#how to download mods safely sims 4

[imfromsixam]

Quick Guide: Stay Safe While Downloading Sims 4 CC & Mods

I just published a quick guide to help you download Sims 4 CC & mods safely. ⚠️ From trusted sources to spotting red flags. Keep your game clean and secure! 😊

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[crazy-hazy-sims]

Hey everyone it seems there a malicious individual trying to hack the sims cc community again and fill it with malware you need to stay vigilant as a creator and a downloader so

i have some tips for both to stay safe while downloading:

1- sims cc file extension is always .Package never download anything that is .exe

2- do not auto unpack zip files and rar files into your mods folder directly, open each zip or rar individually check the file extensions and drag them to your mods folder one by one

3- the only mods that have a .ts4script extension are ones that affect gameplay or how the game works, understand that if you are downloading cas or bb items you shouldn't have a .ts4script file

4- if you are downloading gameplay mods that do have .ts4script make sure that A) the creator hasn't announced on their pages that its infected B) you are downloading from a link provided by the creator of the mods themselves not something off of google or a link you got sent and make sure dates of upload match dated of announcements

5- if the mod or cc creator has retired and hasn't posted for a while LOOK AT THE DATES OF THE UPLOAD if it has been "updated recently" after the creator has left the community its most likely re-uploaded by a hacker and infected

6- download mod gaurd by Twisted mexi and keep it updated and keep your windows defender or malware detector Program up to date and always running do not disable it

7- make sure everything you download comes from a direct link from the cc creator, in this day and age do not trust link shortners, adfly, linkverse, etc get the universal bypass extension and ublock extension to stay safe but genuinely NEVER CLICK ON THOSE no matter how much the creator reassures you its safe it. is. NOT.

8- this is more of a general saftey precaution but, create a system restore point weekly before you run the game with new mods that way if anything happens you could have a chance to restore your windows to an earlier date before you downloaded anything.

9- BACK UP YOUR SHIT im serious right now either weekly or monthly put your files somewhere safe like a usb a storage card a hard drive even an online cloud if you dont have any of the previous.

10- files you should back up are your media from games and media everything else, any mods, games saves, work files, passwords, saved bookmarks, any documents txt files word files pdfs, links you saved, brushes or actions for Photoshop if you have any, any digital bills or certificates if you have any, and keep a physical list of all programs you have installed and where you installed them from

11- turn on any 2 factor authentication and security measures for any account you have

12- google and firefox have the option to check your paswords and emails against any data leaks USE THIS FEATURE and change any leaked passwords

13- regularly check your logged in sessions to make sure all the logged in devices or computers are yours and log out any that aren't and any old devices or unused sessions do this for every website and app you have an account on if available

14- change your passwords often. I know this is a hassle i know its hard to come up with new passwords but changing your passwords every few months will help you against anything mention previously that wasn't detected.

15- and as a cc creator check your cc and the accounts you host cc on and its uplaod and update dates make sure nothing has been changed without your permission :(

16- generally try not to get swept up in the "i must get it" fever you do not need to "shop" for mods weekly or monthly you do not need to download everything by that one creator you do not need to download new cc everytime you want to make a sim, im guilty of this so i know how hard it is to resist but take a breath and think "do i want this or do i need it" before downloading.

These are prevention methods i cant claim they are 100% will prevent any hacking but its better to be safe than sorry and these do keep you safe so

Brought to you by someone who has had their laptop ruined and data leaked from downloading cc once upon a time

[midnitetech]

Sims 4 Mod Folder Organizer + Icon DLL (Downloadable Folder Template Included!)

Hey Simmers! 💛

I’m excited to share something a little different today — not new custom content (CC), but a downloadable folder setup and icon system to help you organize all the Sims 4 CC and mods you already have.

✨ What’s Included

✅ A clean, pre-built folder template to keep your Mods folder tidy and script-friendly ✅ A custom-made icon DLL file with over 900 Sims 4 folder icons, so you can apply cute, matching icons to each folder on your computer (Windows) ✅ A detailed guide on organizing, troubleshooting, and clear instructions

💡 Important: This is NOT CC or Gameplay Mods!

You’re not downloading any Sims 4 content itself — this is just an external tool to help you organize your existing CC and mods on your computer more easily.

📁 Folder Template Categories

The folder template includes suggested categories like:

CAS Mods

Build/Buy Mods

Script Mods

Utilities

Gameplay Mods

Visual & UI Tweaks

…and more! You can adjust or expand them however you like to fit your own collection.

🛠 How to Use

1️⃣ Download and unzip the folder template. 2️⃣ Move your existing CC and mods into the matching folders. 3️⃣ Use the included .dll to apply cute folder icons (Windows only). 4️⃣ Keep your Mods folder cleaner, easier to manage, and easier to update!

⚠ Reminder The .dll file doesn’t go inside your Sims 4 Mods folder or into the game — it’s used outside the game on your computer folders, like your Sims 4 Mods folder or any other folders you want to decorate.

You can store the .dll anywhere on your computer — but if you move or delete it later, the folder icons you’ve applied will stop displaying. So be sure to keep it in a permanent, safe location.

✅ The download also includes a detailed guide with:

Step-by-step instructions for applying the folder icons using the .dll

A troubleshooting section if anything isn’t working as expected

Tips and recommendations for organizing your custom content (CC) and mods for easier management

📥 Note on Downloading

When you download the folder template and .dll, make sure to extract the zip to a new, separate folder — I recommend creating a fresh folder just for this setup. That way, you can organize your mods and CC cleanly without accidentally mixing the template folders into your existing Mods folder. Once you’ve organized everything, you can move your files into your actual Sims 4 Mods folder as needed.

Thank you so much for supporting me — I hope this helps you keep your Sims 4 setup tidy and stress-free. 💛

PATREON (✅ (free for all members)

[moonbiscuitsims]

Cyberpunk 2077 - RITA SET - TS4 Conversions

Hello Chooms. Before downloading or reading anything, proceed to look at my total Night City baddies wearing it:

Now you have seen the Night City baddies, you may adequately and safely proceed to the download info 🤩💙💜💅

ヽ(✿ﾟ▽ﾟ)ノThe set includes:

💜Cyberpunk Tank Top with Kitsch Cybernetic Arms with many colour swatches for the arms (must use overlays to colour the tank top) + Cyberpunk Tank Top with no arms (must use same overlays to colour the tank top). EDIT: Just added a nude version of only the arms, use at your own risk, accessory top/bra links can be found in Recommended CC section below. (THIS REQUIRES THE TANK VERSION TO SHOW UP)

💜7 Tank Top Overlays (found in Middle finger left/right + Ring finger left/right of the rings category). I made it so you can pick and choose overlays or just take the merged file with them all. Don't unmerge any of the files. 1- Plain (35 swatches)

2- Zebra (35 swatches)

3- Kanji (35 swatches)

4- Faux Leather with colour edges (35 swatches) (sorry it is hard to see)

5- Dirty with tape crosses (35 swatches)

6- Plaid (15 swatches)

7- Camo (16 swatches)

💜Bottoms 3 versions: Black with colour gradient (35 swatches) White with colour gradient (35 swatches) Plain (45 swatches). Don't unmerge the file.

There are two versions of black and white plain, this is because I used different methods and liked both effects. You can't see much in the pic, but there are slight differences in shine and the way the textures show. The shoes are connected to the pants and other shoes don't show, but you can use high heel shoes even if they don't show if you want it to sound like heels in game. - Gun holster accessory (found in hat category, not compatible with hats or cc items using the hat UV space). Can be layered over these tops and others.

3 Versions (sorry about the texture quality of this item, it was not much UV space left and a very complicated mesh): - Random cyberpunk textures and inspired designs (15 Swatches). - All colours in plain (35 Swatches) - All colours with black zebra print on straps (35 Swatches)

💜SKIN ITEMS: Mox Chest Tattoo (Chest tattoo category, 4 swatch variations of size and placement) + Rita's Face Cyberware (upper back tattoo category) + Shiny Doll Skin Overlay (face skin detail, forehead category) you can't see much, but basically makes the skin look shiny like plastic like Rita Wheelers in Cyberpunk.

Recommended CC - Accessory tops - More Accessory tops - Accessory bras

💜Disclaimers / Important info

All items have specular and normal maps.

All items are tagged correctly (as far as I know) and have the correct colour labels.

All items are disallowed for random townies.

All items (once again as far as I know) can be worn on male frame (disable the masculine tag and they appear) From now on I'll make sure to do this for all cc's since I didn't realise it was being restricted before until I tried to take some pics of a sim with male frame for this post. Since then I've fixed it all and tested it and it fits the body fine even though I made it to fit the female frame. I may fix my older sets soon too but I'll need to test they work ok.

Let me know if something doesn't appear, or if you have any issues or notice any glitches at all.

⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️⚠️- Very high poly items, use at your own risk if your machine struggles with the sims. I couldn't reduce the poly anymore without noticing the mesh getting worse. - Some items are slightly low texture quality. I don't play with HQ mod or do HQ textures, so sometimes the textures when baked downsized show some jagged edges or pixel effects if you look super up close. You can see it a bit on some of the gradient pants or on the gun holster which as an accessory I didn't have much UV space to work with, no matter how much I tried to simplify the mesh. - Tanks have no swatches, don't forget overlays to colour the tank. - When using the tank overlays in the different ring categories make sure you don't equip more than one or they'll clash, the different ring categories for the overlays are just so you can use it in another slot if you require another accessory from that finger section) - Make sure not to add merged files as well as other packages that form them or you'll have duplicates. - Don't unmerge any files, just choose the ones you want and use as intended. If you have to unmerge them for any PERSONAL editing, remerge them again after. - Tank is quite revealing, if you're streaming or something and use adult skins, make sure to check nothing shows or that you won't get any sort of strikes (not that there is anything wrong with it at all). Alternatively check out cc accessory tops or bras that can go underneath like the ones in the Recommended CC section. - Nude version of cyberware arms to match with accessory bras/tops now available, same warning as previous point. Thank you so so so so so so so much to the lovely people and great tutorials that helped me throughout the process providing tips and tricks and info that led me to making this properly <3 It helps me keep making these conversions. Thanks to the people who requested this prompting me to make it. These beautiful meshes I converted were originally made by CD Projekt Red

💜💜💜💜💜READ AND RESPECT MY TERMS OF USE 💜💜💜💜💜

This is literally over 100 hours of work, the meshes aren't mine but converting them takes a long time (especially since I suck at making cc) and all the textures images etc were done by me, it's free for all, don't be a jerk and steal my stuff to profit from it: - DO NOT REUPLOAD - DO NOT PUT BEHIND PAYWALL OF ANY KIND in ANY FORM - DO NOT INCLUDE CC IN ANY DOWNLOADS - DONT CLAIM YOU MADE IT - DO NOT INCLUDE MESHES IN DOWNLOADS Please tag and credit me if you recolour the meshes (don't include them, link to this post), no paywall. Conversions to TS2 and TS3 allowed, no paywall, just tag me please! If you use them in pics you can tag me too I'd love to see!

💜💜💜💜💜If you like my conversions and would like to help me be able to do more, you can support me on Patreon!

💜DOWNLOAD PATREON

💜DOWNLOAD GOOGLE DRIVE

Now I'm going to take a long well deserved break.

See you chooms! 💜💜💜💜💜

[rayzofmelanin]

ATTENTION FOR ALL SIMMERS!

SimAndy, TheNinthWaveSim's ACCOUNTS HAVE BEEN HACKED ON THE SIMS FILESHARE. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANY CC FROM THE SIMS FILESHARE UNTIL IT IS CONFIRMED THAT THE ISSUE HAS BEEN DEALT WITH. NOBODY KNOWS HOW MANY USERS/CREATORS WERE HACKED.

THE CREATORS PATREONS ARE A SAFER OPTION.

THIS HAPPENED TO CREATORS FOR ALL SIM GAMES.

IF A MOD FILE HAS AN .EXE IT IS UNSAFE. EVERY MOD ENDS IN .SCRIPT OR .PACKAGE AND EVERY CC FILE JUST ENDS IN .PACKAGE.

For sims 4 users: MODGUARD BY TWISTED MEXI CANNOT DEFEND YOU FROMT THE EXE VIRUSES BECAUSE IT'S NOT ATTACHED TO A PACKAGE FILE.

REBLOG, TAG OTHERS, AND STAY SAFE!

[ccsimsgalaxy]

Custom Edible Food Recipes for The Sims 4

If your sim is a professional cook or just loves to prepare tasty food at home, then you might have tried most of the recipes in The Sims 4. Now, how about some new recipes that come with custom content food mods?

You can find just about any recipe from various cultures, a lot of them require basic cooking skills and some are even vegetarian-safe. All of the recipes mentioned are free to download, so let’s start this collection!

READ MORE

[amethystamanda]

Altar Set

You know the Spirit House from For Rent? It's huge. It might be accurate for what it's meant to represent, but it's not overly useful if you want to use it in another context.

When a friend was looking for a re-mesh of it, I looked at it, and found out why there are none that I know of. Making this set was an ordeal--not just the altars, but the whole set.

But in the end, I have:

Spiritual Altar: A functional alter on the original table.

Offering Altar: A functional altar with no table, to be used with objects that have no footprint (debug or cc). This is not placeable on a table unless that table has no footprint or you use workarounds with the move objects cheat.

Offerings: A deco version of the offering cup, with fruit, bread, nectar, or flowers or empty.

Offering Cup: An empty offering cup with one small slot.

Important info:

The altar needs at least a quarter tile behind it. You can use MOO to move it back that much. Any more and sims can't reach it.

You can use the mod-free move objects trick of placing something in the basement and moving it up using 9/0 to further decorate it.

There are three small slots on the table, two to the sides with visible indentations where vases were before I remove them, and one behind the offering cup. You might need to use move objects to use all three at the same time.

Don't place the no table version on or too close to the front of a counter or sectional sofa. It will cause errors. There's no real reason to place it in front of a sectional sofa, but I was placing random things to try to find someplace it could go, and errors happened.

The deco offering will look weird if you look at them in Sims 4 Studio. That's because I combined all the meshes in one object and picked which one is visible in which swatch by editing the texture.

Details:

Spiritual Altar: 47 swatches (15 from Peacemaker's wood tones, 3 from the original Spirit House, the white swatch from the Spirit House slightly edited, 27 other random coloursthat took the wood pattern well) with wood grain in both directions, all with a bronze cup. Found in Outdoor Activities for 200 Simoleons. The banana colour is edited to be more like a banana and less like a yellow wooden curve. I am not the cause of the weird cut, that's there in the original and I can't change it without things exploding. Max 837 polys.

Offering Altar: Just the offering cup and the incense pots. 3 swatches: bronze with my edited banana look, bronze with the original banana look, and silver with my edited banana. Read 'Important info' above for how to use it. Found in Outdoor Activities for 200 Simoleons.

Offerings: A deco version of the offering cup. Different swatches have different offerings: 2 fruit, 7 bread, 2 nectar (red and white), 5 flowers, and empty (with no slot); all with a bronze cup. Fits in a small deco slot, like the ones on the Spiritual Altar. Found in decorative plants for 100 simoleons. 1001 polys. LOD 1 is the same as LOD 0, because I can't see everything in blender enough to safely make a lower LOD, since it all overlaps, but it's pretty low poly anyway.

Offering Cup: A deco version of the offering cup, empty and with one slot, so you can pick your own offering to place there. Two swatches, bronze and silver.

Requires For Rent except Offerings, which is base game due to the general bugginess of the whole project.

All parts can all be found by searching for altar.

Download the zip or pick which parts you want: https://www.patreon.com/posts/altar-set-118401984

Happy Winter Solstice @cidira

[bonniethesimmer]

Mods/cc List

Hey everyone, (updated 12/1/23)

I am in the process of making a mods/cc list I use the most in my game. If you are just starting out, here are a few just to help get you started :).

*Download at your own risk*

House Builds/ Loading Screens-

Bonnie.TheSimmer | Creating Sims CC Homes & Loading Screens | Patreon

MODS-

Car Mod | waronkcc | creating the sims 4 cc | Patreon

Twisted Mexi- Better Build/Better Exception/TOOL and all of their mods | TwistedMexi's Sims 4 Cheats & Mods

RPO - Relationship & Pregnancy overhaul- [Mod] Relationship & Pregnancy Overhaul, ALL-FILES-IN-ONE-CLICK - Sims 4 | Patreon

Baby Daddy/ Suga baby/ Self Care - plumlace | mods and CC for TS4 | Patreon

Realistic Personality Mods- REALISTIC ZODIAC SIGNS - DOWNLOAD | Patreon

MC Comand Center- Downloads | MC Command Center (deaderpool-mccc.com)

UI CHEATS- UI Cheats Extension v1.39 | Patreon

More columns Mod (CHOOSE 1) - More Columns in CAS v1.30 | Patreon

18years or older!!!- Basemental Drugs - Basemental Mods (basementalcc.com)

More Careers- Career – Welcome to KiaraSims4Mods!

For Poses

Teleport any sims - Andrew's Studio | Sims 4 Studio

Poses – Katverse

Cookbooks and Food |

Insimnia | Creating Sims 4 Custom Content | Patreon

Somik and Severinka| Cookbook S&S [Update 26.07] | Patreon

Stirring the Pot-[6/9/23 UPDATE] Stirring the Pot v8 | Patreon

Child Birthing Mod| PandaSama | Creating Custom Content and Mods For The Sims4 | Patreon

Map Replacements:

20th Century Plumbob | creating Content for The Sims 4 | Patreon |

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Bags - PlatinumLuxeSims | Creating Luxury Inspired Sims 4 CC & 3D Models | Patreon - Saks Sims | creating Digital Content for Games | Patreon

Body Presets|

hi-land | creating sims 4 custom content | Patreon | Honey Body Preset | Patreon |

CC-Food/Nail/Artwork-

PinkGlacierz | ♡ Creating Functional Foods, Nails x Blender Tingsss ♡ | Patreon

Clothing CC-

Rimmings-RIMINGS | Creating Sims 4 Costume Content 🔮💜 | Patreon

Sentate-

Sentate | Creating Custom Content for The Sims 4 | Patreon

Camuflaje- Camuflaje | creating The Sims 4 Custom Content | Patreon

Darte77-Darte77 | Creating 3d Clothes | Patreon

Eyelashes:

3D LASHES VER. 6 | Patreon

Hair:

Alpha Hair- | XxBlacksims | creating ts4 custom content | Patreon | LeahLillith | creating 3D | Patreon | Home | My Site (brandysimswebsite.wixsite.com)| HOME | Kiegross (kiegrosssims.wixsite.com) |Simtury | creating Custom Content For The Sims 4 | Patreon | Sims 4 Ethnic Custom Content | EbonixSims

Maxis Hair- |Sheila Hair - New colors added! | Patreon |Commissioned by @bellagothhasdiedonanotherlot !! | Patreon|

JellyPaws | creating Custom Content | Patreon |

Simstrouble - simstrouble | Creating CC Hairstyles for The Sims 4 | Patreon |

Dogsill-dogsill | creating custom content | Patreon

Furniture |

House of Harlix

Madlen Home | Ase | Patreon

Cowbuild (tumblr.com) |

Servinka - The Sims Resource - Severinka_ |

Sundays - sundays | creating custom content for the sims 4 | Patreon

Taurus Designs - Taurus Design | creating The Sims 4 Custom Contents | Patreon |

Platinum LuxeSims - PlatinumLuxeSims | Creating Luxury Inspired Sims 4 CC & 3D Models | Patreon

Reshade tutorial - HOW TO INSTALL RESHADE TUTORIAL 2023 FOR THE SIMS 4 & MAKE GSHADE COMPATIBLE | My RADIANCE Preset✨ - YouTube

Skin Detail|

Pralinesims | bietet Sims 4 Custom Content | Patreon |

northern siberia winds | creating custom content and mods for the sims 4 | Patreon |

TWISTEDCAT (tumblr.com) (HAIR and SKIN) |

The Sims Resource - Tender Skin Overlay (Female) |sims3melancholic | creating custom content for The Sims 4 | Patreon

*Please be safe while downloading*

#sims4cc #sims4mods #thesims

[roseamariesims]

TS4 Malware via .TS4SCRIPT mods

(Copied from my Patreon)

Hi everyone, I figured I would make a post about this just in case anyone who follows me has not yet been made aware of the malware issues happening currently in the Sims 4 modding community. 

Several days ago malware was discovered within a few mods that would silently steal info from your computer such as passwords and private information. This malware was then found to be in many other mods, as early as August 2023. It appears to mostly affect script (.ts4SCRIPT files), but be wary of .package files as well. Please read more about this on this reddit post and consider downloading TwistedMexi's ModGuard malware protection mod: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98126153 to keep yourself safe. There is also this website with information about the malware, known affected mods, how to check if you have been infected by it, and what to do if you have: https://scarletsrealm.com/malware-mod-information/ 

This malware affected user accounts which appear to have been hacked, or fake accounts made to mimic real users primarily. The list of known mods that were affected are: 

Cult Mod by _PimpMySims

Social Events – Unlimited Time by MySims4

Weather and Forecast Cheat Menu by MSQSims

Seasons Cheats Menu by MSQSims

Motherlode Menu by MSQSims

Mood Cheat Menu by MSQSims

Mouth Preset N16

If you have downloaded these mods, please follow the advice in the reddit thread/website linked above. Please stay safe and vigilant when installing mods if you are continuing to do so currently.

[simplyemmely]

Want to customize your Sims 4 game with mods but not sure where to start? In this easy, step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you exactly how to download, install, and update mods safely — even if you're a complete beginner!

MODS MENTIONED:

MC Command Center by DeaderPool

Modguard by TwistedMexi

Better Exceptions by TwistedMexi

MOD RECOMMENDATIONS:

[sejianismodding]

hello! I dont know if it is the autism or if I am just slow/bad at comprehending implicit instructions, but I am struggling to comprehend your filter list mod. I am somewhat proficient with sims4studio and I know this is a big request, if you or someone else who understands it could make like a guide on how to apply the tags correctly and what to install in the mods folder (maybe even with screenshots for the steps?) this would mean the world to me and my pea brain <3

I can totes try to refine my instructions better than they currently are, but also, did you look through the screenshots I attached to the Patreon post?

There are screenshot instructions for the "PROPER" method of adding the TAG to all swatches/CAS Parts and the "QUIK N' DIRRTY" method of adding the TAG to just the first swatch.

Two issues that usually pop up are:

Swatches correspond to the "CAS Parts" seen in WAREHOUSE, but sometimes the order the "CAS Parts" are in does not match the order the swatches are in, so you need to find the "CAS Part" that corresponds to your first swatch.

After adding the TAG in STUDIO, you must edit it in WAREHOUSE to add the missing "CategoryNumber" or the TAG will not work and the filter won't see the item.

See if these instructions help:

Download "sej_CASFilters_[YYMMDD]_[RELINFO].zip". Inside is a "#Sej" folder containing "sej_CASFilters.package". Either put the whole "#Sej" folder into your Mods folder or put "sej_CASFilters.package" into your Mods folder.

Download "sej_CASFilters_JSON_[YYMMDD]_[RELINFO].zip". Inside is a whole bunch of JSON files for S4S. These go into your "Documents\Sims 4 Studio\Custom Tags" folder.

Download one of my BG CAS Add-Ons and toss it into your Mods folder (I think I need to update these again, but they're safe to use) - https://www.patreon.com/posts/126606479

Launch the game, enter NEW GAME CAS and check for my filter in BOTTOMS or FULL BODY depending on which BG CAS Add-On you downloaded. If you see the filter, and filter, and see the item, then everything is working fine.

Now exit the game and open my Add-Ons in S4S so you can compare while adding a filter TAG to your item.

Let's do the "QUIK N' DIRRTY" method of adding a filter TAG to just the first swatch of your item.

In the STUDIO tab, ensure that the first swatch is selected.

Navigate to STUDIO » CATEGORIES » "Miscellaneous" and add the desired "#CASFilters" TAG from the drop-down list.

Now switch to the WAREHOUSE tab and find the "CAS Part" that corresponds to your first swatch and click on it.

Now type "tags" into the "Filter" box. You'll see one "Tags" result.

Click on the "Edit items..." button and it will open the "Editing Tags..." window.

Find the TAG that says "None: #CASFilters_127_[IDENTIFIER]" and click on it.

Change the "CategoryNumber" from "0" to "127" and click on "Save".

Now save your modified PACKAGE and pop back into CAS, et voila. You should see the filter under whatever category your item was and using it should filter your item.

If you still need assistance, you can totes pop into my "Itsumi CAS Filters Chat" on Patreon, or just let me know and I'll try to refine my screenshot instructions. I don't bite unless biting is the necessary response.

I also want to do a video tutorial.

I'm working on the next update for "CAS Filters" so any revision to the instructions will have to wait til I'm done.

[cityof2morrow]

Pictorial: Setting Up The Lifestyles Mod

Published: 9-23-2023 | Updated: 11-21-2023

SUMMARY The Lifestyles Mod (alongside earlier versions of the religions mod on which it is based) can be tedious/annoying to install and set up – but I promise its worth it! Here is a quick walkthrough for setting up the mod. If you’re skeptical, generate a new ‘Neighborhoods’ folder in your game and use it to test the mod first. Before we get started, make sure you’ve downloaded the Lifestyles Mod (Simmons, 2023) and gameplay PDF. Finally, re-read the info related to compatibility, load order(s), and troubleshooting. DOWNLOAD THIS PICTORIAL (PDF) INSTALLATION 1. When starting a new save, setup this mod BEFORE adding The Globe/Global Overrides (Meduza, 2023; Hatch, 2017-2019) if you also use that mod. 2. Place all package files in a folder and move that folder to your Sims 2 ‘Downloads’ folder. 3. Load them AFTER The Globe/Global Overrides (Hatch – excluding Home YAs), Taxi/Vehicles Cost Money (Dhurt). *If you receive errors try loading this mod (and any add-ons for the Lifestyles/original religions mods) BEFORE them instead. 4. Load them BEFORE Annoying Games Suite (Simlogical/Inge Jones), Baby Personality (Episims, 2020), Fight Club (Pescado), Inteen/Inteenimator, Less Belching/Farting (TwoJeffs), Mood Swings/Midlife Crisis (Piqiwi, 2018 – see the additional notes on this under Troubleshooting and Conflict With), Single Slap Only (Squinge), Zombie Apocalypse (Pescado). ADDING THE FIRST LIFESTYLE(S) TO YOUR SAVE 1. Testing Cheats ON Please! While in the neighborhood screen and BEFORE entering a residential lot, turn testing cheats ON (do this manually because Start-Up cheats don’t always kick in). If you have conflicts/issues they will pop up as error messages here. If your lot won’t load but you can hear it running, the game is paused on an error message – that you won’t be able to see if testing cheats aren’t turned on. See the Troubleshooting section of the gameplay PDF for solutions.

2. Setup Dialogue: Enter any residential lot and wait ~10 sim-minutes for a set up dialogue. Choose between 1 and 5 initial lifestyle groups – the first FIVE will be townie-enabled and sims can be manually/randomly added to these. Any additional lifestyles (the sixth one created and so on) are “exclusive” – you must manually add sims to these with the Lifestyle Manager. We’ll get to that part…keep reading You can add/edit (but not delete) groups later using the Lifestyle Manager object (a fairy statue formerly called the Heaven & Hell Fairy). Find it in Misc > Misc.

3. Background NPCs: Choose the gender of the NPC character that will act as a controller for each group. They will generate off-screen and remain permanently out of sight during gameplay. If you want to include them in your gameplay, they are safe NPCs and can join playable households - but try not to let them die in-game

4. Name the Lifestyle: You’ll be prompted to “enter a name for this person…” (“person” = lifestyle for the purposes of this mod). Using proper nouns, enter a name for the individual, place, or idea that defines each lifestyle (18 characters max, including spaces). Names can be generic (i.e. Happiness, Power, Science, Law & Order – great for the general population) or more specific (i.e. The Grim Reaper, Fate, The Wiz, The Watcher) I like to think of sims i’m not invested in and likely will never play as part of a “general population.” Since all playable households must have a lifestyle group assignment, I usually make two “general population” groups for playables (or for sims whose lifestyles I haven’t figure out yet).

-Law & Order: Generally nice, law-abiding people who don’t steal, fight, etc.

-Fate: They retain free will – the equivalent of how sims would behave without this mod in-game. This is for villains, fight-club members, General Buzz Grunt, the Beakers, most of the Landgraabs, and other butt-headed sims 5. Allow/Ban Behaviors: Sims express their lifestyle via behavior and social interactions. Customize each lifestyle by banning or allowing behavior in the following categories. You can only ban or allow whole categories.

Wrath = routing failure tantrums are replaced by a calm notification to the player.

Theft = newspapers, gnomes, and hotel towels Violence = poke, slap, shove, attack, red hands, punch game, cops/robbers game

Indiscretion = belch, gossip, tell secrets, gross out, brag Disrespect = nag, annoy, insult. New behavior categories aren’t possible but new interactions can be added to existing categories with mods such as: G-Rated Religion Expansions and Side Mods (Almighty Hat, 2016). Instructions for adding even more behaviors are available with this mod. In my testing, non-violent sims would never defend themselves when violent sims attacked them. They would just cry or take the beat down (and then cry again). Whenever this got too annoying, I would just move the violent sim to a non-violent lifestyle group. Keep this in mind if you play with fight club mods which prolong fights or making fighting/attacking others fun for meaner sims. This is also a good reason to have meeting spots (explained below). Sometimes your sims needs to be among friends…*sings* where everbooody knows their naaaame! *takes bow**exits stage left

MANAGING YOUR LIFESTYLES

1. After Initial Setup: Sims can only be in one lifestyle group at a time. At unassigned households and households which recently gained/lost members, you’ll be prompted to choose a lifestyle for sims living there after ~10 sim-minutes. Townies and some NPCs are randomly assigned by default. You can assign members of the same household to different groups using the Lifestyle Manager but this will impact behaviors, relationships, and more importantly - group devotion and zeal.

2. Lifestyle Manager: Use this object to view, change, or randomize lifestyle assignments and check neighborhood statistics. Playables/townies can be randomized into the first five groups with this object. 3. Playing 6 or more Lifestyles: You can create more than five lifestyles but remember: 1) townies can only join the first five groups, 2) sims can only be randomized into the first five groups, and 3) only the first five groups get a separate line on the census – the rest will be totaled together under “Lifestyle > 5.”

To assign groups 6 and up, go to a playable residence. For each sim:

-Select "Change lifestyle to..." on the lifestyle statue. Only the first five will show at first, choose any of these. -Re-select "Change lifestyle to.." again. Groups 6 and up should be available in all appropriate menus now. -Save your game. The census should reflect these changes when you enter the next lot.

DEVOTION, ZEAL & INTERACTIONS (aka ‘how this mod changes the social scene in your game’)

1. Devotion: Devotion refers to a sims’ commitment to their lifestyle (out of 100). Sims with high devotion will observe their group’s values but defy them if devotion falls below 30-ish. 2. Zeal: Sims with high zeal (out of 100) may be judgmental towards others. Sims with high zeal and low devotion may even become hypocrites. They’ll scold or hit others for defying values they themselves are no longer observing. Worry not, these behaviors improve as their devotion increases.

3. Ask About Lifestyle: Sims can ask others about their lifestyles and receive a range of replies. This social, along with talking, chatting, and hanging out with fellow group members will increase devotion/zeal. Devotion/zeal will NOT change attraction/relationships, but relationships with non-group members may decrease devotion/zeal.

4. Conversions: Repeated interactions between sims with exceptionally high devotion and those who are unassigned or low in devotion to their own group may result in the latter being convinced to join the more committed sim’s lifestyle. CREATING/MANAGING MEETING SPOTS (OPTIONAL)

1. Meeting Spots: Places of worship are now called meeting spots – they’re not required but make lifestyles even more interesting. Designate any vacant community lot as a meeting spot using the Lifestyle Manager (Misc > Misc). Live mode will activate, and The Friend/Aneeta Friend will appear – ignore this sim and continue setting up the lot. Save and exit when done. Autonomous visitors will be limited to those assigned the corresponding lifestyle. If you send other sims to this lot, their own group devotion and zeal decrease, or they may convert.

These are the New Peterans of Strangetown (test hood) and they hang out at a church/community kitchen on the weekends. Devotion/Zeal improve faster at meeting spots for appropriate members (and has the opposite effect on non-members – but non-members won’t show up unless you manually send them there). Meeting spots are especially handy if you want to play a private social group with exclusive membership. You don’t want the general population/authorities to know about certain groups, right? Good thing they’re only vaguely referenced in the census as “Lifestyle > 5.

2. The Friend: An NPC named Aneeta Friend will visit community lots, including designated meeting spots. Talking/Hanging Out with her will boost devotion and zeal regardless of group membership. She’ll generate with default looks, but her name and appearance can be altered with mods. Do NOT add her to playable households or age her down. The Lifestyle Manager can summon Aneeta Friend at any time. Selecting the object from the catalog on an empty lot will always summon this sim. If you click the statue by accident, you can ignore her – she only appears in case you want to designate a meeting spot. It is safe to save/exit the lot 3. Renaming Lifestyles: To rename a lifestyle, shift-click and use the “Spawn” option OR use another mod to teleport the Background NPCto a residential lot andrename them. If you can’t remember which NPC this is, select “Learn About the Ways of…” on the Lifestyle Manager and choose the group you want to rename. When the dialogue pops up in the corner of your screen, hover over the NPC’s photo to see their name. This is the NPC you should summon UNINSTALLING/UPDATING THIS MOD 1. Uninstalling: To safely uninstall, 1) place, then shift-click, the Lifestyle Manager on a residential lot. 2) Use the available options to remove the mod data. This will remove the NPC number from the Background NPCs and move them to the orphan townie pool. 3) Afterwards, delete the package file(s) from your downloads folder from your downloads folder – but leave the NPC file for Aneeta Friend in your downloads folder (“simmons-ah-cjh-lifestyles-thefriendNPC”). 4) You do not need to include the friend file in new saves (i.e. for completely new “Sims 2/Neighborhoods” folder) 2. Updating: If you haven’t removed the NPC file or renamed any files from this mod, you should be able to replace the main file for updates without having to remove/reset data. This has been tested several times, but your game setup may function differently. DOWNLOAD THIS PICTORIAL (PDF) CREDITS Thanks: ChocolateCitySim for testing. Sources: Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik).

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Best Gameplay Mods for The Sims 4

Gameplay mods are such a great addition to The Sims 4, especially if you want to have more fun and control in the game or you are bored with how things are and want something new!

From mood-altering mods to (almost) new Expansion Pack mods – you will find something that you like in this collection. All of these mods are safe to install and are available as a public free download. If you are ready to change the way you sim, then let’s start the best gameplay mod collection!

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Sims 2 Legacy have taught me we have a whole population out there who are incapable of reading and using the internet yet swears Legacy will run on win 10/11

Meanwhile about half the player base is reporting that Legacy runs worse than UC nowadays.

But it's so hard to make UC work! in the 2010's yes. This is 2025, today you can make it work within one single installation. We know it was hard, so the community literally made a tech dummy safe version

But Legacy should run better! And it's EA. When they make a patch to make it run better in a few weeks they'll break the game in new ways. Maybe all items from the pets expansion will be missing, what do i know.

But Legacy has no pink soup! This is a complete lie by EA. Pink Soup is when polygon is too high for your computer to load anymore or missing textures. Modern pink soup exist in sims 4 where some people report they get checker patterns on their sims. Pink soup exist in any game. Sims 2 just have another limit than most games since it can only run so much even on a good computer due to the time it was made.

Legacy keeps crashing when I make a family but at least they are in the bin when I reopen! So it still runs better! TBH please be concerned it crashes every time you introduce new poly to the game. That's abnormal. No sandbox game should crash when that happens. Not even the UC for tech dummies does that.

Legacy is only missing IKEA but that won't hurt! Did you know a big part of the mods and CC in the community is bound to IKEA? Yes there is mods and CC which works without. But a big part is still bound to IKEA. (However I heard this might be fixable by downloading "Ikea" folder and slap it into the game.)

Legacy is for the middle aged women who stopped playing the sims! Nothing was stopping them from coming back either. The community is helpful and had they just asked were we nearly ready to install it all for them.

Legacy is one of the better products of new EA ...EA could have great sims games if they just hired modders since modders apparently can make the game work and EA can't. Remember how somebody who had never modded before got pissed over some sims 4 packs not working that they began modding! If EA wanted to do legacy right they could have hired Nopke and some other modders (instead of stealing their code without understanding it). And it can't be a better product of new EA since it was made in the 00s. EA just got somebody to touch old coding (Which is properly not taught in schools anymore) and hoped they could fix the basic problems (cue to this coder watching a bunch of youtube tutorials from the community properly).

[olderthannetfic]

Remember when normies find out the All the Fallen sims 4 mods that they had a meltdown and wanted EA to do something about it but nothing jack happened and you can still download the mods.

There's this YouTube channel that made a whole ass almost 19 minutes video of the ATF mods, you can easily find it. The whole video the person is like that shocked black guy with hands behind head meme pic, shocked how could people play these mods if they're not pedos and zoos?! Newsflash Karen, people can like taboo shit in fiction without liking/doing it IRL.

I didn't need to check OP Twitter to know if they're the type to have DNI prositters in bio cus in the first part of the video, they mock CSA survivors cope with fictional underage art and called them freaks. They also made childish death threats towards ATF users and the maker of the mods. You know everything about the user, typical fancop behavior.

Lastly the user called All the Fallen a cp site and yet made a account on said cp site in order to view info of said cp and zoo mods. Like, are these people self aware of the things they say and do. Well, SOME are - knowing they aren't really dealing with the real ass thing but still want to pretend they are just so they get their audience to be disgust like them and get clout.

Because we know if they dealt with CSAM, viewing, downloading, censoring, and posting to their followers to "Look how gross and weird this thing is!!" like how they do with lolishota content - they know they get their ass in serious trouble and can't use the excuse of "I was just warning people and trying to make them safe!!! :("

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[thesims3help]

Default CC Won’t Load/Show in game?

Hello, I am having trouble getting “Default Replacements” to load in game.

My install of TS3 is less than a week old. I have all of the packs, patch 1.67, Windows 11.

I have added other CC and Mods of different file types (sims3pack, .package) successfully, but anytime I attempt to add a “Default Replacement” it does not show/load in the game.

The all of the CC and Mods that I am using is newly downloaded and patch appropriate. Everything else loads without any problems, All I am trying to do is add a Default Skin and Default Eyes, one file of each.

Both are .package files. I added them to my Sims 3/Packages/Mods folder and I also tried placing them in my overrides folder and I received the same result. Could it be something in the config or resource file that needs to be changed to accept Default Replacements? I’m not sure what else it could be.

I have also read through the FAQ, troubleshooting and how to install cc and other similar articles on the Sims Wiki. I’m not currently the most tech savvy but I can learn and follow instructions, if anyone would like to help me. Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance.

Hello, thank you for messaging us, and thank you for all the game info.

As far as Custom Content goes, there can be several things causing the inability to load.

Sometimes it's as simple as Clearing cache from The Sims 3 folder. It is recommended to clear it every time the player adds new or removes any Mods or Custom Content.

All CC in .package form goes only into The Sims 3/Mods/Packages folder, or another folder within the Packages one if you're organising your files. Remove it from the Overrides folder.

Is your Resource.cfg file within your Mods folder?

Should none of the tips above work, move out your Mods folder to another safe place (say, Desktop, another Drive or external disk). Clear the cache again. Generate a new Mods folder by downloading one from Mod The Sims, or from SimFileShare created by SimsPlayer. MTS has detailed instructions on what their folder contains, SimsPlayer's quote on their folder: It has a resource.cfg file, an Overrides folder with Ccmerged.package file from NonaMena and ContentPatch.package from ZeeGee Sims. As well as some sub-folders you can add custom content and mods to. All that is included is nointro.package and NoBuildSparkles.package. –It works with All Sims 3 versions.

Place the new Mods folder into The Sims 3 folder. Next up, start adding .package files one by one to test them out. Use just one file to test if the game will recognize it. Of course, clear cache files before starting the game up.

5. In doing so, please make sure to check your files aren't compressed, zipped or actually CC for The Sims 2 or The Sims 4.

If nothing works, please get back to us with the new information from these things, so we could figure something else out. Below I'll leave you some website, forums questions and tips to check out just in case:

Sims 3 - How-To: Fix Problems with Mods/CC (carls-sims-4-guide.com)

Fixing Problems with Custom Content and Mods : r/Sims3 (reddit.com)

Solved: *ISSUE* The Sims 3 Mods Folder - not working. - Answer HQ (ea.com)

Solved: .package cc files not showing up in-game - Answer HQ (ea.com)

CC wont work on Sims 3 - Answer HQ (ea.com)

Solved: Sims 3 CC won't show up in game - Answer HQ (ea.com)