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[Larrydd]

Hi all been thinking about getting sims 4 but for some reason thought it was for kids,then noticed the mods here.what does it take to run sims 4 on a pc and is it worth getting.thanks for your time

[Simite]

Yes it is worth getting, as for what you need? Well I'm not sure I understand the question, check on the sims 4 website for min-requirements?

[Larrydd]

thanks for your reply how hard is it to mod compared say to skyrim or fallout

[Vengeance_11]

8 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

Hi all been thinking about getting sims 4 but for some reason thought it was for kids,then noticed the mods here.what does it take to run sims 4 on a pc and is it worth getting.thanks for your time

https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/the-sims-4/12305

 

This is an EA recommended tool which checks how well your system can run the game. Mods are as simple as dropping the files in the folder. No installer needed.

[Larrydd]

thanks and which version is best sims 4 I take it to mod

[Larrydd]

4 minutes ago, Vengeance_11 said:

https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/the-sims-4/12305

 

This is an EA recommended tool which checks how well your system can run the game. Mods are as simple as dropping the files in the folder. No installer needed.

I notice on that page it says sound card, is inbuilt sound fine just wondering why I had not bought it before

[Simite]

5 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

thanks for your reply how hard is it to mod compared say to skyrim or fallout

There isn't really a comparison, sims4 is the easiest to mod out of those games by a very large margin.

[Simite]

5 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

thanks and which version is best sims 4 I take it to mod

The most current version of the game, ideally a real version.

[Larrydd]

sims 4 or sims 4 digital deluxe, I also see there is a sims 4 seasons

[Simite]

Its your choice what one you buy (Digital delux is just some extra not important stuff), you will need the base game. Seasons is an EP.

[R-Lo]

2 hours ago, Larrydd said:

Hi all been thinking about getting sims 4 but for some reason thought it was for kids,then noticed the mods here.what does it take to run sims 4 on a pc and is it worth getting.thanks for your time

 

Hi!

It doesn't really take a beast of a computer to run the game,

I play on an i3 laptop which is far from gaming spec, 

If I play in full ultra graphics it'll lag my visuals but I turn a lot of it down and use a program called Reshade to enhance colour and shadow while I play,

 

The modding side of things is easy, the game creates a respective folder for mods on installing,

This is found in My Documents,

Just unzip or extract if required and drag/drop directly into it, or if you choose, you can create subfolders within this folder for better organizing,

 

There's plenty of help if you get stuck, just head to the technical support thread and either you'll see your issue is a common one and been solved or just ask!

[Vengeance_11]

2 hours ago, Larrydd said:

I notice on that page it says sound card, is inbuilt sound fine just wondering why I had not bought it before

It's fine. I have an integrated Nvdia audio that it seems to like.

[johnpage]

Sims 4 without mods, wouldnt touch it with a bargepole, with mods its my number 2 game, first one is oblivion, at the mo! lol im even modding the hell out of that, yippee for lovers lab and all its members. xx

[Larrydd]

11 hours ago, Simite said:

Its your choice what one you buy (Digital delux is just some extra not important stuff), you will need the base game. Seasons is an EP.

so sims 4 and digital delux are the base games,and I take it you download right after you pay, amazing number of downloads for mods for it on this site

[Simite]

50 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

so sims 4 and digital delux are the base games,and I take it you download right after you pay, amazing number of downloads for mods for it on this site

Yeah that's usually how it works, just so you're aware, the average cost of the base game and all stuff packs, expansions and game packs is around $600+... So if you can find them on deal it can save you a lot of money.

[Larrydd]

18 minutes ago, Simite said:

Yeah that's usually how it works, just so you're aware, the average cost of the base game and all stuff packs, expansions and game packs is around $600+... So if you can find them on deal it can save you a lot of money.

so if I just buy the base game which at the mo is just under £18.00, that is enough to allow me to download mods from this site

[Simite]

45 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

so if I just buy the base game which at the mo is just under £18.00, that is enough to allow me to download mods from this site

yeah if you buy the game and then make sure you let it update after you install it, most of the mods you will find on this site and others will work. I couldn't really be exact but I'd say about 90% of the mods will work with the base game. Any mods that require the other DLC packs will say so in their mod requirements. 

[Larrydd]

thanks simite you have been a lot of help

[Larrydd]

sorry one more thing is there a link to show me how to mod sims 4, or is it just making a folder inside sims called say "mods"

[erplederp]

14 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

sorry one more thing is there a link to show me how to mod sims 4, or is it just making a folder inside sims called say "mods"

Yep, the mods in the form of .package or .ts4script files go into the Mods folder in C:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods (or whatever is the equivalent path for your OS). Then the only thing you need to do in the game is enable custom content in Menu (accessed by clicking the ... icon in the top right corner) -> Game Options -> Other, check Enable Custom Content and Mods and Script Mods Allowed and restart the game.

 

User created sims (.householdbinary, .trayitem,...) go into C:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Tray.

[Larrydd]

4 hours ago, erplederp said:

Yep, the mods in the form of .package or .ts4script files go into the Mods folder in C:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods (or whatever is the equivalent path for your OS). Then the only thing you need to do in the game is enable custom content in Menu (accessed by clicking the ... icon in the top right corner) -> Game Options -> Other, check Enable Custom Content and Mods and Script Mods Allowed and restart the game.

 

User created sims (.householdbinary, .trayitem,...) go into C:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Tray.

my game is here E/program files 86/origin games/sims 4/game/bin so the folder for mods would go there

[erplederp]

6 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

my game is here E/program files 86/origin games/sims 4/game/bin so the folder for mods would go there

I don't think so, no. The folder with my game installation is very similar to yours, but the Mods folder is placed in user Documents as I indicated (i.e. separate from the game files).

[Larrydd]

24 minutes ago, erplederp said:

I don't think so, no. The folder with my game installation is very similar to yours, but the Mods folder is placed in user Documents as I indicated (i.e. separate from the game files).

strange I can go as far as C/users/name/doc/ but thats it no EA. could be because I have not started the game yet ?

[erplederp]

6 minutes ago, Larrydd said:

strange I can go as far as C/users/name/doc/ but thats it no EA

That's weird. The folder <Drive>:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 is also used by the game to store the user settings, saves, screenshots, videos, etc. Have you already installed and started the game? It is possible that the folder structure is created when you run the game for the first time.

[Larrydd]

1 hour ago, erplederp said:

That's weird. The folder <Drive>:\Users\<Username>\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 is also used by the game to store the user settings, saves, screenshots, videos, etc. Have you already installed and started the game? It is possible that the folder structure is created when you run the game for the first time.

yes you are right just started the game and the path is there, sorry bad explaining on my part