Okay, at the moment I have the following mods installed/I have experience with the mods:
(This is not a full list, and I might update it add more to it at a later date)
MC command center
Very useful if you want to actually play god, like you are able to control everything about your sims. Including but not limited to:
- Age
- Skills
- Relationships
- Pregnancy
I don’t use it very often, but in my opinion it’s pretty fundamental and it is always installed. I feel like I am cheating a lot when using it tho, and I much prefer to achieve things naturally.
UI cheats
Ngl, only thing I use it for is tweaking their needs without having to pause the game. It has many more options, but I don’t really use it for anything else. But it is great at doing what I want it to do!
Tool
Another pretty famous one, but a building mod. It allows you to locate objects exactly where you want them to be placed, and even out of the ordinary grid. I am not an excellent builder, and by far not a tool expert, but it’s interesting to play around with it and especially as the perfectionist that I am it is useful I can control building much more detailed than with the regular game.
- Move (though alt often is easier ngl)
- Rotate
- Elevate (things like mirrors that are on a fixed height you can now move)
Languages Barriers
Okay, this is just a fun mod. This mod gives you a few different languages for your sims, and with that an element of culture and personality for your sims. The languages are Simlish, Windenburgish, Selvadoradian, Toki Sulani, Komorebigo, and Sixami. If 2 sims do not speak the same language you will have less options to communicate and there is a huge chance of getting negative buffs if they try to talk. But, they can learn new languages through SimLingo or conversation, so you can make them master all languages. I did a fun storyline with this mod, making very adventurous sims that traveled to the different locations and studied the culture and languages. I still have it installed, but mostly disabled since it does give a notification every time they meet someone new and it’s not always nice to have to learn a whole language to talk to a certain sim.
LGBT mod
Sure, it’s pretty rad basically all sims are naturally pansexual, but not everyone is pansexual and it’s nice to have that diversity among your sims. It offers a whole list of sexualities, as well as genders (and drag queens) through traits you can easily give in gameplay. Plus, it also adds new interactions between sims, events and aspiration. It just gives my sims that bit more uniqueness and allows for some drama. What is also nice is that is not at all intrusive, so the option is always there and you can use it whenever you want but if you aren’t interested in using it for a certain save file/household, it doesn’t affect your game.
WooHoo Wellness and Pregnancy Overhaul
I do not use all modules, but I do use it to define the pregnancy wish of my sims. It just adds some realism and personality, not everyone wants to have kids. It also adds a lot of new interaction for relationships and pregnacy. Like the LGBT mod, it has a lot of options, but is not intrusive if you don’t want to use it!
SimNation Travel
This basically adds functional cars in the sims 4. Well, a transportation portal disguised as a car. But it’s pretty nice.
Furthermore, it adds passports, and more preparations for holidays, which is fun as it just adds a bit of realism and gameplay. Definitely works really well with the languages mod as well!
Pre-Teen mod
It adds an extra life stage of pre-teen, there will be unique interactions but it is still in development, and it’s not yet that good, but it has a lot of potential as it’s quite a big change from kid to teen in the sims. The appearance of the pre-teens is already really nice, so I have high hopes for the add-ons coming out! However, it is a bit intrusive as in it affects more sims than those you want to make a pre-teen, since you have to apply lotion after your sim showers from (pre-)teen up or they get a negative moodlet, but hopefully that will be solved soon so it isn’t intrusive anymore.
Wonderful Whims
Wonderful Whims allows you to give your sims preferences in what they find attractive in other sims. Just that uniqueness adds so much to my gameplay, and it is always interesting to see who a sim would autonomously find attractive and let them pursue the sim they selected. Plus, it adds personality types based on the traits you select, which is very rad as well.
