How to Play Premade Families on Sims 4

The Sims franchise has always been characterized by virtual families.

I mean, sure, solo Sim households do be. And many players are just fine flying single the unabridged game. Totally get that.

But a huge chunk of people who play The Sims four adopt more family-oriented gameplay. They outset out with one Sim, tie the knot with some other Sim and, before you know it they've got a full-tiered family tree going.

Custom poses are a great way to capture and immortalize the daily shenanigans of your Sim family.

And thankfully, there's no shortage of them in the community. If yous feel similar filling up some family unit albums, here'southward a few packs to check out.

ane. Family unit Portrait Pose past KatVerseCC

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Number of Poses: i

Permit'south start with something easy.

This here custom pose is a great option for when you but want to snap a quick portrait of your Sims family.

It'southward unproblematic, straightforward, and incredibly like shooting fish in a barrel to set up. Ii adults, one teen, two kids, and a toddler. Pretty standard lineup for a pretty standard pose, only who says the nuts tin can't be beautiful?

I think it'due south perfect for an upbeat, positive family having a grand old time indoors or outdoors.

I can likewise capeesh how the creator included meridian modifiers then that the age gaps are a footling more obvious. And the physical changes are subtle, as well.

No squashing or stretching happening hither, officer. Acquit on.

2. Bonfire Nighttime by lilalmondsim

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Number of Poses: 3

This custom pose pack can plow the grumpiest of cats into the coolest of kittens, I swear.

Information technology's and then beautiful and sweet and well-fabricated, you lot tin can feel the warmth radiating through the screen. I could, and I didn't even place my Sims in front of a fire.

(For reference, I plopped them on a sofa in the middle of the living room just to exam the poses. Just my point still stands!)

These poses allow for more than two adults, two children, and a toddler, then you can definitely turn this into an extended family gathering if then inclined.

The showtime pose is for two children, the second is an adorable Simstagram-worthy shot for a family of four, and the third is a general feel-proficient photo of four adults laughing around the fire (while a child sits at their feet and watches the flames in awe).

All in all, a totally unique concept for a family pose pack. And one that's expertly done.

P.Southward. Please annotation that you will need the marshmallow stick accessory linked by the creator in the description. Otherwise some of the poses … won't brand sense. I think the third and second poses are passable, just the first looks odd without context.

3. Family Poses #2 by simsgami

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Number of Poses: 5

Want custom poses that exude casual love and familial affection? Because it doesn't get chiller than Simsgami'due south Family Poses #2 pose pack.

There are five poses in this set up, all of which are a mix of posed photos and candid snapshots.

My personal favorite is the pose where the baby/toddler is wide awake while the parents are passed out on the couch (actually cute energy, and it'south so pure).

But curled-up-and-cuddling-the-toddler is a close second.

Take notation that you lot'll need a dog and a cat for one of the poses also.

Y'all tin peradventure do without the cat, but without the dog, the toddler's sort of just tremulously resting all its weight on nothing. So maybe accept out the toddler if yous can't get a dog in there so it doesn't look off.

four. Family'south Poses Mac Allister by helgatisha

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Number of Poses: one

This is the pose you want to use when you're trying to testify off a family that just reeks of money and power.

It'due south the pose of a family that'southward completely untouchable – and knows information technology.

I don't know if information technology's merely the preview photo or if it's the fashion virtually of the Sims pictured seem to exist looking down on (non at) the camera, but that's genuinely the vibe I got from this photograph. A family that'southward got the resources and connections needed to keep them well above everyone else.

Doesn't assist that no i's smiling in the photograph, either.

Big kudos to the creator, though. Because this is a pretty loftier-quality pose that's simple, straightforward, and ridiculously easy to implement.

eight teleporters stacked on peak of each other in the middle of the sofa, and bam. Everyone simply slide into place.

I sort of prefer placing my Sims families into more casual, candid photos. Just I know in that location are cases when you need a formal pose for a cool family unit portrait, so here you go.

five. "LEGACY" Pose Pack past Sofi Sparks

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Number of Poses: 4

This Legacy pose pack by Sofi Sparks is an excellent blend of options for different age groups and unlike settings.

The start pose is mostly adults and young adults with just one child. The 2nd and third are for 2 parents and three kids. And the fourth pose is completely for toddlers.

The first is a pretty formal family portrait that'due south reminiscent of helgatisha'southward Mac Allister pose pack (only slightly less intimidating).

The second is a more coincidental, but still posed, shot. The 3rd and quaternary look like candid photos, and they are absolutely adorable.

The concepts are precious and the expressions are on-point.

My only complaint is that there are no thumbnail photos for the poses in-game. So you need to exit out of the Sims window every now and then to consult the preview photos. Not too big a deal, I know, just it is an actress step you lot need to be aware of.

Other than that, this pack'south flawless.

six. Our Celebration Ready past sciophobis

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Number of Poses: viii

Okay, so. I'm by and large not a big fan of custom poses that require me to download more than a couple accessories or props.

It's just sort of a pain when you're testing multiple poses, and having to jump in and out of CAS every and so often but to get the desired result can get tiring.

And so sciophobis's Our Celebration pack about didn't make it to this list.

Just I'm 100% glad I gave it a shot.

Because these have got to be some of the cutest, high-quality Christmas poses I've seen in a while.

They're for a flick-perfect family unit enjoying a archetype storybook holiday celebration. There are gifts, sparklers, toddlers, and a big ole' pine tree that the kids take camped nether.

The poses themselves are pretty versatile in terms of Masculine/Feminine Sims, and they all look like the sort of candid shots one would capture on camera (if they had eyes like a hawk and were trigger-happy).

What's more, some of the poses tin can definitely exist repurposed for a different theme, similar for New Years' Eve or for someone's birthday.

As mentioned, there are quite a number of accessories needed to lucifer the preview photos.

Three gift box variations, a sparkler, a Christmas tree, and the in-game large pile of presents, to be exact. But I speak from personal experience when I say that downloading all the props and painstakingly placing them is worth the problem, because the resulting photos are too precious.

7. "Family Portrait" Posepack past Chaleara

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Number of Poses: 4

I wouldn't call these poses "candid," only I also think they're a little too coincidental and carefree to exist considered "posed."

Something that'southward a mix of both.

Similar a family unit that specifically planned some type of outdoors photoshoot and decided to keep the theme chill. That'south the vibe I become when I look at the poses, considering all the models seem so relaxed as they beam up at the camera.

The actual poses are variations of pretty typical family unit photograph poses – salve for the second one –so at that place's a bit of familiarity there.

The 2d one has the all the Sims (except the Female) lying on their backs, staring up at the sky. The Female Sim in question is sprawled all over the Male Sim'south chest.

All that said, this ready is actually pretty keen. And since I've noticed that the poses have piffling to no space between bodies, I highly recommend information technology for a Sims family that's extra clingy and extra cuddly.

8. "Happy Household" Family unit Posepack by Cement

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Number of Poses: x

If you desire a ridiculously cute fix of poses that perfectly portrays a goofily affectionate family unit of four, the Happy Household pack past Cement is perfect.

I seriously can't think of any other gear up that executed the same concept as flawlessly as this creator did.

The poses are all variations of playfully appreciating, quietly addicted, and hopelessly loving.

In that location'due south 1 for siblings goofing around, a couple for parents stealing frisky hugs and quick kisses, and even ii very sweet ones between an expecting mother and her tiny toddler.

They're also setup beautifully.

No awkward limbs or floating easily. Facial expressions are pretty perfect, besides. Enough of emotions, only no awkward boob mouths or bug-eyes to be seen.

There's definitely a sort of timeline or progression in this pack, considering you lot start out with a family of three – two parents, one toddler – and you end with a family unit of iv – two parents, i teen, i kid.

So you lot could ideally use this pose pack for a legacy claiming or "over the years" sort of project, if you so wish.

Barring that, using it for different families at unlike stages completely works, too.

9. Family Portrait #4 Poses by Atashi77

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Number of Poses: 5

Atashi77's Family Portrait #4 pose pack has some of the cleanest – and cutest – poses on this list.

Simple positions and a simple concept make for quick and easy posing (and screenshot snapping).

No fuss, no muss, very straightforward.

Designed for a family of five, with ii Toddlers and one Child, this gear up actually has more poses for the kids than for the adults (with a divergence of i pose, just still!)

There's one candid shot where the toddlers are laughing and the child but looks then happy looking at them, and I retrieve that's my favorite out of the bunch.

It's so perfect for the doting blood brother or sister who takes their role as eldest sibling very seriously.

10. A Family of Iv by lilalmondsim

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Number of Poses: 3

Buckle in and get ready for another slightly overexcited description of a custom pose pack, considering I need to gush about this.

The poses in lilalmondsim'southward A Family of Four set accept hands-down some of the best custom expressions I've seen. Period.

They fabricated my Sims look all sorts of soft and warm and happy.

Speaking of looks, these custom poses exaggerate the facial features in a way that magnifies the emotions without making the models await cartoonish or caricature-like. They genuinely just look and then addicted and affectionate.

You can practically experience the artificially-generated love radiating from the screen.

Y'all want tooth-rotting fluff? This pose pack, correct hither.

There are merely 3 poses, but the quality of each of them more than than makes up for it. Specially the first one. Only look at the preview photos – and all the nuzzling that'southward going on – and tell me that doesn't cook your center.

Something to notation about this pack, besides:

It wasn't made specifically for a pregnant parent, but the 3rd pose does specify for a Female person (or, I judge, any Sim that can get pregnant) in the three^rd trimester.

The other poses look just fine without a babe bump. But the third pose looks a piddling awkward without it. Like the Sim doesn't know what to practice with their hands. Or like they just had a big meal.

So mayhap practice invest in a pregnancy bump accessory or some post-processing magic.

I tested the poses using my regular Sims – in all their not-pregnant glory – and I was, personally, yet pretty pleased with the results.

xi. Three of United states of america by simmerberlin

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Number of Poses: 9

Whereas lilalmondsim's A Family of Four set gave off that soft, fluffy, affectionate vibe, simmerberlin's Three of United states pose pack is a little more on the romantic, possessive side.

But like the good kind of possessive, don't worry.

The creator describes the poses in this prepare as ones for "that little family with that little person who makes the days a bit brighter."

I establish that so sugariness—then accurate.

The poses scream "fairly new parents who are so ecstatic over their little nugget," and it's a concept that completely works. Hundred percent endearing and photographable.

The facial expressions are also incredibly high quality.

The Female model looks so happy and content, the Male model looks and then enamored (and a wee fleck haughty, merely it'southward also the good kind of haughty), and the Toddler model looks so damn cute. TS4 toddlers are already painfully adorable in-game, and then this was only a double-whammy.

The creator too includes height modifiers in the .parcel file to achieve the desired event.

For the tape: I wholeheartedly appreciate when creators practice that. Saves me from overloading my mods folder. However, the height difference is a little extreme.

Could have simply been my Sims, simply my Male Sim ended upwardly looking a little besides stretched out. And so full-bodied shots weren't an option.

Good thing simmerberlin'south poses in this pack are only as stunning up close.

12. Say Cheese by simmerberlin

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Number of Poses: 6

This pack may non be the nigh extensive pack on this list, merely it definitely has a lot of large group photos.

I count five out of the six pose options where there are more than six Sims in a frame. One of the poses even requires a whopping 12 Sims in it!

If you've got a mod that allows for more viii Sims in one household, that pose could be perfect for your Sims (and your Sims' extended family unit). This pack was definitely meant for bigger families with more than two adults/young adults in the mix.

But sheer volume aside, the poses in this set are just equally affectionate and cute equally most of the other poses on this list.

They combine coincidental amore and familial fondness with merely a dash of playful awkwardness – the kind of playful you get when you are one hundred percent comfortable.

Overall, a very sweet set for very big families.

xiii. Once Upon a Fourth dimension by simmerberlin

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Number of Poses: nine

Simmerberlin is really spoiling the community with these painfully cute pose packs.

Hither'southward another ready just chockfull of custom poses that describe quiet, precious family unit moments.

Specifically, parents reading their kids to slumber. It's definitely a ane-of-a-kind concept (in terms of family-oriented poses) that's been executed about-flawlessly.

The expressions are lovingly soft, the features subtle only still emotional, and the positions merely too ambrosial.

I am an especially big fan of the first two poses, where all your Sims are just puppy-piled on one couch. The looks on the faces of the adult Sims in both poses – but particularly the 2nd pose – are but and then freaking fond.

But I will point out that not having the volume accessory turns every pose bad-mannered, and so exist sure to download the one that simmerberlin links in the description.

fourteen. Family Matters past talentedtrait

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Number of Poses: three

Right off the bat, you may discover that these poses don't contain a lot of toddlers or children.

Heck, the first one (and the main preview photograph) is basically all teens/immature adults.

There'due south a reason, I promise.

Apparently, the creator's own Sims family is made up of more often than not teens and up at present. Then they created these poses to suit their setup.

If your own Sim family unit has more tiny Sims than full-sized Sims running effectually, this might non be the best pose pack for you.

Merely if you've got plenty of teens and adults on the premises, I highly recommend this pack.

The three poses in it are cracking for a fairly large (or extended) family that's pretty affectionate. And has no regard any for personal bubbling.

The second pose is a particularly adept residual, I find, of the first pose and the last.

By the by, if yous want to use the 3rd pose, merely know that the creator apologizes in advance. And recommends yous save the photo for reference. I, having struggled for hours with the third pose, highly recommend that too.

15. Family is Everything #1 Pose Pack by Bored Sims

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Number of Poses: 8

Ending this list with a casually happy set of poses, this Family is Everything pack is probably the nigh balanced of the bunch.

There are poses with adults and kids, teens and adults, merely teens, and just adults.

These poses are mostly posed-for setups, but there are 2 aboveboard poses in there that I absolutely adore.

Peculiarly the sixth one, where the Child Sim is piggybacking and the Toddler Sim is being cradled.

The custom expressions are golden. They fabricated my Sims look genuinely happy, and that's non an easy feat considering my Sims look like plain potatoes on well-nigh days.

All jokes bated, I'd describe the vibe of this pose pack equally "gentle and affectionate".

Perfect for several unlike families of varying numbers, or one large extended family unit posing for smaller group photos.

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