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As I posted here, I started working on Body Sliders for Sims 3. A beta-version was uploaded in this thread.

Included are:

• Breast (female teen-elder)
• Waist (all ages and genders)
• Hip Size (all ages and genders)
• Butt (both genders, teen-elder)
• Head Size (all ages and genders)
• Shoulder Width (all ages and genders, was experimental before)
• Neck (all ages and genders)
• Chest (all ages and genders)
• Leg width (all ages and genders)
• Calf (all ages and genders)

The head size slider and the neck slider will appear in the head region, the other sliders will appear in the mouth region until someone manages to create a new region in CAS.

These sliders are genetical and will be always visible. For example, if you use the breast slider on males, there will be no visible changes, but you can influence, what genes they may forward to their children.

These sliders use quite realistic ranges that work well on all fit/fatness states and all clothing. If you require more extreme sims, you can use a slider multiplier hack, as included with Awesomemod or NRaas Supercomputer, but look at the issues below.

Known issues:

• The basic female t-shirt (the first in the list) has some strange bone assignments. I tweaked the breast slider, so it should look okay in most cases, but it may look bad on very thin and very muscular sims with very large breasts. If you want to be sure, install GnatGoSplat's T-Shirt Replacement Meshes fix (highly recommended).
• When using a slider hack that increases the slider range, you will notice, that with the waist slider, the upper body and head will shrink on extreme settings, and with the hip and butt slider, legs and feet will shrink. Also, the hands may begin to shake. This is by design and can't be fixed unless you redo/create bone assignments for every mesh. This effect is unnoticeable in the default slider range.
• The arm position is changed by the waist slider and the hands may intersect with the hip on extreme settings.
• The sliders aren't affected (or are reset) by the randomize function.
• The adult breast slider is currently rather pointy and unrealistic. I'm working on it.

Slider limits:
The game has a hardcoded limit of 20 sliders per section. This unfornuately means, that you can't install unlimited sliders. As the game already has a lot of sliders, there are only very few free slots:

• Head & Ears: 2
• Eyes: 3
• Nose: 3
• Mouth: 7

As 2 of my sliders go into the head section and 8 of my sliders go into the mouth section, you can't install all my sliders at the same time without hacks. In this case I suggest installing everything but the calf slider. Also, you have to be careful if you have other sliders installed because they need slots, too.

You can install for example Awesomemod to override this limit, the extended game core, or the core mod on the download page, but all these mods only work for one specific game version (this means if you update the game you will need to update them too, or you will get startup crashes), they will conflict with other core mods and require a modded d3dx9_31.dll in the game\bin\ directory (should be included in Delphy's framework). If you have WA, make sure it is in the WA game\bin directory, too.

If the game is crashing at startup after installing the core mod, you probably

• use an incorrect game version
• use another core mod at the same time
• don't have the d3dx9_31.dll in game\bin

Please be careful before installing it and remove or update it when you update your game.

Installation:
You have to install the BASE package in any case, as it contains all the text strings for the user interface. Apart from that you can choose freely, what sliders you wish to install, if you make sure, you don't exceed the slider limit.

Please follow the default package installation instructions.

Updating:
If you previously used my 5 (or 6) sliders, just download the new ones and overwrite the old files. Sims will retain their body shape (with the exception of very small tuning changes).



FAQ:
Problem: My game crashes after installing this mod!
Answer: You probably installed the SliderHack, but forgot to install the d3dx9_31.dll in your game\bin directory. If you have WA, put in in the WA game\bin directory. Make sure you have the correct game version.

Problem: My lip slider stopped working!
Answer: You are exceeding the slider limit of 20 sliders per section. Please install the SliderHack or Awesomemod. Or uninstall for example the calf slider to stay under the limit. (This only works, if you only have my sliders installed, because other sliders need slots, too. If you have other sliders installed, you probably need to uninstall more.)

Problem: It doesn't work!
Answer: Please follow the default package installation instructions. If you have WA, use the WA folder instead of the "The Sims 3" folder.

Problem: It still doesn't work!
Answer: They work. Either you put the packages to the wrong location, or your framework is not properly installed. Maybe try Delphy's Framework tool. Maybe try installing another mod so you can be sure if it's my sliders or a general framework problem.

Problem: I can't find them!
Answer: Don't look where the fatness slider is. They are actually facial sliders so they are in Head->General and Mouth->General. See the rightmost screenshot.

Problem: I'm too stupid/young/foreign-tongued/lazy to understand the install instructions!
Answer: I'm sorry, but I won't explain everything again. If you have a specific question or problem you can ask me, but I won't reply to posts like "I can't get it to work!" or "I don't understand the instructions!".

Question: Can you make a arm/bodybuilder/eye/height/whatever slider?
Answer: I already have a few ideas. If you think you have a really great idea, you can write a request, but arm sliders are impossible, there is already a height slider by Delphy, there are enough eye sliders (see bella3lek4's sliders below), and a bodybuilder slider is impossible without meshing.

Question: Does it work together with Awesomemod or another core mod?
Answer: Yes. Just don't install the sliderhack. If the coremod itself removes the slider limit (as Awesomemod does), everything is fine, else you have to make sure you don't install too many sliders.

Question: Where can I find other sliders?
Answer:

• Height slider by Delphy
• Breast sliders by Delphy
• Ear sliders by CmarNYC
• Facial Sliders by bella3lek4
• Feet slider by Nik Sim (german site, registration needed)

Question: Can I use them together?
Answer: Of course. Just make sure, to either stay under the 20 slider limit or otherwise install a core mod that removes the limit (recommended).

Compatibility:
The sliders have been tested with patch 1.4, 1.6, 1.7, 1.8, 1.9, with WA 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and with HELS 3.0. They should work on PC and Mac. I can't guarantee, that they work with older or future versions, but they should.

The core mod ("SliderHack") is available currently only for 1.8/2.3 and 1.9/2.4/3.0. Do not use it with any other version!

Additional Credits:
I want to thank Delphy for his Small Editors and everyone else, wo did research and wrote tools, that helped me creating this (s3pi, s3pe, MilkShape exporters/importers, Blender, Wolfram Alpha, Gimp, and many more).

Thanks to everyone, who tested this and sent me feedback or translations.

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