Afro Puffs Custom Content: Infant - Child

Afro Puffs Custom Content: Infant - Child

Hi everyone! I know it's been a while and I’ve got another small batch of CC for you all!

This is my first age conversion project. It was an interesting process learning how to do this. If you've grown up in a black household, you've likely seen kids with this exact hairstyle. I just HAD to bring it to The Sims 4 :)

BGC

Gender Neutral

15 Maxis swatches

Infant- Child

Vertices: 4061  Polygons: 5897

DOWNLOAD: patreon

enjoy!!!

Pose Inspired CC Dump

✨ The category is: FACE ✨ Embrace the enchanting allure of the ballroom as your Sims sashay away to the rhythm of timeless elegance. 💃🕺✨ Serving face and personality, I present to you my bespoke custom content inspired by the grace and splendor of Pose in The Sims 4! 🌟

Angel Hair

BGC

Hat Compatible

Maxis 24 swatches 

Teen - Elder

Vertices: 8565  Polygons: 10222

Anchor Beard

BGC

Maxis 24 swatches 

Teen - Elder

Vertices: 145  Polygons: 228

Pray Tell Glasses

BGC

7 swatches 

Teen - Elder

Vertices: 1290  Polygons: 1404

DOWNLOAD: patreon

As you can probably tell, I'm a bit obsessed right now with a particular series called Pose. I know I'm late to the craze. All my palm colored friends knew about the show and were practically begging me to watch back in 2021. I'll be the first to say it. Black-ish was a show made about black people for white people to watch. I thought this was one of those same situations. had this one friend who recommended me the show. I told that boy, "I live episodes of Pose everyday. I'm a 21st century autistic, queer black man in an America that is constantly trying to tear down people who look like me". I was fearful that this series was going to be another example of glamorized trauma porn media showing one-dimensional struggles of black people because honey, I already have enough to share with the WHOLE world. But truthfully it wasn't as bad as I thought. The series revolves around the HIV/AIDs crisis. Funnily enough, I've actually noticed many parallels to the BLM protests, covid-19 pandemic and the hysteria surrounding monkey pox. During the 1980s and 1990s, many queer people were kicked out of their biological parent's homes. Mostly in fear of the unknown of what HIV could bring their families. And this fear forced many kids out on the streets. The series follows the lives of a group of characters who are part of the ballroom scene, a vibrant subculture in the LGBTQ community where individuals compete in dance and runway competitions, forming "houses" that act as surrogate families. The characters faced several moments of discrimination, prejudice, and hardships but also found strength and catharsis in their chosen families and artistic expressions. I really admire how the show tackled the hardships and they really didn't sugarcoat anything. Overall, the show presents a rich tapestry of themes emphasizing the importance of self-acceptance, community and advocacy, all of which are things that a modern black queer person like myself can really resonate with. I truly saw myself in so many of the characters.

Pride Collection CC Kit by make_it_sizzle

I’m excited to announce the release of my Pride Collection CC Kit. On this special month of June, we celebrate Juneteenth and Pride month. As an African American man who also happens to be gay and play The Sims, creating this CC kit was so important for me.  I truly feel as though the spirit of Storme DeLarverie should be in each and every one of us, which is why I named one of my CC items after them.

Below is a brief history of the two holidays.

If you do not already know, Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Celebrated annually on June 19th, its origins date back to 1865. On June 19, 1965, General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas, and announced that enslaved people were now free. However, the enslaved people had no idea they had already been emancipated. That June 19th announcement arrived 2 and a half years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st, 1863.

The first Pride was a riot. Pride Month is an annual celebration of many of the contributions made by the LGBTQ+ community to cultures, society, and history worldwide. Pride commemorates its roots in the Stonewall Riots that occurred on June 28th, 1969. As was a common practice in many cities, the New York Police Department (NYPD) would occasionally raid bars where gays and lesbians were known to gather. On June 28, police dragged patrons and employees out of Stonewall In, a popular gay bar in Manhattan, New York, and several people fought back against the NYPD. It was said that Storme DeLarverie, a gay rights activist, threw the first punch at the riot. A crowd of people slowly but surely grew which turned into a 6 day protest which was led largely by Black LGBTQ+ women that marched the streets of Manhattan.

Patreon: Download (Free)

Included with this CC kit:

Pride Hat:

Gender inclusive

9 swatches

Teen-Elder

BGC

High-top Converse shoes

Gender inclusive

4 swatches

Teen-Elder

BGC

Pride jean shorts

10 swatches

Teen-Elder

BGC

Pride tank top

Gender inclusive

4 swatches

Teen-Elder

BGC

Necklace (2 lengths)

5 swatches

Teen-Elder

BGC

Leggings

3 swatches

Teen-Elder

BGC

Socks

3 swatches

Teen-Elder

BGC

BONUS CONTENT:

DeLarverie Hair

Hat Compatible

Maxis 24 swatches

Teen – Elder

BGC

Vertices: 11195 Polygons: 18604

Stanley Hair

This was my attempt at creating a wash-and-go hairstyle for men in The Sims 4. Naturalistas will know exactly what I mean. These curls are so defined! Trying to make The Sims 4 blackity black one hair at a time. Be patient, more is to come!

BGC

Hat Compatible

Maxis 24 swatches 

Teen - Elder

Vertices: 23492 

Polygons: 31696

DOWNLOAD: patreon

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Base Game Loc Hairstyle Add-on CC

Hi Simmers!

I’m thrilled to share my latest custom content with you all – additional colors for the fabulous new locs hairstyle! Inspired by the amazing collaboration between Maxis, Dark & Lovely, and Ebonix, I’ve expanded the base game color palette to give you even more options to express your Sims’ unique styles. Plus, these colors are in the makeup category, allowing for even more customization thanks to the sliders!

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What’s Included:

8 new color combinations for the locs hairstyle

Available in the makeup category for added customization

Use sliders to perfect the hue, brightness, and saturation

Compatible with the "regular" locs hairstyle without ombre effect

Where to find it:

  Featured in the "Eyeliner" category of Create A Sim

DOWNLOAD: [Patreon] 

BROOOO how did I never know this? There's a cheat for this? I wasted so much time doing this stuff manually 💀

Sims 4 Studio Batch Export/Import Cheats

I’m minded not everyone may know about the batch export and import cheats in Sims 4 Studio. They make it a lot, lot easier to get your files in and out of the program (which is especially welcome when making walls and/or anything with a lot of swatches).

Here’s how it works:

Step 1: Open S4S and ready your package by creating your swatches (the easiest way to do this is to load a colour palette you’ve already prepared using Tools > Color Palette but you can do it manually if you need to)

Step 2: Once you have your swatches in place, press CTRL+SHIFT+C (the same command to open the cheats window in TS4) and type studio.exportall

S4S will create a folder in the same location as your package that has all the various texture files associated with your package in PNG format. 

Go into that folder and delete everything that isn’t a main diffuse texture (all the files highlighted in the picture below are the ones you want to delete). You’ll be left with the same amount of identical diffuse textures as there are swatches in your package.

Step 3: Create your recolours/textures and save them with the file names of the corresponding diffuse textures/swatches you have in the folder S4S made. (You have to save them as PNG.)

Step 4: This is why it’s important to save the files in the same folder and with the names S4S created. Go back to S4S and in the cheats window (CTRL+SHIFT+C) type studio.importall and watch as it imports all of those nice new textures for you. It will likely throw an error at the end, but you can safely ignore it and close the error window (close it with the little red x in the top right corner).

(At first you won’t see any change. You have to click on a new swatch to see it’s imported them all.)

You’re done! You now have 48 (or a far more sensible number of) nice new textures and can save your package and check it in game.

This works for all objects and walls and floors. I haven’t tried it on cas objects because I don’t make them. 

Sometimes when importing wall textures if you’ve been using S4S for a while its memory can get a little overloaded and it won’t import them all. If this happens you can either close the program and start again, which will clear the memory, or you can just keep typing the batch import cheat and eventually it will import them all. It just needs a little coaxing. 

And for walls and floors S4S will automatically create the thumbnails for you. You still have to generate them yourself for all other objects by viewing them in game (or add your own in S4S).

This makes creating recolours in particular quick and easy. The most time consuming part is doing the recolouring itself. Gone are the days of individually importing hundreds of textures.