

Seth’s natural color is a light brown, though he gave himself some blond highlights because he thinks it’s attractive. Then again, if you ' want' green hair, absolutely nothing is stopping you. You can go for strange colors as well, although the “color swatches” on the first tab of the color menu is for more realistic options. Just click the little paint brush button in the bottom-right corner of the Hair menu, and you’ll pull up a coloring chart to set base color, roots, highlights, and tips. Luckily, Sims 3 lets you customize your hair color. There are eight colors to choose from, but none of them are quite what I want. At the bottom of the menu, you can select hair color. Okay, Seth is an old-school all-American, so he goes with a basic hair cut. Seth is going to stick with the lock, but when we create Holly, we’ll go the other way. If the icon is “unlocked,” then the hairstyle can be set individually for each outfit. If you click this, and make it “locked,” then whatever hairstyle you pick for your Sim will stick with them for ' all' their outfits. To the right of that selection is a button that looks like a lock. At the top-center of the first tab, you can select whether to go with standard hair or hair with a hat.
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The Hair menu is a bit deeper than previous Sims games. Now we’re going to the second button, the Hair phase. Each of these buttons represents a different phase of Sim creation, and you’re in the first: Basics. But we’ll get there!Īfter you get done setting those basics, check out the buttons on the top-left side. I already have Seth’s image in my head: this guy isn’t even remotely close. These sliders allow you a range of body types to choose from, so experiment until you see something you like. Seth and Holly are both Young Adults: old enough to be on their own, but young enough to have a lot of life ahead of them!Īfter those options come skin tone, body weight, and muscularity. Age, of course, is important here: you can’t have a “family” of nothing but children, so you’ll need at least an adult or two. First off, you get to type in a first and last name. You get to see your Sim on the right side of the screen during the user-friendly process, so you can see how each of changes affect him or her. The process to start creating Sims is easy: just click the aptly tagged “Create Sims” button in the bottom-left corner once you’re on the neighborhood screen.Ĭreating Sims is divided into several phases. Well, unless you want to make a monster who messes everything up, in which case: go to town! Creating that perfect Sim with that perfect look is extremely important. It all begins and ends here: your decisions on how your Sim looks and acts will have repercussions for its entire life… and will affect all the Sims around it.
