The Sims series wouldn't be what it is without Mods and Custom Content. A lot of people use it and that's totally fine. EA doesn't officially support mods though and you'll be using them at your own risk.
For the bug forum, this means that you should
Please do NOT report anything before you have done this. There's a lot of legit issues around and EA doesn't look into errors with mods. You need to take these to the creator of the mod.
Mod Instructions
Generally useful mods/Tools
The following mods have several mechanism that can help with troubleshooting. They don't necessarily have bug fixes themselves but they can help you troubleshoot your game.
The following Tools can be of great help. Those are third party installations. They do not go into your mods folder
Known Modders that often post Bug Fixes
As I'm not always on top of all the mod fixes, this is a list of modders that often have fixes for bugs on their sites.
This list is kept a bit longer but won't be updated anymore. We are now allowed to link mods so it's best to directly link them in the bug reports.
The following mods are bug fixes for known issues. Several of the creators listed in the post above also have lots of mods that aren't directly intended to fix your bug but can help nonetheless (for example by turning off autonomy for a particular interaction) so check those sites as well.
Disclaimer: Please always read the description of the mod what the mod actually does. I have not tested ever fix and some mods also have other functionality. Make sure it does what you want.
