How to make HAIRSTYLES for THE SIMS 4 | Tutorial

Sul sul Simmers, I was asked to make a tutorial about hairs and here it is. This tutorial took a lot of time to make and edit, so I really hope you like it. Tag me in your creations so I can share them!
Blender version: 3.6.1
Sims 4 Studio version: 3.2.1.0
All the tools you need: powluna.com/software/
00:00 Intro
01:06 Hair examples
01:34 S4S | mesh export
02:55 Blender | controls
03:57 Blender | mesh groups
05:00 Blender | edit mode & deleting bangs
06:40 S4S | mesh export (new bangs)
07:02 Blender | append new bangs
09:07 Blender | proportional editing
10:00 Blender | texture
11:57 Blender | preparing test file
13:00 S4S | texture, specular and normal map export
13:27 S4S | create package file
15:02 TS4 | Hats
15:18 S4S | mesh export (hair + hats)
15:46 Blender | create hat chops
17:44 Blender | edit hat chops
19:25 Blender | create (bake) shadow map
21:47 GIMP | edit shadow map
22:50 S4S | What are LOD’s?
23:19 Blender | creating LOD’s
24:54 S4S | categories
25:07 Outro
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[@powluna]

I am sorry for the pixelated bits in the video! I got a new graphics card and didn't realize that my settings aren't correct anymore, but I was already to deep in the progress of making the video to scrap everything. Thanks for understanding ♥

[@nahidaluvss]

cc creators are literally magicians cuz wdf

[@LyssBeeBee]

Please note, if you are unable to click on "Append", make sure you're in Object Mode and not Edit Mode. Haha, just had this issue. Thanks for this lovely tutorial powluna

[@ressonancee]

For a long time I have been watching videos on how to make cc, but until now I have never found a video that I could understand from minute one, you make things look so easy that it encourages me to try it, could you make a detailed tutorial on how to make shoes and socks? Thank you so much ❤

[@powluna]

Thank you for the feedback 🩷 What exactly would you expect from a shoes/socks tutorial? I don't make things from scratch usually, only conversions and edits 😅

[@rekapotato5599]

oh this tutorial is GODSENT thank u so much

[@SussySays]

Wonderful tutorial! Thank you!

[@L.T.S.N_SiiMMER]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge 💕You're a gem!

[@stassie23]

I love this tutorial, the most detailed one on the whole KZbin! Thank you so much ♥

[@powluna]

Thank you for the feedback 🩷🩷

[@second_second_]

Amazing tutorial, very detailed, easy to understand. Thank you so much. Seems lots of work.

[@powluna]

Thank you so much for the feedback 🥰

[@jelliekitty]

you are my favorite cc creator and these videos are so helpful! thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@powluna]

Awww, thank you!! You're so nice 🥹🩷

[@sophfromnuo]

thank you for this video! very helpful!

[@porshamj]

I’m so glad I found this video. You’re so good and giving instructions because I can’t actually understand the steps. Thank you!

[@powluna]

I hope the "can't" was a typo 😄 Thank you so much for the feedback 🩷

[@grimattic]

Thank you so much. I've made a few hairs now all thanks to this tutorial! its the only one thats worked for me. tysm!

[@powluna]

That's the best feedback I can get, thank you 🩷

[@user-wq1ue6ne8u]

thank you for the tutorial video! ;3

[@ChopSmashnikov]

Thank you so much!

[@user-pj9yh8rd3p]

Thank you so much I love you!!😍

[@powluna]

Thank you 🩷

[@FiresideSims]

PowLuna - Useful episode. Some nice how-to episodes at your channel.

[@powluna]

Thank you 🩷

[@Ijggfsssbjuuss34]

Tysm for making these videos! Can you make a video on how to make horse tack? Like a saddle pad maybe. I can only find videos on how to make cc for characters. :)

[@powluna]

This is probably something I won't make a video about, because I don't have experience in making pets stuff, sorry!

[@valentinedoll]

this is really cool! would i be able to edit custom content hair using this process?

[@powluna]

Yeah, of course! I think it would work 😄

[@stardust1571]

i dont understand what you did in 9:23 i press j with the transform selected and the thingy on the bottom but i just zoom in. can you help me?

[@lucyhannah1227]

I'm having an issue getting the mesh to fully import onto the template hair like you did at 14:17, it just overlays it and doesn't show up at all in-game. i'm sure i'm missing something simple but i don't know what it is

[@usernameee9039]

When I import the mesh into Sims4Studio it works fine, but when I use the hair in-game it still uses the mesh from the unedited hair, but when I select a hat it looks fine, what do I do?

[@CassitySimmer]

it looks like when you click on a certain section of the uv ,ap where the texture is you are able to zoom into that place. but mine only zooms into the middle so when i zoom in too far i can no longer see my texture. are you just clicking and dragging and zooming in?

[@powluna]

Hold the middle mouse button and then you can click and drag around!

[@CassitySimmer]

@@powluna thanks so much ! I’ll try it !

[@marineskullz]

whenever i try to download the 3.6.1 version of blender it keeps downloading the 2.70 verison instead :(

[@ErinSimader]

@@powluna Hi there I just found your video for making hairs for Sims 4 and I have a question is the way you make regular hair in Sims 4 the same as if you were to add highlights into the hair? See I wanted to make some wavy hair with highlights in it, but I don't know if it would be that easy to do and I really want to try and make this hair because I can't find the exactly style I need for my Sims.

[@powluna]

To make highlights you just have to edit the texture! I never made something like this before though so I cant give more tips and tricks, sorry :(

[@ErinSimader]

@@powluna Thanks for the advice and I guess I can try it out.

[@OnyxArchambault]

I tried to download the blender but ehr i hit download mesh it says it cant find my blender installation..

[@eggzuki]

hello! right click the blender application on your desktop copy the location of the file pop the address into the “blender address” spot i hope that made sense..

[@nidiaalvarez5290]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial! Why use this version of blender? where i can download it? Im doing the tutorial with the las version of blender and there are things that i cant find :(

[@powluna]

It's Blender version 3.6.1, because at the time of filming the video this was the latest version for cc makers. I made a mistake in the description but fixed it now! There is also a link to all the tools, Blender too. 🙌🏻

[@nidiaalvarez5290]

@@powluna thanks so much for the info! You are very kind 🙂

[@meow-fm2jv]

i haven't tried doing this or really anything much 3d, so might be a silly question. would it be possible and maybe easier for a hair like this to copy the hat chops from the original back hair that was used and keep them, delete the bangs and then copy paste and adjust the bangs from the new one you're making?

[@powluna]

It definitely would be possible I guess, but once you figured out how to make hat chops, you are really fast and flexible to make hat chops for every hairstyle no matter how many edits you made to it!

[@meow-fm2jv]

@@powluna ohh i see! thanks for answering

[@softsweetfemme]

what version of blender did you use? i cant make my blender compatiable wtih sims 4 studio without it being 2.7 specifically

[@powluna]

I use Blender 3.6.1. Make Sure to use the newest version of Sims 4 Studio and check the Blender path in the S4S settings. Some other people had the same issue, because Blender wasn't fully connected!

[@softsweetfemme]

@@powluna thank you so much!! ive been trying to figure out how to do this with blender 2.7 and a way older version of sims 4 studio. as you can expect, its been awful. thank you so so so so much

[@desenhistadesofa8439]

help me, dont apear nothing on cas mash

[@artnerd3727]

I do not have the option to create a 3D mesh in Cas for Sims4studio can i use object 3d mesh instead?

[@powluna]

An object is technically something different, so it has to be the CAS option if you want to make clothes

[@koyauniverse]

How do you get blender 3.6 working on S4S? I'm always having this problem.

[@powluna]

The latest versions of both softwares that are compatible with each other are Blender 3.6.1 and S4S 3.2.1.2. Make sure that S4S has the correct Blender path if you have an old version of Blender on your PC. That's usually already it :D Hope you can get it to work!

[@koyauniverse]

I managed to get both to work, thank you very much.

[@Alex_Gainey]

Hey I changed the hair line in blender which doesn’t match the original diffuse map. So the changes to the hairline are showing up in sims 4 studio but also the original hairline at the same time. How do I make a new diffuse map that’s accurate to the structural changes made in blender. So when I import it to Sims 4 Studio It’s the same?

[@powluna]

Oh, it's hard to understand the problem. Can you join my Discord and explain it with pictures? (If you haven't found a solution yet)

[@LittlePhoenix_oficial]

hi good night how are you? I'm trying to do this more every time I try to return the mesh from blender to the sims 4 studio nothing happened (apparently the mesh won't) if you can help me thank you

[@powluna]

Check the cut numbers! They are important for S4S.

[@ZuzannaFavesDie]

a bit of a late response here but i had this issue too. i fixed it by starting a new package instead making it a CAS standalone.

[@strvzval]

when i put the cc into my game, only the bangs show up? i put it into one mesh btw

[@powluna]

You probably forgot to join the bangs with the rest of the hair! I explain that around 11:57

[@NoName-rk6em]

How do you make it so that your sims have their color? Mine is just a fully white sim. I have blender 3.3

[@powluna]

This happens mostly when your Sims 4 Studio and Blender don't match. Make sure to update your S4S to the newest version and then check the Blender path in the S4S settings!

[@pixiewixiee]

@@powluna Omg thank you so much for clarifying this, I was stuck on this for ages!!

[@sienna1388]

i am trying to make the shadows, but when i open the rig and check selectable for the head, i can’t move it still? it just selects the mouth, i noticed that when i click on head_2 it selects the whole head, if i chose head_2 over the first head option would baking still work?

[@powluna]

Yep, thats totally right! Some meshes have the names of head and mouth switched, so you have to pick the one thats the head 😄

[@sienna1388]

@@powluna okay thank you so much for such a quick reply!!! i’ve been following your tutorial and it is so helpful!

[@sienna1388]

@@powluna​​⁠​⁠okay one more question (maybe lol) when i make the LODs, i don’t have that little circle shaped thing in my uv map. i did use a cc hair instead of an ea hair as my base mesh so maybe that’s why, is skipping that step of deselecting it going to mess up my lods?

[@powluna]

Thats okay! LODs dont have to be perfect, they are just for the case when you're far away from your Sim in Game you still see the shape of the hair you made and not something completely different. So its just to keep the game performance balanced!

[@rvcrashing]

hi! I'm having trouble with blender. I exported the mesh exactly like you but when i open in blender i have ✨nothing✨. The meshes are not showing on the scene or in the scene details panel... Please help me

[@powluna]

This could be a compatability issue between Sims 4 Studio and Blender. Please check your Blender path in the Sims 4 Studio settings

[@rvcrashing]

​@@powluna thank you for your answer!!! I never recieved the notif sorry :(((

[@NoName-rk6em]

Is there a way you could show us how to make cc hair from scratch Instead of bringing different parts together?

[@powluna]

Unfortunately, I am not skilled enough to make a video about this, sorry!

[@BaileyPlayz666]

Alerii’s tutorial tells you how to do that!

[@haud8597]

What laptop or pc do you use/recommend??

[@powluna]

I always opt for a self-assembled PC so that I can decide which individual parts to install. I currently have an AMD Ryzen 7 processor, an RTX 4070 graphics card and 32 GB of RAM. Not sure if you can do anything with that :D However, these are the parts that need to be good to have a great Sims and Blender experience if you're looking for a device for yourself.

[@julie6901]

hey on blender when i import the hair mesh on to blender my character is grey including the hair how can i fix that i looked everywhere no luck

[@powluna]

This is most likely a compatability issue between Sims 4 Studio and Blender. Make sure to be up to date with the latest versions!

[@julie6901]

@@powluna thank you you mean latest version as in for sims 4 studio? apologies for the rhetorical question.

[@powluna]

Yes, for Sims 4 Studio. They also write into the description which Blender version you have to use, because not all will work. For the latest S4S version you should use Blender 3.6.1 or Blender 4.0 (but I didn't test Blender 4.0 myself, its really new)

[@julie6901]

THANK YoU bc here I am using blender 2.79 to make hair for sims 4 studio I'm go update both of those now @@powluna

[@mystryx7931]

Got blender. It starts with showing a square. Where do you the model? Nothing under sims is loadable

[@powluna]

You have to export a model from Sims 4 Studio. If that's not working, please check your blender path in the settings of S4S

[@mystryx7931]

@@powluna thanks

[@sa-yk6jv]

In the first part, how can i make to choose one hair from my cc? i want to modify one and it dosnt appear

[@powluna]

You have to put a copy of the .package file of the cc in the Sims 4 Studio mods folder. The path is usually: C:\Users\YOURNAME\Documents\Sims 4 Studio\Mods . For a visual explanation you can take a look at one of my other videos, here is a link with timestamp :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/nGrIdJRrd7GViaMsi=aySbOp-ikQMrO5Zd&t=468

[@sa-yk6jv]

@@powluna THANK YOU SO MUCH!

[@mycutielife3021]

Did they disabled cheats or something? I've been pressing ctrl+shift+c and it doesn't work but it works perfectly fine in the game. Did they made a change since you uploaded a tutorial? I found some others tutorials but they are way too complicated cuz I need to use photo editor 😢

[@powluna]

Yes, there was an update, but I didn't know that they disabled cheats. A new way to go to the catalogue is at the top under 'Tools' and then 'Browse Game Content' -> 'CAS' Hope this helps!

[@Mmmfairycakes]

great video but my Blender isn't the same so it's really confusing :( help!

[@powluna]

It has to be Blender 3.6!! And Sims 4 Studio STAR

[@Mmmfairycakes]

ok! I'll have another go! :)@@powluna

[@ameliarandrup1956]

it doesn't say create 3D mesh under CAS for me

[@powluna]

Is it possible that you're working on a Mac? Then Create CAS Standalone will do the same thing. Otherwise check your Blender and Sims 4 path in the S4S settings!

[@Siimply.Jessica]

I wish you would make things for adults, because it's much easier to learn then then convert to children. why are you trying to teach us hard things, as opposed to easier things first?

[@powluna]

I am a content creator for kids stuff, so that's why I usually feature those content in my videos. There is no difference when it comes to creating hairstyles and you can easily follow the tutorial and still create something for adults 😄