Create a Sim

In The Sims 4, Create a Sim has been reinvented to make it "intuitive, powerful and flexible", meaning that it has been tweaked to make it simpler to use. The interface, therefore, was changed from the one used in The Sims 2 and The Sims 3, eliminating the steps process and splitting the menus. The detail edit mode has a new click and drag method which allows players to get certain parts of their Sims' bodies the exact way they want. It has been described as "Sculpting a Sim", similar to "playing with clay". Before the official release, the CAS demo is avaible to download in the Origin. It allow players to explore CAS sooner, with limit content. Young Adult is the only life stage avaible to create and edit in CAS demo.

Full View
In the full view, four menus can be seen. The options menu on the top-right lets players save the family, or load one from the gallery. At the top left there are two menus. One, indicated by a "plumbob" icon and "Hello, My Name Is...", lets the player choose the Sim's name, age, voice, and walk style. The voice options are Sweet, Melodic, and Lilted for females; and Clear, Warm, and Brash for males. Options for walk styles are: Default, Perky, Snooty, Swagger, Feminine, Tough, Goofy, and Sluggish.

Below the basic menu, players can choose an aspiration and a few traits. Since the number of available traits was reduced from 63 in The Sims 3 to 35, only three traits can be chosen. In addition, selecting an aspiration also selects an associated trait. These are:
 * Athletic - High Metabolism
 * Creativity - Muser
 * Deviance - Domestic
 * Food - Essence of Flavor
 * Fortune - Business Savvy
 * Knowledge - Quick Learner
 * Love - Alluring
 * Nature - Collector
 * Popularity - Gregarious

Full Body
Clicking on the Sim's body makes this menu visible. This will also sliders for muscle tone and fitness/fatness sliders. It is split into seven subcategories. All, except the first, are clothing categories.


 * 1) Body: made up of "Body and Skin Tone", which contains a few body presets, and "Tattoos".
 * 2) Styled Looks: lets the player choose from a set of pre-made outfits.
 * 3) Tops: consists of Jackets, T-Shirts, Sweaters, Tanks, Button-Up, Sweatshirts, Suit Jackets, Bras, Vests, and Polos.TS4_CAS_Demo_Tops.png
 * 4) Full Body: consists of Suits, Outerwear, Jumpsuits, Long Dresses, Short Dresses, and Robes.
 * 5) Bottoms: consists of Pants, Skirts, Shorts, Jeans, Cropped, and Underwear.
 * 6) Accessories: consists of Bracelets, Gloves, Rings, Leggings, and Socks.
 * 7) Shoes: consists of Sandals, Flats, Loafers, Slippers, Heels, Wedges, Sneakers, and Boots.

Clothing is split into five categories: Everyday, Formal, Athletic, Sleep, and Party. Clothing categories also have filters according to color, material, category and style. While each clothing category applies its appropriate filter, the filter can be eliminated if the player wishes to give the Sim a piece that is filtered out of the category.

Head View
By clicking on the sim's head, the player enters Head View, which opens its own menu. It is made out of these categories: This menu has several hidden categories, however, which become visible by clicking on the respective facial region. Those are: Head Shape, Eyebrows, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Cheek, Mouth, Jaw, and Chin. In this view, the player also has access to detail edit mode, in which features which are inaccessible in regular edit mode can be edited, while in turn, features which are accessible in regular edit mode cannot be edited in Detail edit mode.
 * Face: consists of 'Face and Skin Tone', and 'Face Detail' in which beauty marks, wrinkles, and freckles can be added.
 * TS4_CAS_Demo_Face_and_Skin_Tone.png: consists of Short, Medium and Long.
 * Facial Hair: consists of Beards, Goatees, and Moustaches.
 * Hats: consists of Brimless, Brimmed, and Baseball Caps.
 * Accessories: consists of Earrings, Glasses, and Necklaces.
 * Makeup: consists of Eyes, Eyeliner, Cheeks and Lips.

Note: If a sim is wearing glasses, the Eyes menu cannot be opened.

Multiple Sims
Once a Sim has been created, players can generate another Sim in the bottom-left menu. By choosing the option "Play with Genetics"', players can create a sibling, a child or a parent.

In the basic menu, relationships between Sims can be set. These can be: Parent, Child, Sibling, Roommate or Spouse.