#st4outfits

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Bad Townies Outfit Fix

Manually or automated!

I have been playing the sims 4 and using MC command center (MCCC) for years now but I only recently learned MCCC  can be used to stop the invasion of the ugly townie outfits. For me this means no more time spending hours on making over townies because their ridiculous outfits break the immersion.

I will address three ways in which you can use MCCC to fix your townies, two are automated and together they fix all outfits, and one is manual. I explain how to use them in this post. All three of these methods use outfits saved by MCCC. Because saving these outfits is a lot of work, in the end, my document with saved outfits can be downloaded so you don’t have to go and save a bunch of outfits yourself! (No ad-link/SimFileShare). Because we all play in a different way, there are some different files to choose from. These outfits can be automatically used by MCCC if placed together in your mods folder. More is explained after the cut.

Note that these are not the only methods to fix ugly townies, you could also use files that disable ugly clothes for random, a mccc setting so townies will come from your library, etc. However, I won’t be addressing those methods here, because I like the method I will describe here the most. And this post is already super long :) 

The method

First, I want to say I did only recently discover this because of KatsCorner video on YouTube. Although I use it a little bit different, this video is a perfect introduction to the method. So if you want an introduction, or end up not getting it by just reading this post, because I won’t go into some basics in great detail, be sure to watch their video here. Don’t forget to like the video and maybe even leave some appreciation in the comments!

I will now explain the three methods to stop ugly townie outfits. The methods all have their own pros and cons, and I will discuss those briefly too. Just fyi, make-up, (facial) hair and skin details are not registered by MCCC using this system, so those won’t be changed by these methods.

For each method, you first have to set enable MCCC so it will only use saved outfits when running dresser clean. Go to the computer -> MCCC -> MC Dresser -> Only use saved outfits -> Enable

1. Setting MCCC so all randomly generated townies will use a saved outfit if one is available. First, do the action required for every method like described before. Then go to the computer -> MCCC -> MC Population -> Populating settings -> Run Dresser -> Enable. Pro: no more ugly townies without any effort! Con: You need to have many outfits saved to make sure not all sims seem to have the same outfit. I have saved a lot of outfits in the ‘packs’ file I share here, but if this is really important to you it might not even be enough.

2. Setting MCCC so sims will automatically use saved outfits when they age up. First, do the action required for every method like described before. Then go to the computer -> MCCC -> MC dresser -> Ages To Run On Age-Up -> (pick all desired ages). I only have teen and young adult checked, because I don’t have any outfits saved for younger than teens and I like it when a sim keeps the same outfit their whole life. And this way, existing pre-made young adult sims won’t change their outfit over the course of their life. You can decide what ages fit you most. Pro: no need to fix every sims outfit anymore when they age up. Con:  You need to have many outfits saved to make sure not all sims seem to have the same outfit. I have saved a lot of outfits in the ‘packs’ file I share here, but if this is really important to you it might not even be enough.

3. Fixing the outfit(s) of one specific sim. Go to the sim -> MCCC -> MC dresser -> outfit commands -> A. use clean outfits to change all outfits of this sim to a saved outfit if one is available OR; B. Use load outfit to load the first saved outfit only for the category the sim is currently wearing, and by pressing this again it will load the second saved outfit, then the third, etc. until you find a desired outfit OR; C. Use random saved outfit to get a random saved outfit from and for the category the sims is currently wearing. Pro: You prevent sims from starting to all wearing a certain outfit, because you choose in the end. Also, townies will still get original outfits and might even pleasantly surprise you. Con: If you only use this method it takes a lot more time to fix all ugly townies (so I only use it in combination with the other two)

The video I mentioned earlier also gives some other thing to reduce the weird outfits even more. They don’t have a lot to do with the saved outfits though, so I won’t be discussing it here. Also, the video shows how you can save your own outfits, but you can skip this step if you find my saved outfits enough.

 About my download

-        I made this original for personal use. I did make another version to share, but they are all based on the personally made version. I have done a lot of testing, but I cannot promise everything is perfect. Luckily, you can always turn off the settings and take out the mod at any moment, and can still always change a sim’s outfit in cas.

-        I have mostly used the styled looks in-game to make the outfit, and I have used almost all color variations of the ones I liked. This means that there are fewer completely different outfits in the end, because a lot of them are just different styled looks in different colors. I also used the female basegame styled looks from @simplyanjuta​ . Lots of thanks to her for letting me use them! Check out her Tumblr for those styles look and other cool stuff!

-        I did not randomly use all styled looks. I skipped the ones I thought were ugly or inappropriate, like the star wars ones or ones with hideous hats. And when I liked an outfit less but still wanted to included it, I included it in fewer color variations. This means I also, because I’m western and made this for personal use, included fewer color variations of some of the more cultural outfits (although I never skipped any). If those are important to you, you can save them yourself. In the video I mentioned earlier it is shown how to do this. Also, I didn’t include any white dresses, so no worries if you throw a (traditional western) wedding :)

-        I didn’t add any outfits for kids and toddlers, because I don’t think the game generates ugly outfits for them. And I also didn’t add any outfits for males in the sleepwear and swimwear category, because I didn’t care too much and they don’t wear those outfits that much. If you decide to add outfits to these categories, be aware that all sims will start wearing those outfits if you use methods 1 and/or 2. So a lot of sims will be wearing the same clothes if you don’t save much outfits while using these methods.

-        Skindetails, hair, make-up and facial hair stay unaffected.

-        After installing everything, make sure to check if everything seems file. Do this by starting a new safe with a male and female sim and go through (some of) the outfits categories.  This can be done by clicking on the sim -> Mccc -> mc dresser -> outfit commands -> load outfit. It will first load the first outfit, and by clicking load outfit again it will load the second, then third, etc. If you see the delete outfit option at the outfits you load, this is a good thing. If you only see the safe outfits button while loading the outfits, there might have gone something wrong: check if you followed the installation guide correctly and contact me for questions.

-        The outfits work with female/male frames, not with the sims their outfit preference. So sims with a female frame will always get the female saved outfits even if their preferred style choice is male. This is the way mccc works.

-        I also recommend using a default skin and default eyes in combination with this, so your sims will look even better.

Variables

There are 12 DIFFERENT FILES you can choose from, which are all combinations of 4 different variables. You can only have ONE file, so read the description of the variables careful so you will know which version is most suited for you. Update 21-2-2022: There are now only 8 different files, please read update at point 5.

1. Packs (never together with basegame)

With this variable you get all the outfits that will require the packs that I have. The packs I have are: GTW, GT, City Living, C&D, Seasons, IL, Outdoor Retreat, Spa Day, Dine Out, Vampires, Parenthood, Jungle adventure, DHD, Luxury Party, Perfect Patio, Movie Stuff, Vintage glamour, Bowling Stuff, Tiny Living, Nifty Knitting and the free holiday celebration pack.

The amount of females saved outfits: Everyday: 160 outfits; Formal: 80; Sport: 40; Sleepwear: 40; Party: 40; swimwear: 39; Hot weather: 80; Cold weather: 40. The amount of saved male outfits: Everyday: 120; Formal: 40; Sport: 40; Party: 40; Hot weather: 40; Cold weather 40 This file has a lot of outfits so I would say it is fine to use with any of the three earlier described methods.

Sadly, if you are missing a few packs, you can’t simply delete the outfits from the packs you don’t have. If you really want to have as many outfits as you can, you can follow THIS tutorial to get all the outfits from the packs you have more easily than going into cas again and adding them back. I only recommend this tutorial if you have a lot of the packs listed, because the process is not quite simple. If you only have a few packs it would be easier just to download the basegame file and add the outfits from these packs yourself.

2. Basegame (never together with packs)

This variable will only give you basegame outfits, so it is better to take this one if you haven’t got any packs or only a few. HOWEVER, there are not a lot of outfits in that file: there are about 250 saved outfits in total, but those all are spread in different clothing categories and for male/female. So there aren’t a lot of clothes in every different clothing category in the end. I would consider this a base file on which you can add on your own outfits from the packs you have or other original outfits you make. If you haven’t added anything yet, I would recommend only using method 3 for the time being, because if you set so all townies will use them, A LOT of townies will be wearing the same outfit. If this doesn’t bother you, you can of course still use methods 1 & 2.

3. Elders (optional)

I made all outfits in the category for teens-young adult-adult, because this is registered as one category. By modifying the file mccc safes the outfits in, I made it so ALL outfits will also work for elders. Remember, these outfits were not specifically made for elders, so the outfits could be a little less appropriate. If you don’t take this variable and you use method 1 to fix randomly generated townies, elderly townies will still have randomly generated clothing. I personally don’t use this variable, but I consider it highly helpful.

4. Eyelashes (optional)

This variable will add eyelashes to every sim with a new outfit, with the exception of the outfits with glasses. For this, I have used kijiko’s eyelashes. I have used eyelashes I found most suited for the situation and kept it quite modest: the sims will have relatively small eyelashes, I didn’t use any of the really big ones. To use this file you have to download the kijiko eyelashes separately, find the download link in the install guide. Just to be clear: If you don’t use this variable, but you do have kijiko’s eyelashes in your game, the townies won’t get the eyelashes with the outfits.

5. No eyelashes (Read when choosing the eyelashes variable, only together with eyelashes) 

This is meant to go together with the eyelashes, so when a sim gets the 3d eyelashes, the EA eyelashes will be removed. All existing townies, who haven’t gotten a new outfit and therefore no 3D eyelashes, will keep their ea eyelashes. To make this work, I have edited Kijiko’s no ea eyelashes mod to be in a piercing category. Thanks to kijiko for allowing me to share this file! My edited file requires the original NO EA eyelashes (individual applied) from Kijiko to work! (download link is in the install guide). I personally use this variable and consider it highly useful, but if you for some reason don’t want the EA eyelashes removed for the sims that will get 3D eyelashes, just don’t take this variable. 

If you do want a mod that deletes all ea eyelashes, even from sims that didn’t get a new outfit and the 3d eyelashes, you can use Cienzroza’s mod or the other version of Kijiko’s mod which applies to all sims. If you decide to use that mod instead of my no eyelashes mod, don’t use this variable: only take the eyelashes variable. 

----> Update no-Eyelashes 25-8-2022: Kijiko updated their eyelashes file and it was temporarily no longer possible to apply the no-eyelashes addition to individual sims anymore, but they made an individual version available again. This could cause some issues with werewolves forms though, so please read Kijiko’s download page (link at bottom), carefully if you own werewolves.

Install guide

1. Just to be sure, back up your saves by coping the saves folder and placing it somewhere else on your computer. I don’t expect anything to go wrong, but backing up your saves is never a bad thing.

1.1. If you choose the packs file but you don’t have all the packs: follow this tutorial and installation guide instead (if you’re up for a challenge)

2. Download MC Command Center HERE. if you don’t have it already. Make sure it is compatible with your game version.

3. Download the MC dresser outfits file with your preferred variables HERE (NO AD-LINK/SIMFILESHARE)  Put the file in your MC command center folder in your mods folder. If you already have a mc dresser file, copy everything in one of the files, and past it in the other.

4. If you choose a file with the eyelashes variable download Kijiko’s eyelashes version 2 HERE.

5. If you downloaded the NO-EA eyelashes variable, download my no-ea eyelashes mod HERE (NO AD-LINK/SIMFILESHARE)  (EDIT: Updated october 2021 for the sep/30/2021 update of kijiko’s file. I had some problems so had to change the format, it is just one zip-file now). Next, download the required file from Kijiko HERE, and be sure to chose the old version! (You need to scroll down a little, the click “ EA Eyelashes Remover mod Old Version”to reveal the download button)  Update 25-8-2022: This variable was temporarily not supported, but is now supported again!

6. Go into your game, start a new safe and check if you got the correct file and if the outfits work for you, using the way described earlier.

7. If your planning to use method 1 and/or 2, go into the mccc menu and set the settings correct

8. Enjoy your new and improved townies!

Remember: When you update MCCC, make sure you don’t delete the mc_dresser file. You can just put it in the new folder with the updated mccc files, just like you can with the settings file.

If you have any questions: send me a message or an ask and I can see what I can do. Please do not ask any questions I already answered in this post, but if you need more clarification about something feel free to ask though.  For general questions about mccc not working, you can probably better ask for help at the mccc discord.

Btw, this post and the files will always be free and without an ad-link! Now I’m finally freeeeee!

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