How do I make a new skintone swatch for CAS?
Hello! I'm entirely new to this whole scene and please ask you to bear with me as I try to fully explain myself.
I've started myself on a project to create some sims that just cannot be done with the given presets of the game. So far, I've managed to (somehow) make tattoos and skin details (yay, baby's first modifications!!) thanks to the help of using The Sims 4 Studio on Mac. So I suppose I have the most basic understanding so far of the program.
However, I now approach my next major hurdle: the character(s) I am intending to try and make personalized assets for require some specific skin tone colors, and for the sake of example, I want to make one of the skin tone base colors
purple (HEX#7D6DA8 as to compensate for the lighting that will brighten the color). I do understand there is CC that exists with purple skin tones, my issue though is the purple is just too light or the CC itself is out of date and/or unusable. Plus, sometimes they come with skin overlays that just are not of my interest (I appreciate the work put into making them, it's just personal preference and knowing exactly what I want) so that is why I am trying to figure this out on my own.
I am aware that a tutorial already does exist:
http://modthesims.info/t/536841
The issue I have with it is... I am a total newbie, so trying to even start with the first line, "First, in FullBuild0, look for files with the tag TONE (type 0x0354796A)" I am utterly lost because I do not know where such files even exist and nor am I versed enough with modding or editing game files to comprehend doing any of that without fear of irreparably damaging my game files. And it would be too much a headache to redownload the base game and all the expansion packs involved.
What I need is an absolute idiot's guide through this madness. That or some screenshots with big red arrows that point at the right buttons for me to push and hope to Maxis I can figure this out.
Recap: I am a Mac User that is currently using Sims 4 Studio (Apple Blossom) to create CAS CC, I've successfully managed to create tattoos and skin details, but my main quest at this time is to create new skin tone swatches for the sake of layering.
And additionally, I would also really appreciate knowing how to make new eye color swatches (I want to make the eyes fully opaque with no iris and pupil, essentially I want it to appear as an eye color swatch much like a skin tone swatch), I'm assuming it would be similar to the process of creating a skin tone swatch but I also believe this would require some variation? I am a complete, utterly baffled buffoon so I apologize if I make this frustrating I will do the best I can with whatever anyone can provide to me. Thank you!