#ts4 cc help

I am STRUGGLING with how gender and sex work with meshes in the Sims. I used two meshes, one for masculine frame, one for feminine, and tried to make them functional for all genders. And for the last two hours, I’ve been stuck here:

If I lock by frame:

• trans-femme looks fine ✔️
  
• male looks fine ✔️
  
• female looks fine ✔️
  
• trans-mascbreaks❌
  

If I lock by gender:

• trans-masc looks good ✔️
  
• male looks good ✔️
  
• female looks good ✔️
  
• trans-femmedistorts❌  

If I lock by gender andframe:

• None of the trans Sims get clothes ❌ ❌ ❌
  

If I don’t lock anything:

• There’s two of everything and you have to guess which one is right ❌

Even using separate meshes, I can’t get it to work right. Am I losing my mind or is this just really hard? Is there a secret I need to know? orz Someone help

Does anyone know how to fix the distortion with forehead-placed stuff? Like… I’m trying to make some bindis as facepaints, but I’m getting hella tired of the horrifying distortions. Obviously there’s the mesh option, but I can’t mesh to save my life and wouldn’t even know where to start and I have the feeling they wouldn’t stick completely to the forehead either.

Ugh. They look fine from afar, but if you zoom in it’s a fucking mess.