I edited Buhudain’s “You Are Real” face and body default replacement normal maps to make the details pop even more on the skin. First, can we talk about the impact these mods made? When I discovered them I was blown away, they immediately became an essential. Buhudain truly changed the game with these.

What I tweaked:

I edited Buhudain’s 2048 px sized textures
More visible pores and skin texture
More defined muscles and veins (intensity controlled by the muscle definition slider in CAS)
More light-reflective, shinier skin (intensity changes with the muscle definition slider in CAS)
Sims with no muscle definition will still have slightly more glow to the skin and more detailed pores/texture up close
No bump map on the male body’s nipples so they won’t conflict with nipple placements on any skins (female body has them though)
Includes naughty bits
The effect looks stronger on darker skin, I’m not sure why
I think you’ll be able to appreciate the texture if you use a HQ mod and you take a lot of closeup photos of your sims like I do. I think it still looks normal enough for regular gameplay, although you’ll have to decide that for yourself after you try it out.

Photos were taken with bright lights, the effect is subtler in normal lighting.

If you already use Buhudain’s You Are Real mods, you must remove them from your Mods folder first before installing mine.

You can put these files in your Overrides or Packages folder.

What’s in the zip:

My edits of You Are Real for the male and female body (young adults to elders)
My edits of You Are Real for the male and female face (young adults to elders)
If you only install the body files, your sim’s faces will not be affected.

If you want to install the face files to look consistent with the bodies, you can choose between the version which has EA’s wrinkles on the adult face, or the version which does not have EA’s wrinkles on the adult face. Only install one, not both!