Mods that help add realism to the game
Hey everyone! I’m looking to make a big list of mods that add realism to the game so people can come here and discover mods they never knew existed to add some new realism aspects to their gameplay...
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"DaWaterRat;c-17405241" wrote:"SimTrippy;c-17405163" wrote:"simgirl1010;c-17404586" wrote:
Was trying to decide whether or not to install the meaningful stories mods and came across this article.
The 'Meaningful Stories' Mod Makes Your Sims A Lot Closer To Actual Human Beings
https://kotaku.com/the-meaningful-stories-mod-makes-your-sims-a-lot-closer-1832633845
Since I don't think we're going to be getting any new content for a while I'm going to go ahead and install and check it out.
I think it's a fantastic mod personally, it really does wonders to balance out the emotions - and's usually updated pretty quickly when new packs come out.. Enjoy :)
My biggest hesitation about Meaningful stories is actually due to some of how Sims 4 handles things like sadness over deaths. For example, my sim may have an uncle or a grandparent that she never met (due to the way gameplay went.) as it stands now, even if she has no relationship with that sim, when they die, they get a 2 day sad moodlet. I don't like my sims mourning for 2 days, let alone a week or more, for a sim they've never met. But there's nothing to indicate that relationship levels are taken into account, and I hate chat rooms - especially when I'm looking for the answer to what, imo, should be a non-specific to my situation question.
Otherwise it looks really interesting, and might be worth trying out.
Hmm tbh I haven't noticed this to be out of whack in any way - however, do sims get a sad moodlet for family members dying off lot if you don't have a mod for this? Just wondering as I know that wasn't the case before and now I'm not sure if it's a mod causing this behavior or this part of the game was updated?
Now, what I can say is that when I used only Meaningful Stories & Slife of Life, my sim's daughter was beyond grief when her mother died, her children grieved too but for fewer days and her husband only really grieved for a day or two. So I thought it was actually really realistic. Meaningful Stories mostly make sures emotions don't suddenly jump from high to low to funny to etc. but sorta phase into each other more slowly - also when sims were annoyed for a while, they get 'lingering anger' or 'lingering tension' etc. It's actually quite nice and realistic and never feels too much.
I'd give it a try if I were you :)
