Question About Building Bigger Muscles
I remember reading somewhere (on forums.thesims.com) that if you want your Sims to bulk up, you have to feed them foods with higher calories and have them lifting weights. If I don't want them also...
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Hi, @AprilTheSimmer96 Just stopping by with some notes on Mods, it may not be your preferred style, but they can customize your game quite a lot. If you only have a few, that also makes it easy to keep up to date per patch..
There's a few I can think of
- There's a few Mod Sliders, that are more 'exact' in cas (neck/leg/calf/butt etc etc..)
- There's also a 'Balanced Calories Mod' you can find at mod the sims.. (and an explanation from there below the spoiler, if of interest)
- This and the other mods I mention have been updated (slider rated as compatible) in August.
Spoiler
How does the game behave by default ?
In the Sims 4, almost all foods are full of calories. The problem with the game is that it makes all foods have a positive calorie count, like in reality. But in reality, we have a baseline metabolism that burns calories even when we don't exercise, and in the Sims there is no baseline metabolism, so sims that don't workout regularly are condemned to gain weight, more or less quickly, but they can't escape it on long term. Even if they just eat salad !
What does this mod change to the game's behavior ?
As sims should burn very quickly all calories of low calorie meals, some foods have been modified to induce weight loss instead of weight gain : it's the case for salads, as well as dishes made of fruits and vegetables. Grains, lean meats and fish are low calorie. High fat, high sugar, desserts, most quick meals (with the exception of oatmeal and yogurt) and junk foods in general are high calorie. Some gourmet foods are now low calorie or even inducing weight loss ! Your sims can now enjoy some gourmet dishes without guilt ! But beware of cake !
This mod has been designed to force your sims to adopt a diversified diet. Some foods induce weight gain, others induce weight loss, and very few are 0 calorie. This means that your sims have a much lower risk of being overweight, unless if they like junk foods and desserts too much. But if they like only salad, they risk being underweight on long term. Fortunately, they can avoid that by choosing the right balance between high calorie and low calorie foods. If your sims like mac and cheese, they can now enjoy it, and eat a garden salad later to lose the weight gained with mac and cheese. This way, your sims can maintain their weight much more easily than before, with simple and intuitive choices.
Even toddlers can maintain their weight as peas and yogurt will keep them in better health than crackers. And just like adult sims, toddlers need a diversified diet to keep a healthy weight.
In the Sims 4, almost all foods are full of calories. The problem with the game is that it makes all foods have a positive calorie count, like in reality. But in reality, we have a baseline metabolism that burns calories even when we don't exercise, and in the Sims there is no baseline metabolism, so sims that don't workout regularly are condemned to gain weight, more or less quickly, but they can't escape it on long term. Even if they just eat salad !
What does this mod change to the game's behavior ?
As sims should burn very quickly all calories of low calorie meals, some foods have been modified to induce weight loss instead of weight gain : it's the case for salads, as well as dishes made of fruits and vegetables. Grains, lean meats and fish are low calorie. High fat, high sugar, desserts, most quick meals (with the exception of oatmeal and yogurt) and junk foods in general are high calorie. Some gourmet foods are now low calorie or even inducing weight loss ! Your sims can now enjoy some gourmet dishes without guilt ! But beware of cake !
This mod has been designed to force your sims to adopt a diversified diet. Some foods induce weight gain, others induce weight loss, and very few are 0 calorie. This means that your sims have a much lower risk of being overweight, unless if they like junk foods and desserts too much. But if they like only salad, they risk being underweight on long term. Fortunately, they can avoid that by choosing the right balance between high calorie and low calorie foods. If your sims like mac and cheese, they can now enjoy it, and eat a garden salad later to lose the weight gained with mac and cheese. This way, your sims can maintain their weight much more easily than before, with simple and intuitive choices.
Even toddlers can maintain their weight as peas and yogurt will keep them in better health than crackers. And just like adult sims, toddlers need a diversified diet to keep a healthy weight.
All the best, hope this helps some.
@Sashas0nic Thank you! 😊 I can't use mods since I'm an Xbox player but I appreciate the info. ☺️ You can feel free to leave your post here though if you want in case any non-console players come across this. 😉
@AprilTheSimmer96 Ah yes.. just noticed it now 🤞
Yes, I'll leave it here, as that may help others searching for a similar problem. I keep forgetting 'general' has a spattering of console/mac and others, there is the Technical forum here for each type, but would be good if they could make it an 'option' when posting in any of these areas, so it's 'auto titled' with the platform I think 😎
- @Sashas0nic Yeah that'd be cool if they did that. ☺️ Plus if I didn't mention being an Xbox player in my original post I'll be sure to next time. 😆
For sure 🙂 and you had mentioned it, towards the end of the post is all @AprilTheSimmer96 np. 👍
@Sashas0nic Lol yup, there's a little bit of everything on GD&F xD I started using a mod to freeze both physique sliders just to keep the San Myshuno townies in better shape.
@AprilTheSimmer96 Not to get too far off-topic, but I've been to both Seattle (several times) and Kauai (twice) and I love them both!
Sulani reminds me very much of Kauai, there are wild chickens there too xD
- @RandomBuzziness Oh wow... 😆 So this game's pretty accurate. Either that or it (Sulani) was based on Hawaii (or Kauai). ☺️
@Sashas0nic Yeah I reread it after I posted and realized that I mentioned it at the end too. Lol, my bad. 😆 Okay so I managed to fix Maui to where I'd be able to move the body fat slider to the very top and have him still look thin (and more like him).
I moved the camera to where I had a side view of him (since I was looking in the Gallery and downloading stuff before going back to in-game) and moved the stomach more inwards towards the body and fixed the six-pack that had appeared on him after I left the Gallery (actually just remembered it was due to me having to save and quit since it gave me the "Couldn't Connect" error when I tried to go to the Gallery).
Now he can have big muscles and not look too big due to the body fat slider being at the very top! 😊
I wish I could've thought of that yesterday (or at least tried it since I didn't think it'd let me push the stomach in more). 😆
EDIT: Added a photo of what he looks like now from the side after the little edit I did on him.
