crabb's Sim Shine Specular Overlay

[crabb]

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update [2018.09.09] Sim Shine Crystal 1.0.6

-- All Crystal shines are now in 1 CAS thumbnail

-- added 2 extra CAS slots (must have base file to function) - tattoo and skin detail

-- Smoother texture. Reduced file size.

-- You can keep your old version (Crystal 1-9) *version 1.0.6 is a new package*

 

 

 

Sim Shine makes your skin shine! It creates a soft reflection on the body that changes with your viewing angle. It works indoors and outside

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sim Shine Crystal 1.0.6   ///   Sim Shine Crystal 1-9

Imitates the natural shine of skin.  Eighteen levels of shine (Crystal 1.0.6).  Nine levels of shine (Crystal 1-9)

**Crystal 1-9 is the old version, some people may like this better. An improved specular mapping technique and smaller image size were used in 1.0.6

 

Sim Shine #1 and #2

Original smooth specular texture. Two levels of shine

 

Sim Shine Atlantis

A flaky texture that imitates the shine of scales

 

Sim Shine Galaxy

A layer of sparkles on the skin with a high level of shine

 

Sim Shine Pornstar Cock

Specular textures for Noir and Dark Sims' Pornstar Cock to match Sim Shine #1-2 and Sim Shine Crystal

 

 

 

 

 

 

Located in Rings

INDEX LEFT > [Sim Shine Pornstar Cock]
INDEX RIGHT >

MIDDLE LEFT >
MIDDLE RIGHT >
RING.F LEFT >
RING.F RIGHT > [Sim Shine]

 

 

 

**Your experience may vary using this with CC clothing that has its own specular texture**

 

Thank you to @.Noir. for allowing me to use the Pornstar Cock texture shape

Thank you to @IGI 2000 for helping me test my work

 

 

 

View My Other Downloads

 

LoversLab - Crabb's Blog - Crabb's Skin Lab

LoversLab - Crabb's Blog - Tools and Tricks

LoversLab - Crabb's Blog – Clothes

 

 

 

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• Submitter
  crabb
• Submitted
  05/09/2018
• Category
  The Sims 4
• Requires
  Sims 4 Base Game

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[crabb]

*v1.0.5 No reshade presets are active in the photo

 

 

>>Please make sure you have lighting turned up in your game options

 

 

Lighting mods used in my game. Personal preference, not needed for the overlay

---Luumia's noGlo 2.1

---Lotharihoe's Out of the Dark

http://luumiasims.com/post/142547484464/lumialoversims-i-was-made-aware-by-multiple

https://lotharihoe.tumblr.com/post/173488596178/out-of-the-dark-lately-i-havent-been-really-happy

 

Please let me know if you have any questions about the overlay, thanks.

[parzysty]

What do those lighting mods do? Are they part of Reshade? Do you use Reshade?

 

Anyway, do you think it would be possible to get a more grainy look so it looks like actual wet skin? Kinda like this: https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/images/110/1406024-1352674103.jpg

[crabb]

Hey @parzystyI do use ReShade, though I don't have anything turned on in the sample pics.

 

The mods are not a part of ReShade and their authors are in the best position to describe their function, I will leave a link here

http://luumiasims.com/post/142547484464/lumialoversims-i-was-made-aware-by-multiple

https://lotharihoe.tumblr.com/post/173488596178/out-of-the-dark-lately-i-havent-been-really-happy

 

Thank you for the suggestion I do think we need something more coarse like you describe. I love that mod. When I added shine to make this work indoors, I think it averaged out the input from the texture and made it smooth. I'm going to keep tinkering and see if I can get there

 

Here is an early version with same same base texture at a different color value. It only works outside.

 

Spoiler

ReShade effects are active in this photo

 

 

[parzysty]

On 11.05.2018 at 8:13 PM, crabb said:

Hey @parzystyI do use ReShade, though I don't have anything turned on in the sample pics.

 

The mods are not a part of ReShade and their authors are in the best position to describe their function, I will leave a link here

http://luumiasims.com/post/142547484464/lumialoversims-i-was-made-aware-by-multiple

https://lotharihoe.tumblr.com/post/173488596178/out-of-the-dark-lately-i-havent-been-really-happy

 

Thank you for the suggestion I do think we need something more coarse like you describe. I love that mod. When I added shine to make this work indoors, I think it averaged out the input from the texture and made it smooth. I'm going to keep tinkering and see if I can get there

 

Here is an early version with same same base texture at a different color value. It only works outside.

 

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ReShade effects are active in this photo

 

 

That looks great, can you release it?

[crabb]

here's a copy - enjoy!

 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dx49rt9lghgl0md/crabb_SIM_SWEAT_demo.package

[TheShagster]

when i put the overlay on, nothing happens? am i doing something wrong? when i put it on in cas mode. unless it only shows in gameplay

[crabb]

Hey @TheShagster (awesome sig) most of the time this happens one of the clothing items you are wearing has it's own spectral texture and is overwriting the shine elsewhere on the body with blank spectral texture. It can be anything you are wearing, tattoos, skin details, but I've found shoes to be the most common problem.

 

A quick way to check is to add new outfit slot and start undressing the current outfit until you find what the problem is. Also, it is always useful to have a blank sim in Your Households for testing out new mods.

 

Sim Shine has a low priority so that other non shiny clothes can go on top of it and not get covered with the overlay. However, clothes that fit directly on top of the skin will sometimes pick up the shine on their texture. Please let me know if this does not fix it for you, good luck

[TheShagster]

14 minutes ago, crabb said:

Hey @TheShagster (awesome sig) most of the time this happens one of the clothing items you are wearing has it's own spectral texture and is overwriting the shine elsewhere on the body with blank spectral texture. It can be anything you are wearing, tattoos, skin details, but I've found shoes to be the most common problem.

 

A quick way to check is to add new outfit slot and start undressing the current outfit until you find what the problem is. Also, it is always useful to have a blank sim in Your Households for testing out new mods.

 

Sim Shine has a low priority so that other non shiny clothes can go on top of it and not get covered with the overlay. However, clothes that fit directly on top of the skin will sometimes pick up the shine on their texture. Please let me know if this does not fix it for you, good luck

well i took all of my clothes, skins mods, tattoos, jewelry, everything off of her [just a blank sim in CAS mode, and try to put it on, and still nothing. i just installed the sim shine 2

[crabb]

I haven't run into this yet, do you think it could be your graphics settings? if you want to try there are other specular overlays you can download and test this with, alltherandom's Oiled Up! or Super Shiny Skin by Reitanna

[TheShagster]

here, nothing on her at all.

 

[TheShagster]

2 minutes ago, crabb said:

I haven't run into this yet, do you think it could be your graphics settings? if you want to try there are other spectral overlays you can download and test this with, alltherandom's Oiled Up! or Super Shiny Skin by Reitanna

well, hope you can look into this problem. but i will take a look at the other mods. thanks for the help. and my graphics are set to max. well i can take a look into lighting. hold up

[TheShagster]

okay, i found the problem, my lighting was turned down. my bad, looks great!  everything ales was maxed out besides that for some odd reason. ohh well thanks for the help and all!

[crabb]

@TheShagster No problem! Enjoy

[crabb]

Thanks everybody for your questions and support. Sim Shine Crystal is now available, thanks!

[MEN0PER@]

Butting in on this because WOW that sweat shine is so detailed and so well done ? thank you so much for sharing your awesome works

 

On 5/11/2018 at 10:12 PM, parzysty said:

 

Anyway, do you think it would be possible to get a more grainy look so it looks like actual wet skin? Kinda like this: https://staticdelivery.nexusmods.com/images/110/1406024-1352674103.jpg

I think we can get that detailed grainy look but instead of using the Specular Map alone, we use the Normal/Bump Map too. This map when combined with Speculars are an awesome pair thats why for example some EA clothings/ walls/ floors look well detailed eventhough its just flat 2D Textures.

 

Normal Map + Specular Map = ? 

 

The hassle is that you have to apply the custom made grainniess/skin pore Normal Map onto the desired NSFW CC tops/bottoms/outfits plus this Awesome Shine to get that realistic effect ? ?

 

 

Thanks again @crabb for making these, hope to see more of your works.

XOXO

[parzysty]

This is what happens when I try to use the crystal shine. What's the problem? I tested it with no mods installed and it still didn't work.

 

EDIT: Nvm, it works. I didn't know I had to download the base shine file as well xd

 

[crabb]

@parzysty I've updated Sim Shine Crystal, thanks for letting me know ✌️

[parzysty]

I'm loving this specular overlay so far ^^ you did a great job, just what I had in mind! I'm only wondering, is an even stronger version possible? You can see a reflection on the girl's buttcheeks but I feel like it should be more pronounced. I use it for both actors in the scene and as you can see the specular overlay doesn't affect the penis. Do you think that would take much work to do? I know that when I use Oily Skins they work on the penis. Just a thought, thanks again for this! ❤️

[crabb]

@parzystyyeah sure that wouldn't be much trouble! I will have to make another CAS item for the penis shine though. If I started adding peen shine by default to the packages I'll start hearing about random shine happening to people's outfits!

[ExSimmer]

Does this work with Eve Body mod? Im not quite sure if I picked the right one, but the nipples seem to be a bit off when using the skin. Other then that it looks amazing.

[crabb]

can you show a pic @ExSimmerI'll take a look

[ExSimmer]

3 minutes ago, crabb said:

can you show a pic @ExSimmerI'll take a look

im not quite sure if this is the right skin tho. But its the only oily one I could find in the category.

[crabb]

@ExSimmer haha that's some perky nips! I think you might be using something else here Sim Shine doesn't move anything around

[ExSimmer]

1 minute ago, crabb said:

@ExSimmer haha that's some perky nips! I think you might be using something else here Sim Shine doesn't move anything around

lmao i figured it looked a little off. Is there a specific thumbnail I should look out for? I cant seem to find it.