i explain how i separate eyes from the head mesh. next thing ur gonna open is photoshop! or whatever u have thats similar

say hi to flat dahlia. u should have ur own guy but flat open now too :-) along with everything else ur gonna combine. in my case its blush and a titty mask. im gonna start w the blush so i zoomed into her face in blender. i went into the blush file and copied, then back into my base skin file and pasted into place with crtl+shift+v

please do not be like me. make sure u rename ur layers as you copy and paste them into the main skin file. do this because it DOES matter what order ur layers are in. u dont want to put ur highlight under ur nose mask cause the nose mask will just cover the highlight etc etc. i already lost what layer the new blush i added is. what is wrong w me

so when u have ur first detail pasted on and in place, ur gonna save the base skin file as a psd. then go into blender, and in the little textures window ur gonna replace the diffuse file ur dae came loaded with with ur new psd file

u should see the change u made but mine was super subtle so im gonna show it to u when i put on the cleavage overlay

when it comes to stuff like this, ur obviously gonna want to pick the closest to ur skintone swatch as u can. i did not do this, because again, im an idiot

mine is way too pale LAWL whoops. we can fix this tho

i add a hue/saturation adjustment and make it a clipping mask using that square w the arrow so the adjustment will ONLY affect the mask

from there i just make little adjustments until the color match up is as perfect as i can make it. for example for this, ik that it needs to be a little warmer and a little more saturated, so im gonna bump the hue and saturation sliders to the right and it was pretty much perfect

tiddies with no mask > with mask no adjustments > with mask and adjustments

and ur gonna go ahead and repeat that process with every single thing u wanna add to ur skin.

so as for tattoos! this is another thing ur gonna wanna rename the layers for because depending on how heavily ur sims can be tatted it can get A LOT

here's psyche's neat little tattoo folder. its separated into where the tattoo is and then

what it is

i find all my tattoo inspo on pinterest using flash sheets/keywords in the search. my ocs usually have sub-boards that i hoard inspo in for them specifically. dahlia doesnt have one bc ive never seen her as the most tattooed person, but i think she'd have some at least

this process is pretty much the same as putting on skin details! its all about adjusting to what u like. for example, i like when my sims tattoos are a little faded and a bit blurred at the edges cause it looks a little more real

when it comes to images i find on pinterest, ill save the image and first try to make it as clean as i can

for example, this lil guy

a curve mask made the whites brighter and the blacks darker as u can see. then ill go into filter > reduce noise to soften the harsh edges

then i flatten it, copy and paste to the skin file, n place it wherever i want it to go :-)

louder anime wow!!!

okay so now ur gonna want to make sure u .psd file is saved (it should be bc we've been checking our progress w blender) and then merge the visible layers (NOT flatten, merge visible. we need the transparency around the skin to be in tact)

ur done in photoshop and blender!!! good job :-)

step whatever number we're on. back into s4s!

ur focus is over here. make sure the option filled is the top one, and then hit the cas button

this menu will open, ur gonna go up to part type and find the option skin details, forehead. pick the first forehead wrinkle option that appears and hit 'next.' itll prompt you to save ur new file n give it a name, i usually just make it my sim's name cause i have a folder in my mods folder for specifically my cc

remember wayyyy back when we were exporting the skin details? ur gonna go back to that same section and hit 'import' instead of export. select ur skin's .png file, and poof !

ur skin :DD it looks great man good job

this part is EXTREMELY important. go up to the warehouse tab

in the 'data' section ur gonna see a box at the top labeled 'filter.' thats where i typed in 'compos' just so it would show me JUST the compositionmethod section since theres a lot of shit in there lawl. yours is initially gonna say '3,' but we're gonna change it to '0' mind you, this is because MY skins are all alpha. maxis match overlays do not show up on my skins because my comp method is set to 0, meaning it has top priority essentially.

after you do that, you can hit save and place that .package file you created into your mods folder!!! and GUESS WHAT BESTIE UR DONE!!!!! U DID IT :DDDD

of course, as always, you can always dm me if youre stuck on anything or need any more clarification. i am always open to help as much as i can. i rly hope this helped :-)