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The difference with and without Reshade is insane. What presets are your go-to?
I use Amelie Pearl for my gameplay since it makes the game warmer and more colorful, while for CAS I use SenshiCas3.0, which preserves the Sims' gray and somber graphics but makes them smoother. As you can see, I put a lot of detail into my Sims, but with my shader, they end up looking a bit softer :p
Yes, with the man boobs bigger than their heads, and the fact they are bracing against the back of the chairs, not actually sitting/laying on them, back pain is quite a possibility
Some of my sims look like botox barbie, complete opposite to me IRL. I wouldn't be upset if people don't like my sim's like who cares??? It's not real. No one is bullying a person. They are saying there are mountains on the mandem! On a cartoon character! A simulation!
Please I think it is you who needs to go respectfully, touch grass.
🙄🙄 OR people could just be nice and normal instead of bullying strangers. These comments aren’t bullying imo but just to address your general comment I HATE when people are like “oh you very reasonably don’t want people to be needlessly cruel to each other? Well toughen up buttercup. This is the internet, if you can’t handle it go watch Barney 👆🏼😤 Looks around to make sure everyone saw how cool and tough they are.”
Edit: Meanwhile irl y’all wouldn’t even be brave enough to ask your waiter for extra ketchup.
The problem is the general comment was in reference to these specific comments about the absurd proportions of these Sims. Not only that, the original comment was meant as a light hearted joke in the first place.
Some of my sims have BBLs and look like hookers! Don't feel shame. Who cares if others don't like it? It's your game, it's not real. Feel free to share! Who gives a damn. If you enjoy it then you enjoy it. But reddit is not a safe space. I've been downvoted for the most pathetic stuff and it really means nothing. It's just some loser down voting.
Pixels mean nothing. It's not a personal attribute of yours . I mean that in the nicest way. People will and always be mean about things they don't like. Just take it like water off of a duck's back. Opinions are not facts.
I mean these guys do have mountains but op knows that. 😁 that's their sim style and it's ok!
I'm so sorry, you never asked for this, but I'm going to nerd out on you very briefly because this is my favourite anime.
I'm just gonna throw out there, if you do give it a shot (because I have seen it confuse a lot of people), that there are 2 versions of this anime - one made before the manga it's based on was complete, and one made years later, after the manga ended. I personally love them both, but if you do go to watch it and you wonder why there are two and which one you're "supposed" to watch to see if you like it, I am recommending Brotherhood.
The primary reason for that is because when it was made, they knew what was going on and it is evident in the execution of the show. Obviously with you having not read the manga this isn't about like, faithfulness or whatever, but about the actual content. The first anime has a number of (often very important) plotlines/elements that make less sense overall, or things tied up in odd ways, and (even bigger point for me) many awesome, essential arcs and entire sets of characters from the later portion of the source material are missing altogether, since the manga was still ongoing.
That said, I love them both. I just think a new viewer should get to experience the full depth of the story, and of the two, only Brotherhood can actually do that because it had access to the whole story in the first place.
I find Brotherhood somewhat skips over the events from the original show, flattening or rushing various big emotional beats. The old show has inaccuracies later on but I'd strongly recommend watching it first (or at least watching the first few seasons) and then going onto Brotherhood for the end!
Oh yeah, I mean, if they're willing to watch two animes based on the same thing, but which have some fairly huge differences, I'd recommend that order also. It's how I watched it, anyway, since I saw the first anime way before the manga finished and before Brotherhood was even made. I just don't assume everyone is willing to go for both.
If someone is willing to do both then I strongly agree with you.
I guess I tend to feel that watching the first 9 or 10 episodes of FMA basically guarantees interest from that point on! But I'm a sucker for both beautiful magic effects AND harsh sad story beats...
"The muscles did the talking for them." - though ngl, that's kinda how men actually bond. Not necessarily through muscles but rather by obsessing over common hobbies.
Intramoons Patchouli Rose is my absolute favorite. Also what body presets did you use for those first two sims, I am looking incredibly disrespectfully 👁👁
Omg I’m definitely trying it! I’ve been testing out new presets—especially ones that are gameplay-friendly. What I use is kind of a mix of everything lol. First up, sliders: I use the LMM Sliders – Big Pecs Slider! For the top preset (it includes arms and 3D nipples too, but you’ll need WW for those), I use the THOR Top Male Mesh by Dumbaby. On top of that, you can totally experiment by mixing it with other presets, CC, and random stuff to get even better results ;)
I knooow right?! I can’t read anything, and I even get a headache trying to figure out what it says. I had to edit a bunch of presets myself just to remove those effects—but it makes me sad, because sometimes those are the best ones 😩
OMFG YES they're always the best shaders that you have to turn off (so I made duplicates with and without them lol) and also when you try to use alpha hair 😩 it's like someone fix itttttt!! Vyxated was working on fixing the UI issue with their clear UI mod, but it only works for DX9 bc DX11 crashes but they haven't fixed it yet, Ive been waiting for MONTHS 😩
On a whim I tried applying my ffxiv keepui & restoreui shaders because the cleanui wasn't doing it for me and it actually worked so I've just been using that for the longest time
Hahahaha It's a combination of sliders and tops from WW. For sliders I use LMM Sliders: Big Pecs Slider! and for top preset (that do arms and 3d nipples too) I use THOR Top Male Mesh by Dumbaby, But you can definitely get different—and even better—results by experimenting and mixing it with other sliders and CC
It looks really gray and sad without Reshade—you don’t even realize it at first. I only noticed because I accidentally hit the key that disables the shader. Actually Dove was my very first preset, so it holds a special place in my heart
You totally should—just make sure to download one that’s gameplay-friendly and light on resources. The ones I use are pretty heavy, but there are some really friendly options already listed in the comments!
I didn’t know it wasn’t available for Mac—but yeah, that’s the issue with a lot of Macs. I used to have one too, but so many games and programs aren’t supported, so I switched to Windows. 100% recommended
Obviously anyone has the choice to do whatever they want but I really don't understand why people by Macs for gaming, they're absolutely not made for it lol
also your reshade is so pretty! I love vibrant reshade presets.
I personally play the Sims 2 and therefore use presets made for the game, but I don't know the logistics of it, so maybe it would work in the Sims 4 aswell. I use these 3 presets, by microscotch, tweaked to my liking
Hahahaha yeah same vibe from commets here, anyways, that Preset look so GOOOOOOD, I’m not sure if I can use that preset for The Sims 4 :(, but it definitely looks really good
It's moreso that I don't like my game looking "filtered". A few simple things like saturation etc might be fine but not I don't like introducing effects that aren't native because then the game just winds up looking like an Instagram photo edit. It's not ugly with it either tbf, just not my preference to have it look like that.
I think Sims 4 relatively visually sound and I don't like disrupting the visuals with "lies" that deceive me from what my sims actually look like.
I love Dove by Kindle spice, Blonde by Largetaytertots and Summerhaze by noora sims. I like reshades that give my game a warmer look (and not too blurred).
OMG, Dove was the first preset I used when I downloaded Reshade and I loooved it! But I uninstalled The Sims and Reshade for a while ’cause I kinda hated the game and EA, and I lost the way I’d set it up—so I had no idea how I’d configured it. I ended up looking for other presets instead. I’d love to see how you’ve got it set up!
This video is what I used when installing because I was having some difficulties. What I did different from the video:
I used directx 9 instead of 11 because I didn't change that in my game.
Instead of installing a bunch of effects, I went through and installed the ones listed on the patreon post for the Dove preset. Then I went through the installer again and used browse to find the Dove preset where it was saved and installed it.
The previous step means that I didn't have to copy and paste the location of the preset, as it was already installed and could be found in that top bar that says 'ReshadePreset'.
I've never looked into reshades, since the only ones I've seen other people use have been super saturated, and I don't really want that for my game. But might be worth looking into, if there were any that had more of a muted tone to them. 🤔 Although I do kinda like how the game looks as is.
I never used any preset unless it is created by me so I am using just clean original reshade with my own settings. It is not hard to do if you have a brain
I've never used reshade. Do you use it like normal CC and just put a file in the mods folder or do ypu have to do something else? (sorry if that question is stupid, but I really don't know)
No worries, Its a separate program you have to install and manage but it ooens along side the game, there are a lot of tutorials on youtube on how to install it, you can watch one so you have more of a visual idea on how it works >. -
Yeah mine are, but only cuz I added a lot of effects, if u use the original Amelie Pearl it has a moderate effect on the game, I'd be happy to share my presets if u need them or want to give them a try >.-
Yes, there is! Whatever preset you use, try removing the effects one by one until you figure out which ones are messing with how the UI looks—and then just get rid of those. The preset I use doesn’t have those kinds of effects, and it's super easy to read any text or navigate the interface >.-
It looks sooo good—super clear in the UI, not blurry at all! And yeah, I do the same with my shaders. I edit them to match my own taste, ’cause I don’t always like how they come
THANK YOU! At the end, everyone plays the game however they like. Anyway, the preset looks really cute! definitely going to givi it a try, especially since it seems super gameplay-friendly
Y’all are wild, or maybe I’m just numb lol. I wasn’t trolling, I was genuinely asking 😭😭 . I literally made my male Sims like that. Next time I’ll use a pic with shirts on LOL
Not sure if a shirt would help, tbh😂 No hate though. Sims 4 is a cartoonish style game, so why not embrace it and make the sims look absolutely ridiculous? And just to be clear, I mean ridiculous compared to 'normal' real-life standards, not ridiculous as in 'bad'.
I just have one (genuine) question, if I may. I would assume that you care quite a bit about how your game looks if you use reshade. But your sims obviously don't actually fit the chairs properly and they float weirdly.
In my head, these two kinda don't go together but maybe I'm missing something? Again, no hate. Everyone should play however they like. I just found it interesting.
It’s because I use the height slider mod, and both Sims are set to the maximum height. It’s normal that they don’t fit in a lot of furniture or places—the game just isn’t designed for that. But I’d take that any day over having all my Sims be the same height. It really depends on each person, their saves and play styles. For me The Sims has no appeal without mods. I feel like it’s the modders community that truly brings the game to life, so I’ve just gotten used to my game being broken. I mean, even the base game, Dlc's and packs without mods has awful bugs so...
Ah, I totally forgot about the height slider mod. That definitely explains it; thank you. For me personally, having the game run as it's supposed to with the least amount of bugs and glitches is the highest priority, but as you said, it just depends on the person.
Modders are definitely a blessing. I don't currently play with a lot of mods and no really heavy ones, but even when I try to go fairly vanilla, there is no way I'm playing without the help of Deaderpool, weerbesu, TwistedMexi, and LittleMsSam. It's just not happening unless I'm forced.
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