[ SECRET POST #2297 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2297 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

TS3 (and it was an even worse problems with TS2) struggles to render dark colors on organic 3D shapes smoothly. They tend to come out looking all striated and crappy. I remember going to extreme lengths with my image files to try to make nice-looking really dark TS2 skintones, and never being entirely happy with the results. (I'm sure it's better or worse depending on the user's graphics card, monitor and settings.)

Out-of-the-box Sims 3 characters have been nicknamed "puddings" in some circles because of their rather blobby generic appearance; I think they're optimized, not to look Caucasian per se, but to be unspecific enough that they won't look too absurd no matter what skintone you put on them. The game does have pretty good face controls, and yes, it's possible to make Sims that look somewhat more ethnically distinct than the presets, but much harder to make one that completely loses the bland "puddingface" effect. In my experience you really need to mod the game to do that.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I had a lot of trouble making really dark-skinned sims in both, but the facial features were nicely varied (more black hairstyles in TS3 would be great, though). I abandoned a True Blood set because I could not get Tara's skin tone to work properly and Lafayette's was only barely ok.

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

If you have problems finding good hair, it's worth the time to go hunting on mod sites, the Exchange (though downloading sims there usually results in you downloading a whole stack of random and not always great CC), and if you're willing to pay money for it, the S3 Store.

[manifold]

Oh man, I remember the whole "stripey black person" issue from TS2. Hated it. So hard.

A lot of games have lighting issues with dark skin even if the textures display all right. My Shepard in Mass Effect is constantly fading into the fucking background. They're expecting a dark backdrop to contrast with the skin and it's Just. Not. Happening. At least throw in another rim light or SOMETHING, guys.