New Sims Voices
I play the Sims 4 on PC and I've been looking for mods to add new Sims voices for a while. I'm just getting burned out and bored with the 3 voices for males and females. Does anyone know if EA has any plans to include new voices in the future or is there a way to add new voices to your game? Any help is so appreciated!
How to make and display a custom (seventh) need bar?
I want to make a thirst bar in the game, just like the hunger bar. It becomes red when drop low, and will cause the sim to die if it becomes zero. Now, the problem is, while adding the need is simple - just by statistic tuning, the "bar" is difficult. My experiment begins on the plant sim. I simply removed the blacklist of the "Bladder" need, and I created a sim with seven needs, all the reactions work as intended. Yet, the needs panel only shows 6 of them, and will just drop the last bar. If I make "Water" no.0, then "Hygiene" will not show up. If I make "Water" no.7, then "Water" will not show up. (Although they all work) The problem now is, how can I show all seven of them? That is, I want this panel: (See P1, this is photoshopped) I thought the thing could be automatically extended, and obviously it didn't work. In fact, I checked a lot of mods and all the DLCs, and found none that could extend the needs bar, only shorten them. - But the box could automatically shorten if I reduce the needs. (See P2) This is very strange. Well, I then checked the ui.package in the game file, and extracted the motive panel GFX. This looks like the core of the motive panel, and as I open them in JPEXS, it looks like this: (See P3) It seems like the problem is that the game does not automatically make the bars, but make them in a static GFX file. Therefore, the game doesn't know at all how to display the seventh bar. Now, as I try to edit this panel, I found it really difficult. JPEXS doesn't have edit, and I just can't open it with any other software. I can make it a fla, but I don't know how the fla is made back into gfx. Also, I don't know if it would work if I just copy and paste the boxes. I just found a new thing few minutes ago, saying "SimInfoMotivePanelMain". Is this the code directing the panel? Would it work if I edit this? Well, can you help me make a new bar, like give some suggestions on where I should edit? Or, would you add the interface for more bars? This would be very helpful for mod creators. [BTW: I know that there actually exists a thirst motive, but I just want it to show up as a real motive. ] + After I was asking this question around, someone gave me this mod: https://modthesims.info/d/607604/automatic-sunburns-v10.html and it actually made the seventh bar (vitamin/skin, see P4). Therefore this should be possible. but how?
Looking for a Guide to Sims 4 Mods
Hi everyone! I currently have the Sims 4 completely vanilla and unsurprisingly don't play it at all. With the new forums being quite confusing to navigate, I'mreally sorry if this has already been covered or asked a million times. Does anyone have any links to a thread or tutorial around which SIms 4 mods are key to playing the game? I modded Sims 3 quite a lot so the kinds of mods I'm looking for are things that enhance general gameplay (I'll be looking into MCCC as I loved Master Controller for 3) and make things generally more interesting like adding in careers or options. I'm not interested in **bleep** as an FYI 😂 This might be far too vague but if there are any master lists or recommendations please point me in the right direction! Happy Simming! 💚
How to create relationships ? (MCC command)
Hi all! I have recently bought myself a new gaming laptop so I could start playing the sims again. I have always wanted to build all of the maps from scratch, with new families and new lots. Is there a way I can set relationships without having actually met the sim? For example, I just move in a family and I want them to be friends with the next door neighbors without meeting them (for the sake of time efficiency). I feel like you could do this on NRAAS for the Sims 3, but I can't seem to find out how to do it in the Sims 4? I can see how to create familial relationships (aunt, sister) with random sims, but not normal ones. Any help is appreciated. Thanks :)
How to edit and replace DDS images (with transparent backgrounds) efficiently?
I am aware of UI Texture Squasher and used it a few times. However, there is an issue with transparent images where the edited images with transparent backgrounds will have a semi-transparent rectangular background (example). This mod seems to work with no such issues — the overridden files contain transparent backgrounds, and the mod itself doesn't seem to suffer from semi-transparent backgrounds. I cannot reach out to the creator to ask about this. If anybody has a piece of knowledge about it, would you let me know too?How to Recover from [dramatic interlude] The MOD, Which Must Not Be Named?
I installed "a MOD" so my teenagers could dare each other to streak. Now that my sims have aged up into YA they don't need that MOD anymore. So I removed the MOD from my MOD folder and placed it in a seperate, safe location. (Well, I had a hard time compartmentalizing that MOD so I wound up removing ALL my mods and restarted the game.) I can tell through the pixelation that there's something off about the lower torso of my played sims. It's like they're wearing black boxer briefs. What did I do wrong, and how can I repair it?
