😾 [SP72] CAS Review: Essential Glam -- "Allow For Random" is everywhere, 'cause of course it is, and of course, CAS is still broken.

🕒 It's always such a long time between doing these that I forget my format. Maybe I just need a new format?

☆// ⋆ SP72 - ESSENTIAL GLAM:

This Kit is all Makeup and (1x3) Skin Detail, so I do not expect to see improper "Restrict Opposite" PartFlags.

What I expect to see... is more or less exactly what we get:

• An unnecessary omission of the Masculine Fashion Choice TAG.

• An obsessive use of the "Allow For Random" FLAG on literally everything.

Without "Allow For Random", all makeup can be TAGGED for both Feminine and Masculine Fashion Choice, thus avoiding the need to swap the Fashion Choice filter in CAS when you want to use makeup on a Sim with the Masculine Clothing Preference.

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☆// ⋆ RELATED PROJECTS:

• 🗺️ CAS Overrides for Essential Glam -- PENDING™

☆// ⋆ FEATURED PROJECTS:

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

  • 🌟 SGFX Patch: More Columns × Batty Bat™ -- https://../posts/135116776

• 🗺️ SGFX: Fixing CAS Because EAxis Won't -- https://../posts/134653412

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

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

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

• 🗺️ SGFX: Smudgy Wudgy Barfy Warfy -- https://../posts/133330990

☆// ⋆ EXTRA BOOTY:

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

• 🗺️ Disable Randomization On Accessories & Makeup -- https://../posts/116350036

• 🎀 xSavannahx987's Conversions -- https://../posts/86797122

  • I assume xSavannahx987 will make these BGC eventually.

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☆// ⋆ DEADLINES™ AND DISAPPOINTMENTS:

• EVERYTHING -- "Allow For Random" is enabled on everything.

• ALL MAKEUP -- No "Masculine" Fashion Choice TAGS anywhere. This annoys me because it's an unnecessary omission (due to EAxis' obsession with enabling "Allow For Random" on everything), and it means a whole lot of unnecessary filter swapping in CAS because EAxis refuses to fix CAS.

• yuMakeupFacepaint_SP72CK008BeautyMarks -- Was this meant to be Skin Details?

☆// ⋆ ABOUT "CAS REVIEW":

In case you're new, which many of you are, my "CAS Reviews" are generally about PartFlags and TAGS and whether or not EAxis has finally learned how to PartFlag and TAG properly.

I will also point out other issues that I notice, like half-arsed meshes or textures.

"CAS Reviews" are the precursor to my "CAS Overrides" project. I'm not doing this just to criticize EAxis (and whichever creator they partnered with for Creator Kits).

When I'm done !@#$ting on this (if it needs to be !@#$ on), I will fix it, if I can.

And no, I don't do "Ideas" anymore on EA Forums about these things. It's a waste of my time.

However, you are more than welcome to take anything I point out in my "CAS Reviews" and turn it into an "Idea" on EA Forums.

Crediting me is unnecessary - in fact, you might want to avoid mentioning me at all, because I've butted heads with both volunteers and employees on EA Forums (and Answers HQ).

Does this section sound overly abrasive? I'll try to soften it.

You've gotta understand, EAxis has been making a mess of their own PartFlags and TAGS for years, and Simmers have been pointing it out for years. We get one or two, maybe a handful of fixes every few game updates, while they pile on dozens or more items with incompetent PartFlags and TAGS with every content release.

To make matters worse, EAxis' incompetence poisons the modding community's understanding of PartFlags and TAGS, which then poisons our custom content.

My patience evaporated a long time ago.

☆// ⋆ TBC...?