Installing Mods and Custom Content CC Expand your Sims 4 Experience with Free Downloads Custom Content brings additional hair, objects, and other downloads to the game. Mods expand on the gameplay or alter it in some way. The mod author knows their work and can help you better than us, additionally they may appreciate bug reports! About Mods and Custom Content Mods and Custom Content are wildly popular among Sims 4 players, but if you're new to the franchise you may be unaware what treasures await those who ravenously scour the web for the latest downloads. There is far more free content available to download than is included in the base game and all combined. In this guide, I'll teach you how to install CC and mods, explain what they are and offer some direction on where to go from here by providing links to sites where you can binge-download CC for your game. Custom Content is simple compared to mods, thought they can sometimes take as much time to make. CC is hair, textures, objects, and clothing that can be downloaded and easily added to your game. You'll find everything from wall patterns, to dressers, earrings, and beautiful flowing gowns. Since CC creators don't have to think about system requirements like Maxis does, and can also sink more time into each piece, they can make truly beautiful additions to the game that greatly enhance the graphics especially in the case of hair and increase the number of options available to the player. More options and better looking swag are what CC is all about. Practically any game that is moddable has mods. They may enhance a feature, or introduce entirely new features. Mod creators work hard to make sure their content is stable and adds the functionality that is described when they share it with the Sims community. Some mods greatly enhance gameplay, make minor adjustments to how things work like how often objects break , or simply fix something that irritates a lot of players. Mod creators sometimes fix bugs before EA does, and may at times be more in tune with the community's desires for how something should work. For example, door locks were released in a patch, but first came in the form of a mod. Installing Mods in The Sims 4 The process for downloading both CC and Mods is the same, so we will cover them both at once. Open Windows Explorer or Finder on Mac. Click your Documents folder, Electronic Arts, then The Sims 4. If you have trouble finding it, look for the Users folder on C:, click the User of the PC in my case, Carl then proceed to Documents or My Documents and go from there. For windows users, Documents is usually on the left in the menu as you can see in the screenshot. In order to use CC, Mods, and Script Mods, you must first enable them in the game's options menu. For Script Mods to work, the first box must be checked. Read below to learn about Script Mods. Turn on Mods in the Menu Since a patch was released, players now need to enable mods through the options menu. From there, select Enable Custom Content and Mods. After a patch, you may need to turn this back on. Similarly, for Houses that contain CC that you Cannot See in My Library using the Gallery If you've downloaded a house from a site that isn't from the Gallery, it goes to the Library. Look to the above section on enabling CC in order to see houses with CC in your library properly. On the bottom left of the Libary screen, click advanced and the 'Include Custom Content' checkbox. You'll need to do this if you've downloaded houses that contain CC from other websites. Without doing so, houses that include CC will not appear in your Library.. If you still can't find the house try turning off online features access so that gallery houses will not appear in the list, you'll see much less and it'll be easier to locate. This will in effect turn off the gallery option. This may help finding content you've added to the game, and you can turn the gallery back on afterward. Thanks for the tip, MrsFlynn! Otherwise, make sure the home is in the right folder by following the instruction in this guide. The Mods Folder Next, find or create the Mods folder. It should already be there, but if it's not you can right click in the white area within The Sims 4 folder and create a folder, being sure to name it Mods. The game automatically recognizes and attempts to utilize anything in this folder. So, once we download CC, we'll copy the files to that folder. Additionally, Forum member RandyH notes that it's possible to rename mods so long as you keep the. This can make your organization even simpler, and possibly help you track things down easier. All of this is actually a good idea should you run into a mod or piece of CC that gives you trouble, so that it's easier to find and remove. Script mods are a special type of Mod that must remain inside a zip file in order to work. You can see this section in the menu in the screenshot further up where you also enable normal Mods and CC. It's worth noting there is another folder here, Tray. That folder contains the households you've created but NOT saved to the gallery. It is also where you install Sims and Lots. This folder is important regardless, so you can avoid creating or downloading them all again. Installing Installing is pretty much hands off and you've just got to put them in the Mods folder, but you will sometimes have to deal with zip files. Remember, script mods are NOT unzipped, but everything else should be. Newer mods may have the. If it's a zip, click it and look inside. Double click the zip and look at the file type of the file inside - is it a pyo or. If the zip contains a. Pictures and instructions inside the zip are usually unnecessary. Backing up Saved Games, Mods, and CC You can backup your Mods and CC just as you can Save files, and it's smart to do this in case of disaster. Copy them to another drive or a USB stick and they're safe from hard drive failure. Right click each of those three important folders - Saves, Tray, and Mods. Copy them then paste in a new location, where you know to find them. Should you have to reinstall the game or wipe everything, you've got a copy of your Sims families, and kept your collection of CC and Mods. These are precious because it takes time to build up a collection, and losing dozens of downloads can be a major nuisance. Raxdiam's is a solution for that. It's got a lot of features, is fairly easy to use, and if you explore the site you can even find a video explaining how to use it. The following are sites that are well-known for hosting CC and Mods. I want to say that I'm not responsible for anything you see or that happens as a result of using these sites. I'm putting those we're all most familiar with up top, as they're in general the best places to go to download things for Sims. Many creators have their own blogs, and they're worth following if you like their work. The two big sites up front here host many items though, and should be visited by anyone interested in expanding their game. Some CC creators specialize in hair, others clothing and some make a mix of everything. Everything on MTS is totally free, and it's exceptionally well-organized. This makes for an easy browsing experience. They feature so much content that they are almost all you need in order to really beef up your game with CC. Of course, modthesims also has plenty of mods, and many of the best mod makers in The Sims community are members there. If you get addicted to CC you may even want to join as a VIP, which makes mass-downloading items much easier and removes ads from the site. Basically a Sims 4 downloads news feed that can help you get to some great content. You can browse by creator using their drop-down box and discover talented artists. You'll need to register simply try to download something and it will prompt you. Thankfully, the word Download is international. This can help you find creators you want to follow. It can be a good place to browse for new content visually, though be careful because you'll need to visit some download sites that can have confusing links. Watch out for ads that say 'download', and look for buttons like 'Skip ad' so that you can get past a full-screen ad that looks like a download page! On this site, you can also find makeup, clothing, and skin tones for your Sims. I saw some great recolors you can install, and it seems to be updated with new content regularly. My only gripe is their site design is quite confusing, though the content itself is high quality and definitely fills a niche. At time of writing, the next page button is on the left, in case you can't find it. There are many, many bloggers I'm leaving out but am just giving you a place to get started. If you like a creator's work, follow them and you'll see their various updates. If you like a particular CC creator, share the link here and give them some exposure. I'll check it out and add some of them to the list, as well. The mod author knows their work and can help you better than us, additionally they may appreciate bug reports! It also helps deal with browsers and operating systems that automatically unzip files. Houses always end up in the Library. To see items houses,lots, rooms, sims that you have downloaded that have custom content you need to enable CC in your library view. Nothing will go into your mods folder that has not been placed there by you. Using the mods folder for mods you have downloaded from a creators site is a different thing altogether than viewing items in your library. Hopefully this makes it a little clearer, it is a confusing system until you've used it once. Lots and Sims use several different types of files. Both use a type known as. These files can be installed by extracting them from the archive file they are in, and placing them in the Tray folder; there is no need to do anything else to them. I'm taking feedback seriously, improving recording and sound quality and other issues with my video guides. Let me know what you think and subscribe for more like it. If you comment on the videos page with a request I may bump it higher on my to do list no promises though! Here is a listing of all videos released to date, in order of release: I'm working to update guide areas for past content and the. We have also started a. See for an explanation and possible fix assuming you're cool with using a mod. He's trustworthy and knowledable about all this, so give it a go. Disclaimer This site is not endorsed by or affiliated with , or its licensors. Trademarks are the property of their respective owners. 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