I just started to think about which mods I find essential and now I'm curious about what other players think. So what are the mods you just cannot be without? My list: Spoiler (Highlight to read) LMS's sleep all night mod Weerbesu's Invite any guest (so I can invite friends of both people in a couple) Bienchien's No autonomous washing dishes after eating (so now the family can sit in peace until everyone is done eating) (since yesterday) Carl's Dine out modThere are others that I wouldn't want to play without, but these are the ones I rank as especially essential for the game to be playable. LMS's sleep all night mod Weerbesu's Invite any guest (so I can invite friends of both people in a couple) Bienchien's No autonomous washing dishes after eating (so now the family can sit in peace until everyone is done eating) (since yesterday) Carl's Dine out modThere are others that I wouldn't want to play without, but these are the ones I rank as especially essential for the game to be playable.

There's a quite long list of mods I wouldn't want to play without, but MCCC is the one I've learned that I would simply NOT play this game without. At all.

-Chingyu Faithfulness mod. I want my sims to be monogamous unless the story requires them to cheat.-LMS No Strangers Knocking. Says it all.-Slightlyfoolish No celeb react in disgust. I do a lot of celebrity sims and it's really annoying when a celeb couple who are soulmates runs around acting like the other one has four heads or scales.-WonderfulWhims. I use this a lot. The attraction options it has, are really detailed and it cuts out my played sims flirting and dating outside of the sexual orientation I gave them when I'm not around to keep track of their actions. Pair it with the faithfulness mod and my sims aren't running around getting busy like drunken frat boys, unless of course they are drunken frat boys, in which case the faithfulness mod can also double as an unfaithfulness mod too. I have a lot more mods to stop all manner of irritating autonomous actions.

"VeeDub;c-18084902" wrote:There's a quite long list of mods I wouldn't want to play without, but MCCC is the one I've learned that I would simply NOT play this game without. At all.I can't believe I left that one off my list. I'm taking it being there for granted.

"DaniRose2143;c-18084910" wrote:"VeeDub;c-18084902" wrote:There's a quite long list of mods I wouldn't want to play without, but MCCC is the one I've learned that I would simply NOT play this game without. At all.I can't believe I left that one off my list. I'm taking it being there for granted.I thought about including it but felt it was so obvious that I didn't need to. It is something you take for granted once you've started using it.

It's so indispensable you can easily make a case for just having it built right in.

What are the mods you cannot play without?

VWoodsong
Seasoned Observer
3 years ago
There's a quite long list of mods I wouldn't want to play without, but MCCC is the one I've learned that I would simply NOT play this game without. At all.
DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
-Chingyu Faithfulness mod. I want my sims to be monogamous unless the story requires them to cheat.

-LMS No Strangers Knocking. Says it all.

-Slightlyfoolish No celeb react in disgust. I do a lot of celebrity sims and it's really annoying when a celeb couple who are soulmates runs around acting like the other one has four heads or scales.

-WonderfulWhims. I use this a lot. The attraction options it has, are really detailed and it cuts out my played sims flirting and dating outside of the sexual orientation I gave them when I'm not around to keep track of their actions. Pair it with the faithfulness mod and my sims aren't running around getting busy like drunken frat boys, unless of course they are drunken frat boys, in which case the faithfulness mod can also double as an unfaithfulness mod too.

I have a lot more mods to stop all manner of irritating autonomous actions.
DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
"VeeDub;c-18084902" wrote:
There's a quite long list of mods I wouldn't want to play without, but MCCC is the one I've learned that I would simply NOT play this game without. At all.

I can't believe I left that one off my list. I'm taking it being there for granted.
JesLet40
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"DaniRose2143;c-18084910" wrote:
"VeeDub;c-18084902" wrote:
There's a quite long list of mods I wouldn't want to play without, but MCCC is the one I've learned that I would simply NOT play this game without. At all.

I can't believe I left that one off my list. I'm taking it being there for granted.

I thought about including it but felt it was so obvious that I didn't need to. It is something you take for granted once you've started using it.
DaniRose2143
Hero
3 years ago
It's so indispensable you can easily make a case for just having it built right in.
RouenSims
Seasoned Traveler
3 years ago
Zerbu's mods to make Granite Falls and Selvadorada residential.
Cybersbe
Seasoned Newcomer
3 years ago
I enjoy Journey to Batuu, but I HATE that lightsaber parts are marked as collectibles. Which means that I can't normally have a lightsaber duel between households in rotational play. Therefore, I find Sem's Lightsaber Fix mod to be an absolute must to anyone who owns Journey to Batuu.

Also from Sem is the No Eco Footprint Realm of Magic mod. Seriously, why does the magic realm have an Eco Footprint? This mod is necessary to prevent all those cauldrons from creating an industrial landscape there!
JaggidEdje
3 years ago
My list is rather long, so I'll put it behind a spoiler tag and also combine many mods into just one line overviews by modder. As for why my list of mods "I couldn't play without" is so darn long...it's because I would not play the game at all if it weren't for mods, so basically the summation of all the mods I use are "couldn't play without".

My List:

MCCC -- So important it deserves to be on the outside of the spoiler tag.
Spoiler

Weerbesu's UI Cheats Extension -- Because it's useful
Weerbesu's More_Cas_Columns -- Because it's how the game should have designed CAS in the first place. Scrolling is for chumps.
Weerbesu's No Empty Venues when arriving and Improved Autonomy on Loading -- Two mods I didn't know I needed or wanted until I tried them.
Zerbu's more CAS presets, More Selectable Icons
Various tweaks by Bienchen -- I have over 300 individual .package files that are hers. They make the game 1000x times better.
Various tweaks by LittleMsSam -- I have 155 various .package and script mods from her. They assist the above in making the game 1000x better.
Carl's Gameplay (difficulty) Overhaul mod -- Because I like my sims to have to work a little bit to earn things.
Scumbobo's Don't Wash Dishes where you Angry Poop -- because no sim should wash the dishes in the bathroom.
cLinely's Interaction Sorter and Andirz's Better Pie Menu-- Because I'm very OCD about organization, and having the Pie Menus be arranged and ordered exactly how I want them to be pleases me.
TMex's mods for Better Build/Buy, No Weather in Build/Buy, All Scenarios and All Cheats - Because they are good
Coolspear's Quicker Autonomy and Turbodriver's Simulation Unclogger -- because they keep all the sims active and doing things instead of just standing around with idle animations half the time.
TheFoodGroup's Custom Food Interactions and just shy of 100 new foods to go with it -- Because I like food! Especially the additional Vampire-friendly food it adds.
Brazenlotus's various modded CC that adds additional game functionality.
Ravasheen's various modded CC that adds additional game functionality.
PandaSama's modded CC that adds additional game functionality...especially all the toddler stuff!
MidniteTech's careers, not all of them..but a lot of them. Especially all of her additional "odd jobs"
KiaraSims mods -- a ton of new Event types, traits, aspirations, and more.
Kuttoe's mods -- a ton more traits and a minor overhaul of RoM potions
Lot51 -- Ding Dong Ditch doorbell. I can never hear when visitors knock on the door. I wanted a doorbell, they gave me one.
Lotharihoe -- Various tweaks and fixes that none of the above covered
MissyHissy's Hobbymod, Personality Mod and Custom Whimsets -- to give sims more personality and variety.
VickySim's Club Filters so I can use all the above added traits (and more) as filters for club admittance.
Simvasion -- various bug fixes
ThePancake1 -- Some new interactions, like bed cuddling, slow dancing, and more. Also the ability to remove sims from conversations just be right clicking them in the conversation ui in the top center of the screen.
Zero's mods -- Various fixes and tweaks to gameplay, plus craftable brooms and wands. Which is awesome. And better ghosts.
Many other Miscellaneous mods, including about 50 override and tuning mods I made for myself and several that add new gameplay, like more spells for RoM, more careers, more aspirations, etc.

I add to the list pretty much every time I play. Something comes up in the game that I think should be "different" and I go looking for a mod to do it. If I don't find one, I do it myself.
- JaiSea
  New Traveler
  5 months ago
  Did not know there was a doorbell mod, I definitely need that one. Thank you!
  Is the washing dishes mod still necessary? I didn't think they washed dishes in a sink you have set for bathroom anymore? Although, a lot of time I do forget to set my sinks to whatever room they're in.
Pahndamonium32
Rising Rookie
3 years ago
I have some Sims that live in apartments with their dogs. Since the go potty demand doesn't work in Apartments (if you didn't know when you use it inside a house the dog will autonomously go outside and take care of business. I didn't know this for a very long time) I use LittleMsSam's Dog Walker Mod

No House Fires Mod
JaggidEdje
3 years ago
@Bananas_45, This CC is also useful for apartment-livers with dogs: https://ravasheen.com/download/ultimutt-indoor-dog-potty-pads/