Instructions: how to change the character in "Sims 4"

Changing appearance is a common process in the Sims game. From time to time, your characters want to change clothes, accessories, hats, hairstyles. There are also cases when it is necessary to change the structure of the body or facial features. In "Sims 3" for such cases, it was possible to send a sim in the game process to a plastic surgeon in the hospital. And how to change the character in "Sims 4", we suggest learning below.

Character Creation Features in Sims 4

With the release of the new version of the Sims game, the characters have become more attractive, because the game graphics have improved. Now, with each life cycle (young, adult, elderly), the sim has wrinkles and facial features change slightly . The same thing happens with the body. For example, older characters gain weight, their belly sags and their waist disappears.

Each sim can now be made special. During its creation, it is allowed to modify the body and facial features as you please. “Sims 4” added new features and capabilities in the character editor.

How to change the appearance of the character in "Sims 4"?

In the character editor, you can click on the button in the form of a cube - and the game itself will randomly generate a sim. You can now make corrections to the appearance not with the help of ready-made sliders, as in "Sims 3", but by pressing the right mouse button on the character itself. So, if you need to change the shape of the nose, then double-click on it, and then hold the mouse and move it in different directions to different areas. Thus, you can increase it, make it already or with a little hump, snub-nosed, and so on.

The same can be done with other facial features: forehead, eyes, lips, cheekbones, cheeks, jaw, chin, eyebrows. You can also select ready-made parts offered on the right side of the screen.

The body is also modified by the mouse. You can increase or decrease arms and feet, stomach, waist, hips, shoulders and so on. The main slider left the function of body weight.

But no matter how beautiful your sim, in the gameplay you want to make changes not only in the wardrobe, but also in the appearance of the game’s heroes. So how do you change your character in Sims 4?

Instructions for changing ready-made sims

Have you played enough time and decided it was time to change the appearance of your sim and / or other characters in the game? This problem can be solved by changing clothes, applying makeup or changing hairstyles. With game characters, everything is much simpler, unlike the previous version of "Sims", where each sim needed to be dressed separately and changed hairstyle and makeup specifically for each type of outfit.

Now it’s enough to select one sim and click on the “Change Appearance” or “Choose Outfit” function on the mirror, dresser or wardrobe, depending on the category of furniture. Then you will go to the character editor. It immediately displays all the sims from the gaming family, everyone can change all the outfits, hairstyles and makeup. The only thing that becomes inaccessible in the editor is a change in age, character traits and body modifications.

Change non-game sims

With non-player characters, all this needs to be done differently. The recommendations on how to change your character in Sims 4 are as follows:

1. Save the game.
2. Click the button in the right corner of the Change City screen.
3. Then click on the button in the same place “Family List”.
4. In the window that appears, a list appears of all families who live in cities, as well as those that are generated by the game and are still left without a home.
5. Select the family you want.
6. A menu will open where there will be functions for editing, moving to a new home, splitting or combining characters, as well as deleting a family. You need the “Edit” button.
7. The character editor opens.
8. Then do the same as in the case of the gaming family.

How to completely change the character in "Sims 4"?

As mentioned above, in "Sims 4" there is no possibility in the game mode to change in detail the body and face of sims. The only thing you can do is get better or lose weight. The first is possible if you feed the sims with cakes, and the second - by buying a simulator.

Since in “Sims 4” it is not possible to change the character’s body differently in game mode, if you want to change the appearance of the sims, you need to resort to cheating (entering codes). With the help of two cheats, you can enter the character creation editor with the available functions for changing the body, facial features, age, character.

Instructions on how to change the character in "Sims 4" completely:

1. Open the line for entering codes using the key combination Ctrl, Shift and C.
2. The line will open in the upper left corner.
3. Enter the phrase Testingcheats true into it - this is the developer code.
4. Then enter the second character change code, Cas.fulleditmode.
5. Enter the character creation editor. There are two ways to do this:

• hold down the Shift key and click on the desired sim, in the menu that appears, select the “Change in CAS” item;
• bring the sim to a mirror or wardrobe and select "Change appearance".

Tip: if your sim has additional character traits (awards) purchased for happiness balls, then they will disappear if you go to the editor through the “Change in CAS” item by clicking on the character. To prevent this from happening, it is better to interact with mirrors and wardrobes.