Better Bulges! Masculine Clothing Overrides

Clothing 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:2026-07-04: Added Large overrides for Get to Work and City Living. Added a few Base overrides for City Living that were previously missed.2026-05-17: Added Base and Large overrides for Silver Screen Style and Lady Bridgerton's Masquerade Ball Fashion.2026-04-16: Added Large overrides for Discover University, Snowy Escape and High School Years.2026-03-13: Added Large overrides for Get Together, Cottage Living, Wedding Stories, Luxury Party, Perfect Patio and Cool Kitchen.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.