I have come a long LONG way in making better looking sims in Sims 3. I learned about this skin in one of the videos linked below and it made such a huge difference!https://brntwaffles.tumblr.com/post/87924454452/i-was-originally-inspired-to-recreate-a-skin-like I feel like I might be able to find some more hairs that I like better. I need to learn more about meshes I think. The ones that I have now are acceptable to me for now.I HATE the shiny clothes. I need to work on that.What are your must-have CAS mods for the Sims 3?These two videos were the ones that helped me the most.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rnx0feW0Wkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plie6bfwDFY&t=20s

One of the cc skins I use is Kurasoberina's HD1 Primer Don't use her UHD Primer unless you have a gaming computer because it's maxed out I have a potato (albeit a potato with 16GB of RAM) so I'm using her HD1 (1K face+2K bodies). And I have a multitude of PralineSims' makeup/eyes etc cc. Hence the reason my River McIrish has gone from looking like this - your typical EA created um...sim :mrgreen: - https://i.imgur.com/fk6z8bY.jpgto: https://i.imgur.com/9nOoZNn.pngRiver and her man...in my Legacy ~evil smirk~https://i.imgur.com/LNMaC2G.pngOne of the other things to do is "master your sliders". That will result in some truly unique sims.

It appears that the UHD Primer is not a default. I am watching some videos to try and learn how to use non-default skins. There is so much to learn. I don't have any time or interest in Sims 4 horses today. I want vampires and zombies. I never played the vampires in Sims 4 even though I have the pack. It is at the top of my list for Sims 3, though, after zombies.

The skin is translucent in a good way, like the ears and nostrils on a very expensive doll made of silicone. I saw some of the pics on the website and I doubted that it would look that way in my game. It does.I was hoping I did it right to put the default skins in the override folder. Thank you so much for confirming! I read awhile back about the difference between overrides and regular packages, but none of the videos that I watched said to put the default skins and eyelashes and such in the overrides folder. The non-defaults go into the regular packages folder? I have not installed any of those yet. I wanted to do as little as possible until I was sure what went where.Thank you also for specifying the cache files that I need to remove. I assumed that I needed to remove some, but had no idea which ones. I was happy that I did not crash the game without deleting them.I did save the graphicsrules.sgr file, but I do not think that I need it. Everything looks better than I was expecting. I had no idea the game could look like this. I have the Burntwaffles Frozen lighting installed, too.

No problem. Welcome to Sims 3. Have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. We’ll try and answer them and if we can’t we’ll do our best to help you search for the answer. ??

"MantleJackal;c-18292573" wrote:Yes, default replacements go into the overrides folder whereas non-defaults go into regular packages. I put default replacements in with the regular packages and they work just fine.

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NikkeiSimmer
New Adventurer
2 years ago
One of the cc skins I use is Kurasoberina's HD1 Primer Don't use her UHD Primer unless you have a gaming computer because it's maxed out I have a potato (albeit a potato with 16GB of RAM) so I'm using her HD1 (1K face+2K bodies). And I have a multitude of PralineSims' makeup/eyes etc cc.

Hence the reason my River McIrish has gone from looking like this - your typical EA created um...sim :mrgreen: -
https://i.imgur.com/fk6z8bY.jpg
to:
https://i.imgur.com/9nOoZNn.png

River and her man...in my Legacy ~evil smirk~
https://i.imgur.com/LNMaC2G.png

One of the other things to do is "master your sliders". That will result in some truly unique sims.
Katofhyrule12
Rising Novice
2 years ago
It appears that the UHD Primer is not a default. I am watching some videos to try and learn how to use non-default skins. There is so much to learn. I don't have any time or interest in Sims 4 horses today. I want vampires and zombies. I never played the vampires in Sims 4 even though I have the pack. It is at the top of my list for Sims 3, though, after zombies.
Katofhyrule12
Rising Novice
2 years ago
The skin is translucent in a good way, like the ears and nostrils on a very expensive doll made of silicone. I saw some of the pics on the website and I doubted that it would look that way in my game. It does.

I was hoping I did it right to put the default skins in the override folder. Thank you so much for confirming! I read awhile back about the difference between overrides and regular packages, but none of the videos that I watched said to put the default skins and eyelashes and such in the overrides folder. The non-defaults go into the regular packages folder? I have not installed any of those yet. I wanted to do as little as possible until I was sure what went where.

Thank you also for specifying the cache files that I need to remove. I assumed that I needed to remove some, but had no idea which ones. I was happy that I did not crash the game without deleting them.

I did save the graphicsrules.sgr file, but I do not think that I need it. Everything looks better than I was expecting. I had no idea the game could look like this. I have the Burntwaffles Frozen lighting installed, too.
NikkeiSimmer
New Adventurer
2 years ago
No problem. Welcome to Sims 3. Have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. We’ll try and answer them and if we can’t we’ll do our best to help you search for the answer. ??
wendyyi1
New Spectator
2 years ago
"MantleJackal;c-18292573" wrote:
Yes, default replacements go into the overrides folder whereas non-defaults go into regular packages.

I put default replacements in with the regular packages and they work just fine.
ZombiePary
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago
I use Mango Smoothie as my default skin. It's very smooth ( as its name suggests ) and soft. This is it, on my sim Minnie.

https://i.imgur.com/3Z19MI0.jpg

As for the shiny overlay, this mod changed my sim life, if you haven't seen it before - Remove Stencils & Overlay by Velocitygrass

You can use it to remove the shiny specular from clothing and objects, as well as remove ugly unwanted stencils on the same. SO MANY more outfit pieces and objects became more usable in game because of this mod, it is a godsend.
Katofhyrule12
Rising Novice
2 years ago
"Pary;c-18293335" wrote:

As for the shiny overlay, this mod changed my sim life, if you haven't seen it before - Remove Stencils & Overlay by Velocitygrass

I found an excellent video tutorial series for this mod. I am posting it in case any other newbies are following this thread. It really helped me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJeyOgkyxro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEvl_jGv4X4&t=25s
i_love_frogs_11
Rising Adventurer
2 years ago
Oh for hairs I love S-club and Leahlillith on TSR, and I also use Mango smoothie (non-default though) and it’s one of my fave skin overlays.
Katofhyrule12
Rising Novice
2 years ago
"Coconut27;c-18295388" wrote:
Oh for hairs I love S-club and Leahlillith on TSR, and I also use Mango smoothie (non-default though) and it’s one of my fave skin overlays.

I am spending quite a bit of time on hairs today. Somehow I missed the leahlillith ones. Thanks!
Katofhyrule12
Rising Novice
2 years ago
"Nikkei_Simmer;c-18292285" wrote:
One of the cc skins I use is Kurasoberina's HD1 Primer Don't use her UHD Primer unless you have a gaming computer because it's maxed out I have a potato (albeit a potato with 16GB of RAM) so I'm using her HD1 (1K face+2K bodies). And I have a multitude of PralineSims' makeup/eyes etc cc.

One of the other things to do is "master your sliders". That will result in some truly unique sims.

WOW! These skins and your Sims are amazing! I do have a gaming laptop. It is a bit of a Frankenstein. The seller maxed out some 2 year old gaming laptops and was able to sell them for less than the newer ones with lower specs. I might be able to handle the UHD. I am going to do some experimenting! The last Windows update messed something up in my laptop. Nividia has updated a second time since the update and it is better after the second Nividia update. I have had some lag for the first time, but hope it will go away soon.

I find the Sims 3 sliders easier to use than the Sims 4 method. I was only able to figure out the Sims 4 method AFTER I played a bit with the sliders in Sims 3. Sliders make sense to me. I like them.