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[[File:The Sims 2 CAS.png|left]] '''Create a Sim''' (also known as '''CAS'''; sometimes stylized as Create-A-Sim) is the part of '''Create a Family '''where individual [[Sim]]s are made. It is used to customize a Sim's appearance and personality. As a rule, only superficial changes can be made to a Sim's appearance once he or she is added to the game. However, there are exceptions to this.
Create a Family is also used to organize Sims into families or households, as well as customize the relationships within a family or household before adding it to a neighborhood. However, since Create a Sim is the main part of Create a Family, players tend to refer to "Create a Sim" when talking about Create a Family.
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* '''Name''': The Sim's first name is entered here
* '''Gender''': Either male or female is selected
* '''[[Life stages|Age]]''': Player chooses one of the following ages:
** [[Toddler]]
** [[Child]]
** [[Teenager]]
** [[Adult]]
** [[Elder]]
* '''Skin Color''': Player chooses from one of four skin tones. The "star" will be grayed out unless custom skin tones are present or [[Create a Sim#Debug Mode|Debug Mode]] is enabled. If Debug Mode is enabled, unlocked skin tones such as Alien and Mannequin can be accessed by clicking the "star".
* '''[[Fitness (attribute)|Fitness]]''': Player chooses either slim or fat
* '''[[Biography]]''': Player may enter a Sim bio.
Clicking the "pair of dice" icon will create a new random Sim of the selected age and gender. Clicking the icon with several stylized "person" figures will open the Sim bin, and allow the player to choose a pre-made Sim of the selected age and gender. This will include Sims created in [[Body Shop]].
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* '''Hair Color & Style''': Choose a hair color and hairstyle. There are 4 colors (Black, Brown, Blond, and Red). [[Custom content|Custom]] hair that has not been placed in one of those four color bins can be selected by clicking on the custom content star. If [[The Sims 2: Seasons|''Seasons'']] or later is installed, each outfit can have its own hairstyle. When creating an [[elder]], players can still select the Black, Brown, Blond, or Red bins, but that choice will only affect the Sim's [[Genetics#The Sims 2|genetics]]. No matter which color bin is selected, only hair which has been "binned" as gray will be available. In addition, all hair which has been "binned" as gray will be available, regardless of its genetic color. When creating elders, the custom-hair bin works as it does with other life stages.
Each of these sections have a number of pre-made templates which can be selected.
* '''Full Face''':Optionally select the Sim's basic face shape and features by choosing one of the pre-made face templates.<ref>The 21st and 25th adult templates are not linked correctly to other ages. Instead they are linked to the 2nd template. Sims created using these templates may have very different features when they age up, and may pass this "brokenness" on to their descendants. A fix is available [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9028.0.html here] but it will not affect existing Sims who use those templates. (Source: http://meetme2theriver.livejournal.com/44396.html )</ref><ref>Unlike the default versions of the 21st and 25th adult templates which are always linked the 2nd template for other ages, there are alternate versions of the 25th template which exist in the CAS Sim bin that are linked to different face templates for other ages. A version of the 25th template is used by an adult female with light skin from the CAS Sim bin which is linked to the 26th template for other ages. Another version of the 25th template is used by an adult male with light skin from the CAS Sim bin, which is linked to the 23rd template.</ref><ref>The alien face template can not be accessed in normal Create a Sim, but there is a [http://www.moreawesomethanyou.com/smf/index.php/topic,9028.0.html mod] that will make it accessible.</ref><ref>Sims created using the 2nd template may have slightly different features when they become elders, though the difference is more noticeable on females. There's a [http://modthesims.info/d/302361 mod] that replaces the default 2nd face template for elder females, with the adult female version. However this mod does not change the faces of elder females already born in game.</ref><ref>The hidden alien face template also has a difference between some life stages. The alien ears resemble the ones from the 4th template, when used on toddlers, and male teens.</ref> Change details like: Face Gaunt-Plump, Cheek Size, Lower Face Width, Face Short-Long, Underneck Up-Down, Ear Size
* '''Brow''': Change details like: Brow Thickness, Brow Up-Down, Brow Arch, Brow Rotate, Brow Orbit Shape, Forehead In-Out
* '''Eyes''': Select eye color (blue, light blue, green, grey, or brown) and change details like: Eye Size, Eye Width, Outer Eye Up-Down, Eyes Rotate, Eye Closeness, Eye Deepness, Eyes Up-Down, Orbit Up-Down
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In ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'', '''Create-A-Student''' is the version of Create-A-Sim which is available when viewing the main screen of a [[college]] [[sub-neighborhood]]. Unlike the normal Create-A-Sim, Create-A-Student only creates [[young adult]] Sims who only appear in the Student Bin. Also, instead of creating "families", it creates households, and allows the player to give Sims within a household different last names.
Aside from that, Create-A-Student is pretty much the same as the normal CAS, except that the Sim stands in a different room during creation. This room has more of a college themed room, with more decorations outside the window. Once finished, the Household will receive §500 per Sim, and they can be moved into a [[Dormitory|dorm]] or [[Residential lot|private home]], but cannot be moved directly into an established [[Greek house]].
{{Tip|When using the [[Money cheats#The Sims 2|familyfunds]] cheat with college households, use the name of the ''household'', not the last name(s) of the Sims.}}
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In ''[[The Sims 2: Pets]]'', the Create-A-Pet feature is part of the CAS; the "Create a Dog" and "Create a Cat" icons will appear on the tab that is expanded when the "Create A Sim" button is clicked. An adult or elder [[dog]] or [[cat]] can be added to the family. There are many options to customize the appearance of a pet as well as predefined breeds. A pet's personality and name can then be chosen. The player can also unlock many new coats and collars through [[career (pet)|in-game experiences]].
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'''Age''': Choose from the following six ages:
* [[Toddler]] (approximately
* [[Child]] (approximately 7–12 years old)
* [[Teenager]] (approximately 13–17 years old)
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As in previous games, babies cannot be created due to the fact that infants cannot have their facial structure customized, unlike toddlers or adults. They all look identical until they become toddlers, which is when genetics begin to appear.
'''Supernatural Types''': This feature is added in ''[[Supernatural]]'', and allows the player to choose a [[life state]] other than that of a normal Sim. There are 6 additional life states which can be chosen.
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===Looks===
The "looks" section can be either simple or complicated. It is where the face of the Sim is designed. Specific parts of a Sim's head can be modified by choosing a preset, or by going advanced and using sliders. This section has a second "dice" button, which will create a random face.
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Relationships to a [[Toddler]], [[Child]], or [[Teen]]
* [[Toddler]], [[Child]], [[Teen]]: sibling or cousin
* [[Adult]]: parent, uncle, or aunt
* [[Elder]]: grandparent, great-uncle, or great-aunt
Relationships to a [[Young Adult]] or [[Adult]]
* [[Toddler]], [[Child]], [[Teen]]: child, niece, or nephew
* [[Adult]]: sibling, spouse, sibling-in-law, cousin, boyfriend/girlfriend, fiancee
* [[Elder]]: parent, parent-in-law, uncle, or aunt
Relationships to an [[Elder]]
* [[Elder]]: sibling, spouse, sibling-in-law, boyfriend/girlfriend, fiancee
* [[Adult]]: child, niece, nephew, or child-in-law
* [[Toddler]], [[Child]], [[Teen]]: grandchildren, great-niece, or great-nephew
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[[File:TS4 customize gender.png|thumb|282x282px|Gender customization]]
[[The Sims 4/Patch 34|Patch 34]] changed this view by adding gender customization for Sims who are teens and older. The option to select male or female remains, but players can now select a Customize Gender option, which opens a dropdown menu titled "Custom Gender Settings". This menu has four options:<ref name="simsvipguide">[http://simsvip.com/2016/06/03/the-sims-4-gender-identity-same-sex-pregnancy-unisex-clothing/ The Sims 4: Gender Customization, Unisex Clothing, and Same Sex Pregnancy] at SimsVIP</ref>
* '''Physical Frame''': Determines whether the Sim's physical frame is masculine or feminine. Note that the ability to add or customize breast size is still linked to gender, so choosing a feminine frame for a male Sim will not enable it for that Sim.
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* '''Pregnancy Options''': Determines whether the Sim will be able to become pregnant, impregnate other Sims, or will be infertile.▼
* '''Toilet Use''': This option asks "Can this Sim use the toilet standing?" Selecting "No" means that the Sim will always sit. Selecting "Yes" means that the Sim will either sit or stand.▼
▲*'''Pregnancy Options''': Determines whether the Sim will be able to become pregnant, impregnate other Sims, or will be infertile.
▲*'''Toilet Use''': This option asks "Can this Sim use the toilet standing?" Selecting "No" means that the Sim will always sit. Selecting "Yes" means that the Sim will either sit or stand.
In addition to this option, all voice options for teens and older are now available to both genders.
Below the basic menu, players can choose an [[Aspiration (The Sims 4)|aspiration]] and a few [[Trait (The Sims 4)|traits]]. Since the number of available traits was reduced from [[Trait (The Sims 3)|63]] in the base game of ''[[The Sims 3]]'' to 35, only three traits can be chosen. Children can choose one trait and teens can choose two. In addition, selecting an aspiration also selects an associated trait. These are:
* Athletic - High Metabolism
* Creativity - Muser
* Deviance - Dastardly
* Family - Domestic
* Food - Essence of Flavor
* Fortune - Business Savvy
* Knowledge - Quick Learner
* Love - Alluring
* Nature - Collector
* Popularity - Gregarious
For children, there are four aspirations, but they do not have bonus traits:
* Creativity
* Mental
* Motor
* Social
====Full Body====
Clicking on the Sim's body makes this menu visible. This will also show the sliders for muscle tone and fitness/fatness sliders. It is split into seven subcategories. All, except the first, are clothing categories.
# Body: made up of "Body and Skin Tone", which contains a few body presets, and "Tattoos".
# Styled Looks: lets the player choose from a set of pre-made outfits.
# Tops: consists of Jackets, T-shirts, Sweaters, Tanks, Button-Up, Sweatshirts, Suit Jackets, Bras, Vests, and Polos.[[File:TS4 CAS Demo Tops.png|thumb|282px|Tops for Young Adult Female]]
# Full Body: consists of Suits, Outerwear, Jumpsuits, Long Dresses, Short Dresses, and Robes.
# Bottoms: consists of Pants, Skirts, Shorts, Jeans, Cropped, Underwear and Swimwear (as of [[The Sims 4/Patch 7|the November, 2014 update]])
# Accessories: consists of Bracelets, Gloves, Rings, Leggings (only for females), and Socks.
# 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.
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===Head View===
[[File:TS4 CAS Demo Face and Skin Tone.png|thumb|284px|Faces and Skintone]]By clicking on the Sim's head, the player enters Head View, which opens its own menu. It is made out of these categories:
* Face: consists of 'Face and Skin Tone', and 'Face Detail' in which beauty marks, wrinkles, and freckles can be added.
* Hair: consists of Short, Medium and Long.
* Facial Hair: consists of Beards, Goatees, and Mustaches.
* Hats: consists of Brimless, Brimmed, and Baseball Caps.
* Accessories: consists of Earrings, Glasses, and Necklaces.
* Makeup: consists of Eyes, Eyeliner, Cheeks and Lips.
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.
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===Notes===
[[File:TS4 CASdemo Video Thumb.jpg|thumb|250px|Eight of the premade CAS Sims on the CAS Demo start button.]]
* The interface has both a "Start Over" button and a "Randomize" button. "Start Over" is a curved arrow at the bottom right, and was removed from the retail game. "Randomize" is a dice located under the Sim. As in ''The Sims 2'' and ''The Sims 3'', clicking Randomize will create a random Sim. However, unlike in the older games of the series, players can choose what to randomize, from the Sim's face details and hair to the shoes the Sim is wearing.
* Clicking "Start Over" will generate one of these Sims, with no name or personality: [[Andre DaSilva]], [[June Kay]], [[Steve Fogel]], [[Babs L'Amour]], [[Cassidy Purdue|Cassidy]] or [[Ollie Purdue]], [[Amber Stein]], [[Sophia Jordan]], [[Erol Dowd]], [[Kai Kahue]], [[Holly Vinedal]], [[Armand DiAggro]], [[Lacey Stiles]], [[George Rivers]], or [[Sean Sullivan]]. This was removed from the retail game, and is only accessible in the Create-A-Sim demo released in the Summer 2014.
==Trivia==
* In the Windows and Mac versions of ''The Sims'' and ''The Sims 2'', families and Sims cannot be re-edited in CAS once the family has been saved. In ''The Sims 3'', this can be done by using cheats. Both ''The Sims 3'' and ''The Sims Medieval'', along with ''The Sims 4'' allows Sims to be saved in CAS, and allows saved Sims to be re-edited in CAS.
** However, in most console games, families can be re-edited in CAS.
* Before ''The Sims 3'', it was not generally possible for Sims in a household or family being created in CAS to be given different last names, though ''The Sims 2: University'' allowed it in [[Create a Sim#Create-A-Student|Create a Student]]. Console versions of ''The Sims 2'' games allow Sims to be given different last names, as does ''The Sims 3''.
* Prior to console versions of ''The Sims 3'', males could not wear makeup, as that option was replaced by the "facial hair" option. In the Windows games such as ''The Sims 2'' and The Sims Stories, males can wear makeup such as lipstick and eyeshadow.
* In ''[[The Sims Bustin' Out]]'', as in ''The Sims'', it is possible to use less than 25 personality points. In [[The Sims Stories]], as in ''The Sims 2'', all 25 personality points must be used.
* In some Sims games, such as ''[[The Urbz: Sims in the City]]'' and ''The Sims 3'', changing clothes or planning an outfit will take the player to Create-A-Sim.
* CAS is also seen in ''The Sims Bustin' Out'' when the player loads a game in Bust Out mode.
* In console versions of ''The Sims 3'', it is possible to re-edit a Sim by using the instant beauty [[Karma powers|karma power]].
* In ''The Sims 2'', when a Sim plays ''[[Video games#Game List|The Sims: Bustin' Out]]'' on a computer, or a single Sim plays it on a video game set, the scenes shown are from CAS.
* In ''[[The Sims 2: University]]'', the Create-A-Student room has a portrait of [[Will Wright]], the creator of the Sims series.
* In ''The Sims 2'', players can use [[#Debug Mode|Debug Mode]] to create Sims with a second custom skin tone which is pale grey. Sims created with this skin tone are referred to as Mannequins. However it is not recommended for them to have children in-game, since the game does not support the game creating babies with this skin tone. Doing so will cause the game to crash. Mannequins also have a custom eye color by selecting the alien skin tone, giving them black eyes and then selecting the [[mannequin]] skin tone.
* In the Windows version, and possibly the Mac version{{confirm}} of ''The Sims 2'', there is a quirk, which may be caused by a bug or a developer oversight, in the way the facial customization sliders are handled. If the player makes changes in one facial area (e.g., nose), selects a preset for another area, then goes back to the first, all the sliders will be back in the center. This has two effects. First, it can make undoing changes in an area after leaving it somewhat tricky, as the player needs to remember how far each slider was moved. Second, it has the effect of making it possible to customize a Sim's face far further than the game intended, as the player can move a slider to one end of its scale, re-center that slider by leaving the facial area and returning to it, then move the slider again. This also applies to the customization sliders in Create-A-Pet.
* ''The Sims 4'' is the first game in the series to lack the ability to skip Create-A-Sim. This makes it obligatory to create a Sim regardless if the player wants to play as a pre-made family or not.
* ''The Sims 4'' is the first game in the series to add full gender customization as well as the option of making all clothes, accessories and hairstyles gender neutral.
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