About This File
HL_Maids adds a complete, story-driven Maid career to The Sims 4: take the job, travel to a client's home, clean it while the place gets dirty around you — and decide how far you'll go to climb the ranks. Built for WickedWhims, but works without it.
How it works
Take the job. Join the Maid career and head to a client's home each shift. The place gets dirty around you in real time and you clean it object by object — toilets, sinks, showers, tubs, counters — with on-screen goals and a dynamic performance meter.
Climb the ranks. Ten levels, from Maid in Training to Matron of the Household, each with its own narrative, uniform and pay. But the promotion arc isn't won with a sponge alone — it asks you to charm the homeowner too.
Work the homeowner. A dedicated "Maid" interaction menu unlocks more moves as your level and relationship grow — from holding their gaze to offering yourself for "extra tasks" — with flirty animations and matching moods.
Choose your style. Three work tones — clean diligently, flirt with the owner, or play hard to get — each shifting your performance and your mood.
Answer the boss. Chance cards from your boss appear as you rise: a private word, a client who asked for you by name, a test of how far your ambition goes — each paying a tip and leaving you with a feeling.
Go further (with WickedWhims). At level 5+, "extra tasks" ends exactly where you'd imagine — with the homeowner, on a bed, and a clean finish afterwards.
Features
10-level active career with a maid uniform, custom icons and its own narrative at every rank
Real cleaning gameplay — per-object goals, dirt that builds during your shift, a score that counts no matter who cleans
A "Maid" interaction menu — 9 social moves on the homeowner, gated by level and relationship, with flirty animations and matching moods
Your boss's chance cards, each paying a tip and a mood
3 work tones: clean diligently, flirt with the owner, or play hard to get
WickedWhims integration (optional): at level 5+, "extra tasks" ends with the homeowner, on a bed, and a clean finish
English text throughout; community translations supported
Requirements
The Sims 4 + Get to Work — required (the career runs on that pack's active-career system).
WickedWhims by TURBODRIVER — optional but recommended. Not included. Without it the career, roleplay and interactions all play the same; the level-5+ "extra tasks" interaction simply does nothing extra.
Installation
Unzip.
Drop the HL_Maids folder (with HL_Maids.package + HL_Maids.ts4script) into your Mods folder.
Make sure script mods are enabled in Game Options, then restart.
Translations (community)
The mod ships in English. Translations work as drop-in language packs: download a HL_Maids_Translation_<LANG>.package, place it in your Mods folder (in the folder above HL_Maids), and that language is used — remove it and it falls back to English.
Want to translate it to your language? Grab the translation template from the kit, open it in Sims 4 Studio (STBL / Translation tab), replace the English text with yours, and save. That file is the translation — share it for others to use. (WickedWhims-style: simple, no extra tools.)
French Translation -- Angelus75
German Translation -- Kai Renner
Compatibility & notes
Works alongside other gameplay mods; the career, buffs and economy are self-contained.
English only out of the box; other languages via the community packs above.
Availability
Credits
HomeLacter — design, code, packaging.
WickedWhims by TURBODRIVER (not included, not required).
Built with Sims4ForgeStudio.
Edited by Home Lacter
What's New in Version 0.1.3
Released
New
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Settings menu: click your maid → Maid → "HL_Maids — Settings…" and tune the mod to your liking, right in game.
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Choose the client's home: keep the rotation (a different, valid home every shift) or pin an exact home from the list — each shown with its household, lot, region and category (apartment, small / medium / large home).
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Chores workload: light, normal or heavy. On heavy, the house keeps getting dirty mid-shift…
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WickedWhims scenes: switch them on or off any time, and pick how often they happen (from "make them wait" to "barely a break").
Fixes
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Your maid no longer ends up at bars, empty lots, or standing in the middle of the road: the shift destination is now always validated. (Thanks to everyone who reported it — your exact cases are what got fixed.)
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No more being sent to the same house forever: shifts now rotate between the world's homes by default.
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Removed an inherited game rule that, with High School Years installed, could silently delete the career.
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The Debug add-on now writes detailed diagnostics: if your career ever "resets" or disappears, install it and share your hl_maids.log — that's all we need to track it down.
Known issue
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Like every active career in the game, switching households or travelling with another Sim mid-shift ends the maid's shift early. Finish the shift first.
Enjoy — and keep the reports coming, they're shaping every update.
