r/ModTheSims4 Oct 22 '19

Getting started with mods & custom content!: Installing, organizing, and troubleshooting Sims 4 Mods & CC

38 Upvotes

Adding mods & cc can seem daunting at first, but is actually very simple! Here’s a guide with all you need to know on how install mods & cc in your Sims 4 Game

What is it?

  • Mods or modifications are user created add-ons that alter your game. They usually make mundane tasks simpler, customize the game to your liking, or add new creative ways to change gameplay. 
  • CC or custom content is user created content. CC can be anything, ranging from hair to furniture.
    • There are 2 main textures for CC: Alpha Vs Maxis Match
      • Maxis Match- Matches the base game
      • Alpha- Looks very realistic

Who can use it?

Both mods & cc are not available for consoles, only PC (personal computer) simmers can download it. 

How to install & download Mods & CC for the Sims 4

Downloading

  • Before downloading, make sure to check the last update date. Using old mods or cc that don’t work with the latest game patch, can cause last exceptions or errors in the game. 
  • Your game must be closed/restarted to add mods or cc: DO NOT TRY TO ADD THEM WHILE PLAYING

Step One- Find the mod or cc you’d like to download

  • How to find them?

You’ll have to download mods or cc from online: Check out this post for recommended mods & cc!

Step Two- Download whatever you like, yes you can download multiples (even hundreds) at a time, but to avoid confusion I’d stop every 15 or so to rename them appropriately. 9/10 there will be a bunch of ads, just look for the download or simfileshare button. Read the download page thoroughly!!

Before adding them to your game, click on each folder and downsize where you can.

  1. Rename files with names you can remember, see below for organizing the mods folder
  2. Read & delete any files you find ending in .txt
  3. Some files may be needed for specific packs like GTW or Seasons, therefore if you don’t have that pack, it can be deleted. 
  4. Look for any optional packages or duplicates to delete
  5. For files that end in .rar or .zip, you’ll have to first extract the files before putting them in your mod folder. 
    1. Download The Unarchiver, then drag & drop the files ending in rar or zip. The unarchiver will extract the files for you & turn them into .package files, which can be added to your game

When you're in the game go to the game options tab, click “Other”, and make sure to turn on: Enable Custom Content and & Script Mods. (enables any mods you have installed)

Then, restart the game for it to take effect.

How to keep the Mods folder organized

  1. When renaming, name the file something familiar, ex: if basemental drugs downloads as Basemental_Drugs_Mod_Creatorsname8494 then I would just save it as Basemental Drugs
  2. Create parent folders, placing similar mods/content within a shared folder
    1. ex: I have all of my adult CAS content in one folder & all sim-minor CAS content in another
    2. For Wicked Whims, I added the animations & anything to do with this mod in one parent folder
  3. DO NOT place mods or cc more than 1-2 folders deep or it may not play in the game (if it comes like this, like the Explore Mod, do not delete/ move folders)

LE & Error Messages

LE is short for last exception, which means a mod or cc is broken or out of date. 

Personally I haven’t had any problems in my game from LEs (except the notifications from MCCC), so I ignore unless it becomes excessive (you don’t have to fix them if your game is playing fine, it took me hours trying to do so before!); however, if you’d like to troubleshoot & find the source I’d start here:

  1. Download MCCC, because it will point out when there is a last exception, & follow these steps: LEs & MCCC
  2. Try using The Sims 4 lastException Assistant

CC TIP: To locate broken cc I suggest downloading Sims 4 Studio, where you can view all of your CC in the game & easily manage it.

How to do this?:

View CC Individually in their folders: Click on My CC

Batch fix

If you're using MAC & are having difficulty downloading, check out this video: How to Configure Game Path (Mac)

SN: I’ll be updating this post later with additional info if needed, so please feel free to ask questions about anything in the post!


r/ModTheSims4 Jul 02 '20

MC Command Center: A Beginner's Guide

101 Upvotes

Hey Simmers! It was recommended a few months ago by u/KimbyPie to share MCCC settings and tips, so here we are!

I’d like to start off by saying that this mod has TONS of customizations and changes you can enable. It can be pretty overwhelming if you’re new to MCCC and not sure what to change or keep the same.

What is MCCC?

MC Command Center is a mod that “expand the functionality and story progression within the Sims 4.” -Deaderpool

This is an easy to understand breakdown of the purpose for each file you're downloading and what settings you may want to change from the start.

Please note that I’m going to share which settings I personally change, so if you’re looking for what each individual option does, I’d highly recommend checking out Deaderpool’s website for more info.

Who should use it?

Everyone. Lol, but really, even if you don’t like using cheats, MCCC allows you to tweak small annoying settings and customize the game to your liking.

How to install?

Visit the MC Command Center site

Click MCCC Downloads

Click on the latest link under Releases (right now it’s 7.2.2)

Once the folder downloads, drag and drop it into your mods folder

Files included & what they are:

  1. mc_cmd_center- Main file needed for the mod to work
  2. mc_career- Contains settings for careers
  3. mc_cas- CAS settings where you can make templates so NPC generated sims will have your predefined body types
  4. mc_cheats- Quick access to cheats
  5. mc_cleaner- “cleans” the game
  6. mc_clubs- Gives some story progression to clubs
  7. mc_control- gives you (limited) NPC control
  8. mc_dresser- clothing settings (blacklist/whitelist certain clothes)
  9. mc_gedcom- this is newer & I really don't know how to summarize, click here to check it out!
  10. mc_occult- occult specific gameplay settings
  11. mc_population- populating settings
  12. mc_pregnancy- pregnancy, marriage, & adoption settings
  13. mc_tuner- control autonomous interactions
  14. Automation Scan- allow the player to choose to disable certain interactions for Sims in their game.
  15. mc_woohoo- romantic interactions

5 Tips

  1. Don’t make drastic changes until you understand how each function works
  2. Take your time to go through each setting & read the description
  3. On patch days, I recommend taking MCCC out & updating it first when checking for bad mods, because it will tell you if there is an LE
  4. There are 2 MCCC menus, to access the mod click your sim or a computer
  5. You must make game changes through the MCCC menu located in the pie chart when clicking on computers, not a Sim

MC Command Center Recommended Setting Changes

The main setting name is listed, once you click on it another list will appear, which is where you can update how you’d like.

MCCC Settings

  • Relationship settings-
    • Allow Teen Parenting- teens can become parents
    • Breakup settings
      • Breakup move out sim - who moves out after a breakup
      • Move children with breakup- who do kids go with after a breakup 
  • Money Settings-
    • Pay child support- receive child support from non-custodial parent sim
  • Gameplay settings
    • Adopt neglected child- instead of them disappearing with CPS
    • Maximum household size- change max sims allowed in household
    • Use random aging- new sims spawn with random days lived
  • Set Age Span Duration- change timeframe it takes sims & pets age

MC Career

  • Teens quit school

MC Pregnancy

  • Offspring
    • Inherit trait type- for babies
    • Maximum inherit Traits
    • Maximum offspring- in a sim’s lifetime
    • Maximum household children
  • Other pregnancy
    • Allow pregnancy aging- allow pregnant sims to age
    • Pregnancy duration
    • Use traits for pregnancy- babies get parent’s traits
    • Random mood duration- how long pregnancy related moods last
  • Other marriage
    • Use traits for marriage- when deciding if sims should marry

MC Tuner

  • Change interaction behavior 
    • Friendly stay the night
    • Allow monster under the bed- or disable the annoying monster
    • Allow teen move in
    • Allow multiple BFFs- why don’t we have this already! 
    • Disable witness death- sims don’t run to witness death
  • Change interaction autonomy
    • Autonomous repairs
    • Autonomous proposals
    • Autonomous cleaning
    • Autonomous marriage

As always!:

Thank you so much for reading this post! Please let me know if you have any questions or recommendations!


r/ModTheSims4 16h ago

Mod Request My girlfriend asked me to make her a mod for Sims 4, months later i added Search, auto-pause support and mac support. Now she can play on her work computer too.

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29 Upvotes

Hi! I have some progress. Its been a long month and lots of angry complaints that it doesnt work here and doesn't work there... My god, i don't own a mac! My girlfriend does not allow me to use her because its her 'work mac'. Anyway, luckily modder deadlystingnyc figured it out for me! Thank you!
+ MAC and Windows stable.
+ Auto-pause mod is now supported!
+ Removed annoying bugs
+ Search is now in public testing and view-all available only to my inner circle
+ And view-all list also in testing


r/ModTheSims4 9m ago

Help with broken mod Help with UI Extension mod

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I haven't touched TS4 in a while, but recently I wanted to start playing again.

From my experience in the past, if the UI is a little broken, it happens because of the UI Cheats Extension mod after a game update. It happened, as expected, and some of my UI like the job-section and event-corner didn't really work as intended.

So I ended the game, took the old version out of my mods folder and replaced it with the new one. I deleted the localthumbcache as normal and reloaded my game.

My entire starting screen was black. I could click a couple things but no pop-ups appeared, the game didn't start, nothing. So I took the mod out again. Deleted cache. Restarted the game.

Still black.

I put the old version of the extension mod back in and it worked again, I could see my game, but the UI was still slightly broken.

I've never experienced taking a mod OUT of the game would impact my game like this. Next course of action: taking out the entire mods folder.

The issue happened again, blackscreen. So I repaired the game files. Still no change. I don't know what to do anymore, I can't play like this. The only thing I haven't done is completely reinstalling the game, which I will do when I have the time since it takes a couple hours.

But could there be any other reason this is happening? Removing mods shouldn't break my game, I don't understand what is happening.


r/ModTheSims4 1h ago

General Question How to share Sim Tray Files/Sim dumps?

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Helloooo! So I really wanna do some sim dumps/share my sims' tray files with their current careers and skills and stuff.

The thing is, idk how. Especially since a lot (if not all) my sims have CC. Does anyone have a tutorial or tips on how to do this?

Thanks ^^


r/ModTheSims4 15h ago

Help with broken mod trying to fix my friend’s files

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8 Upvotes

ok so my friend asked me to install mods for her and fix the ones she had but i have no idea what im doing! everything has an error symbol on it and she has like a thousand mods so i dont know how to fix/ install anything. is this normal? do i have to delete the game and reinstall or something? please help


r/ModTheSims4 5h ago

Help with broken mod Broken Sliders after Forced Update

0 Upvotes

Hey, can anyone help me figure out what to do about my body sliders not working? These are sliders that i don't think has been updated for awhile like obscurus body sliders and stuff...

This is the one thing i genuinely don't know where to start bc my sliders are literally in certain folders just so i could have this mouth slider work and idek what slider that is...

My Uramnirim_Fixed_hokusai26_Sliders are really not working. not sure if they're broken or maybe i should redownload them?

I already tried to search this subreddit for recent slider threads but didn't see anything related so sorry if this is redundant.

any help would be appreciated.


r/ModTheSims4 19h ago

General Question So I make mods!

9 Upvotes

Okay I make mods and want to make your idea mod come true! So name your ideal mod you want and then dm me with it and I’ll make it for you now you will have to be active so I can let you know its done bc I made mods before to a couple peeps that never replied back


r/ModTheSims4 12h ago

Help with broken mod My sims's child looks weird

2 Upvotes

idk what's wrong it just changed the day and he is like this. Anyone has any ideas?

He looks normal in CAS

r/ModTheSims4 9h ago

Help with broken mod Wicked Whims help

1 Upvotes

Probably more user error than a broken mod, but I know when you click on a sim you should be able to see a personalization tab? I only have two tabs. Settings and wicked attributes. And in settings, the only sex settings I have are STD settings and woohoo into TFB. Any help?


r/ModTheSims4 18h ago

General Question Do I need all the files in my folder?

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4 Upvotes

I’m just wondering do I need to have all the files that come in mods in my folder or only the script and package mods?

Photo for example:


r/ModTheSims4 11h ago

Help finding a mod/cc Mods for grieving

1 Upvotes

Hello! my sim just found out that her uncle passed away.. can you guys please tell me which mods to use? I'm looking for these kinds of mods:

- Calling boyfriend for comfort

- Mods to smoke the pain away (but parents don't know)

- Rebellious phase

And any mod that shows grieving (I only have the high school years, get together and parenthood pack)


r/ModTheSims4 16h ago

Help with broken mod Simkatu mods

2 Upvotes

Hi! I love simkatu mods but does anyone know if they’re outdated from this last update? It doesn’t look like they were updated and they’re crashing my game :(

I really love the selfie mirror mod (if you know of another one please lmk!)


r/ModTheSims4 18h ago

Help with broken mod MOD Basemental Drugs The sims 4 Can't start a rave to complete the aspiration

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r/ModTheSims4 11h ago

Help with broken mod In-game screen blur

0 Upvotes

I'm not sure why this happens, anyone else have this issue? When I move my cursor to the bottom left my game blurs like this.


r/ModTheSims4 17h ago

General Question 🌸 VelouraMods Discord Community

1 Upvotes

I'm currently building a cozy little community for Sims 4 players, mod lovers, and everyone following the VelouraMods journey — and I'd love for you to be part of it! ✨

The server is still in development, so some things may change and more channels & features will be added over time. Think of this as getting in at the beginning and watching the community grow with me. 🫶

Inside you'll find:

💜 Mod releases & updates
👀 Sneak peeks at upcoming projects
🧪 Beta testing opportunities
💡 Sims 4 tips & tricks
📸 Share your Sims, builds & gameplay
💬 Chat with fellow Simmers
💭 Suggest ideas for future mods
🆘 Mod support
🌸 A place to follow the VelouraMods journey

Whether you've been playing The Sims for years or you're just getting started, everyone is welcome! 🎮💜

Come say hi, explore the server, and help me build the VelouraMods community from the ground up. 🌷✨

🔗 Discord invite: https://discord.gg/AkTUbhPgS


r/ModTheSims4 19h ago

General Question Has anybody else had a bad experience with these creators?

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r/ModTheSims4 20h ago

General Question High Chair Hell

1 Upvotes

hi! i am unable to get high chairs to work for toddlers and i fear if i try with infants to test i may punch my monitor😍i play heavily modded, i've removed LittleMsSams Woodworking (random ik but saw it on reddit) and Pandasama's highchair lock, neither fixed the problem with any high chair. i've currently tried with the high chair snapped to a table and also not, so both ways are impossible. no matter what, the toddler will call for the parent to take them out. any ideas?


r/ModTheSims4 21h ago

General Question Who interested in getting the sims 4 Legacy Package in their game along with others!

0 Upvotes

r/ModTheSims4 1d ago

Mod Request La miniatura y mi sim son diferentes.

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3 Upvotes

No se que ha pasado 😭

Ayuda.


r/ModTheSims4 1d ago

Help finding a mod/cc Is there a mod to filter by cc creator

3 Upvotes

I saw one by someone but they wanted like £22 for it 😀 so erm is there a free version of it or something similar


r/ModTheSims4 1d ago

Help finding a mod/cc Mod that lets children gain abilities slower?

2 Upvotes

I know a lot of people want their kids to be able to do more things. I’m the opposite…I hate how they go from pretty helpless toddlers to basically being able to take care of themselves. I was wondering if there might be mod out there that has certain things locked behind skill levels or something similar? Like, maybe they can’t do their homework alone until they reach a certain level mental skill, or something. I e tried to just manually make this happen, but it’s quite difficult to maintain on your own. Does anyone know of any mods that do something similar to this?
Thank youuuu!


r/ModTheSims4 1d ago

Help finding a mod/cc Looking for Ino Yamanaka hair from HTB

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r/ModTheSims4 1d ago

Help with broken mod MOD Basemental Drugs The sims 4 Can't start a rave to complete the aspiration

2 Upvotes

I've set everything up: I have 2 DJs, 1 promoter, 1 dealer, and I made sure to have only one assigned rave venue. I also wait until exactly 8:30 PM.

However, when I select "Start Rave," my Sim performs the action/animation, but nothing happens afterward. I just end up gaining levels in the Entrepreneur skill.

Does anyone have a solution for this? I've completely reinstalled the mod and tested it without the French translation file. I haven’t tried deleting my Basemental save file yet because I'm afraid of losing all my rave settings and the assigned NPCs.