Thank you Sims 4 and all game changers for the coming skin tones update in December! I'm really excited, plus I LOVE the coming sliders for skin tones and makeup! Thank you!

I love them too and honestly they are really delivering good content with the sliders and all. But I'm just wondering, if they could add those features into the game, why not do it from the start? Not just the skin tones but also the sliders.

"SimmerGeorge;c-17713140" wrote:I love them too and honestly they are really delivering good content with the sliders and all. But I'm just wondering, if they could add those features into the game, why not do it from the start? Not just the skin tones but also the sliders. That's a good question. They should have added them from the start. I've never played Sims 3, but I heard that its CAS was more in-depth than Sims 4. Seems like that would have carried over to Sims 4, but it didnt.

That's why I kept going back to Sims 3. The Color Wheel & Sliders were great.It only took over 6 years for Sims 4 to finally come up with Color Slides.My daughter & I have recently noticed that Sims 4 is slowly becoming the best of Sims 3. We are so happy about that. :)

No thanks here from me at this point I only find this update insulting seeing as they only fixed the darker skin tones adding 100 or so swatches while leaving the light ones as bad as it always has been.

I really appreciate the addition of the color sliders but honestly it should have been available from the start, so I don't think it's something worth congratulating EAxis for.But it's still a good addition that comes without requiring players to purchase a pack, I guess."itolduso;c-17713189" wrote:I've never played Sims 3, but I heard that its CAS was more in-depth than Sims 4. Seems like that would have carried over to Sims 4, but it didnt.As someone who played 4 first and then 3, I don't think that's necessarily true. You might be thinking of Create-a-Style, tattoos, and custom colors for clothing, which is a huge plus for the Sims 3, but Sims 3's CAS still lacks a lot of features that was introduced in Sims 4, such as the ability to keep your hairstyle for your hats, options for men to wear female clothing (and perhaps vice versa), wearing accessories on both arms rather than mostly put on your right arm, walk styles, expanded gender options, and its more intuitive pinch and pull system.I still don't think it's any excuse to leave out some things that made the Sims 3 better, however. Sims 4 ideally should be an upgrade to Sims 3 in every way and I'll still lament the lack of Create-a-Style in Sims 4 for eternity.

Appreciation for the coming Skin Tones Update

15 Replies

SimmerGeorge
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I love them too and honestly they are really delivering good content with the sliders and all. But I'm just wondering, if they could add those features into the game, why not do it from the start? Not just the skin tones but also the sliders.
itolduso99
Not applicable
5 years ago
"SimmerGeorge;c-17713140" wrote:
I love them too and honestly they are really delivering good content with the sliders and all. But I'm just wondering, if they could add those features into the game, why not do it from the start? Not just the skin tones but also the sliders.

That's a good question. They should have added them from the start.

I've never played Sims 3, but I heard that its CAS was more in-depth than Sims 4. Seems like that would have carried over to Sims 4, but it didnt.
SEREFRAS
Legend
5 years ago
That's why I kept going back to Sims 3. The Color Wheel & Sliders were great.
It only took over 6 years for Sims 4 to finally come up with Color Slides.
My daughter & I have recently noticed that Sims 4 is slowly becoming the best of Sims 3. We are so happy about that. :)
ChadSims2
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
No thanks here from me at this point I only find this update insulting seeing as they only fixed the darker skin tones adding 100 or so swatches while leaving the light ones as bad as it always has been.
MarioBabyLuigi
Not applicable
5 years ago
I really appreciate the addition of the color sliders but honestly it should have been available from the start, so I don't think it's something worth congratulating EAxis for.

But it's still a good addition that comes without requiring players to purchase a pack, I guess.

"itolduso;c-17713189" wrote:

I've never played Sims 3, but I heard that its CAS was more in-depth than Sims 4. Seems like that would have carried over to Sims 4, but it didnt.

As someone who played 4 first and then 3, I don't think that's necessarily true. You might be thinking of Create-a-Style, tattoos, and custom colors for clothing, which is a huge plus for the Sims 3, but Sims 3's CAS still lacks a lot of features that was introduced in Sims 4, such as the ability to keep your hairstyle for your hats, options for men to wear female clothing (and perhaps vice versa), wearing accessories on both arms rather than mostly put on your right arm, walk styles, expanded gender options, and its more intuitive pinch and pull system.

I still don't think it's any excuse to leave out some things that made the Sims 3 better, however. Sims 4 ideally should be an upgrade to Sims 3 in every way and I'll still lament the lack of Create-a-Style in Sims 4 for eternity.
GroovyLady1968
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
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Phantasmagoria9
Not applicable
5 years ago
"SimmerGeorge;c-17713140" wrote:
I love them too and honestly they are really delivering good content with the sliders and all. But I'm just wondering, if they could add those features into the game, why not do it from the start? Not just the skin tones but also the sliders.

There are SOOO many things they logically should have added from the start but if you do that - what are you going to do for the next five or more years? LOL!
Like the modders who can figure out how to fix things but somehow it's impossible for the developers to add?
CAPTAIN_NXR7
Legend
5 years ago
I’m looking forward to the patch. And although I do think that there are now way more choices for darker skin tones (in all fairness, there were always more dark tones compared to light tones ??‍♂️ - neither light or dark was great) I’m going to wait and see how the light/ dark sliders work on the fairer skin tones before I form a final opinion in this.
comicsforever
Not applicable
5 years ago
"ChadSims2;c-17713286" wrote:
No thanks here from me at this point I only find this update insulting seeing as they only fixed the darker skin tones adding 100 or so swatches while leaving the light ones as bad as it always has been.

there were all sorts of skin tones and I think we might be able to make custom tones as well look at this
https://youtu.be/eghj7an9WZ4
Sharooonia
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
I appreciate the effort made for those that needed this update. I still think more work needs to be done though. It doesn't bother me much but I've seen others complain of lacking improvements for the lighter skin tones.

Also I'm not looking forward to this patch. It's going to break my favourite custom default skins and I have no idea if the creator is still around to fix them.