Discussion: Plastic surgery for premades

[strange_tomato]

I know that this tends to be a somewhat controversial topic for fans of premade sims, and I don't normally make adjustments to their faces (unless I had a good story reason for doing so, such as a character getting actual plastic surgery), but I'm considering making a couple of exceptions. Dora Ottomas is one of them

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[cindyanne1]

I used to do (and still do, although I play less) lots of sims surgery, but... like you say... also within reason. Usually it was with offspring and unfortunate genetic combinations from the parents. I would clone the parents in Sim PE, and then go into CAS in-game and make a clone family and several children until I found one where I got pleasing genetic combos from that particular set of parents. Then I would use ChristianLove's Sim Copy Mirror in-game to copy the clone family sim-child onto the actual sim child.

Interestingly, when I did this, I noticed it never changed the original sim child's eye color, nor did it affect that child's eventual ability to pass on recessive genetics from three or four generations before (even though the clone family's child wouldn't have had those recessive genes, having been made in CAS.)

I do not think copying the sim changed the actual genetic facial structure, but I'm not sure. I did notice that the original child, once I copied the clone family child onto it, did go on to have children with a facial structure similar to the child's new copied form. However, since I had used clones of the parents to make that child in the first place, it's possible the original child just passed on the more pleasing combinations of facial structure genes to their children.

[strange_tomato]

It's possible to do that facial copying in SimPE. There's a tutorial for it here, though sadly the images are missing now.

I haven't done that in my story hoods yet, but it's something I've considered doing if I was desiring a certain outcome in the blending of the parent's looks. The problem with me is I get too sentimental with sims and even when I wanted a certain combination of skintone, hair, and eye colour, I often can't bring myself to exit without saving to try again because I instantly feel bad for the poor unwanted sim baby. :P