Include and Exclude Lists

All of the configuration of these lists is handled through command-line actions (which can be run from the Sims command-line control-shift-C within a Sim lot). The first time a command will need to be run for a specific Sim, a first name and last name is usually required. After the initial command, MC Dresser will remember the last specified Sim and the name can be omitted from subsequent commands until switching to a different Sim.

Any time an outfit category is an argument in the command-lines for MC Dresser, multiples may be specified by delimiting them with a period, or all may be chosen by using “All”.

For example, add the current hat from the current outfit for John Smith to the included item list:

dresser_wl john smith hat All

When adding a hair-type item to a dresser exclude or include list, it is recommended to always use ALL for the outfit. It MAY work if you don’t, but there is a good chance it will have problems. Known issue with hair cleaning/randoming is that the color of the hair may not be correct if the Sim is in the current lot. After the game reloads that Sim, it will be correct. This seems to be some Sim 4 flakiness. I tried several things to work around it but none of them worked, so for now, it is what it is.

If we only want to use include list items for a category, a single excluded item can be added manually to the mc_dresser.cfg file. For example, if I only want female elders to use included items, I would have to manually add this line to mc_dresser.cfg:

B.F.EL,*,All

“B” - Exclude

“F” - Female

“EL” - Elder (Options are ‘CH’ for anyone less than a teen, ‘YA’ for Teen, Young Adult and Adults, and ‘EL’ for elders. This is based on the clothing category groupings as Teen, Young adults and adults use the same clothing.

“*” - Exclude all items. This is a bit like Use Only Saved outfits, but instead, it only allows items from the Included Item list for Sims to be worn. For Use Saved-only outfits, one or more outfits must be saved for each category. For Exclude all items, one or more outfit part must be on the include item list for each body part in CAS (Outfit Top, Outfit Bottom, Full Body Outfit, Shoes, etc.)

“All” - For all categories (Options defined below delimited by a ’.’)

If an item doesn’t exist in the included list for a body part for a specific category, then the item already worn will remain worn. An exception is if the item is “removable”, meaning that the sim doesn’t have to wear something in that slot. Examples are accessories, glasses, hats. Those items will be removed if a item doesn’t exist in the included list. There’s also a random chance that they will be removed rather than using a item from the included list.

Below are some examples of using the dresser_copy command in various ways.