Fiarfli's TS4 CC Reference blog

Hi! This is just where I reblog Sims 4 custom content and other Sims 4 related stuff; I'm not super active atm but feel free to say hi!

[alliemonade]

Uncommon Eyebrows

-Adds 8 new eyebrow shapes

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Hii Im back again! Today with some new eyebrows ^^ I would love to see the paras you make with my cc(tag me if you do idk)

Download here:

Steam Workshop::Uncommon Eyebrows

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[townofcrosshollow]

Hello Paralives community 👋

I'm a 3D artist who's never been super interested in the oversaturated Sims 4 mod scene, but I'm super excited to make stuff for Paralives! You might have seen me on the workshop already:

I'm dipping my toes in with easier stuff, especially texture-only stuff like tattoos, makeup, eyes, skin details, etc. However I'm also looking into the idea of trying to convert my favourite clothes and hair from TS4 into Paralives, with the textures edited to match the paralives style.

Right now I'm not planning on doing any custom content. However! If there are any particular items or categories of items you want converted, let me know and I'll keep it in mind! (I have access to nearly every pack)

What are you looking for more of?

Hairstyles

Male clothing

Female clothing

Skin details, tattoos, makeup

Voting ended onJun 5

Also, to be clear because people are insane, all of my paralives stuff will be free forever, OBVIOUSLY. I'm an indie bitch through and through, we ain't letting that shit invade

[dreamtyme]

Sims 3 Camera Mod

For those of you looking for a Sims 3 camera mod that is not behind an early access pawall, here is a mod from @arro-now on Nexus mods:

Paralives Sims 3 Camera

Makes Paralives camera behave like the one in The Sims 3.

I'm not going to be using mods unless they are available on the Steam Workshop, and I know that means I won't be using scripted mods. However, I want to support modders who are providing free mods to the community, so I wanted to give this a plug.

I am pretty content with the camera at the moment and only have one setting set up on a local mod. I'll share how I did that in a later post. In the meantime, here is your Sims 3 camera. 😘

[sveut-cc]

My second custom content hairstyle collection for Paralives is finally here!

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This collection includes six masculine hairstyles designed with a semi-realistic style in mind, while still fitting naturally into the world of Paralives.

Each hairstyle comes with 4 different texture pattern variations, allowing you to choose the finish that best suits your Para's style.

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♡ Includes:

• 6 different masculine hairstyles • 4 texture pattern variations for each hairstyle

I've continued learning and experimenting throughout the creation process, and I'm excited to share this first masculine collection with the community.

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INFO :

All hairstyles are Hat-compatible.

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More CC is already on the way ✨

Do not hesitate to give me feedback!

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DOWNLOAD ON STEAM // SEND A CC SUGGESTION

// DOWNLOAD ON NEXUS MODS

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[andallthatparalives]

I made a mod that makes lip details fully customizable in Paralives

Yeah, you heard that right. Pick and choose highlights and shadows to create your own custom lips for your para, separate and compatible with lipsticks. It also allows modders to add their own custom lip masks that the player can choose from.

You can find it for download on the Workshop here.

Due to the lack of dependencies on the workshop, it's impossible to add new highlight and shadow options to these categories, so artists out there have my full permission to clone this mod and add their own new options so long as you link back to the original. I'd love to someday have one huge mod with a dozen different artists' skin detail options that folks can choose from...

[sveut-cc]

Sveut-CC : Feminine Hair Collection #1 ✨

My very first custom content hairstyle collection for Paralives is finally here!

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This collection includes several feminine hairstyles designed with a semi-realistic style in mind, while still fitting naturally into the world of Paralives.

Each hairstyle comes with 4 different texture pattern variations, so you can easily switch between slightly different hair finishes and looks depending on your character’s style.

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♡ Includes:

6 different feminine hairstyles

4 texture pattern variations for each hairstyle

I’ve been learning and experimenting a lot while creating these, and I’m really excited to finally share this first collection with the community.

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INFO :

The Curly Bob does not have Hat Compatibility as it is too big to fit in a hat. The other ones are all Hat-compatible !

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More CC is already on the way ✨

Do not hesitate to give me feedbacks !

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DOWNLOAD ON STEAM // SEND A CC SUGGESTION // DOWNLOAD ON NEXUS MODS

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[andallthatparalives]

Sims 4 -> Paralives Hair Conversion Tutorial

Do you want a specific hairstyle in Paralives? Selection too limited for you? I'm gonna show you how to convert any Sims 4 hairstyle to Paralives in 7 easy(ish) steps!

This tutorial requires you to have some basic knowledge of Blender, modelling, and texturing, so this is by no means a beginner tutorial- if you want that, I'd recommend checking out Paralives' wiki.gg modding guide!

You will need need to download Blender 4.2.4, the Human Rig, and the UV Layout from this page here. To export models and textures from TS4, you will need Sims 4 Studio. This tutorial also requires access to a painting or photo editing tool with layers, I'm using Clip Studio Paint.

Step 1: Pick your hair

Not every hairstyle will be a good fit! Since Sims and Paras don't have the same head shape, any hairstyle that shows the hairline or head will require a lot more work to shape it and remake the textures. For your first try I'd recommend a medium-length style with no hairline showing. I'm using Sienna's hair from Horse Ranch, which only has a bit of hairline on the right side of the head, to demonstrate.

Once you've picked the style, open Sims 4 Studio. Select "Create CAS Standalone" and hit "CAS." Select the grey or greyish white variant of the hairstyle you like, and create a dummy package (you can delete this later).

Now, under the Texture tab, make sure "Diffuse" is selected and export the texture. Name it something or place it somewhere so that you'll remember it's the original. Go to the Meshes tab and export the mesh.

Step 2: Prep The Hair

Open up your original hair mesh in Blender. It'll come with a bunch of crap you don't need, plus three files labelled s4studio_mesh_1-3. That's your hair mesh and the two hat chops. Shift+select those three files and export as FBX. Make sure you tick to limit to Selected Objects. Now you can open up HumanRig and import your hair FBX. Sims are bigger than Paras, so you can grab all three of them and scale them down in layout mode, I chose 0.85 in this project. There will be a weird cap attached to the hair- move the whole object so that it roughly lines up with the head (it doesn't have to be perfect!), paying careful attention to matching the ear position. This cap will be your hairline later. Make sure all your hat chops are all still aligned.

Once all of this is in place, apply all transforms and reset your origin to the 3D cursor. Do this any time you need to adjust it in layout mode!

Step 3: Remodel VERY CAREFULLY

Make sure all three meshes are still selected, and switch to edit mode. Any changes we make to one mesh should also be made to the other two. When you need to move a vertex, switch to X-ray mode and drag to select all overlapping vertices. Enable proportional editing to move larger areas smoothly. Since paras don't have the same head shape as sims, the skull cap won't match up perfectly- we want to approximate a smooth transition by burying the edge vertices in the head, but keep the rest visible so that the hairline shows up correctly. Be careful not to rip any vertices or create any differences between the three meshes. If you make a mistake, don't be afraid to restart. You should also fix any other issues at this stage- sims have huge foreheads, so my para's head was sticking straight out the top of this mesh, I used proportional editing to carefully lift it up.

Step 4: Fix your hat chops!

Hat chops are the alternate version of the hair that is shown when the character wears a hat. In both Paralives and TS4, there are straight and angled hat chops. Identify and label which is which. Under the HatStandards folder, there are a number of reference models we can use to check our work. For each chop, carefully move the vertices with proportional editing so that they match up with, but don't exceed, the "hair limit." With the angled chop, turn on the "HatStandardAngled" model to test if your hair is visible through it- if so, bring it closer to the head.

Step 5: Oh, Textures...

Textures are maybe the most annoying part of this. Load in your base texture as the Base Colour for the material your hair is using. Looks nice, right? Probably not very Paralives-y. Paralives uses a much flatter and more cartoony rendering style than TS4. To fix this, we're going to edit the texture. Now, regardless of what happens, you're going to have to edit the UVs at some point- I'll be doing it at the end and showing you how, but if you find it easier, skip to that step and go back here when you're done.

Here's a sample hair texture from the game and the hex codes it uses. We'll want to adjust the brightness of our texture to roughly match, that way it won't show up too bright or dark in game.

I have a clever strategy for this in Clip Studio. I make a rainbow gradient map, and adjust the colours until they match each zone.

Now that we're in a good colour range, I'm going to separate any important hairline details onto their own layer, lock transparency of the main "block," and start messing with it until it's a good base to draw on. I posterized it with 11 colour levels and then did a gaussian blur for a decent base. Then I went in with a brush to exaggerate and smooth out the shapes. The Paralives team uses a very blendy gradient with some fingertip pulls to make it look paintery, then some more defined shadows. I go in with my dark pencil to sharpen up the shadows and then blend out the other colours.

At this point, you can start saving your file and importing it to Blender. Check what it looks like and start making adjustments. If you find an issue, you can bring the model into Texture Paint mode, paint a dot on the offending piece, and see where the dot appeared on the map to quickly reference where the problem is.

The rest of the painting process is just art! Try replicating a texture from the game that's similar to your hairstyle.

Now that we're done with the fun part.... it's time for UV hell.

Step 6: Suffer

I've never met a single artist who enjoys doing UVs. Luckily, we don't have too much to do here.

Open up the UV editor and replace the background image with the Parafolks UV Layout we downloaded earlier. Now, switch to edit mode and grab all the vertices of your hair. Under the UV tab, select "Export UV Layout." Save the image using a name that indicates it's the original. Now grab that big box of vertices and move it to the right and down so that it lines up with the cyan box labelled "hair." Move the skullcap part up and align the ears. If your hair has extra textures hidden within the skull part of the head, you'll need to move these around to fit into the remaining space in the purple "head" zone. Once your UVs are finished, export them again, this time marking them as the new ones.

Okay, you survived that far. Now back to the image editing. Import both the original and new UVs to your texture file. Place the new UVs below your texture layer, the original UVs over it, and set the texture to a low opacity. With both the original UVs and texture selected, draw a selection box around your square of UVs, and move it to the bottom corner. Place it so that the UV lines match up exactly, pixel for pixel. Voila, now your texture matches the new UVs.

There's just the issue of the hairline (and, if you have them, any pieces hidden on the skull section). Sadly, there's no way around it, you're gonna have to do it manually. Grab each piece using the same method and the lasso tool, and line them up one by one. For hairlines that you had to manipulate, align as much as you can with the least stretched part of the uvs, and then cut, rotate, and stretch them into place. This is why I didn't paint the hairline during the last part. Now that it's in place, I paint it to match.

Step 7: Set up the mod!

Now that you're happy with your hair's model and textures, you can follow this official tutorial to skin it, create a mask, and set up the mod in-game. This Sienna haircut is not available on the workshop yet because uh.... well it's definitely not because I got lazy and didn't feel like skinning it today (the only thing worse than UVs is weight painting).

But now that you're done this tutorial, go forth! Be free! And steal assets from The Sims 4! Just remember to get permission before converting any other CC creators' work. And if you use this tutorial, please let me know! I need more hairstyles....

[leeleesims1]

Once I figure out how, I'm gonna be making so much Paralives CC 😝🩷🩷🩷

[andallthatparalives]

I made a mod that makes lip details fully customizable in Paralives

Yeah, you heard that right. Pick and choose highlights and shadows to create your own custom lips for your para, separate and compatible with lipsticks. It also allows modders to add their own custom lip masks that the player can choose from.

You can find it for download on the Workshop here.

Due to the lack of dependencies on the workshop, it's impossible to add new highlight and shadow options to these categories, so artists out there have my full permission to clone this mod and add their own new options so long as you link back to the original. I'd love to someday have one huge mod with a dozen different artists' skin detail options that folks can choose from...

[myshunosun]

Supernova Eyes and Highlights for Paralives

Supernova Eyes are soft default replacement eyes that are evocative of my Clover Eyes for The Sims 4. To complement the defaults, I also created 4 new eye highlights that add extra depth.

Default eyes (Steam Workshop) / Eye highlights (Steam Workshop)* / Support me**

Supernova Eyes:

Default replacement for all ages

Fully recolorable

Supernova Eye Highlights:

4 new highlights (found in eye highlights category)

1 recolorable channel

Adjustable opacity

CTRL + click on the thumbnail if it's not generated (this is a Paralives bug)

*Log in to Steam or Paralives to view. Steam Workshop allows for easy downloading of mods and custom content for Paralives. It also enables creators to easily update any uploaded content, which in turn makes it easier for you to track the status of your mods. And, it's free!

**Your support means that I can continue publishing my custom content for free. Follow me: Patreon / Tumblr / Instagram / Bluesky

[cruxsims]

Sandrone hair for Paralives

Second Paralives hair! Converted from my TS4 Sandrone hair as well, I wanted to give something to the girls <3

INFO:

Hat chops

Fully recolorable roots and tips

15k poly

CREDITS:

Simandy's streak mesh

ssspringroll's importable braids

[DOWNLOAD] [TOU]

[paralivez]

My first makeup set is available on the steam workshop! 2 eyeliner sets and 1 eyeshadow set- all 3 with variations. All able to be recolored or have the opacity changed :)

Find it here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3735299295 (Z's Mini Alt Makeup Pack)

[playpara]

Modular Eyelights: The Update

Steam Workshop

Literally a day after it first went up, I made this mod 4x bigger. The most nightmarishly massive all-you-can-eat buffet of eyeshine effects ever, for cartoon, sci-fi, and realistic paras. No matter your preferred art style, there's a cool thing to put in your eye.

(Or you can just use the circle to recolour the pupil.)

[andallthatparalives]

Sims 4 -> Paralives Hair Conversion Tutorial

Do you want a specific hairstyle in Paralives? Selection too limited for you? I'm gonna show you how to convert any Sims 4 hairstyle to Paralives in 7 easy(ish) steps!

This tutorial requires you to have some basic knowledge of Blender, modelling, and texturing, so this is by no means a beginner tutorial- if you want that, I'd recommend checking out Paralives' wiki.gg modding guide!

You will need need to download Blender 4.2.4, the Human Rig, and the UV Layout from this page here. To export models and textures from TS4, you will need Sims 4 Studio. This tutorial also requires access to a painting or photo editing tool with layers, I'm using Clip Studio Paint.

Step 1: Pick your hair

Not every hairstyle will be a good fit! Since Sims and Paras don't have the same head shape, any hairstyle that shows the hairline or head will require a lot more work to shape it and remake the textures. For your first try I'd recommend a medium-length style with no hairline showing. I'm using Sienna's hair from Horse Ranch, which only has a bit of hairline on the right side of the head, to demonstrate.

Once you've picked the style, open Sims 4 Studio. Select "Create CAS Standalone" and hit "CAS." Select the grey or greyish white variant of the hairstyle you like, and create a dummy package (you can delete this later).

Now, under the Texture tab, make sure "Diffuse" is selected and export the texture. Name it something or place it somewhere so that you'll remember it's the original. Go to the Meshes tab and export the mesh.

Step 2: Prep The Hair

Open up your original hair mesh in Blender. It'll come with a bunch of crap you don't need, plus three files labelled s4studio_mesh_1-3. That's your hair mesh and the two hat chops. Shift+select those three files and export as FBX. Make sure you tick to limit to Selected Objects. Now you can open up HumanRig and import your hair FBX. Sims are bigger than Paras, so you can grab all three of them and scale them down in layout mode, I chose 0.85 in this project. There will be a weird cap attached to the hair- move the whole object so that it roughly lines up with the head (it doesn't have to be perfect!), paying careful attention to matching the ear position. This cap will be your hairline later. Make sure all your hat chops are all still aligned.

Once all of this is in place, apply all transforms and reset your origin to the 3D cursor. Do this any time you need to adjust it in layout mode!

Step 3: Remodel VERY CAREFULLY

Make sure all three meshes are still selected, and switch to edit mode. Any changes we make to one mesh should also be made to the other two. When you need to move a vertex, switch to X-ray mode and drag to select all overlapping vertices. Enable proportional editing to move larger areas smoothly. Since paras don't have the same head shape as sims, the skull cap won't match up perfectly- we want to approximate a smooth transition by burying the edge vertices in the head, but keep the rest visible so that the hairline shows up correctly. Be careful not to rip any vertices or create any differences between the three meshes. If you make a mistake, don't be afraid to restart. You should also fix any other issues at this stage- sims have huge foreheads, so my para's head was sticking straight out the top of this mesh, I used proportional editing to carefully lift it up.

Step 4: Fix your hat chops!

Hat chops are the alternate version of the hair that is shown when the character wears a hat. In both Paralives and TS4, there are straight and angled hat chops. Identify and label which is which. Under the HatStandards folder, there are a number of reference models we can use to check our work. For each chop, carefully move the vertices with proportional editing so that they match up with, but don't exceed, the "hair limit." With the angled chop, turn on the "HatStandardAngled" model to test if your hair is visible through it- if so, bring it closer to the head.

Step 5: Oh, Textures...

Textures are maybe the most annoying part of this. Load in your base texture as the Base Colour for the material your hair is using. Looks nice, right? Probably not very Paralives-y. Paralives uses a much flatter and more cartoony rendering style than TS4. To fix this, we're going to edit the texture. Now, regardless of what happens, you're going to have to edit the UVs at some point- I'll be doing it at the end and showing you how, but if you find it easier, skip to that step and go back here when you're done.

Here's a sample hair texture from the game and the hex codes it uses. We'll want to adjust the brightness of our texture to roughly match, that way it won't show up too bright or dark in game.

I have a clever strategy for this in Clip Studio. I make a rainbow gradient map, and adjust the colours until they match each zone.

Now that we're in a good colour range, I'm going to separate any important hairline details onto their own layer, lock transparency of the main "block," and start messing with it until it's a good base to draw on. I posterized it with 11 colour levels and then did a gaussian blur for a decent base. Then I went in with a brush to exaggerate and smooth out the shapes. The Paralives team uses a very blendy gradient with some fingertip pulls to make it look paintery, then some more defined shadows. I go in with my dark pencil to sharpen up the shadows and then blend out the other colours.

At this point, you can start saving your file and importing it to Blender. Check what it looks like and start making adjustments. If you find an issue, you can bring the model into Texture Paint mode, paint a dot on the offending piece, and see where the dot appeared on the map to quickly reference where the problem is.

The rest of the painting process is just art! Try replicating a texture from the game that's similar to your hairstyle.

Now that we're done with the fun part.... it's time for UV hell.

Step 6: Suffer

I've never met a single artist who enjoys doing UVs. Luckily, we don't have too much to do here.

Open up the UV editor and replace the background image with the Parafolks UV Layout we downloaded earlier. Now, switch to edit mode and grab all the vertices of your hair. Under the UV tab, select "Export UV Layout." Save the image using a name that indicates it's the original. Now grab that big box of vertices and move it to the right and down so that it lines up with the cyan box labelled "hair." Move the skullcap part up and align the ears. If your hair has extra textures hidden within the skull part of the head, you'll need to move these around to fit into the remaining space in the purple "head" zone. Once your UVs are finished, export them again, this time marking them as the new ones.

Okay, you survived that far. Now back to the image editing. Import both the original and new UVs to your texture file. Place the new UVs below your texture layer, the original UVs over it, and set the texture to a low opacity. With both the original UVs and texture selected, draw a selection box around your square of UVs, and move it to the bottom corner. Place it so that the UV lines match up exactly, pixel for pixel. Voila, now your texture matches the new UVs.

There's just the issue of the hairline (and, if you have them, any pieces hidden on the skull section). Sadly, there's no way around it, you're gonna have to do it manually. Grab each piece using the same method and the lasso tool, and line them up one by one. For hairlines that you had to manipulate, align as much as you can with the least stretched part of the uvs, and then cut, rotate, and stretch them into place. This is why I didn't paint the hairline during the last part. Now that it's in place, I paint it to match.

Step 7: Set up the mod!

Now that you're happy with your hair's model and textures, you can follow this official tutorial to skin it, create a mask, and set up the mod in-game. This Sienna haircut is not available on the workshop yet because uh.... well it's definitely not because I got lazy and didn't feel like skinning it today (the only thing worse than UVs is weight painting).

But now that you're done this tutorial, go forth! Be free! And steal assets from The Sims 4! Just remember to get permission before converting any other CC creators' work. And if you use this tutorial, please let me know! I need more hairstyles....

[dhreamcc]

Leilani Curly Hair

A curly hairstyle with 2 buns + 2 strands in the front AND 2 accessory clips for you to add! (don't worry, the edges + clips are removable!) ⭐📗 Download (early access!) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/159975303?pr=true

Hair:

EA swatches

teen-elder

Custom Thumbnail

ALL LODs

Base Game

Hair Gradient Swatches cr: @aveirasims on tumblr!

High Poly ⚠️

Texture NOT compatible with hats! ⚠️

Edges:

Face Paint category

EA Swatches

Clips:

Earring category

12 Swatches

[simandy]

Commissioned by Newblu!

Had as much fun as trouble with this one lol But I managed to make every single overlay work with each other! I'm always thankful for your creative ideas!!! I love this!!

BGC

All Lods

Hat Chops

Poly Count: 6.182

24 EA Colors + 3 swatches directly from the inspos

40 Puppy Crow Colors (You will need the "Hair" package for the extra colors to work)

7 options of Overlay available on TATTOOS

TOU (Terms of Use -> Read this if you have any questions about permissions, conversions, recolors, remeshes and such!)

       💜 • DOWNLOAD • MORE CC • 💙

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Adding to my usual begging moment, and again I'm really sorry about this because I hate this more than you do, but I am really struggling. My parents and I aren't making enough money to live. I'm finally a grad, but I still have debt to clear and I could really use the help. If each one of you donated $1 dollar, it would clear my entire debt AT ONCE. I'm not joking. Just please consider helping <3 Love you, may God bless us all.

COMMISSION ME! >>>

[gloobytrait]

dropping this here!!

This campaign needs you now

Cancel the deal between EA and Saudi Arabia's PIF Fund

[wistfulpoltergeist]

Yeah, okay. We can give it a try.

[simandy]

We can always try!