Cool Finds for Contests!

[teralis]

I don't know if this has been posted, but this hack has helped me in so many contests.

[kitty1081]

well i was looking, and i was wondering how everyone gets their people to look SO realistic ( clothes, hair, skin, eyes etc... )

[summer_wine]

well i was looking, and i was wondering how everyone gets their people to look SO realistic ( clothes, hair, skin, eyes etc... )

kitty, what do you mean? in terms of how they pose or their facial expressions, or the CC used on the sims? There are realistic skintones available. I have Oepu's (you can find them on mts2). You can also find realistic eyes (I use Anva's).

HTH

[kitty1081]

yeah i just meant, some sims look like sims, while some sims look very realistic ( im not sure if that was any better description )

but yeah, thanks.

[aliccolo]

It's probably a combination of realistic genetics, as summer mentioned, with a good graphics card, and not using the in-game camera.  All of those things will make your Sims look more realistic.  

[summer_wine]

yeah i just meant, some sims look like sims, while some sims look very realistic ( im not sure if that was any better description )

but yeah, thanks.

i know what you mean! I've seen sims and my initial thought was "this is not a SIM! This is a real person's picture!" LOL

[lil_yellow_rose]

This isn't really a find so much as something I do to help myself on contests. When I start a contest, I create a collection folder in game just for it and name it like the sims name or name of the contest. Then when I download stuff or am looking through all the catalogs then I assign the things I think I might want to use to that collection folder. Later when Im getting ready to start my pictures, then I just click on that contest folder and almost all the stuff I want to use for that contest is there in one spot and then when the contest is over I can either delete it or see if applies toward another one Im in. When you have as many downloads as I do it can take forever sifting through them to find this or that so having a collection folder per contest really helps me save time looking.

[summer_wine]

oohhh! that's a wonderful idea! I need to find out how to make a collection folder then. thanks for the tip!

[kitty1081]

exactly, summer wine! well thanks for the tips!
well i do something like that, exept i just make a folder in my downloads, that way i can delete it, but i still have to find it in game.

[Sam the T-man]

For those of you with AL:

AL anims box by JD Movies

Freezer clock by treeag at MTS2

[Trepie22]

Great suggestions, Sadie79!
The freezer clock is amazing I used it yesterday I was so impressed with it
I hadn't seen the AL Anim box, thank you!

[Sam the T-man]

You're welcome And yeah, been playing with/abusing the clock already - makes things so much easier!

[SynapticSim]

Wanted to point this out to everyone, it's a few months old, but I didn't see it listed here.

Depression Animation Box HERE.  Seems like it has some cool animations that might come in handy.  Especially holding the gun to your head animation.  I haven't tried it out yet.

~ Syn

[Trepie22]

SynapticSim I love that one - another good one from it is the shower pose! Also Head in Hands / On Table. It's great!

[~Aussie]

Oh wow....finally a freeze clock. Watching 3-4 of your Sims in slow motion and trying to sync them into the right moves/pose is such a pain. This would make it a lot easier and less time consuming, but you need Apartment Life. I will get that soon.... thanks Sadie