Modding The Sims 4 can make the game more vibrant and varied, especially when it comes to your Sims’ looks. Here are some of the best mods that will put more skin tones, eye colors, freckles, and hair in your game. With these, you’ll be able to create Sims that are closer to how you envision them in your head.
In the first part of this series rounding up the most essential Sims mods, I ran down the modes you should install to change how the game plays. (If you’re looking to get into Sims 4 modding, that’s the best place to start.) For this installment, I’m taking a look at the mods that change how your Sims look. As seasoned Simmers know, making a Sim is the important first step in telling a story in the game. How Sims look can impact how you see their personality, and how you direct them as they bumble through life. Why not make them look their very best?
A Quick Word About Simmer Terms:Sims modders use some terminology that makes perfect sense if you’re enmeshed in the community, but not as much sense if you aren’t. Here’s a primer: “BGC” stands for “base game compatible,” meaning you don’t have to own anything other than the base game to use the mod. “Mesh required” means that the mod you’re downloading is either a retexture or a recolor of another Simmer’s 3D model, which means that you’ll also need to download that model and put it in your game. Usually, they’ll provide a link. “Default” mods, which you’ll see for eyes and skin tones, replace the game’s default options. You can only have one default mod in each category. “Non-default” puts the mod into other categories, usually somewhere in the accessories or skin details, so you can mix and match.
Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s get to the mods. It’s quite easy to install Sims mods—just download these files and put them into the empty “Mods” folder in the game’s directory, which EA has helpfully placed there already for all you aspiring modders. None of the mods I have listed here conflict with one another, so feel free to install them all simultaneously.
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Love The Skin You’re In
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the skintones in The Sims 4 kinda suck. There’s not a lot of options, especially in the darker end of the spectrum, even though EA added more dark skin tones last year. If you’re not desperately searching for the perfect shade of brown, you might still find yourself out of luck when it comes to pale skin tones, which have some funky undertones. Some intrepid Sims modders have taken it upon themselves to add shades or make “skinblends,” which reshade the existing ones to be more flattering.
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Xmiramira’s Melanin Pack 1 & 2
Adds around fifty brown skin tones—and a few paler ones too.
MadMono’s “Knight” Skinblend
Overall brightens up the face, giving your Sims a clearer complexion.
Grimcookies’s Lazarus Skinblend
A kinda trendy-looking skinblend that gives Sims great highlights, from pale to dark skin.
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Get Frecked
The Sims 4 comes with a few moles and freckles, but not enough for my liking. One thing that’s definitely missing are dense expanses of freckles, and moles and freckles that cover the whole body. These freckle and mole mods run the gamut from a sparse dusting to Pippi Longstocking.
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Mayberries’ Moles
Some subtle beauty marks for the face.
WildyMiniatureSandwich’s Subtle Freckles and Moles
Full-body freckles and moles in delicate patterns.
Simreaper’s Shadowboxing
Dense, all-over freckles.
NolanSim’s Freckle Overlay
12 swatches of realistic freckles, from sparse to dense, in four variations.
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Eyes On Fleek
I didn’t use to be particular about what my Sims’ eyes looked like until I started watching Sims YouTubers. All their Sims had big, bright vibrant eyes, whereas mine were kinda dull looking. The secret was mods—not just for eyecolors, but for eyelashes and eyebrows as well. Gotta get those peepers in the right frames, after all.
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Kijiko Catfood’s 3D Lashes
The best of the best when it comes to lashes. You should know that the skin detail version sometimes conflicts with bracelets and rings, though.
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Pralinesims’ Maxis Match Eyebrow Pack 01
Pralinesims has a ton of eyebrows on offer, but you wouldn’t go wrong starting here.
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Simandy’s Luz Eyes
Bright, sweet, shimmering eyes.
Puderosasims’ Gem Eyes
Bold and brilliant, just like a gemstone.
Hazelios’ Chamomille Eyes
Cartoon-y eyes for your fun and silly Sims.
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No Boring Hair Ever
I love getting new hairstyles for my Sims, especially because they don’t have a lot of options for curly hair, or for men. Some things are easier to understand how they were overlooked—who knew that ombre hair would have such staying power, or that blunt bobs would come back into fashion? But given how many people in the world have curly hair, that makes a little less sense to me. Thank god for Simmers.
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There are tons and tons of hair mods for Sims 4, but here’s just a few of the absolute best to get you started and show you how much a new ‘do can change your (virtual) life.
Curly Hair
SavvySweet’s Patti Puffs
Cute afro puffs that wouldn’t look out of place on an Instagram star.
SheSpeaksSimlish’s Curly Fro
A soft afro, for sims with dense but looser curls.
LeeLeeSims’ Space Bun Fun
Long curly hair with two cute little buns up top—I love wearing my real life hair like this.
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Trendy Hair
AHarris00Britney’s Sam Hair
Two cute braids, with a braided crown.
Vikai’s Margot Hair
A sharp and stylish bob.
BlueMoonSims’s Margo Hair
This Margo is a shoulder length curly cut with curly bangs.
Zebrazests’s Isabelle Hair
Hair inspired by Animal Crossing’s Isabelle. Okay, maybe this isn’t essential, but I couldn’t resist.
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Men’s Hair
QwertySims’s Xavi Hair
A tousled mane fit for a 90s heartthrob.
KotCat’s Connor Hair
A standard, but fashionable, fade.
Zebrazest’s Sean Hair
Slightly curly hair for a sim that doesn’t own a brush.
Looking for more mods? Want to load up that folder until you have no hard drive space left? All of the creators whose work is listed here have many, many wonderful Sims mods to check out, and I encourage you to do so. Just watch out—if you’re anything like me, you’re going to end up with hundreds of mods in no time.
MIDNITETECH’S SIMBLR – Mods / Traits : MAKEUP ARTIST CAREER
You begin as a Makeup Academy Student and then choose your branch.
Beauty Branch:
1. Cosmetics Retail Assistant Now you’re working at a Cosmetics store, you’ll help customers choose the perfect shade of foundation, and give out helpful application tips! Remember to smile!
2. Makeover Specialist The manager has noticed what a talent you have for makeup application, and has decided to appoint you head Makeover Specialist. Sims will book appointments with you, and you’ll teach them how to perfectly apply their chosen look.
3. Freelance Makeup Artist Woohoo! You managed to get such a big client base from the store that you’re now able to branch out on your own. You’ll be going to customers houses and event locations to apply makeup for graduations, weddings and private fashion shows!
4. Simstagram Sensation Showing off all your looks on the ‘gram has gotten you some sweet sponsorship deals, and you’re now able to show off all those glam eye pics online. Now every look you create will be out there for everyone to see!
5. Celebrity MUA As a makeup artist to the stars, you’ll be under a great deal of pressure and scrutiny. After all, you can’t have a famous client photographed with badly blended highlighter!
6. Makeup Mogul You’re so highly regarded as a makeup artist, that you’ve managed to launch your own brand. Your makeup is the brand that EVERYBODY in Del Sol Valley is hankering after, and every new product you come up with sells out in minutes. You made it!
SFX Branch:
1. Halloween Hobbyist You’ve just gotten your first real job in a pop-up Halloween store. You will get to know all the products the store sells inside out, and help customers pick out the perfect, and most gruesome look for their parties and events.
2. Body Painter Body Painting is truly an art, and you’ll be learning how to do the very best in camouflage paint and amazing effects!
3. Prosthetic Sculptor You’ll now be sculpting creations for special effect TV shows and movies, from monsters to zombies to fantastical creatures!
4. Fear Farm Makeup Artist Fear Farm run Haunted Houses all year round, and now you’re working with them! You’ll be ensuring all the actors are looking authentically scary enough to strike fear into every guest’s heart!
5. SFX Tutorialist Everyone’s been asking how you create looks with such realism, so you’ve decided to upload some videos to SimTube in between your job as an SFX Artist. Your tutorials are sure to be a big hit. Feel free to create some extra videos in your spare time with the More Views Video Station.
6. Movie Monster Magician Wow, you’ve made it to the big time. Now, you’re creating monsters and fantasy creatures, and not just any small time TV show. This is The Movies, and you’ll soon be a regular at Plumbob Pictures.
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Sibyl Eyeliner + Lashes N69
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The Sims 4 is a great game, in part because of its thriving mod community. You can use mods to give your Sims eyelashes, expand your makeup options, or get luxurious new furniture. You can even alter the fundamental gameplay, and here are the 7 essential mods that will let you do just that.
I currently have over 700 Sims4 mods installed right now. It’s hard to resist, because modding Sims 4 is so easy: all you have to do is download the mod and drop it into the folder called “Mods” that EA helpfully puts in every copy of the game. The Sims’ team has even provided a forum for modders and mod enthusiasts to talk about that they want to do and what they’re looking for, and to troubleshoot their builds.
Given how easy it is to mod Sims 4, the scene is robust. It’s easy to get overwhelmed and not be able to find what you’re looking for. This will be the first in a series about the essential Sims mods that most players will find useful, and I’ve tested all these mods to make sure none of them conflict with each other. To begin with, I’m looking at mods that change the way the game works. Some do some fine-tuned background work. Others overhaul core systems. All of them make The Sims 4 even more fun.
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MC Command Center
The essential, all-purpose gameplay mod.
MC Command Center, by the creator Deaderpool, does so much it’s hard to sum up exactly what it is. Want your Sims to have a chance of getting pregnant every time they WooHoo, regardless of whether or not they’re trying for a baby? MC Command Center does that. Want to forbid all non-player Sims from wearing goofy sunglasses? MC Command Center does that. Want to move all your Elder Sims out from their houses? MC Command Center does that, you monsters.
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Best Sims 4 Makeup Mods
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Because this mod does so many things, it comes in a series of modules, allowing you to mix and match. If you want to make changes to WooHooing, but don’t care about Occult Sims at all, you can get the WooHoo module and not download the Occult one. I’ve always downloaded all of them, however, as each part of this mod makes background changes to the game that I find makes the game flow more smoothly, and my stories more interesting. I don’t ever touch the pregnancy settings, for example, but when I play the game without MC Command Center, the Sims I’m not playing won’t get pregnant. With the mod installed, they do. It just makes The Sims 4 feel a tiny bit more real.
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Create A Sim Overhaul
Change the backgrounds, lighting, and get rid of those pesky eye specs.
The Sims 4’s Create A Sim is incredible, but still needs a little fine-tuning. Creator LuumiaSims’ mod Overhaul makes it easier to simply see what the heck you’re doing. The unmodded game’s lighting in Create A Sim had blue and green highlights, which is fine, but changes colors of skin, clothing, hair and eyes very slightly. The original game also gave eyeballs a shiny specular reflection, or “eye specs.” It’s supposed to look realistic, but some people think it makes Sim eyes look like plastic.
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Create A Sim Overhaul gives you a couple different options for lighting, removes eye specs, and allows you to change the background from its default gradient. It has packs for both Sims and their pets. Like MC Command Center, this mod comes in separate modules so you can download as much or as little as you like. I went ahead and got them all, though. I didn’t know how much I wanted a different Create A Sim background til I downloaded this mod. It offers a clean white for the purists, but I went with a pink gradient. It’s just cute.
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Teleport Any Sim
Gives you the power to just make Sims go away.
It’s happened to everyone. Your Sim is laying in bed after a hard day’s work, and then Vlad the Vampire shows up to suck their blood, ruining their next workday. Scumbumbo’s Teleport Any Sim allows players to buy an object which can bring any Sim in the game to that location, but more importantly, introduces a command called Just Go Away. With this mod installed, the next time Vlad shows up, click on him and select Just Go Away. He’ll turn around and leave. It is a godsend, and I wouldn’t play without it.
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Don’t Wash Dishes Where You Angry Poop
Stops Sims from washing the dishes in the bathroom sink like a bunch of assholes.
Sims make a lot of weird, dumb choices. Why is that teen doing their homework on the bench outside instead of their desk? Who knows. Why is that Sim grilling burgers for breakfast? It is a mystery. Why did that Sim take the trash out of the trash can and play around in it? Couldn’t tell you. By far the most annoying autonomous decision Sims make is washing their dishes in the bathroom sink. There’ll be a perfectly good kitchen sink to use, or even a dishwasher, but they’ll insist on going to the bathroom, walking in on their mom pooping, and then getting embarrassed. Wouldn’t have happened if you had just washed the dishes in the kitchen, Randy. This very important Scumbumbo mod allows you to individually select which sinks can Sims can wash their dishes in. Problem solved. If only I could stop them from using the grill before 10 a.m.
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True Happiness
Fine-tunes the emotions system for more lifelike gameplay.
Emotions are new in The Sims 4. In previous games, Sims would kinda just… be. In 4, Sims can be happy or sad, mad or tense, reacting to stimuli in their lives. It works, and can be very cool, but the way that roBurky has changed it makes the game feel a little more like how emotions work in real life. Happiness in The Sims 4 is pretty much your Sim’s default state of being. It’s an optimistic outlook on life, but honestly, not that realistic. In the True Happiness mod, the default state is Fine, and Sims can then experience moments of true happiness if particular good things happen to them. Have your first kiss? That’s a happy sim! Sims will also passively earn aspiration points when they achieve happiness, which gives the emotions system a bit more of a purpose in gameplay.
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Other mods like Uncomfortable Overhaul, which makes changes to how the Uncomfortable state works, Variable Emotional States, which adds a bit of randomness to emotional states, and Emotional Inertia, which allows Sims to get in emotional “moods” for a couple days, are all also worth checking out, but True Happiness is my favorite of these mods. roBurky is also planning to package all of these mods, plus a couple more, in a “Meaningful Stories” pack, which will make huge changes to emotions and gameplay.
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Monster Guards
Stops kid Sims from having nightmares.
Sim children in The Sims 4 will sometimes have nightmares. They’ll wake up, see a monster under the bed, and rush to get their parents. It’s interesting the first couple of times, but gets old quick. K9DB’s Monster Guards eliminates that problem, in the form of a plush toy that you can buy for your Sim. These cute little stuffed animals can be “put on watch,” so that monsters won’t show up in the middle of the night. It’s also nice that these come in the form of an object, so it’s not just a binary choice across the game. One Sim might have had an easy childhood, while another might be more susceptible to waking their parents up in the middle of the night. I tend to play with these almost always, though. Just go the fuck to sleep, kid. Mommy needs to troll teh forums.
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UI Cheats Extension
Integrates the game’s built-in cheat commands into the UI.
I know a lot of Sims cheats by heart. My fingers hover over Control + Shift + C, which opens up the cheat console, like the way other gamers automatically place their fingers over WASD. Some of them repeat game after game, like the money cheats “rosebud” and “motherlode.” Other change just enough that I end up trying their Sims 3 version instead of the Sims 4 one a dozen times before I realize.
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Weebsu’s mod UI Cheats makes these cheats a part of the UI, rather a code to type. You can get a thousand simoleons just by clicking on the household’s total money in the bottom-left corner. You canchange how much Sims like each other by right-clicking on their relationship bars, similar to how it worked in The Sims 3. It’s terribly convenient for perennial cheaters like me. If only it worked on my own bank account.
In future entries of this series I will round up the best Create A Sim mods—meaning all the best hair, make up and clothing—and the best Build and Buy objects. I’ll also post the most popular user suggestions, so make sure to star some in the comments.
Hey guys! Today I wanted to talk to you about mod making. I’m assuming that you’ve never made a mod so we are going to make an easy one just to get you used to the process. In a later tutorial, I’ll show you how to check your mod after an update to make sure it still works.
Tools needed:
Sims 4 Studio (S4S)download the beta version
Step 1
Make a folder dedicated to modding. Inside this folder should be sub-folders. I’ll show you what mine looks like but set yours up in a way that makes sense to you. Below is the structure of my modding folder with the top line being the main folder:
Sims 4 Mods
–Mods WIP
—–Name of Mod
–Extracted Resources
–Patch 9_24 (this is the date of the latest patch)
–Issues
Step 2
Now you are going to extract those resources from Sims 4. Begin by launching S4S and then you will click on the tools tab and select “extract tuning”. At the bottom of the popup window, make sure the “use sub-folders” and “extract all” boxes are checked. Do not have the “use EA naming” box checked. Click on the export button and select the folder you want to extract to (the one I labeled extracted resources for example). The process takes a fair amount of time, so be patient and leave the program alone. It took almost 10 minutes for mine, so go grab something to drink or two.
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Step 3
You are ready to make your first mod! I don’t know about you guys but I get really annoyed when my Sims stop an action I directed them to do so they can go get a drink….when they aren’t even hungry! So, let’s put a stop to that nonsense by making a “no auto drink” mod. Begin by making a new folder inside your “Mods WIP” folder and labeling it “No Auto Drink”. What you are going to do next is go to your “extracted resources” folder and then in the search box type in drink. You are going to get almost 500 results! It may look overwhelming; however, with time you will come to recognize what files you need and which ones you don’t. I suggest poking around in the files and just seeing what they do. Also, you can open existing mods and see what they’ve changed to help you better understand the process.
Now that I’ve scared you; let’s make this easier. Type in GrabDrink, the results are more manageable. See what a difference it makes if you have a better idea of the file you will be modifying?
Step 4
Select the fridge_GrabDrinkAutonomously.InteractionTuning and cooler_GrabDrinkAutonomously.InteractionTuning XML files. Copy them (do not cut because you don’t want to do any editing to your master files!) and then paste them into the “No Auto Drink” folder you created inside your Mods WIP folder.
Step 5
Go to your “No Auto Drink” folder and double click on the fridge_GrabDrinkAutonomously.InteractionTuning, you may need to instruct it to use notepad ++ to open this file. The very first section is what you will be modifying. Do you see where it says amount and base_change? That’s what determines your Sims need to get a drink.
Now save your file and let’s move on to the other file that controls Sims need to constantly get a drink.
Step 6
Double click on the cooler_GrabDrinkAutonomously.InteractionTuning and you are going to make the same edits. You can even copy/paste what you edited on your other file to this one, if you wanted.
A quick little note about coding. Do you see how each line is closed with a / something?
Example:
<U n=”chance”> <T n=”base_chance”>100</T> </U>
Think of those like punctuation marks or periods at the end of a sentence. You need to make sure when you are editing and adding lines that every line is properly punctuated. Failure to do so will result in errors. If you are careful and only change the amounts, then you shouldn’t run into any issues. However, if you start getting really ambitious and adding in lines from other resources? Then please pay attention to those closing lines.
Side trip into coding land over. Go ahead and save this file as well and we are now ready to move onto the final stage of making your first mod. Exciting, right? Well, it was for me when I made my “Kiss Neck” mod. I was so pleased with myself for days, still am. You will be too when you conquer this.
Step 7
Open up S4S and select “Tools” and then you will select “Empty Package”. In the popup window, name your package. I suggest naming it with your initials and then what the mod does. I labeled mine HSNoAutoDrinks. Please be mindful of using characters like _ & { ] and spaces, it takes computers longer to process these characters and therefore it could eventually slow down your game.
After saving your mod, you will click on the “batch import” button and then scroll to where you put those XML files. They should be inside that folder in your Mods WIP folder, being organized makes this process easier. Once you have selected all your resources, click on the open button. After ensuring that all your files have been placed into your package, save it. TADA! You just made your first mod. Congratulations.
Step 8 – The Most Important Step!
Test your mod if you plan on releasing it. Please don’t release untested and broken stuff into the community. A fun suggestion is to have other Simmers test it and give you screenshots so you can include them when you release your mod. After you have finished testing your mod, move the entire folder over to your folder that is labeled for the latest patch. These are mods that you know work with that patch release.
May 14, 2018 Partition running out of space after windows update. I used disk management and found the partition in question. It's a 450MB partition that is labeled 'OEM partition'. Right clicking on the K drive only shows 'help' in the context menu with none of. Use the commands above to call diskpart, select the partition and then delete the partition using the command delete partition. Then do a Windows 10 repair install via Inplace Upgrade (launch Windows setup from install disk within the running Windows). May 09, 2018 I have the same issue, but what is also more annoying is the notification pop-ups every few minutes telling me local disk J: is running out of space and to click here to free up space, but it. Oem partition running out of space crossword clue. This utility is Diskpart command line. Now, follow the steps below to delete OEM partition on Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8,10 by running Diskpart command line: Step1. Press Win + R keys (or click Start button on taskbar and then click Run) to launch Run dialog box. Then type diskpart.exe in.
A little tip: Did you notice the green writing? That is the name of that resource item. This information comes in handy if you want to use that resource in another mod or you are trying to figure out what to modify. It’s why I suggested poking around in the resource folder and reading. The more you study the files, the clearer they become and the easier it will be for you to make your own mods or update an outdated one.
A note on updating outdated mods: Most modders don’t want you to do that. I suggest sending them a note and asking. If you have not heard back in a reasonable amount of time (weeks) then go ahead and do the update but make sure you state that it is NOT YOUR mod and that you will remove it if the original creator objects. Link to the original mod. I have many mods (40 to be exact) that I have updated for my own personal use and won’t share because I didn’t make them.
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