Are You Dependent on Mods to Play TS4?

Yes mainly to mod out some of the annoying things like "make a mess" and the monster under the bed. Also, I built a library that I was super proud of but there is some in-game mechanic that gives your sim a laptop every time they go to a library. So my sim would run down the street to a park to sit at a picnic table and use it. None of my sims would go in the library. Luckily I found a mod for that. I also like some of LittleMsSam's mods, especially the one that lets you run a retail store on a residential lot. Super useful in places like Strangerville that have limited lots. MCCC and Meaningful Stories are musts and I am really debating Have Some Personality Please.

For the record, I never needed mods for Sims2. However, despite playing on a gaming rig, I did need them to stabilize the Sims3, itself, just to make it playable. Adding a few gameplay mods was natural from there. I love CAS in Sims4 and the general look of the Sims, too. I use MCCC for many things, but it's also really cool to be able to give Sims some skills coming out of CAS. Especially if you create an entire family up front. Hard to imagine a set of parents without any skills, who have teen children. I do wish EA will one day build the ability for the player to give skills to their Sims while in CAS. Yes, I do know they've made a move toward that, but you can only do it once per game save and I have never gotten any satisfaction from their designing of my Sim. (Yeah, I like to do it myself.) I totally loved the Showtime EP, and I'm not at all content to not have a singer Sim in my game. I was already toying around with how I might accomplish having a Sim sing for a living. Using the Road to Fame mod gave my Sim the ability to gain fame, and using MCCC would allow me to 'pay' my Sim for their effort. Once Get Famous was announced, I uninstalled RTF. But to my chagrin, a singing career isn't available with that EP. Then another player very kindly let on that there was a newer version of RTF, which allowed for a singer career! I was over the moon. I have also added a touch of 'realism' into my game using three mods from SimRealist: Private Practice (an overhaul of the doctor profession); Mortem, which allows a medical examiner to attend a dead Sim; and SNB & Bills (a wonderful banking system, which allows other Sims in a household to have their own accounts, (great for working Teens, for instance). Then I've taken to using RoBurky's Meaningful Stories; KawaiiStacie's' Slice of Life, and Memorable Events to add a little more depth to my gameplay. I've got a mod to make each season last for 21 days, too. So, yeah, I need the mods. ;)

Not dependent, but I enjoy being able to customize my gameplay and increase what's available for styling my Sims & houses.

Yes because the sims in TS4 got no soul.

A mod that I forgot to mention in my earlier reply which is an absolute must for me is Meaningful Stories. The default emotion system of the Sims 4 is actually awful. I can't even find the words to express just how bad it is. I don't know how people can stand having their sims emotions change so sporadic all the time or constantly having meaningful emotions being over powered by decoration buffs.

I don't use any mods (barring the mod to slow down radio speeds when on max speed).

My game is as perfect as is. o:)

My NO is a semi-No, as I do use the UI Cheats mod, but nothing else. I need it for miking stories/videos as it would be way too tedious playing a full household to a certain setting of a recording, like with the mod I can delete some of their modlets to make their mood better for the wanted situation. Or I can alter their needs. But if I play the game regularly I woill not use the mod, or at least I can play without it.

If, for some reason, I were unable to use mods in the future-I would stop playing. The Sims is the only game I don’t play on console, and it’s so that I can use mods.

I believe one of the strengths of TS4 is how easy it is to mod. With TS3 I also had to use a lot of mods to make it work for me, but it was a little more involved to do so. With TS4 the mod folder is built right in and I just have to drag the mods I want into it.

I love that I have access to an almost endless selection of customization I can add to my game to make it the best game for my play style. I don't think for a minute that the Sim's team would have enough time or budget to add everything that can be added with mods, nor would everyone want those features in their game. I am very thankful to all the gifted modders out there who take the time to create and share their mods and cc with everyone freely.

I've been playing kinda vanilla for about a year now? And, I like it so much. What makes it "kinda" is the fact that I use MCCC and mods that fix issues in the game like the Eco Lifestyle stuff.