Soooo about Mods...
Which are your favorites and why? I'll be delving into Mods for the first time soon here and this is what I'm looking for so if you can help me out.... that would be wonderful! Game Stability M...
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Okay, these are my Nraas -aka: Twallan- mods, & my initial reasons for choosing them. :)
Anti Magic Scroll;
To stop the skill books from disappearing every time a sim finishes reading them.
Decensor;
Because the mosaic was getting in my way, & it doesn't add anything positive to my game.
Go here;
Because sometimes I want to queue up a bunch of things for a sim & leave them to it, (especially in multi-sim households), starting with going to a very specific place & then doing those things. Without this mod, I would click that very specific place, then click for them to do those actions. The actions would always override the 'go here', & that was frustrating.
Home Opener;
Because I'm nosy, :lol: & I wanna see what sims are doing & how they're living, their floorplans & how I might wanna tweak them, & I wanna do all of this without having to switch into Edit Town & evict the family every single time.
Hybrid;
Still can't remember exactly why I chose to go for it, but I read the list of interactions, & was very interested in having well integrated SN babies.
Master Controller;
For countless reasons, some of which I listed in the other post.
Master Controller Expanded Tattoo;
For more options in tattoo placement.
Mover;
This one of my favourites, because it allows me to grow my households beyond 8 total sims, a limitation that's always gotten on my nerves. (When I do have sim families, I tend to like them big. I really don't know why, it's a nightmare. :mrgreen: )
I also like to story-build when I play games, & this mod allows me to tell stories of teens that don't have family to depend on & have to do everything for themslves, by eliminating the 'at least one adult in the household' limitation.
No CD;
This allows you to play your own, legally owned copy of the game, without endlessly tying up your disc drive. Because it is, after all, my computer, & sometimes I would like to have access to my own disc drive. :evil: :mrgreen:
Once Read;
This prevents sims from autonomously reading the same sad old book for the rest of their lives. They should finish it & move on to the next.
I had no idea how much this botheres me until a particularly odd sim kept sneaking off to read his favourite children's book, for sim-years. :shock: )
Once Read Tablet;
Same thing as above, but for the store tablet comp.
Overwatch;
For keeping everything running smoothly, like I mentioned in the previous post. I can't believe how much this mod has helped my game.
Portrait Panel;
Because Mover allows more than 8 sims in a household, & the EA interface only allows for 8 of those sims to be shown in the side portrait panel, I need this mod to create more available slots in that panel. That way, if I have 8 sims, 11 sims, or more, (I can't remember the limit, I haven't reached it yet), they all have their own portrait, equipt with all the functions of the original EA ones.
Register;
This mod allows you control &/or remove different wild animals &, :mrgreen: ,paparazzi. :P 8)
Relativity;
Because I did get sick having an opportunity & being unable to accomplish it because of the astoundingly accelerated time code of TS3. It should not take my sim 3 hours to wake up, shower, & get out the door to work. :?
Story Progression;
This basically takes over for EA story progression. It can do all kinds of things. Update you on all of the goings on of every sim in town. <(Quick hint; Don't do it! :shock: ) Update you on the goings on of the sims you know. (Much more managable. :) )
It'll help you decide & pre-program how sims can live their lives. How often they can date/marry, etc., or if they will. It's overwhelming to me really. I spent some time at the beginning setting it, & now I get to be forgetting it. :mrgreen:
You can also adjust or eliminate the age based curfews in the game, but I haven't been able to get that done right just yet.
Story Progression Career;
Gives you more specific control over how your sims do school & jobs. Honestly, just can't remember anymore why I first chose it.
Story Progression Population;
To help my keep track of how the town is replenishing, & with whom.
I think this is he one that let's you control how many supernaturals you want in town. You can set a number, limiting or encouraging each supernatural type by percentage. Even if that percentage is 0.
(Nraas let you control supernaturals before EA did. 8) )
Traffic;
Because I wanted the food truck to appear in all of my towns, not just Bridgeport -which I never really play anyway-.
Traveler;
I mostly got this one because there is a limit built into the game to prevent your sim from traveling as often as you like. :hunf: Which, ofcourse, limited my story building options, & annoyed me to no end. My sims can now be jet-set if they so choose. 8)
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I don't think I'm allowed to talk about the others in the forums, but you can figure it out. I have all of those except the hot air balloon one, because I don't have Aurora Skies or it's included balloon. :)
I probably need to add in some more. There's a 'cupcake mod' for use with the bakery lot, but I haven't been able to snag that lot yet, so I don't yet need it, but I plan to, & I will be trying it out. :)
Anti Magic Scroll;
To stop the skill books from disappearing every time a sim finishes reading them.
Decensor;
Because the mosaic was getting in my way, & it doesn't add anything positive to my game.
Go here;
Because sometimes I want to queue up a bunch of things for a sim & leave them to it, (especially in multi-sim households), starting with going to a very specific place & then doing those things. Without this mod, I would click that very specific place, then click for them to do those actions. The actions would always override the 'go here', & that was frustrating.
Home Opener;
Because I'm nosy, :lol: & I wanna see what sims are doing & how they're living, their floorplans & how I might wanna tweak them, & I wanna do all of this without having to switch into Edit Town & evict the family every single time.
Hybrid;
Still can't remember exactly why I chose to go for it, but I read the list of interactions, & was very interested in having well integrated SN babies.
Master Controller;
For countless reasons, some of which I listed in the other post.
Master Controller Expanded Tattoo;
For more options in tattoo placement.
Mover;
This one of my favourites, because it allows me to grow my households beyond 8 total sims, a limitation that's always gotten on my nerves. (When I do have sim families, I tend to like them big. I really don't know why, it's a nightmare. :mrgreen: )
I also like to story-build when I play games, & this mod allows me to tell stories of teens that don't have family to depend on & have to do everything for themslves, by eliminating the 'at least one adult in the household' limitation.
No CD;
This allows you to play your own, legally owned copy of the game, without endlessly tying up your disc drive. Because it is, after all, my computer, & sometimes I would like to have access to my own disc drive. :evil: :mrgreen:
Once Read;
This prevents sims from autonomously reading the same sad old book for the rest of their lives. They should finish it & move on to the next.
I had no idea how much this botheres me until a particularly odd sim kept sneaking off to read his favourite children's book, for sim-years. :shock: )
Once Read Tablet;
Same thing as above, but for the store tablet comp.
Overwatch;
For keeping everything running smoothly, like I mentioned in the previous post. I can't believe how much this mod has helped my game.
Portrait Panel;
Because Mover allows more than 8 sims in a household, & the EA interface only allows for 8 of those sims to be shown in the side portrait panel, I need this mod to create more available slots in that panel. That way, if I have 8 sims, 11 sims, or more, (I can't remember the limit, I haven't reached it yet), they all have their own portrait, equipt with all the functions of the original EA ones.
Register;
This mod allows you control &/or remove different wild animals &, :mrgreen: ,paparazzi. :P 8)
Relativity;
Because I did get sick having an opportunity & being unable to accomplish it because of the astoundingly accelerated time code of TS3. It should not take my sim 3 hours to wake up, shower, & get out the door to work. :?
Story Progression;
This basically takes over for EA story progression. It can do all kinds of things. Update you on all of the goings on of every sim in town. <(Quick hint; Don't do it! :shock: ) Update you on the goings on of the sims you know. (Much more managable. :) )
It'll help you decide & pre-program how sims can live their lives. How often they can date/marry, etc., or if they will. It's overwhelming to me really. I spent some time at the beginning setting it, & now I get to be forgetting it. :mrgreen:
You can also adjust or eliminate the age based curfews in the game, but I haven't been able to get that done right just yet.
Story Progression Career;
Gives you more specific control over how your sims do school & jobs. Honestly, just can't remember anymore why I first chose it.
Story Progression Population;
To help my keep track of how the town is replenishing, & with whom.
I think this is he one that let's you control how many supernaturals you want in town. You can set a number, limiting or encouraging each supernatural type by percentage. Even if that percentage is 0.
(Nraas let you control supernaturals before EA did. 8) )
Traffic;
Because I wanted the food truck to appear in all of my towns, not just Bridgeport -which I never really play anyway-.
Traveler;
I mostly got this one because there is a limit built into the game to prevent your sim from traveling as often as you like. :hunf: Which, ofcourse, limited my story building options, & annoyed me to no end. My sims can now be jet-set if they so choose. 8)
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I don't think I'm allowed to talk about the others in the forums, but you can figure it out. I have all of those except the hot air balloon one, because I don't have Aurora Skies or it's included balloon. :)
I probably need to add in some more. There's a 'cupcake mod' for use with the bakery lot, but I haven't been able to snag that lot yet, so I don't yet need it, but I plan to, & I will be trying it out. :)
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