Better Bulges! Masculine Clothing Overrides
Added 2026-02-14 20:50:00 +0000 UTCClothing overrides for masculine clothing to include more realistic bulges.
Better Bulges is a set of overrides for official Maxis TS4 clothing for masculine-framed sims. These overrides aim to improve the bulges in clothing bottoms, from shorts to underwear to wetsuits and everything in-between.
I prefer realism in my game, and all bulge overrides are created with this in mind. I try to pay attention to how certain fabrics would behave, while also trying to avoid excessive texture-stretching or too much clipping from oversized meshes. Some overrides also include alterations to textures, shadow maps, or weight mapping in order to 'fix' issues included in official clothing.
Because this is a set of overrides, Better Bulges can be removed or added to your game at any time. Just drop the file in your /Mods location and you're ready to go!
BETTERBULGES IS AVAILABLE IN THREE VERSIONS:
1) BASE. Average-sized bulge overrides for over 360 official clothing items.
2) LARGE. Larger-sized bulge overrides for over 160 official/Simdulgence clothing items. Contains 200 average-sized bulge overrides (which will be converted to large over time).
3) LITE. Average-sized bulges overrides for only underwear and swim briefs.
Note: The Large version includes overrides I previously published under the name simdulgence_BetterBulges_AddOnXL.package. If you have this file in your /Mods folder, you can remove it in favor of the Large version in this post.
YOU SHOULD ONLY INSTALL ONE OF THE VERSIONS IN YOUR GAME!
INSTALLATION NOTES:
Any clothing with an override will show a bulge on a feminine-framed sim (unless the game includes a separate female version of the clothing). Depending on the size and shape of the bulge, it can be distorted by the game's automatic clothing conversion process. If you use masculine clothing on feminine sims and this issue bothers you, I suggest you avoid this mod.
Bare-chested full body clothing options include both a bulge and my Standard nipples from Simple Chests 2.0. These overrides are also included in my BetterChests override, so if you install both files and use any tools that identify file conflicts it may flag BetterBulges and BetterChests for containing duplicate files. This is expected behavior.
CHANGELOG:
2026-02-14: Added Base and Large overrides for Royalty & Legacy. Added Large overrides for Island Living and Spa Day.
2026-01-18: Added Large overrides for a variety of Simdulgence clothing items and a few official clothing pieces I had missed. Fixed an issue causing several items to show as custom content when they're not. More large overrides will be added soon!
2025-11-07: Added Base and Large overrides for Autumn Apparel.
2025-10-24: Added Base and Large overrides for Golden Years. Also, fixed over 30 clothing items which were experiencing bad arm placement to improve where the arms move during animations. Fixed an issue causing bulge overrides for Horse Ranch not to show up - I'm not sure when this problem first appeared, whether it's a recent issue or whether the overrides were never showing up, but I've corrected the problem so these overrides should show correctly. If you notice any issue with these, let me know.
2025-10-04: Added Base and Large overrides for Adventure Awaits.
2025-09-25: Added Base and Large overrides for Journey to Batuu. (A program I used to edit clothing content has been broken for a while, but was recently updated so I should be able to continue to make Better Bulge overrides for future packs, as well as Large overrides for existing packs/Simdulgence clothing.)
2025-07-24: Added Large overrides for Growing Together, Werewolves and Movie Hangout.
2025-07-11: Added Base and Large overrides for Enchanted by Nature.
2025-06-28: Added Large overrides for a variety of Simdulgence clothing items as well as for the Cats & Dogs and Dine Out packs.
2025-06-03: Added Base and Large overrides for a variety of Base Game outfits, including pieces that have been added by patches and items added by in-game events (including the upcoming June event).
2025-05-01: Added Base and Large overrides for Strangerville.
2025-03-17: Added Base and Large overrides for Businesses & Hobbies. Fixed an issue causing the CasualRolledSleeve outfit from Get Famous to turn invisible, as well as fixing the default UV for the underside of the pants so they show color correctly.
As an FYI, there are two outfits from Businesses & Hobbies that I've added a bulge to but which will not show up in CAS unless you remove the "masculine" clothing filter; one is a robe/pants, the other is a jumpsuit. I haven't enabled these options for masculine, or fixed the ears poking through the mesh of the full-body hoodie and overalls outfit from the same pack, because I expect Maxis will fix the issues at some point and it's not really the point of this mod. If you want me to correct these issues, let me know in the comments and I'll create a separate fix.
2025-02-03: Added Base and Large overrides for Life and Death and Casanova Cave. Added the Robe and Boxers from Casanova Cave to the Lite version.
2025-01-09: Added Base and Large overrides for Dream Home Decorator, Paranormal, Incheon Arrivals, Moonlight Chic and Goth Galore.
2024-12-28: Added Base and Large overrides for Vintage Glamour, Tiny Living, and Urban Homage.
2024-12-13: Added overrides for the Island Living Lifeguard outfit and Poolside Splash Swim Trunks with Floaties outfit.
2024-12-03: Added Base and Large overrides for For Rent, Jungle Adventure, Moschino and Home Chef Hustle.
2024-10-30: Added Base and Large overrides for Horse Ranch.
2024-10-03: Added Base overrides for Outdoor Retreat, Movie Hangout, Nifty Knitting, and Grunge Revival, as well as the remaining clothing items from Spa Day and Simtimates. Added Large overrides for Outdoor Retreat, Nifty Knitting and Grunge Revival (as well as the Base overrides from the other packs mentioned in this update).
2024-09-06: Added Base overrides for Realm of Magic, Romantic Garden, and Laundry Day. Added Large overrides for Lovestruck, Realm of Magic, Romantic Garden, and Laundry Day. Added underwear overrides from Lovestruck to the Lite version.
2024-08-25: Added Base overrides for Lovestruck. Full-body outfits that shows the chest (like the firefighter costume) have been edited to include my Standard male nipples (as outlind in the second paragraph of the Installation Notes section above).
2024-08-11: Removed the optional Large add-on and replaced it with a standalone Large version. I made this change for two reasons: 1) to avoid confusion over what the Large version does, and 2) because eventually all bulges will exist in the Larger version and it won't make sense for it to be an add-on at that point.
The Large version replaces the Large add-on and should be used alone. You should NOT use the Large version and the Base version together. If you were using the Large add-on that I published a few days ago, you should remove it and now use only either the Base file OR the Large file.
Also fixed an Island Living skirt that was showing a wrench icon in CAS.
2024-08-06: Added overrides for Vampires, Parenthood and Fitness Stuff. Added an optional add-on with larger versions of bulges (see extra notes above, under the Optional Larger Addon header).
2024-07-29: Added overrides for Dine Out, Wedding Stories, Werewolves, Backyard Stuff, Bowling Night, Crystal Creations, and Throwback Fits Kit. Added a few full outfits from Carnaval Streetwear that I missed. Fixed an issue causing the Carnaval chinos to show a wrench icon in CAS.
2024-07-06: Added overrides for Growing Together, Luxury Party, Cool Kitchen and Spooky Stuff.
2024-06-29: Added overrides for Carnaval Streetwear at request.
2024-06-19: Added overrides for Cottage Living and High School Years.
2024-05-21: Added overrides for Snowy Escape.
2024-02-16: Added overrides for Eco Lifestyle.
2024-02-04: Added overrides for Discover University.
2024-01-03: Added overrides for Island Living. At request, added a separate "Lite" version of BetterBulges containing only underwear/swim briefs (see description above).
2023-12-28: Added overrides for Get Famous.
2023-12-06: Added overrides for Seasons and for 12 additional Base Game full body outfits.
2023-11-12: Added overrides for City Living and Cats & Dogs.
2023-11-03: Added overrides for Get to Work and Get Together.
Comments
I just installed the updated version, Adventure Awaits CAS is now 10,000% better!
ScottB9
2026-03-03 03:52:15 +0000 UTCHey! I'm not entirely sure what you mean by tags; do you mean something in game that would say whether a bulge is Base or Large? Or something else?
Simdulgence
2026-03-02 23:15:52 +0000 UTCI don't know if it would be possible or not, but it would be really nice to have tags for Large and Base Bulges. 😅
Daniel
2026-03-01 11:28:18 +0000 UTCyay island living & spa day!
mackenzie
2026-02-14 21:01:42 +0000 UTCI'll try to get those added in the next BB update!
Simdulgence
2026-01-18 20:13:30 +0000 UTCThank you! I've corrected the issue in the most recent update.
Simdulgence
2026-01-18 20:13:14 +0000 UTCAny chance the rest of the swimwear could be added in large soon? I noticed Island Living & Spa Day <3
mackenzie
2025-11-17 17:46:04 +0000 UTCYou accidentally left in the CASParts in for the latest update (I've only checked the Large package), so the pants are marked as CC
Maars
2025-11-09 19:23:41 +0000 UTCBetter Bulges is absolutely one of my favorite game mods, thanks for updating it!
Scott Cragstan
2025-10-01 22:50:51 +0000 UTCyou really should be getting a cut from EA because these overrides are the first thing that’s convinced me to buy cas kits!
maks
2025-09-25 16:17:18 +0000 UTCHello, I was wondering if you think about making override alien suits? I love playing as aliens but I don't really like the default.
Tophersimmer
2025-03-18 02:42:31 +0000 UTCHey! Thanks for the heads-up; I wasn't aware they had changed anything about any existing outfits. Looking at the files, it seems they've changed the number of internal mesh parts that particular outfit contains, which is why my override was causing issues. I've fixed the issue in my most recent version of the file. Let me know if you experience any other problems! :)
Simdulgence
2025-03-17 17:40:11 +0000 UTCHey there! It looks like yesterday's patch may have broken one of the overrides (they did mention having redone the bones on a few full body outfits). I specifically noticed that the large bulge version of the Detective costume from Get Famous (not the one from get to work) is now broken. I didn't notice any others breaking, but I imagine it's possible others might have broken as well.
Chris Pyre
2025-02-26 19:17:23 +0000 UTCGotcha, thank you so much! Feel free to DM if you have questions.
Mitch-Mitch
2024-09-07 21:00:48 +0000 UTCHey! Just wanted to let you know that I'm still testing this to see if I can consistently reproduce the problem and find out what might be causing it. Also, I had intended to make the Lovestruck overrides in the Large version shortly after the Base version, but a few other things came up and I didn't get them done as quickly as intended. I've just added Large versions of the Lovestruck overrides now (along with a few other packs in both Base and Large versions).
Simdulgence
2024-09-06 21:21:11 +0000 UTCI really appreciate you looking into this!! :) Gotcha, I did test a bunch of clothing and the weight does indeed negate any additional bulging provided by the mod. I will keep that in mind. Also, the most recent Large version does not include the Base Lovestruck content (just FYI). Regarding the broken saves I am also confused. I have tried entering CAS from the live mode through a dresser interaction, I tried manage worlds -> edit household, I tried with a manual shift-click, all glitch out when the current played household sim is selected. All other sims/New Game CAS are unaffected. Last time this happened when I simply swapped in a new Better Chests version I think. I tried deleting individual mods/check for conflicts with the mod manager and nothing. So far the solution has been to just start a new game. I wish I could give you more diagnostic information to go off of!
Mitch-Mitch
2024-08-30 04:15:00 +0000 UTCHey! Thanks for the compliment - I'm glad you like my content, although I'm sad that BetterBulges isn't quite what you hoped for. What sort of weight/muscle sliders values are you using for the sims you've looked at? I ask because the game's morphs bring out the front of the thighs and stomach and in a number of cases, those morphs hide the bulge (because the game's morphing isn't pulling out the groin at higher slider values). Yeah, my default BB size is designed to be average - maybe subtle is the word for it - and I can see how they don't show as well on larger sims. If you're using very skinny sims, though, I'm surprised if the bulges aren't showing up (and if that's the case, that suggests something else might be going on). Unfortunately I don't think I can do anything about the morphs that are responsible for changing weight and musculature, because they're not part of each clothing item (they're part of a separate series of image maps which are, to my knowledge, somewhat difficult to edit). I'll take a look and see if changing them is something that I can do or not. If not, then the best I can offer is a larger version of BB. I've started a Large version already, and I'm converting bulges to large in groups, so currently there are a small number of Large bulges in the game. Even those will be somewhat "hidden" by the max muscle/weight sliders, though. Re: the second issue, I'm surprised to hear about this - only because nobody has ever reported this problem to me before. Can I ask what steps you're taking that cause the infinite CAS loading screen - are you entering CAS from the main menu and loading a sim from your library, or entering Live mode in a save game and then editing a sim in your world? If it's the second one, are you editing them via the official household management screen (from the main map), or using a mod like MCCC? I can take a look and try to recreate the situation and see if I can reproduce the error. To my knowledge it *shouldn't* cause a problem when clothes get updated with BB, but I'm happy to take a look and see if I can figure out what's going on.
Simdulgence
2024-08-27 21:39:10 +0000 UTCWhat do you see in CAS? No bulges on any clothing? I've just tested the Large version in my game and I can see bulges on the clothing (although there is a mix of large/average sizes in there at the moment). Out of curiosity, what do you see when you put on the base game boxer briefs (they have a default maroon/red swatch)?
Simdulgence
2024-08-27 21:21:27 +0000 UTCHey-o! Love your stuff!! A couple of issues that I've run into with BetterBulges: 1) BetterBulges is hit or miss for me. Maybe they're just supposed to be very subtle? I've seen maybe 1-2 large and 4-6 base bulges in CAS. Most clothes simply don't have them, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Sometimes when I adjust the height/weight of the sim the bulge comes back? Very strange. 2) Sometimes when a newer version of the mod comes out it "breaks" a particular sim (their CAS is infinitely stuck on the loading screen, I can only assume it's because one of their outfits has an item that's been changed?). All other sims/new game CAS works just fine. Any idea how to fix that or is the save file permanently corrupted? Not using any other clothing cc, no ID conflicts.
Mitch-Mitch
2024-08-27 00:18:27 +0000 UTCThe large version
Lyle George
2024-08-26 09:09:44 +0000 UTCSo none of the bulges are showing up? Which version of the mod do you have installed?
Simdulgence
2024-08-26 08:51:03 +0000 UTCi cant seem to get this mod to work
Lyle George
2024-08-25 15:29:05 +0000 UTCI'd love to have some way of making different bulge sizes that didn't inflate the CAS catalogue, but it's tough or impossible. I don't know of any way to have the game present a different bulge based on any other kind of tag or flag, even though I've looked at that kind of thing before (for a piercing system). The "simplest" way would be to have a bulge slider that you could adjust per sim, but unfortunately creating a slider that pulls the crotch forward will cause problems with naked parts, which would also be pulled forward. I've never tried making one, but given the way other body sliders work, I think this would just make all the penises look strange. It is something I think about, just in case I randomly come up with a solution that actually works, but I haven't thought of one yet.
Simdulgence
2024-08-11 18:31:27 +0000 UTCHey! Thanks for your replies and consideration. This works. I think you're right that having 2 versions would really inflate the game's clothing selection. I was thinking this might be the case based on your description, and to be honest, I like the idea of having access to both the Base file bulges and the Large bulges (thinking about the fact that not all my sims have the same size penis, for example) -- but I'm not sure how you could go about doing this without duplicating all the lower body clothing items. It would be really interesting if there were some way to categorize penises with size tags, so that the game could dynamically adjust the bulge size based on the selected penis, but I'd assume that's not currently possible (I don't have any experience creating CC, so not sure what tools are available).
ransom
2024-08-11 17:45:25 +0000 UTCThe original system was set up for PCs to read in alpha order (Addon before Base), but if the files were being read in any other order for any reason then it could have caused problems. Hopefully the new system removes any confusion or issue like that! I'm hoping to get the Large bulges all fully converted sooner than later and then it won't be a question of finding which ones are large or not.
Simdulgence
2024-08-11 15:55:56 +0000 UTCYeah I was using Base & Large together too, because I thought you had only converted a few things to Large, so it was like an additional copy. Now I understand why I could never find the Larger bulges, Base was overriding it! :P
Blue Nerd
2024-08-11 14:36:49 +0000 UTCThank you so much for this!
bitterbeanjuicer
2024-08-11 12:58:38 +0000 UTCOk, I changed my mind - rather than just editing the post's language, I replaced the Large addon with a standalone Large version. Eventually the Large version will have larger versions of all clothing, so it makes more sense as its own version rather than an add-on (and I wanted to clear up the confusion over what it does). I don't think I've ever been asked for a Large add-on that adds new clothing to CAS (so you have, for example, Base Game jean shorts with an average bulge and Base Game jean shorts with a larger bulge). Is that something you're interested in? It would add a LOT of extra entries to CAS unless you only wanted it for a few specific clothing items.
Simdulgence
2024-08-11 12:53:40 +0000 UTCHey! I've begun work on these but run into some issues making the bulge look good for a particular piece of clothing from the pack. But yes, there will be an update with the Lovestruck items and I hope to get it out soon!
Simdulgence
2024-08-11 10:04:45 +0000 UTCSorry for any confusion - the Large add-on overrides the same clothing as the base file with a larger version; it does not add a second set of clothing to CAS with a larger bulge. The quote above is saying that if you *only* use the Large add-on, you will see the Large bulge edits I've created. Without the base file, you'll lose all of the extra edits that I created that are of an average size. Base file: 220+ bulge edits Large addon: 40+ larger bulge edits By only using the Large addon you would lose around 180 of the base bulge edits and only see the 40 or so larger ones. I'll edit the language in the post to make this more clear.
Simdulgence
2024-08-11 10:03:44 +0000 UTCSorry for the late reply - I thought I had included a note in my post about this file but I must have removed it while editing the text. Yes, the new Large add-on replaces the old XL file (it contains the same edits that the XL did plus newer edits). I'll add that to the post.
Simdulgence
2024-08-11 09:56:02 +0000 UTCHi, we're looking forward to the better bulges for Lovestruck. Will there be an update?
Eddy Rodolfo Gonzalez Perez
2024-08-09 18:56:21 +0000 UTCis the AddOnLarge meant to replace the older simdulgence_BetterBulges_AddOnXL file that you made years ago or does it alter different clothing pieces and/or different sizes?
Lho'a
2024-08-07 22:59:48 +0000 UTCHey! Thanks for the reply. I'm aware of how the Better Bulges mod works in general, I was referring specifically to the new "AddOnLarge" file that is an optional addition. Simdulgence says: "The add-on is designed to work with the Better Bulges base file; if you use only the add-on, none of the average size bulges from the base file will appear in your game." -- but from what I can see, with both installed, there's only one version of each pants style available (whereas, based on the above quote, I'd expect to see each pants style with an 'average size bulge' and a 'large size bulge' option, or something like that). That's what my question is referring to.
ransom
2024-08-07 02:33:41 +0000 UTCThis is an override which means it automatically applies to all the packs listed above. There may be a few that he hasn't gotten to yet. The bulge is more noticeable on underwear and tight-fit swimwear like speedoes. Pants the bulge is more subtle.
Blue Nerd
2024-08-07 02:26:31 +0000 UTCThank you for updating the Carnivale Shorts! Big Kisses!
Blue Nerd
2024-08-07 02:24:08 +0000 UTCHey! Thanks for the update and adding the option for larger bulges. Just a quick question -- I installed both the Base version and the Large Add-on but am not seeing how to access the large bulges for clothing applied in CAS. How should this manifest?
ransom
2024-08-07 01:00:39 +0000 UTCNot to my knowledge. Each of the overrides in this post is a result of me editing the mesh to create the bulge; the only way I know of to do that for all clothing would be a slider that brought the front of the groin forward to simulate a bulge. This isn't fully ideal for two reasons: 1) The slider would only bring the existing mesh forward, which means bulges could look blocky/bad/not smooth if the underlying mesh isn't set up nicely. 2) The slider would affect all lower clothing, and since the penises are technically clothing, your naked sim would have a strange bulging crotch that would probably distort the penis shape.
Simdulgence
2023-12-29 09:41:37 +0000 UTCIs it possible to make a override that works on all CC Clothing tagged masculine?
Johsua Widanka
2023-12-29 09:14:06 +0000 UTCNo, it's not in the zip file currently. If I recall correctly, it was only the base game jean shorts and three of my own under/swimwear designs, never an expansive amount of clothes. I have been thinking recently about offering other versions of BB, one of which could add larger bulges for a variety of clothing items. It would be like a reboot of my original XL bulge add-on, I just haven't gotten around to it yet (it's taken a bit of a backseat while I've been organizing my files and posts). I don't think there was that much enthusiasm about the idea when I first tried it out, so it's good to know that there's interest in it now!
Simdulgence
2023-11-15 12:16:43 +0000 UTCYou did make a larger bulges add-on a few years ago, I forget when? Are they included?
Blue Nerd
2023-11-15 12:11:28 +0000 UTCI'm not entirely sure how an accessory bulge would work - I imagine that kind of thing would clip quite a lot. As for larger bulges: I do try to avoid a) clipping with top clothing and b) texture stretching, so both of those would impact how big a bulge gets. But yes, I'm thinking about providing something like that if I can. :)
Simdulgence
2023-11-15 10:38:17 +0000 UTCAre there plans to add options for larger bulges, as some kind of accessory you can turn on/off?
Lux
2023-11-14 00:28:45 +0000 UTCHey! Sorry, I'm in the process of organizing my content/posts with a new masterpost to make it easier to find stuff, so things are a little bit messier than they should be right now. The file you're looking for is here: http://www.simfileshare.net/download/4279735/ It should be the most recent version of the male vagina. Let me know if you encounter any issues!
Simdulgence
2023-11-07 18:26:56 +0000 UTCAbsolutely love your content, but there is a file that I can't find. It's the SimpleVaginaMale, I am trying to create a transgender couple but vaginas for male sims dont show up. can you help please lol
DarkHydra28
2023-11-07 07:27:27 +0000 UTC
