WIP: SimLife (Character) Generator
Published: 2-27-2026 (Version 1.3) | Updated: N/A
SUMMARY
“You can tell a better story when you have a more fleshed out character” – @simulationprincess, 2026
The SimLife Generator (v1.3) is an Excel-based tool for generating Sims 2 character profiles – this will work for Sims 3 and 4 on a limited basis. Use it to create new sims, play with ideas, edit existing sims, or get unstuck in Bodyshop/Create-A-Sim. You'll be able to create profiles for your sim’s background, family, hobbies, relationships, career, lifestyle, and more!
DETAILS
This tool will work best if you have all EPs/SPs - use your own judgement otherwise.
I’ll be using ‘clean’ templates in my new save and I prefer to make my own townies and NPCs – this tool is designed to generate a LOT of detail that you can pick and choose from, then apply as needed.
Here are the major features of the SimLife Generator:
Works as a standalone (offline) tool and can be easily integrated alongside your existing sim-related spreadsheets.
Separate tabs for each profile – face, body, personality, etc. –so that you can concentrate on what you need and ignore everything else.
Profiles will include both default and custom content suggestions – disregard what doesn’t apply to your sim. Sims 2 default items are generated on separate lines for ease (“DEF”).
Reference pics for some items (face, eye, and nose shapes) for those unfamiliar with face/body/makeup terms.
Works for Sims 3/Sims 4 too (on a limited basis – you will need to do a bit more interpretation).
Lots of descriptive details are available to help you create unique faces/bodies – not everything will have a literal button/slider in Create-A-Sim (i.e. there is no “dad bod” or “bottom-heavy” toggle in-game but the detail can help you assign unique physical features).
IMPORTANT: Generated suggestions will come from a non-AI, small language model (SML). Text items will be stored in the gray “DATA-“ tabs – DO NOT ALTER THESE unless you know what you’re doing. In fact, I recommend keeping a back up copy of the file just in case you alter something beyond repair.
ITEMS (PREVIEWS)
Only a handful of profiles are previewed here – there will be more to choose from in the official release.
HOME SCREEN – Welcome to your SimLife Generator home screen! Enter the number of default and custom FULL FACE templates you have installed – this will generate all profiles. Then, select any profile type from the home screen or by clicking on any of the colored tabs.
FACE -(Hair/Face) – Generate a fresh face along with hair, make-up, style, and grooming preferences. Steps 1-4 are intended for Sims 2: Bodyshop but will work in the in-game Create-A-Sim (“Pooklet Method”).
Step 5 is applicable to all games. Every sim deserves a face card that won’t decline!
BODY (Genetics/Body) - Fitness (Slim/Fat) is a default Sims 2 category but there is plenty of detail here to go well beyond that – body frame, definition, shape, and more! The language is specific where necessary but still very much open to interpretation.
Custom suggestions incorporate 200+ Sims 2 body shapes, including shapes from BSOK Editor V2.4r (via @picknmixsims, @blueheavensims, and Boseknows, 2026), mfBSOK (Norica via @ThePlumbbobKeep, 2020), ACME Catalog (CelestialSpider and RugratOne via @theacmecatalogue), and more – from Warlokk’s collection all the way up to the newer shapes across the gender/body spectrum. Fantasy/Occult shapes are included as well!
PERSONALITY (Traits/Zodiac/Aspiration) – use default TS2 traits, zodiac, and aspiration details to define your sim’s behavior and ultimate direction in life.
NOTE: Details such as lucky days, birthstones, houses, rising signs, floral signs, etc. have been reworked for simming/gameplay purposes – do not expect items to conform to any real-world astrological system.
There is support for custom zodiac mods such as the Elder Scrolls/Tamrielic zodiac (12Raben, 2025). I’ve also written one for the Kine Society (Bovine Zodiac), Omiscans (TS4), and an afrocentric, plant-themed one for Dambele (TS4)/Afrocentric simmers (inspired in part by @simulationprincess latest LP).
This profile will include basic personality traits which will be used to calculate your sim’s “Enneagram-Aspiration” and “Similish Myers-Briggs Type Indicators.” This is meant to be additional inspiration for those who prefer to play their sims based on their personalities. Again, you can always take the basic/default suggestions and ignore the rest.
OTHER PROFILES – PETS & DATING
Other tabs will include profiles for pets (limited to cats, dogs, horses) and even dating preferences (attraction, turn ons/offs, woohoo preferences, etc.).
There is a lot to this tool and I’m learning excel coding as I go – I hope to release the generator in early spring 2026.
CREDITS
Thanks: @chocolatecitysim, @ch4rmsing, Ranabluu, @haziewhims, SimFan333, YessuDessu/@brownsugarbabesims, Waterpixlez, @guessimate, SimBuilderJess. Sims2/Simming communities.
Sources: Any Color You Like (@curiousb, 2010), Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik), Pookley (2022; 2014), Simllama & LilithPleasant (2018), Shien (n.d.), @12raben (2025), Michelle (2013), The Sims Wiki, Veronavillequiltingbee (2021), Sun & Moon Star Factory (2017) Sims VIP (n.d.), Missmck via Thesimsmedieval.fandom.com
Generators: BACCulator (@chocolatecitysim, 2025), Crumpulator (@lordcrumps, 2026; 2024), WAPulator (TheWap, 2026), Sim-Generators (Kawaii-Stacie, n.d.), Create A Sim Generator: Sims 4 (Soliyl, 2025)
Other: WikiHow, Nair, BeBeautiful, Haircode.com, Byrdie, Lilac St., The Knowledge Academy, Mad Group via Recode (2023), Astroseek, International Gem Society (2022), Old Farmer’s Almanac (2025a, 2025b, 2025c, 2026a, 2026b), Brittanica, Zodiac Dude via Princeton.edu, Dracan via forums.elderscrollsonline.com (2014), Yes Spiral, Spencerfromthehills via Reddit (2022), Adrianna via Californiapsychics.com (2021), Sketchplantations, SourGreg via Reddit (2018), Ethereality111 via Reddit (2024), Tarot.com (2026), Thecrystalcouncil.com (2018-2026), Gardenia.net, Original Botanica (2023), Tree2MyDoor (2026), Clarke via Lovepaper.org (n.d.), Charles via Mind Journal (2025; 2017), The Cornrow (2023), Chulpayev via MadeManBarber.com (2025), Cait (2020), Getty Images, Molly Jewelry US (2025), NASA, CfAH (n.d.), Baraton (2025), Esteves (2024), Gulf Coast Facial Plastic and ENT Center (2026), Pampered Image Team (2025), Neecey (via Allwomenstalk.com, 2025), Year and Vestic (via WikiHow, 2025), Digital Team (via yesmadam, 2025), Tabeebo (2025), L’oreal (2020), Centeno (via Real Men Real Style, 2025), Simmons (via Alpine Swiss, 2023), Bewakoof.com, Jordan and Vestic (via WikiHow, 2026), Bossman (n.d.), Sadurskii and Minyard (via WikiHow, 2025), Burrows (via Modern Gentleman Magazine, 2024)
