🎁 [BG] SGFX: Fixing CAS Because EAxis Won't -- Included in "Batty Bat™ CASMenu Override" + I need to update the post because EAxis fixed a couple things.

⚔️ TS4: BASE GAME ⋆ 🚀 7/21/25 🌠 8/4/25 ☄️ 2/4/26
🔄 Rebuilt for almost every game update [🌐] whether or not it's broken [🌐].

⚙️ These are ZIP archives. See "BASIC INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS" for more info.

🆘 You can request assistance or inform me of issues in a new comment on this post, in a new post in the Troubleshooting Community Chat, or via DM (Discord). I don't bite, unless biting is the necessary response.

⚠️ DO NOT use this with "More Columns in CAS". There's an "SGFX Patch/Variant" for that.

🎙️ Oh, come on, baby! Oh, come on, darlin'! Let me steal this moment from you now!

☆// ⋆ TOTES "RANTY" SGFX DESCRIPTION:

This is my (12th) standalone neurodiversity-friendly "SGFX Override".

This one isn't really meant for standalone use.

EAxis has made such a catdamned mess of CAS, that fixing it requires this mod and my "Batty Bat™ CASMenu Override". I've bundled this mod with my "Batty Bat™ CASMenu Override".

The only reason to download this mod is if you don't want my "Batty Bat™ CASMenu Override", or if you want to use this with Crilender's "CASUnlocks" mod. However, Crilender's "CASUnlocks" is not configured for this mod, so not all of the fixes will work - specifically, the "subcategory item list" fix for the "Accessories" and "Makeup" categories will not work.

Understand? Great! Let's crack on!

CAS is a broken mess of "bugs" and anti-choice, rage-inducing, seemingly devoid of any intelligence or positive purpose design choices.

I will fix what I can, but some things can't be fixed from our side of the fence.

See "ALL THESE THINGS I'VE DONE" for a list of... all the things I've done to CAS.

Until further notice, I have included my "(ROG) NudePart Override" BUGFIX (either in the ZIP or in the download folder).

Besides CAS being a broken mess, our "Nude/Bathing Outfit" is also a broken mess, and one of the many things I've done with this mod is to enable the "Nude/Bathing Outfit" in CAS, but our "NudeParts" are also an improperly PARTFLAG'd mess! The BUGFIX ensures that your Sim either randomizes or "resets" with the correct nude body parts - specifically Bottoms and Shoes (Feet).

EAxis... is... <SHAKING MY HEAD> ruining my catdamned patience.

P.S. "SGFX Overrides" are usually updated every time the game updates.

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☆// ⋆ NOTICE ME, SENPAI:

• 🎁 GDrive Folder -- https://../drive/SGFX_IsFineIWillFixItMyselfEA

• 🎁 SFS Folder -- PENDING™

☆// ⋆ USE THIS FOR "MORE COLUMNS IN CAS":

• 🗺️ More Columns × Fixing CAS -- https://../posts/135108346

☆// ⋆ RELATED PROJECTS:

• 🪄 SGFX Overrides (Standalone) Collection -- https://../collection/1306589

• 🌸 SGFX Patch Collection -- https://../collection/951353

• ♾️ Neurodiversity-Friendly Collection -- https://../collection/877663

• 🗺️ Batty Bat™ CASMenu Override -- https://../posts/107958333

  • 🗺️ More Columns × Batty Bat™ -- https://../posts/135116776

• 🗺️ CAS Filters -- https://../posts/126616540

• 🗺️ XTKO: Reset Deez Nuts -- https://../posts/128730766

☆// ⋆ EVEN MOAR BOOTY:

• 🐞 BUGFIXES & BAND-AIDS Collection -- https://../collection/884858

• 🔇 Silence the Noise Collection -- https://../collection/1367566

• 🗺️ All-in-One Live Event Rewards Unlocker -- https://../posts/120588981

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☆// ⋆ TABLE OF CATENTS:

• ALL THESE THINGS I'VE DONE -- Self-explanatory.

• COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER SGFX PROJECTS -- Self-explanatory.

• COMPATIBILITY NOTES FOR THIRD-PARTY MODS -- Self-explanatory.

• PROGRESSION -- This is not a change-log. ⚡

• BASIC INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS -- Drag 'n drop, replace files, etc. ⚙️

• PROJECT MIRRORS -- This project, but Elsweyr. 🐱

• ZIP CONTAINS -- A complete list of this project's archives and files.

☆// ⋆ ALL THESE THINGS I'VE DONE:

MAJOR BUGS:

• EAxis broke the "subcategory item list" on Accessories and Makeup.✔️

  • Requires my " Batty Bat™ CASMenu Override" because EAxis made a mess.

• EAxis half-arsed the "Head Decorations" category and the CAS items.❓

  • I fixed the items in my "CAS Overrides" for BG and EP19, respectively.✔️

  • I'm not actively trying to fix this specific category mess.❌

MINOR BUGS:

• "Automatic Fashion Choice Filtering" doesn't work properly on Hairstyles.✔️

• The "Remove Button" appears on Tops and Bottoms when wearing Full Body.❌

QUALITY OF MEOW CHANGES:

• "Automatic Fashion Choice Filtering" disabled on some "parent" categories.✔️

  • BODY -- Accessories

  • FACE -- Accessories, Makeup

  • I've done this so that filtering on the "parent" category shows all items.

• Filtering enabled on multiple categories.✔️

  • BODY -- Body Paint, Body Scars, Medical Wearables, Skin Effects

  • FACE -- Brows, Cheeks, Eyelids, Eye Sockets, Mouth, Skin Details, Teeth

  • Not all filter options are shown in the screenshots, but they become active when the corresponding TAGS are present, which means...

  • My custom "CAS Filters" are now enabled on all of the above categories!

• "Nude/Bathing Outfit" enabled in CAS.✔️

  • Be advised, this is enabled for ALL AGES.

  • This should allow you to customize or reset your "Nude/Bathing Outfit" whenever you so desire. The changes appear to save.

• TBA... if I ever find it.❓

  • If I ever find the Elsweyr place, I could give you... EVERYTHING!

☆// ⋆ COMPATIBILITY WITH OTHER SGFX PROJECTS:

I mean to destroy all annoying UI effects.

To that end, I have created a collection of standalone "SGFX Overrides" and "SGFX Patches". To remove all annoying UI effects from your game, you must mix and match my standalone "SGFX Overrides" and my "SGFX Patches".

I know this is a little complicated, but merging these overrides is a recipe for disaster.

THESE SGFX PROJECTS ARE NOT COMPATIBLE:

• NIL

THESE SGFX PROJECTS ARE COMPATIBLE:

• ⚪ Fixing CAS Because EAxis Won't -- YOU ARE HERE

• ✔️ LClick DISMISS + RClick PIN -- https://../posts/112728731

• ✔️ Main Menu Override -- https://../posts/121348052

• ✔️ My Beautiful Squishy (Expandable BB Catalog) -- https://../posts/123626846

• ✔️ No Glowing Dots on Calendar, etc. -- https://../posts/116006465

• ✔️ No Glowing Dots in Social Bunny -- https://../posts/117105007

• ✔️ No Godrays in CAS or Build Mode, etc. -- https://../posts/117006563

• ✔️ No Godrays on Quests, etc. -- https://../posts/116007299

• ✔️ No Godrays on Quests: Event Button Variants -- https://../posts/121840542

• ✔️ No Promo Garbage, etc. -- https://../posts/112973547

• ✔️ Pure Black CAS Transition + Loading Screens -- https://../posts/123464880

• ✔️ Pure Black World Transition + Selection Screens -- https://../posts/132809890

• ✔️ Smudgy Wudgy Barfy Warfy

• ✔️ SGFX Patch for Better BuildBuy -- https://../posts/117337021

• ✔️ SGFX Patch for More Traits in CAS -- https://../posts/117343700

• ✔️ SGFX Patch for UI Cheats Extension -- https://../posts/116265171

☆// ⋆ COMPATIBILITY NOTES FOR THIRD-PARTY MODS:

This modifies the following "Scale Form GFX" resources:

• CASLibrary

• ClassLibraryGameData

• ClassLibraryWidgetsShared

This conflicts with the following third-party mods:

• More Columns in CAS -- There's an "SGFX Patch" for this.

A standalone "SGFX Override" cannot be used as a patch because it is a modification of the original EAxis resource and lacks the modifications from the third-party mod.

An "SGFX Patch" cannot be used as a standalone override because it is dependent on the modifications in the third-party mod it was created for.

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☆ // ⋆ PROGRESSION - THIS IS NOT A CHANGE-LOG:

🌠 8/4/2025 #1 -- UPDATED TO INCLUDE ANOTHER NEW FEATURE!

A potentially controversial new feature...

I added the "Nude/Bathing Outfit" to our outfit panel for all ages, including Children, Toddlers, and Infants. There is no censoring in CAS. That's the controversy.

I've also included my new standalone BUGFIX for our nude body parts. Sims will now use their correct nude Bottoms and Feet. EAxis PartFlag and TAG incompetence knows no bounds.

EAxis broke our "Nude/Bathing Outfit" in Update 10/22/2024 by bugging out the default underwear, then they broke it further in Update 7/XX/2025 by bugging out hats. They either can't be bothered to fix it, or they have no idea how to fix it.

Having access to the "Nude/Bathing Outfit" in CAS gives us another avenue to attack EAxis' incompetence from. Not only can you "reset" your "Nude/Bathing Outfit" in CAS now, but more importantly, you can also customize your "Nude/Bathing Outfit", and the changes appear to be "permanent".

Customizing an individual Sim's "Nude/Bathing Outfit" is something I've been trying to figure out how to do for a while. Scarlet is Male with Feminine Frame, which means they need custom Feminine Frame body parts to fix their posture and eliminate deformities (neck, arms, groin, legs) when they're nude. I can finally do that without the need for WW.

I still need to do more testing to confirm other suspicions, e.g. creating a new Sim in CAS might now create the "Nude/Bathing Outfit" in CAS, which might prevent it from breaking in Live Mode.

⚡ 8/1/2025 #1 -- I CAN ENABLE THE NUDE/BATHING OUTFIT IN CAS...

"How does this help us?", is the first question that you should ask.

I did some brief testing in my Live Mode save and it appears that we can customize our Nude/Bathing Outfit in Live Mode CAS like any other outfit. I need to do more testing.

In case you're wondering what item that is in the screenshot; that, dear friends, is an "EAxis Special". There are a few items in EAxis CAS with improper "Bathing" Outfit TAGS. They've been improperly TAGGED for years. <SHAKING MY HEAD> If nothing else, this at least shows you items in CAS with improper "Bathing" Outfit TAGS.

I should try to enable the "Bathing" TAG filter in the "Outfit Category" filter options. Right now it isn't there, so if you [X] it off, you can't get it back without resetting CAS.

⚡ 7/27/2025 #3 -- FOR A HOT MINUTE, I THOUGHT WE WERE INCOMPATIBLE!

I don't understand why I can't patch weebesu's code into my resource, but I can patch my mine into weerbesu's resource... besides the fact that my mod is made with Update 7/16/2025 and weerbesu's is made with Update 7/1/2025.

The problem can't be in that one weird script that I refuse to touch, is it? It was changed between Update 7/1/2025 and Update 7/16/2025, but it's (2) lines of code that shouldn't affect anything! No way is that the problem. No way! Maybe... Obviously the (2) lines of code do something, but it's nothing that should cause a LastException!

For all the things I've been able to do in SGFX, my knowledge is still limited.

In any case, "SGFX Patches" are not made by patching third-party code into my resources. They're made by patching my code into third-party resources, and that works fine. Is just peculiar, y'know? Peculiarities fascinate me. I like knowing how things work and why the don't sometimes work.

⚡ 7/27/2025 #2 -- MORE COLUMNS IN CAS CONFLICT! (╯'□')╯︵ ┻━┻

Conflicts be damned, I am fixing CAS one way or another!

I am tired of the state CAS is in!

I am tired of the state EAxis has CAS in! <SHAKES FIST>

Also I can totes make... (8) patches for "More CAS Columns" / "More Columns in CAS" if necessary. (4) for the standalone "SGFX Override" and (4) for my "CASMenu Override". Is fine! I already have (6) patches for "UI Cheats Extension", what's (8) more for "More CAS Columns"?! Variants and "SGFX Patches" are my life, don't you know?!

IS FINE! I AM NOT HAVING A MELTDOWN! 😹

It gon' be tricky for you 'cause you're gonna have to move the patch around to where it needs to go, but I already know how it do! I'm THE Rocket Scientist, baby!

Right now I can patch because I'm only using (1) of the (2) "Scale Form GFX" resources contained in "More CAS Columns". Cross your fingers that my fixes and QoL changes don't extend to the other one, 'cause then... <GRABS MY POKE STICK> then we gon' hav'ta fight for dominance! I will suffer EAxis' CAS incompetence for no one! ⚔️👹💀😹

🌟 7/27/2025 #1 -- THE INTERNET DIED FOR A DAY, SO I WENT A-HUNTING!

I found the filters, I enabled the filters, this is now T-MINUS "old news". 😹

I found code for Facial Hair for Female Sims!

I modified (133) SGFX resources trying to enable it, and nothing worked. EAxis is breaking their own code by superseding it with more code in the Elsweyr place. What's the point of some of these SGFX scripts if they don't do a catdamn thing anymore?!

Fully functioning Facial Hair for Female Sims is one of my remaining "white whales". I don't like the whaling reference, but I'm sleepy and I can't think of anything else.

I already do "Wearables™ Beards" so I don't actually need this... nor do I have a female Sim, but it's one of those things, y'know? All I need to do is change a "0" to a "1" somewhere and voila, fully functional Facial Hair for Female Sims!

Wherever this is, is the same place where the Body Hair age restrictions are, which is the same place where the Werewolf restrictions are. It's the Elsweyr place!

⚡ 7/24/2025 -- REDUNDANCIES, EVERYWHERE + TWO (2) CAVEATS:

In case you missed it, to fix "Accessories" and "Makeup", I had to trash the Tuning resources for "Accessories" and "Makeup" then rebuild them in SGFX. Specifically "Accessories" because SGFX "Accessories" is missing "Fingernails", "Toenails", and "Skin Effects".

It works fine now that I've rebuilt it, but I inadvertently created (2) issues. It's nothing game-breaking. I've explained them with pictures, GIFS, and a wall of text in my CASMenu post because they're only an issue when using my CASMenu override.

As for redundancies... I understand the need for redundancies, but I hate them here.

There are currently (235) SGFX resources, and I might have to dissect about (200) of them to find the other bits of code I'm looking for.

But y'know what? I have the patience and the will to do it, because I'm all out of patience sitting and waiting for EAxis to fix the !@#$ they continue to break.

I'm fed up, and now that I've finally found some of CAS, I'm gonna fix everything I can fix even if I have to export another (100,000) files to do it! I already have (4) million sitting in a folder. (100,000) more is nothing! 👹

⚡ 7/23/2025 #2 -- I THINK I'M AT THE LIMIT OF WHAT I CAN DO AGAIN!

I'm currently working on trying to enable the filtering panel on other categories that could benefit from it, like all of the "Skin Details" categories - so that we could filter by Pack or Custom Content, or, y'know, "CASFilters" exists! If I could get the filters to work, we could filter by creator! Cat dayum, I did a good with "CASFilters", didn't I? 😺

I need to dissect every SGFX resource because the code ain't doin' the thing here, so it might mean that what I'm looking at is just a redundancy, and the code I need to modify is in one of the other SGFX resources. I'm hoping that it is, 'cause if it ain't, then it's in the Elsweyr place, and I still ain't found the Elsweyr place. Somepony give me a map or some breadcrumbs or brightly painted eggs! I need to find the Elsweyr place!

OR, and I'm just brainstorming here, EAxis could just bring me on and take me on a rocket ride to the Elsweyr place so I can run amok! That's an option. Just saying. I could be doing this for everyone (and totes not unlocking the Live Event Rewards for everyone)! Y'know, 'cause EAxis is always too busy stuffing Bloat™ into everything in CAS to be bothered with fixing CAS... and those are the kinda statements that would get me blacklisted. 😹

Anyway! I'll take some more screenshots, ZIP and update this standalone, then feed the SGFX to "Batty Bat" so they can evolve with maximum gains!

I kinda want to disable "Automatic Fashion Choice Filtering" on Hairstyles for everyone, but I assume some folks might not be too keen on that. At least the automatic filtering is fixed now.

I can finally stop TAGGING hairstyles for both Feminine and Masculine fashion in my "CAS Overrides" and then disabling randomization for male Sims!

I was being very serious when I said that this one stupid thing has been irritating me for years! I assume someone else with a "transframe" Sim has been irritated by this at least once. I am always looking for hairstyles to make "Wearables™ Wigs" out of to throw on Scarlet so I can have different color hairstyles, so it's always irritating me!

<SQUINTS> Could "Skin Effects" work for hair col- no, it can't, not for me. Color overlays only work for hairstyles when the colors are "solid". If there's any transparency in the color, the overlay will bleed into the... underlay? I make wigs instead of overlays because some of the hairstyles I want to use have transparent bits, but for you, "Skin Effects" could work for hair color overlays, including "ombré" overlays. Cheers! Go wild.

⚡ 7/23/2025 #1 -- CAN I MAKE CAS BETTER?

The first thing I did was fix the automatic Hairstyle filtering, then I figured out why Accessories and Makeup isn't working like they used to, now I can disable automatic Fashion Choice filtering on any category!

There are a bunch of little QOL (Quality Of Life) changes we need in CAS, and I'm seeing code for a lot of it. Some of it isn't doing anything, which means it might be controlled by a different SGFX resource, or it's defined in the Elsweyr place that I can't find yet.

Fixing automatic Hairstyle filtering was just the start.

⚡ 7/22/2025 -- I WAS MISTAKEN, IT MIGHT NOT BE ANY OF THE ABOVE!

I did some INSTALL FOLDER butchering. The MAJOR CAS "bugs" don't appear to be SGFX, ClientDelta, or PYTHON, at least not the ones I've checked.

Once upon a time, I tracked a "bug" to the application EXE. Swapping the EXE solved the specific problem while breaking other things. This was the glasses warping on some faces issue that appeared after Update 7/26/2024. There was never any confirmation from EAxis (there never is), but it was fixed shortly after.

Is the code we're looking for in the EXE? If it is, then we're !@#$ed.

I need to get my hands on a full copy of Update 1/28/2025. I can't operate on this failure when all I want to be is completely in command! <SHAKES FIST>

🚀 7/21/2025 #5 -- INITIAL RELEASE!

There's nothing more I can do with this right now, and I need to wrap up "CASMenu", so I'm releasing it "as is" for anyone who wants it. Cheers!

⚡ 7/21/2025 #4 -- BLARG! TIS NO GOOD!

Reminder to self, the "remove" button appearing on Tops and Bottoms when wearing a Full Body item is in cassimcontextmenu. (5) scripts were modified and (3) were added. This looks like one of those instances where just breathing on it breaks it. Every modification is causing an LE or LC. Why you do this, EAxis?

⚡ 7/21/2025 #3 -- I MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIX ANOTHER LITTLE THING!

When wearing a Full Body item, the little [x] appears on Tops and Bottoms. I might be able to fix that if I can track it down. The big thing I'm looking for is the issue with Accessories and Makeup, but it doesn't appear to be in here.

⚡ 7/21/2025 #2 -- I FIXED THE HAIRSTYLE FASHION CHOICE FILTER THING!

This has irritated my soul for years! YEARS! MULTIPLE YEARS!

Such a simple thing has me so catdamn excited. Now, how do I fix all the !@#$ EAxis has broken in CAS?! It must be around here somewhere! How do I make Facial Hair work properly with hair growth for Female sims? Where is the catdamn code that broke Accessories and Makeup?!

🙀 7/21/2025 #1 -- WAS I MISTAKEN? IT'S NOT PYTHON? IT'S SGFX?!

I've found a couple of our minor CAS "bugs" in SGFX. Is it possible that the major ones are SGFX too, and I just missed it? If I can find them, I'll try to fix them.

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☆// ⋆ BASIC INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS:

The following options must be enabled for this mod to work properly:

• ✅️ GAME OPTIONS » OTHER » "Enable Custom Content and Mods"

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These are ZIP archives. They can be opened or extracted with:

• Windows Explorer on Windows -- https://../windows/zip-and-unzip-files

• Finder on Mac -- https://../mac/zip-and-unzip-files-and-folders

I personally use 7-Zip for all of my zipping needs. It's free and it's open-source:

• 7-Zip for Windows -- https://7-zip.org

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This ZIP archive contains a "#Sej" folder and sub-folder for better mod organization.

• 1️⃣ EXIT the game.

• 2️⃣ DOWNLOAD the ZIP archive.

• 3️⃣ OPEN or EXTRACT the ZIP archive.

• 4️⃣ DRAG 'N DROP or MOVE the "#Sej" folder into the following folder:

  • Documents » Electronic Arts » The Sims 4 » "Mods"

• 5️⃣ Choose "Replace the file in the destination" if prompted to "Replace or Skip Files":

• 6️⃣ LAUNCH the game.

☆// ⋆ PROJECT MIRRORS:

• NIL

☆// ⋆ ZIP CONTAINS (0) TS4SCRIPT + (2) PACKAGE:

This is a simple "Scale Form GFX" and "Tuning" and "CASPart" override.

This should NEVER contain TS4SCRIPT files, BATCH files, EXE files, or anything other than PACKAGE files, my "#Sej" folder, and a sub-folder.

This section exists as a reminder that we are in someone's crosshairs.

Rogue TS4SCRIPT files, BATCH files, EXE files, etc., encountered where they don't belong could contain malicious PYTHON script or other !@#$ that will attempt to infect your device and steal your personal information when executed by you or the game. Malware can ruin lives. Don't !@#$ around.

🗜️ sej_SGFX_CASteriskos_IsFineIWillFixItMyselfEA_[YYMMDD]_[RELINFO].zip

• 📁 #Sej » BUGFIX

  • 📄 sej_BUGF_BG_CASNudePartOverride_ROG.package

• 📁 #Sej » SGFX

  • 📄 sej_SGFX_CASteriskos_IsFineIWillFixItMyselfEA.package