TS3: Converted Facial Expressions
This is a mod that replaces most of The Sims 3's set of facial idle animations with their The Sims Medieval counterparts, resulting in subtler, more natural facial expressions.
More info, full previews and download under the cut!
This little package is one I've had in my personal folder for quite a while, but recently I got back to working on it to fix a couple issues and make some small adjustments before putting it out there.
The mod replaces 15 facial expressions for Sims aged teen and up. Most of the remaining expressions are left intact because they are identical in both games. These facial expressions are those that Sims make when idle depending on their mood; the expressions they make during interactions, socials, etc. are unaffected by this mod.
Though the facial expressions in TSM are far from perfect, the artists definitely learned a few lessons from TS3. TSM's facial expressions have reduced clipping and noticeably less distortionĀ of the Sim's facial features, which means we can bid goodbye to Sims' eyelashes clipping through their eyebrows, noses scrunched up to oblivion, and humanly impossible facial contortions. Your mileage may vary, of course, depending on each particular Sim's facial slider combo; you will likely see more distorted animations on more distorted faces.
See a full in-game comparison of the vanilla vs. replaced facial expressions here!
By default, all facial expressions have a full blinking animation and a "noblink" pose. The TSM animations had some sort of blinking, but the Sim's eyes didn't actually close for some reason, so I took care of that for every facial expression this mod touches to bring them more in line with the few remaining TS3 ones.
Compatibility
This mod will conflictĀ with other mods that edit most of the a_expressionĀ and a_expressionsĀ CLIP resources.
This mod is technically compatibleĀ with other mods that alter different resources in order to change the frequency of, or entirely disable, the facial expressions, such as Esmeralda's No making stupid faces when idle. Of course, if you used that mod, then you'd never see the facial expressions this one has to offer. :P
Download: SFS / Patreon
Additional Credits
s3pe: Exporting/Importing resources, creating the package file.
Blender 2.79,Ā Clip Tools: Importing/Editing/Exporting animations.
Adobe Photoshop: Creating the preview and comparison images.
Thanks toĀ TheSweetSimmerĀ for nudging me in the right direction when the animations weren't displaying as expected in-game!
Thanks toĀ @misspats3 and @xiasimla for their feedback during testing!
















