WIP Playtesting: SimpleGens 2023 (Patreon)

If you haven't already seen my post about tier rewards, please read it first:

https://www.patreon.com/posts/tier-reward-81473096

Now that's out of the way, let's move on to this post - the first early access/beta testing opportunity for higher tier patrons!


I did a poll last year about what people wanted me to make. I expected unique anatomy designs to top the list, but I was surprised to find more people voted for improvements/upgrades to existing anatomy. I wanted to change some stuff anyway, so I thought it was time to give the SimpleGens a proper update.

PLEASE BE AWARE: WIP content is incomplete. The content may change before final release, and there may be bugs/glitches/issues. Please only install this content if you're happy with this!

The majority of my content is visual, rather than script mods, so it's unlikely to cause any major bugs in your game. Felt like I needed a warning just in case!

This version of SimpleGens doesn't work with condoms or piercings, feminine-framed sims, or have custom CAS thumbnails YET.

I don't want to write paragraph after paragraph about the update - instead I'll simply say that I tried to improve various things about the penis, from the texture to the shape to where it sits on the body (while still trying to play nicely with sex animations). I urge you to take a look at the comparison screenshots I'm including to see some of the improvements for yourself!

Some corrections I do want to explicitly mention:
1) The old SimpleGens had a slightly larger butt. The problem with this is it causes clipping with some clothes, as seen in the screenshots. I've fixed this issue by making the butt a bit smaller.
2) Older versions of SimpleGens were UV-mapped in such a way that color overlays for the penis did not work correctly on all penises. For example, an overlay that colored the shaft looked incorrect on soft uncut penises. I've fixed this issue, by hopefully mapping textures in a way that means all color overlays work with all penises - cut, uncut, soft or hard, etc!

And a general overview of features:
- Currently available in three sizes: small, medium, large
- Improved realism of mesh shapes for penis and butt
- Cleaned up CAS by reducing number of individual entries
- Expanded color overlay options and moved them to the Body Skin Details category
- Added twelve new overlay colors, including some to match non-human skintones
- Made color overlays for shaft/testicles separate to glans color for better mix-and-match possibilities

Overall, I think the new 2023 SimplePenis is a lot nicer visually - more detailed, and more realistic. I hope that you enjoy using it on your sims!

NOTES
In CAS, penises are still found in the Underwear subcategory. They've been tidied up, so now all sizes of a penis style are available as "swatches" of one CAS item. For example, the soft uncut penis contains swatches for small soft uncut, medium soft uncut, and large soft uncut. I hope this system will greatly reduce CAS bloating.

Penises are available via the WW Body Selector as normal. They are listed as "SimplePenis" rather than "SimpleGens".

Currently, the new 2023 version is standalone - meaning it does not overwrite existing versions in your game or on your sims.

I hope that the 2023 version works well with a variety of custom skin textures, but it was designed for Maxis skins (and is previewed on this above). I've updated my default skin texture to smooth some of the over-the-top details on weight/muscle extremities (proper previews will probably be added to a future post about the default skin replacements).

The zip file contains FOUR files:
- The SimplePenis package
- Default skin replacements
- Skintone fixes (updated to remove a few seam issues)
- Color overlays

I think that's everything - may need to come back and edit this post in case I suddenly remember something else I needed to say.

If you've made it this far, I salute you - thanks for your time and patience, and I hope you enjoy testing the new version of the SimplePenis in your game! Feel free to leave feedback on this post, or share it in private messages.