Hello, I’d like to make 2 of my twin sims identical; can I just use SimPE to copy ones face onto the other? From what I could find online this also copies the clothes of the shared faces original owner; hopefully thats it for whats copied and I’m not risking outright making another version of the first sim haha
How to edit a sim face only on SimPE
So there is a way to edit only the sim face and create the identical twins that you want anon, no clothes and DNA, aside from the face, will be changed (I did a quick test on the face DNA, keep reading to find out what I found).
So you'll need either the Chris Hatch SimPE version that has the tool you need (Be warned that there is a version where it has sexual fictional characters images in it. They're clothed but still stating it as a warning just in case) or add Theo's tool in your SimPE plugin folder (I have a guide on how to install it here)
So after you got the tool needed and opened up SimPE we're gonna need to first get the sim that will import their face to the other sim. So go -> tools -> neighbourhood and then Sim Surgery (Alt Sim Surgery if you are using Theo's plugin tool).
In this tutorial example, I'm gonna make the pleasant girl twins look identical. Using Lilith as the one to give Angela her face template.
So after I found Lilith Pleasant in the sim pool I select her and then click the use button on the Patient Sim tab. I then click the export button to get her character data, which we need to pass on Lilith's face template. It will automatically send you to save her file on your saved sims folder. Save it there for now. Remember to delete it later once you're done with all the steps in this tutorial.
After saving Lilith's character data file we can now start with the face replacement step.
Open up the sim surgery again and this time we're gonna select Angela. After finding her, press the use button on the patient sim tab and this time click the "face only". Now click the load... button, that's next to Archetype sim, and use the Lilith file we just saved inside the saved sim folder. You should see the name of the file under External File.
After making sure you're using the correct sim file, patient sim and clicked face only, you can now click surgery on the bottom right. Congrats, you have just made your identical twins! Let's check in-game that all is correct.
After entering the lot of the sims you edited, sometime their face won't have changed to the new one you gave. No worries, we can fix that by just entering the change appearance either by sending them to a mirror or using simblender.
Forgot to mention I used a hood that I tested my GC sims on...oops. She doesn't look like Lilith's default game face but Angela still looks correctly like she should by now having Lilith's GC face.
And if you noticed. The face only tab also does as it says and ONLY changes the face while keeping the DNA the sim had before. So if the twins you want to look identical have different DNA, the DNA will at least be kept.
So I have been using this feature for a while with no issues but I wasn't sure if their facial DNA was also changed. So much to Angela's displeasure I'll be using her to test if she will have a chance to give her babies her new face or if her default base game will instead be used.
And as shown below, after I aged her up, and had her have two babies. One is her clone (done just in case none of her facial DNA passed to her test kids) and the other is with Dustin (since I needed a male doner). Both versions have successfully gained her new face as Angela's DNA 😃... man clone baby just proves that Angela's face feature was the one that strongly passed on, not sure if it was just pure luck here. Would advise you to test this more anon.
Hi, I just want to say that I’m in love with your genetically correct premades project, I’m deeply considering replacing them on my neighborhoods as soon as I can because of it. My biggest concern is that the only method that I know to “replace” them is through placing the clone to the family bin in the neighborhood where the Subject Sim (the one who needs the new genetics) lives and SimSurgery from there. Ask 1/2
My question is, is it possible to replace the new genetics without dealing with clones in the bin? Sorry this is a mess, Google has so far given me the one method I mentioned previously. Ask 2/2
Hello, complicatedmerary! There is indeed a way to simsurgery the premades without having the clone clutter up your neighbourhood’s family bin. I tried to look for the tutorial that taught me how to do it but I just couldn’t find it, so I made my own. Hope you and others can still understand it.
Edited 4th July 2019: I forgot to give a heads up that the plugin will override a sims genes with what the clone sim has on. So if you would like a sim to carry both parents genes and not just what they have now, here’s a tutorial that shows you how to edit a sims DNA (link)
1) Your gonna need to download this SimPE plugin by Theo, that allows you to use a Sims package file (The file that bodyshop stores in SavedSims Folder, whenever you save a sim/projects) to replace another sims feature. Make sure you then place the plugin inside SimPE’s plugin folder, as shown below.
2) Because I shared the GC sims in Sim2Pack files. Your gonna need to “install” them in order to get their sims package file. Place their sims package in a folder you’ll remember and rename each sim package. If your gonna replace a bunch of sims your gonna need to know which sim package is who’s. The plugin doesn’t show a preview of the sims in the replace tab.
3) Now you can open up SimPE and after opening the neighbourhood that has the sim/s you wish to replace with open Tools –> Neighbourhood –> Alt Sims Surgery
4) Once it finishes loading your then gonna search for the sim you want to replace in the sims pool (on the right) and select their profile pic and then click use on the Patient Sim tab. Then on the Archetype Sim tab, you click on load instead of use, you then go to the folder you placed the sim package file (of the sim you wish to replace with). While the picture won’t show up, you’ll know you loaded up the sim when you see the package filename being shown under name.
From there you can choose if you want only certain features to be replaced (like clicking the face only tab so that only a sims face feature is replaced while the rest stay the same) if your happy with the Archetype Sim replacing everything (Everyday outfit, Makeup, DNA and Face Feature) of the patient sim then don’t click on anything else and just click surgery, on the bottom right corner.
And now when you load up the neighbourhood, you’ll see your sim replaced with the look you wanted and not have to worry about clones walking about.
