What are the mods you find essential?

"GraceyManor;c-17421331" wrote:
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So if you want the moon, but not the zombies, then no, there's no way to disable them.If you don't mind giving up the full moon, then yes you can get rid of the annoying zombies that way.

There are several mods that do away with zombies at full moon. That way you can keep all the moon phases and not have zombies.

The mods I can't do without are many of the NRaas mods.

These are most of the NRaas mods I use:
Tagger
MasterController and many of its sub-mods
Traveler
Register
Overwatch
StoryProgression and many of its sub-mods
Tempest
Relativity
and a few that can not be mentioned here.


I also have other mods, some I can do without and some I wouldn't play without. Here is a screen capture of many of my other general mods (doesn't include lighting mods or some others):
https://i.imgur.com/GiqTsZ2.jpg

"cwaddell;c-17421788" wrote:

"GraceyManor;c-17421331" wrote:
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So if you want the moon, but not the zombies, then no, there's no way to disable them.If you don't mind giving up the full moon, then yes you can get rid of the annoying zombies that way.

There are several mods that do away with zombies at full moon. That way you can keep all the moon phases and not have zombies.

Really? I need it lol I hate the zombies

I have a bunch I consider essential when I play sims 3. I almost don't know how to play the game without them. I also don't have supernatural, showtime or into the future so I don't have to manage things like zombies and so forth.
Story Progression + Population
Master Controller + Cheats
Relativity
Register
Overwatch
Errortrap
Debugenabler
Traffic
Traveler
Cupcake

Most of them I use just to tinker with general gameplay, like being able to determine who takes whos last name when a couple gets married. I didn't care about having teen pregnancy or IVF options so I didn't add on some of the other story progression modules but I know my sister used them. For me it wasn't about adding more game play but smoothing out and refining on what was there/what fits with whats there. Like using cupcake to restock my bakery (not player owned) it fit with the gameplay already there, it was just refining it in my opinion. I also find it got too complicated having some of the story progression modules added, I am quite happy with the general gameplay of sims, I don't have to micro manage so much lol.

Aside from the nraas mods, I think my favorite one is the toddler sleeping mats (modthesims.info/d/593159/napping-mat.html). One of my biggest pet peeves in the game is when adults pick the toddler up from her crib when her energy bar is like half full, and then she won't fall asleep again until it's almost empty. With these mats, the toddler can put herself to bed, and adults aren't able to grab her. I use them with all my toddlers.

Does anyone knows the mod for placing the university in your home world? I had it, then unistalled it and now i can't remember where i download it from...?

"telmarina;c-17424576" wrote:
Does anyone knows the mod for placing the university in your home world? I had it, then unistalled it and now i can't remember where i download it from...?

The NRaas Careers mod is required to make those work. The rest of it though becomes partly a Do It Yourself project and partly a matter of assembling the parts or lots required from those who have designed them.
http://www.nraas.net/community/Careers-FAQ#How-do-I-set-up-a-Homeworld-University

Must have mods for me are NRaas Master Controller, DebugEnabler and Overwatch. Aside from those, I simply can't play without the No Bad Photos mod since it's so annoying that nearly every photo a sim with low photography level takes turns out badly. I like my sims to take pictures when they're traveling, and I want these photos to turn out good so I can hang them on the walls later on.

Edit: How could I have forgotten NRaas Traveler? I spend so much time sending my sims to other homeworlds I stopped counting lol

I have very, very many mods packed into my mods folder that I find to be essential, at least for me, but If I had to be all about the true essentials I'd have to say that almost everything that comes from NRaas has made my simming life so, so much easier. The stuff that TheSweetToddler makes comes at a very close second.

@StephSteb im with my eyes on the collection helper for some time now but couldn't remember where i saw it. Thank you! I think this one will get used a lot in my saves :)