
The Sims Medieval also has body shape sliders.

With an update introduced with The Sims 3: Late Night, there are new sliders which affect body shape by affecting muscle definition (for males and females) and breast size (for females). Weight and muscle sliders in CAS before the Late Night update

They are affected by eating and exercise. In The Sims 3, fitness and fatness can both be varied on a continuous scale. For townies and NPCs, correcting a mismatch requires using SimPE to set the Sim's body shape flags and chemistry traits. For playable Sims, such a mismatch can be corrected by sending the Sim to a community lot or by having the Sim perform a fitness-building activity. It is not unusual for pre-made Sims or newly generated townies to have preset fitness levels that do not match their preset body shape flags. These are normally set according to the Sim's fitness level, though both the flags and fitness level can be viewed and manipulated with SimPE. If Nightlife or later is installed, fitness or fatness can be selected as a turn-on or turn-off, though thinness cannot be.Ī Sim's body shape is controlled by internal flags. Fit Sims have better-defined abdominal muscles than normal/thin Sims, but the difference is subtle, and generally does not show through clothing. Even when they are visible, they may not be noticeable unless the player looks closely. The differences between the normal/thin and fit body shapes are not always visible in gameplay. While the player may choose to create a Sim as fat, Sims cannot be created as fit. Normal/thin is the default when creating a Sim. In The Sims 2, Sims can have three body shapes - fit, normal and fat. Some third-party character editing programs may allow a Sim's body type to be changed. Even after Hot Date, custom dressers based on pre- Hot Date dressers could still do this.

Prior to Hot Date, using a dresser could change a Sim's body type. Children who become adults by using the Age of Instant charm get a random body type. Body type is set when the Sim's initial outfit is chosen in Create a Sim. Children have their own body type, and can also have custom body types.īody type is solely determined by the clothes being worn, and is not affected by exercise, eating or any other activity. The basic body types for adults are fat, fit and skinny, though custom body types are possible. The Sims has different clothes for every body type. In The Sims, body shapes are generally referred to as body types.
