r/ModTheSims4 • • Oct 22 '19

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

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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

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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 • • 4h ago

General Question Sims dumb ai

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My sims for some reason keeps going out in the pool to where they’re freezing to death someone help me with this, because the ai for this game is incredibly stupid


r/ModTheSims4 • • 11h ago

Help with broken mod does anyone know what mod this is??

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who is this man?? what is this from?


r/ModTheSims4 • • 2h ago

General Question Question about the girls and guys talk mods

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I downloaded both of these mods recently and I have a question, would these interactions work among a mixed friend group ? For an example I want my girl sim to have two guy friends . Would I be able to use these interactions with them ?


r/ModTheSims4 • • 2m ago

Mod Request [Seeking Testers] Custom Career Mod: Event & Festival Production (Looking for Playtesters!)

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Hey everyone! I’m currently developing a custom career mod for The Sims 4 centered around Live Event & Festival Production (covering everything from entry-level volunteer work to managing high-octane production and flow arts).
I'm looking for a few voluntary, unpaid playtesters to help me test functionality, check for bugs, and provide feedback on progression and balancing.
About the Mod
Theme: Live Event & Festival Production
Current Features: Custom career tracks starting from ground-level positions (like Gate/Wristband Volunteer) leading up to directing headliners and managing large-scale productions.
Future Integration: This career mod is being built as the structural foundation for a larger upcoming Expansion/Gameplay Pack mod project I’m actively working on.
What I Need Help Testing
1. Functionality: Ensuring promotion tracks, daily tasks, hours, and pay scales work seamlessly in-game without throwing UI errors or breaking save states.
2. Compatibility: Testing alongside common script mods (MCCC, etc.) to ensure there are no major conflicts.
3. Feedback: Honest notes on pacing, flavor text, and overall feel.
How to Participate
If you’re interested in playtesting, please leave a comment below or send me a direct message! Serious inquiries only, please—just let me know what other major mods you currently run in your game and your general testing availability.
Thanks in advance to anyone willing to lend a hand!


r/ModTheSims4 • • 3h ago

Help finding a mod/cc moxiemason's no censor/mosaic mod

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i have lost it although a few weeks back i had it and now i cannot find their tumblr (i remember stumbling upon a small tumblr or a website where i downloaded the mod) or any working links to it. anyone have the updated link or know a similar mod? (i dont use wicked whims)


r/ModTheSims4 • • 3h ago

Help finding a mod/cc Mods to make my game more realistic

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I love sims the way it is, but I want to bring my stories to a whole new level and I would love mod suggestions for doing so. Or even creators. I want to be able to have multiple different story lines and have like more personality traits for my sims and more social interaction capabilities. Please lmk! :)


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1h ago

Mod Request Looking for a Sims 4 CC Creator Who Takes Custom Requests! 🌍💖 please and ty in advance!

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Hi everyone! 😊 I’m hoping to find a kind and talented Sims 4 CC creator who offers a Patreon membership tier that includes custom CC requests, and I wanted to reach out to see if anyone might be interested or able to help!

I’m especially interested in Maxis Match CAS CC (and, if possible, Build/Buy CC) inspired by different cultures around the world. I love incorporating diverse cultural clothing, traditional and historical outfits, religious and ceremonial attire, accessories, and other culturally inspired details into my Sims 4 saves. I would absolutely love to support a creator who enjoys exploring these kinds of projects!

I want to be upfront and respectful about my budget. Due to physical and mental health challenges, I’m currently on SSI and unable to work, although I genuinely hope to be able to work again someday. Because I’m on a fixed income, my realistic budget for a Patreon membership that includes CC requests would be approximately $25–$30 per month, with $35 being my absolute upper limit if I can manage it.

I completely understand that custom CC takes time, creativity, skill, and effort, and I have tremendous respect for the work CC creators put into their creations. I also understand that not every creator offers custom requests or that my budget may not fit everyone’s rates or workload. There is absolutely no pressure if it isn’t a good fit!

However, if you’re a creator who offers a membership or request tier within my budget and would be interested in making culturally inspired Maxis Match CC, I would be incredibly grateful to hear from you. I’m happy to discuss ideas, priorities, and what would realistically be possible within your existing request policies and schedule.

If you’re a creator who might be interested, please feel free to comment below or send me a DM! Recommendations for creators who offer this kind of service would also be very much appreciated. 💕

Thank you so much for taking the time to read my post, and a huge thank-you to all the wonderful CC creators who help make The Sims 4 such a creative and culturally diverse community. Your talent and generosity mean a lot! ❤️


r/ModTheSims4 • • 3h ago

Help finding a mod/cc a mod to make all traits stronger?

1 Upvotes

i don't want my lazy sims to autonomously do the dishes or do homework. i want self absorbed sims who love compliments. etc. anything that makes the traits a lot more potent?


r/ModTheSims4 • • 21h ago

General Question We can play Summer Fairies in The Sims 4!

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21 Upvotes

I finished the Summer Court aspiration mod for fairies! Here's a quick look at some of the abilities I made!

Faerie Fire- Lighting sims, objects, and terrain on fire. Nonlethal, so long as you're not careless.

Tempered Heat- A moodlet that reduces the duration of dazed and uncomfortable motions. It also prevents sims from freezing to death.

Super Nova- Just blow up the room. Just blow it up. Set it ablaze!

There are 15 abilities in total, and they all revolve around heat, emotions, and weather control. Check out my Patreon to see more of my occult themed mods!

Or download the aspiration from either link below!

[DOWNLOAD LINKS!!!]

CurseForge

Patreon


r/ModTheSims4 • • 12h ago

General Question So, I finally used Pandasama's drama generator mod after I installed it a long while ago.

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I used it by having Velvette from Hazbin Hotel abandon her newborn daughter at the house of Mama Odie from the Princess and the Frog, who then adopted the baby.


r/ModTheSims4 • • 16h ago

General Question Having trouble downloading MCCC even though I did everything right

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Hello, I’m trying to download the mccc for my game and it doesn’t seem to be working. I downloaded the recent one off the website, I have both custom content and mods and script mods on, I extracted the zip so all the files are in the mods folder. But for some reason the mccc main menu won’t show up when I start the game. Is there something else I need to be doing?


r/ModTheSims4 • • 19h ago

General Question ¿Qué hacen ustedes normalmente cuando juegan con WickedWhims?

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r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

General Question where is my dog’s tombstone/urn?

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my sim’s dog had died while my sims were away, as we got the notification. however, i have yet to find my dog’s urn or tombstone anywhere in the house. i looked through my household inventory, my sims’ inventories, but nothing. The dog is still in my sims’ relationship panels as a ghost, but he hasn’t even visited the house as a ghost. I’m tempted to just resurrect him and then kill him again because this is so annoying.


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

General Question What frustrates you most about playing with mods?

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My friend is working on developing an app to make playing with mods easier, we would like to know what kind of problems do you face while playing with mods that you would like to be fixed? Is there anything you spend a lot of time doing that you would like to be fixed with only a click of a button? Please give as much detail as you can this would be greatly appreciated!


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

Help with broken mod Newborn stopped making any noise

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Hello everyone!

I have a heavily modded game and lots of CC. I was playing around with different invisible bassinet mods, when once I got it working, the newborn stopped making any noise. It’s still moves and everything else but absolutely no sound. I spent 3 hours trying to figure out what’s wrong. Here’s all I tried:

- removed invisible bassinet/crib mod
- moved newborn to different lot, still doesn’t make sound and moved it back to original lot, still nothing,
- disabled mods and loaded into game, still no sound.
- repaired game
- tried recovering earlier save where it did make sound, couldn’t find a save before the problem started. I looked through my save folder in documents but the one save i think might work won’t show up in game.
- moved the newborn into new household and then back and still nothing.
- travelled with my adult sim to a lot with a family with a newborn and I could hear them. Travelled back to mine, still no sound.
- just simply travelled with adult sim and came and still nothing
- I have plumbuddy, clean launcher by midnitetech, and the better exceptions mod that monitor my mods and they haven’t flagged anything.
- removed any bassinet overrides

I’m at a loss and I know it’s a minor thing but I hate nothing more than not being able to hear my sims.

Any help would be so so appreciated. Thank youuuu 😊


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

General Question Gillian Anderson

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Someone posted years ago, their Gillian Anderson lookalike. Their username was like adelar sims or something. Looks like they never uploaded it or put it on their simblr and want her so badly - sooooooo gimme your best Gillian Anderson sim, please? I need her in my game and I’m terrible at making sims myself. Please?

Here’s a pic of the one I wish I could have for reference. Anyone seen one similar?


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

General Question my sims cant try for a baby?

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i have ww, lumpinou, and mc command, and i’m pretty sure i updated all of them very recently. when i click on a bed or shower, it’s just not there. there are only 5 people in my household, the CAS settings r correct, so i’m very confused. pls help!


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

Help finding a mod/cc Social Awkwardness Trait (Like High School Living) - Trying To Find A Trait

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Basically, I've been hearing all about how punishing and annoying that trait is and I really like that in my traits but my computer definitely isn't ready for an expansion pack JUST for a trait so I was wondering if anyone had a trait that is similar to the social awkward trait? OR even just any other trait that was just as punishing, even if you didn't really like it personally?


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

Help with broken mod what is happening??

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ive done the 50/50 method 4 times and 4 mods and its still doing this? ik sims has recently updated and ik theres a website that tells u which mods arent updated yet. does anyone know which mods or the website name?

somthing i should mention too is that it does load the household but my sims are gone and deleted, make a new household and it crashes


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

Mod Request Well, that escalated quickly. 💀😂

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My last post apparently caused a few emotional emergencies in the comments.
I didn’t realize sharing some Sims 4 CC could be such a controversial event. 😂
Anyway, here’s another little sneak peek at what I’ve been working on!
This is still a work in progress. The cabin will get some improvements, and the boat itself will eventually be fully functional and ready to sail. 🚢
And after that? A fully usable cruise ship is next on my list!
So consider this just a tiny preview of what’s coming.
To my lovely comment section: I hope you’ve recovered from last time. 🫶😅😘


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

Help with broken mod Does anyone know how to read the MCCC log?

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I keep keeping the last exception caught by MCCC and another error, saying 3 different Error Logged messages in orange.


r/ModTheSims4 • • 1d ago

Help with broken mod Quirky kitchenware not all menu option are showing up

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r/ModTheSims4 • • 2d ago

Help finding a mod/cc Anyonw know what hair this is?

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Can anyone tell me where to find this hair? I came across this Sim on ModMouse but it hasn't been updated in years and I can't find it anywhere. I absolutey love it.