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Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

Mooncasters? Bloodlines? Map Replacements? Here’s 18 Werewolf Mods to Change Up Your The Sims 4 Werewolves Gameplay!

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

You thought we were done with The Sims 4 Werewolves? We’ve collected a list of werewolves mods that the community has created since the launch of The Sims 4 Werewolves! Make sure to read any pack or other requirements before installing. Now drink up some Moonpetal Punch and eat some raw meat while reading this list of werewolf mods.

Better Werewolf Cheats Mod by Carl

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“This is a simple mod. Shift-click a Werewolf with testingcheats on, and you’ll find Carl Werewolf Cheats. From there, you can add and remove the Werewolf Perks and Temperaments. 

For Temperaments, you can actually add several if you want, even though the game only shows you four of them. It’s plausible you can add them all if you want your Werewolf to be some kind of psycho that’s triggered by everything!”

Feral Run Werewolf Tweak by Lot 51

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“This lil mod adds a Run Here interaction for Werewolves in their beast form, allowing them to run on all fours even when they’re not rampaging with fury!”

No Relationship Loss from Reacting to Werewolf Activities by nasakura

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“Here’s a little mod for your puppies, when they howl transform next to none werewolves, they have any relationship loss while reacting to your wolfy activities.”

Werewolf Bloodlines by baniduhaine

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“As with other bloodline traits of mine, it follows the theme and inheritance rules of the in-game Spellcaster bloodlines, minus the exclusion of Aliens from the rules, starting at no bloodline then Weak -> Strong -> Ancient.

The perks you will find at each level of the bloodline are:

Weak Werewolf Bloodline:

  • Hunger decays 10% slower
  • Energy decays 10% slower
  • Lycanthropy skill gained 10% faster
  • Wildness decays 10% slower

Strong Werewolf Bloodline:

  • Hunger decays 20% slower
  • Energy decays 20% slower
  • Lycanthropy skill gained 20% faster
  • Wildness decays 20% slower

Ancient Werewolf Bloodline:

  • Hunger decays 30% slower
  • Energy decays 30% slower
  • Lycanthropy skill gained 30% faster
  • Wildness decays 50% slower

Version 2 targets Werewolf Lore instead of Lycanthropy, and Feral Control instead of Wildness.”

Werewolf Dimorphism Mod by CmarNYC

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“Personally, I prefer to be able to see some difference between male and female werewolves, so I did this for visible werewolf sexual dimorphism. This mod gives female werewolves a more feminine shape.

– The bust is fairly subtle in the nude werewolf, and tends to disappear in female clothing. I haven’t been able to find a way around this. In my days of experimenting, making the breasts bigger doesn’t make much difference and makes the flatness and distortion in clothing more noticeable. Ironically, they look better in male clothing.

– There’s some distortion in clothing, especially female clothing, but IMO no worse than the EA version.”

Werewolf Experience Mod by Chaavik

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“The amount of experience a Werewolf gains through interacting with objects and Sims was very little to earn new ranks as a Werewolf progresses through the Werewolf ability system. This system is identical to the Vampire ability system in which ranks are gained, points are earned and new abilities are unlocked.

The only difference? The Werewolf Experience Mod will be released in one flavor unlike my other thread, “Vampire XP Gain Mods”, that offer several flavors. In the unmodified game, the EA values will make Werewolves howl sadly because no matter how many times they dig up stuff, fight each other or do other things, they will not be able to earn much experience.

What is the deal with the EA values and the Greater Wolf Blood trait? Wolves with this trait should be powerful and should be able to become pack leaders (Apexes). The Werewolves with this trait should earn a bit MORE experience than those Werewolves who do not have this trait.

The Greater Wolf Blood trait is similar to the Spellcaster trait in which the Spellcasters would earn more experience if they inherit the trait from one or both parents with the Spellcaster trait.”

Werewolf Fury Enhancer and Reducer Spells by Rolwen

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“This pack contains 2 new spells that are related to the werewolf pack and in particular werewolf’s fury. I wanted a way for my spellcaster to maxify or reduce the fury of a werewolf. (Although it doesn’t work when they are on rampage, they are just too lost at that point)

Those spells are UNTAMED Spells and requires the Master rank to be learned.

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How to unlock : To learn the spells, there are 2 new custom tomes that your sim can buy with the debug cheat or can be purchasable at Caster’s Alley, from the magic market stalls.

Fury Reducio: The spell will make the fury meter of the targeted werewolf go down to 0. I tried to remove as much fury as I could in case some of you have mods that increases the size of the fury meter. Like this one
– If the spell backfires, the targeted werewolf will get a sad buff that will last 2 hours.
– If the spell works, the targeted werewolf will get a confident buff that will last 2 hours.

Fury Maxifier: The spell will automatically lead the werewolf to go on rampage.
– If the spell backfires, the spell caster will get a new buff that will make them angry instead of making the wolf angry. The targeted werewolf will also get a buff that will make them Dazed. The buff lasts 3 hours.
– If the spell works, the werewolf will get an angry buff and will go on rampage.

You can’t throw both spells when the targeted werewolf has a buff from either spell or if the spellcaster has a buff from this mod as well. (To prevent excess usage of the spell of course)”

Werewolf in Batuu by Onebeld

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“The name of the mod speaks for itself. As in other occultations, werewolves will not be able to use their abilities in Batuu. Thanks to this mod you can fully play as a werewolf in Batuu and bite Kylo Ren or Rey.”

Werewolf Tweaks by ChippedSim

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

Some tweaks to improve the werewolf gameplay and add new features!

Venomous Bite
Gives your werewolves the ability to give vampires a venomous bite.

Vicious Wolves
Werewolves will be allowed to do more interactions autonomously while on a rampage – there are three packages that you can pick & choose from.
1. For the cursed bite to turn other Sims into werewolves autonomously
2. Cross compatibility with the venomous bite module – only install this package if you have the module installed!
3. Autonomous fights with Sims, Werewolves and Vampires (non deadly)

Wolf Protection
Adds a new ability to add wolfsbane to your food and drinks to keep your Sims safe from werewolves.

Wolfy Walkstyle
Enables the wolf walk and run walkstyles that are normally only available while rampaging in the werewolf form.”

Werewolrify (Werewolf creation spell) by Rolwen

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“This mod adds a new “Werewolrify” spell that allows Master Spellcasters to turn human Sims into Werewolves. This spell belongs to the School of Untamed Magic. Unlike other spells, sages won’t be able to teach you this spell and you won’t be able to learn it randomly through duels or practicing on your own.
Instead, your Sim has to use the new “Reveal Hidden Werewolf Secret” interaction on the computer, Web-Research category.”

More Interactions Reduce Fury by thunder1143

Spa Day
Allows werewolves to reduce their Fury by doing various Wellness activities.

-Baths with Soaks/Mud Baths
Note that if your werewolf sim gets grossed out by the mud bath, it will increase their Fury!
Massages
Be careful though! Depending on the massage therapist’s competence, they may accidentally enrage the beast inside instead if they do a poor job!
Yoga
Some yoga activities may also have a chance to reduce Fury.

Snowy Escape
Allows werewolves to reduce their Fury by relaxing in the Onsen.”

RSM – Feral Run Lowers Fury by LittleMsSam

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“Added a “Go for Feral Run” Interaction to Werewolves who are rampaging to be able to calm them down then too”

RSM – Less Fury Gain by LittleMsSam

“A little Mod to make Werewolves a bit more bearable. I lowered the Fury Gain to 25%”

Moonwood Mill Map Replacement by 20th Century Plumbob

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“Give your map a howling makeover with this Moonwood Mill Map Replacement! The world was giving Twilight-esque vibes, so the map should also reflect that vibe! *wolf noises* Awooooooooooo!

As usual, this map comes with two versions: the original, eye-popping one, and also a low saturation one. DOWNLOAD BELOW!

The Sims 4 Mooncasters Mod by NeilSimming

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“Embrace the moonlight and bring chaos (or blessings) among sims with The Sims 4 Mooncasters!

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

Assuming you already explored the lore, Mooncasters were a group of Spellcasters who fought the Century conflict against Vampires. They were powerful emissaries of the moon, who were binded to the night and their wolf familiars, whose magic was eventually absorbed, allowing them to turn into what we now know to be Werewolves.
Modern Werewolves still have magic inside of them, and that’s what basically makes them able to turn into beast mode. However, unlike Mooncasters, their magical prowess is locked and aren’t able to cast any spell.

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

Between the founding Mooncasters there were Greggorius and Avelina Lunvik, Yina Kia, Maria and John Volkov.”

Immortal Wolf Nerfed by zeldagirl180

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“Immortal Wolf is a perk that werewolves can buy that allows them to live forever, literally. They cannot die under any circumstances, you cannot burn them, drown them, or even starve them. I personally don’t enjoy that, so I’ve nerfed it a bit so that the perk only prevents werewolves from aging, similar to Vampires.

This is for players who enjoy a harder gameplay experience, or for those who like to kill sims, no judging here! Now your immortal Werewolves can continue to drown or choke on that pufferfish, be wary!”

Werewolves Toggle by TwistedMexi

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

“Don’t care for werewolves but want the world and aesthetic? This mod goes beyond the game option to restrict werewolves’ beast form to their home world. Instead, this toggle allows you to completely remove any occult characteristics when a would-be werewolf spawns in.

Enter “tm.togglewerewolves” into the cheat console and werewolves will be toggled on or off, globally. Any would-be werewolf will be forced into a normal sim when they spawn, including pre-made sims. Settings will be saved even if you close and re-open your game.

To go back to werewolf gameplay, use the command to toggle them on and any werewolves loaded from that point forward will keep their werewolf status.”

More Hidden Werewolf by Onebeld

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

In the normal game you have some interactions (going to the toilet, dancing, showering, jogging, eating). When your Sim becomes a werewolf, these interactions will be replaced by beastly ones. With this mod, “beastly” interactions will only appear with a certain level of rage.

Here is a table showing how the text will change with a certain amount of fury.

Mods to improve The Sims 4 Werewolves Experience

I originally planned to do this for the eating animation as well, but it didn’t work out for me.

By the way, I only did this for one interaction, and it was replaced in the others. I don’t know how it works, but it works! 

Which mod are you most excited to try?

Attending Graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years

Everything you need to know about graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years!

In The Sims 4 High School Years, Sims can attend a graduation ceremony when they finish high school.

Attending Graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years

All high school students can graduate no matter what lifespan you play on. A Sim graduates high school upon aging up to a young adult. When they age up, you’ll be notified that your Sim has graduated and whether they graduated normally, with honours, or as valedictorian. Sims will need to maintain high grades to graduate with honours and have a good chance at being selected valedictorian.

Attending Graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years

The graduation ceremony takes place the following Sunday. It runs from 6pm to 11:30pm at the high school auditorium. When you arrive, all the teens you went to high school with will be young adults now. Use the High School Graduation social category to see all the graduation related options. The other graduates were in graduation robes but our Sim would not change into them even when we tried to force her.

Attending Graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years

After socializing, the valedictorian will make their speech. If that is you, your Sim will go up to deliver the speech. Hopefully you practiced in a mirror beforehand. If not, you might flub the speech. Immediately after the speech, the principal will hand out diplomas. Go up to receive your diploma.

Attending Graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years

Afterwards, you’ll have a grad portrait in your inventory. Check the mail when you get home, then go into the household inventory to find your diploma. Our Sim was in her everyday outfit in her portrait which was disappointing.

If you want a good portrait, we recommend making a grad outfit beforehand and using the photo backdrop at the grad event to take a nice photo of your own.

Attending Graduation in The Sims 4 High School Years

Congratulations on your graduation!

New The Sims 4 Tool Allows You to Replace Premades for New Saves

Easily create a base save with TS4 Premade Household Tool!

For many of us, we have created a Base Save that we use every time we start a new game. It has all our Sim and lot makeovers already in place and problems fixed. Any other changes we want in-game are already done in our Base Save. It’s an effective alternative to setting up a new save each time we want to start a new game. And now there is a new way to ensure our Sim makeovers show up every time we hit New Game!

New The Sims 4 Tool Allows You to Replace Premades for New Saves

The creator denton47 released the TS4 Premade Household Tool, which is a game-changer in setting up games. First, you will need to makeover the premade sims of your choice. Then, you will need to use the tool to choose the Sim you made over. Make sure to save them to a package file. You can save the whole family to one package file. Put the package file into your mods folder and delete your cache. Then, the next time you start a game, your sims will replace the original premades!

Some notes from the creator:

  • The tool will transfer age, gender, aspiration, voice, skin tone, traits, morphs, outfits, peltlayers, and genetic data. This includes all CC! (Must be installed to work)
  • Make sure not to change the first name of the Sims.
  • The household portrait is the default from the game files. It does not represent how the Sims look in the game.

How to Use the Mod:

How to create a new premade Bjergsen household (makeover)
1. Double-Click on TS4HouseholdTool.exe to start the tool.
2. Select the save game file you want to use as a base for creating a new household template.
3. In the Households list box select Bjergsen, the household members should display in the Sims list box along with the default portrait image.
4. Click Save to Package to save the new template.
5. Copy the package to your mods folder and start a new game.

New The Sims 4 Tool Allows You to Replace Premades for New Saves

How to create an empty Willow Creek
1. Start the tool and select the second tab page.
2. In Region select Willow Creek and all residential lots will appear in the Lots list box.
3. Select lot Cypress Terrace (Spencer-Kim-Lewis) and click Move Out.
4. Repeat step 3 for the other three lots/households.
5. If you don’t want the households completely removed from your game you should add them as Townies by clicking Add next to the Townies list box.
6. Click Save and copy the package to your mods folder and start a new game.

How to replace EA households in Willow Creek with custom households
1. First you need one or more Save Games containing the four custom households you want to use.
2. Start the tool and open the first Save Game file.
3. Find the first household and click Save to Package.
4. Find the next three households and click Add to Package.

5. Navigate to the second tab page and select Region Willow Creek.
6. Click Open and select the package created in steps 3 & 4, this will import them into the world.
7. Select lot Cypress Terrace (Spencer-Kim-Lewis) and click Move Out.
8. While Cypress Terrace is still selected click Move In and select the first custom household you want to use.
9. Repeat steps 7 & 8 for the remaining three lots/households.
10. Again you will need to decide whether to keep the EA households as Townies or not.
11. Click Save and copy the package to your mods folder and start a new game.

(Instructions From ModTheSims)

The Tool is available for free. Make sure to read the full instructions on the ModTheSims download page!

How will you be using the new tool?

A Full Set of Matching CC Wood-Toned Stairs, Railing and Fences

Get matching wood tones in The Sims 4 with this Custom Content from MadameRia!

A Full Set of Matching CC Wood-Toned Stairs, Railing and Fences

Ever since the re-introduction of swatches into The Sims 4, Simmers have had trouble matching wood tones and patterns, etc. This has caused many Simmers to either use the same few choices or turn to Custom Content to make their game match.

Thanks to MadameRia, we now have a set of matching Stairs, Railing, and Fence to match their Limber Lumber Floor Recolor. She was inspired by Peacemaker’s Wood Tones 02 Palette which is pictured below.

A Full Set of Matching CC Wood-Toned Stairs, Railing and Fences

The mod is divided into four packages or you can download it as a zip file:

  • MadameRiaMatchingSwatchesMegaFenceBasic: This is a recolor of the Mega Fence (Basic) with fence posts that repeat every tile.
  • MadameRiaMatchingSwatchesMegaRailing: This is a recolor of the original Mega Railing.
  • MadameRiaMatchingSwatchesMegaFenceBasicNoRepetition: This has fence posts that only show up at the end of the fence lines. MadameRia notes that you can combine with the repeating version for variation of post placements.
  • MadameRiaMatchingSwatchesUnremarkableStairs: This is a recolor of the Unremarkable Stairs.

Some notes to include from MadameRia:
“I used TSRW to make all of these recolors, so I ran into a lot of problems. Because of that, there are a few important notes about this set:

  • There are no custom thumbnails.
  • “The Mega Fence (Basic) has a different price (§25) so it will show up earlier in the BB catalog!”
  • “The Unremarkable Stairs use the Martian Soil wallpaper as their default wall.”

We love using this set already and we can’t wait to see what other people use the set for in their builds. Don’t forget to get the matching Limber Lumber RC: A BGC Wood Floor Recolor Set to complete your matching set. Both sets are linked below!

Limber Lumber RC: A BGC Wood Flooring Recolor

A Full Set of Matching CC Wood-Toned Stairs, Railing and Fences

Matching Swatches: BG Recolor for Stairs, Railing, and Fence

A Full Set of Matching CC Wood-Toned Stairs, Railing and Fences

Are you bothered by the lack of matching stairs, railings, and fences in-game? Will you be downloading this set?

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

Unlocking more Principal’s Office Desks in High School Years

We were shocked when we realized that The Sims 4 High School Years only came with one Principal’s Desk. There are so many desks that would look great in a Principal’s Office, but they were overlooked. Luckily, we have the solution to add more Principal’s Office Desks to your game, including Custom Content Desks!

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5 CC desks were added as options for Principal’s Desks

Step #1: Choose Your Desk

Option #1: Custom Content Desk

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

To use a Custom Content desk as a Principal’s Desk, click on My Projects and select the file on your computer.

Option #2 EA Desk

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

If you’d like to use an EA Desk other than the one in The Sims 4 High School Years, you will want to choose either Override or Standalone Recolor. Override will make it so the new desk you create replaces the original desk in the catalog. Standalone Recolor will create a separate desk so there will be two of the same desk in the catalog.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

Step #2: Warehouse Tab

Inside the package file, on the left side, there are two tabs. Click on the Warehouse tab.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

For ease, click on the Type Column Header to sort everything.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

Look for Object Catalog. If there are more than one of them, you’ll need to do the following steps to all of them.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

Step #3: Tags

On the right-hand side, in the Data tab, scroll down to Tags. Click Edit Items to the right of it.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

In the window that opens, click on Add in the bottom left corner.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

In the left column, click the drop-down box next to Tag that says None. Scroll or type to find the Func_HighSchool_Active_PrincipalDesk tag.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

Once you choose it, it will automatically fill in the correct Tag Value.

Unlocking New and Custom Principal Desks for The Sims 4 High School Years!

Click save and then make sure to click save again in the package file. Put the package file into your mods folder. You can put this in folders up to 5 deep.

Now, any desks you add this tag to will show up with the Principal’s Desks in Build/Buy, will satisfy the lot requirement of a High School, and will function as a Principal’s Desk!

What desk have you been waiting to use for the High School Principal’s Desk?

The Sims 4 High School Years: All About School Festivals

Will you set a new personal best?

The Sims 4 High School Years come with two new festivals for your Sims to take part in after the school day is done!

Located on the Sports Field behind the school campus, you will have the opportunity to attend and take part in the Cheerleading Team and Football Team Sports Day!

The Sims 4 High School Years: All About School Festivals

Attending A Festival

Attending a Festival is easy. You will get a pop-up on the notification wall letting you know that the Festival is due to start. Simply click on the Show Festival Info button to find out more. It will also give you the option to travel straight to the Festival location.

You can also find both festivals listed on your Household Calendar. From there, you’ll be able to read more about the event as well as keep track of when both festivals are happening.

Let’s take a closer look at each of the Festivals!

Football Team Sports Day

Build up skillful Football throws and be the winner! Sims with higher fitness and positive moods fumble less and score more highly.

Location: Copperdale High School Sports Field
When: Thursday, 5pm – 10pm

Festival Activities

  • Football Throw Competition
The Sims 4 High School Years: All About School Festivals

Cheerleading Team Sports Day

Show off your squad’s dance skills and win the day! Sims with higher Fitness perform more daring moves and will get higher scores. Be sure to arrive to the Sports Day with other Sims that you want to cheer with.

  • Location: Copperdale High School Sports Field
  • When: Friday, 5pm – 10pm

Festival Activities

  • Group Cheerleading Competition
The Sims 4 High School Years: All About School Festivals

Make sure you submit your scores for both the Football and Cheerleading events to the Judge NPC during the festival!

Festival Merchandise

In addition to the events, you will also be able to buy Festival Exclusive Merchandise, including a Golden Cheerleading outfit and Quarterback shirt!

These can be purchased from the kiosk located at the event itself. Once you have purchased the new Create a Sim items, they can be found, unlocked, in Create a Sim for you to use.

The Sims 4 High School Years: All About School Festivals

Here’s a quick look at the Festival Outfits!

These can be found by filtering Create a Sim to show clothing options from the High School Years expansion, and then by selecting unlocked under the content filter category.

The Sims 4 High School Years: All About School Festivals
The Sims 4 High School Years: All About School Festivals

Will your Sims take part in the new Festivals? If so, which one do you think you’ll attend first?

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

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Regular Round Walls are so last season!

We all know round walls in the Sims 4 are…problematic. Especially when they’re used indoors: invalid round rooms, mismatched floor tiles, etc.

So delete them! This simple decorating trick replaces round walls with so many wall decor options that we have in-game.

Just keep bb.moveobjects on before starting!

Add a round room to your build. It doesn’t matter what size it is, it should work anyway.

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

Add your desired wall decor, preferably a one-tiled item. You can size it up or down by pressing ‘[’ or ‘]’ respectively.

This Eco Lifestyle panel is perfect for a classy modern design. Let’s use it and size it down once so it looks more realistic.

Place it around the perimeter of your round room. You can toggle more precise placement on a quarter tile by pressing Shift+F5. But if the spaces between your wall decor are awkward, simply hold down Alt and adjust accordingly.

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

Once you’ve filled up the whole perimeter of the room, delete the round wall with the sledgehammer tool.

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

If you’re having trouble deleting the remaining walls of a round room, draw a normal room bigger than the round room. Then delete the walls of the room you just created. Add back the wallpaper and floor tiles. Now, the flooring is even without any weird outline.

And you’re done! Decorate it into a cafe space, a feature wall, or a restaurant booth.

Weird backside?

If the wall decor you used has an unsightly backside that’s bothering you, you can cover it up by repeating the same process on the inside.

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

After you delete the round wall, use the Alt key to scooch the items closer to the ones outside. Just make sure to align them right.

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

So many options, and so many styles to create!

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

It also works with curtains for a softer effect.

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

You can even create faux round half-walls with it!

New Ways to Build Round Walls in The Sims 4

It may be not useful if you wanna enclose a round room, but it definitely adds pizzazz to any space. Like they say, fake it ’til you make it!

You can also watch this short video tutorial to guide you:

Will you try out this trick? Let us know in the comments below!

All About Social Bunny in The Sims 4 High School Years

Sims can now manage an interactive social media account!

All About Social Bunny in The Sims 4 High School Years

In The Sims 4 High School Years, teens and older Sims can now create and manage their own social media account that’s actually interactive for the player. The new Social Bunny app has its own interface and allows you to add contacts, send DMs, make posts, and react to other Sims’ DMs and posts. The more you use Social Bunny, the more followers you’ll gain which in turn will help you with hyping up Trendi outfits if you also happen to be a Trendi user. The app can help you build (or ruin) relationships without having to interact face-to-face.

All About Social Bunny in The Sims 4 High School Years

To get started, click the Social Bunny app icon on your cell phone and create a profile. Once you’ve opened the app for the first time, start by adding contacts. Your Sim will need to already know Sims in order to add them as contacts on Social Bunny. Once you’ve added contacts, you’ll start seeing their posts show up in the feed tab.

All About Social Bunny in The Sims 4 High School Years

To make a post, you’ll have to wait for “Social Bunny worthy” things to happen to your Sim. Certain daily tasks like homework and getting a new outfit will give you the opportunity to post about those things. Milestones like prom, graduation, and getting married will also give you the opportunity to share those experiences on Social Bunny. Select the New Post button when it’s available and choose which life experience you want to make a post about. Then select a narrative. Was it a happy, tense, stressful, or sad experience?

Once you make a post, other Sims will begin reacting to it. You can also react to their posts. Scroll down your feed and choose reactions to what Sims are saying. It’s like selecting a Facebook reaction in the real world. Reacting to posts and DMs is a good way to build your following even when you have nothing to post about.

All About Social Bunny in The Sims 4 High School Years

You can also send DMs to Sims when you don’t have anything to post or tag people in a public post. You can build friendships, romances, and rivalries all online through Social Bunny. You can DM a Sim through the Contacts tab in Social Bunny or right from your cell phone’s Social Bunny app menu. Tag a Sim in a post by clicking the Tag Sim button in the Social Bunny app. Then select what kind of message you want to send. You can send Friendly, Flirty, and Mean messages. These messages will affect your relationship with those Sims. This is why you’ll see social plus and minus signs above your Sim’s head periodically even when they aren’t talking to anyone; they’re gaining and losing relationship with other Sims based on what’s happening on Social Bunny.

All About Social Bunny in The Sims 4 High School Years

Your cell phone and the Social Bunny app will glow with a little yellow notification ball when there’s new messages to see on Social Bunny but if the notifications are annoying, you can disable them through your cell phone’s Social Bunny app menu. You can also deactivate your account if you’re tired of Social Bunny altogether but it is handy for maintaining long distance relationships and hyping up your Trendi looks.

One thing we’d like to see changed with Social Bunny is which messages certain age groups can post. We want elders to be tech-illiterate and accidentally post google searches. We want adults to post about adult things and not prom or pillow fights or school lunches. If there were better age filters for the messages and more messages, we think Social Bunny would be a lot more fun.

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years

Everything you need to know about getting ready for prom night!

In The Sims 4 High School Years, teen Sims have a chance to attend prom. Depending on what lifespan you play on, they may have the opportunity to attend multiple proms. Teen Sims can make many lasting memories at prom with dates, friends, or on their own, and a lot of prep work goes into getting ready for prom.

We’re going to walk you through attending prom, from the preparation to the afterparties!

Preparing for Prom

Prom is hosted at the auditorium lot every Saturday from 7pm-11pm. If you don’t like the idea of having to attend prom every weekend, you can always just skip it or pretend your teens are attending a general formal school dance rather than prom.

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years
The weirdest promposal ever but ok

Starting Wednesday, you’ll begin to get notifications about prom while your teens are at school. You’ll be reminded to start thinking about who to take as your prom date and what outfit you want to wear to the event. Sometimes, you may be asked to prom either as friends or as a romantic interest by another student at school. Other times, you might need to take matters into your own hands and scout out your own prom date.

Of course, you could just walk up and ask them to go to prom with you. In fact, that’s the best way to do it if you just want to go together as friends but it’s much more fun to do something clever or grand, isn’t it? Apart from just asking your potential date, there are two additional ways to ask another student to prom. You can leave a note in their locker or make a flashy promposal sign and present it to them.

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years

To leave a note in their locker, click on any locker in the school and select Leave Promposal Note. The locker doesn’t have to actually be the other student’s locker so don’t worry about remembering which locker they open between classes. You’ll be able to choose which student you want to leave the promposal note for. Then it’s just a matter of waiting and hoping. When the student does open the locker and sees the note, you’ll get a notification from them either accepting or rejecting your promposal.

To make a grander gesture with a promposal sign, just click on your Sim and select Make Promposal Sign under the Prom category. When the sign is finished, present it to the Sim of your choice! If all goes well, they’ll accept and you’ll have a date to the prom! If not, well, there’s no shame in attending prom alone!

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years

As for picking out what to wear, you can always just go into CAS and put together your dream prom look using any installed content or custom content you have. You can also check out ThrifTea to put together a look using the shop’s inventory that day. Finding a prom outfit from ThrifTea’s limited selection might be more challenging but also more fun since you can go with your friends and make a day of it.

If your teen Sim has many friends in school, they might get invited to another student’s house to get ready before prom. This is kind of like a pre-prom party. If you accept, you and a bunch of other teens will travel to the home of the Sim who invited you several hours before prom starts. This is not a goaled event. In fact, it’s not really an event at all. You and your friends are free to do whatever you want together until prom starts.

Prom Night

When prom starts, you’ll be prompted to travel to the auditorium. You’ll arrive in your formalwear along with your date and other students from school. Prom is a goaled event so make sure you pay attention to the different goals in the top-left corner and complete them to get a good score and have a great prom night.

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years

There will be buffet tables and drink fountains at prom with tables to eat at, an area for dancing, a photo booth, a voting box for prom royalty and prom jester, and a stage for announcing the prom royalty and prom jester. There will also be a photo backdrop to take selfies and pose for photos.

The Sims 4 High School Years doesn’t come with a dance floor object so to dance with friends or a date, click the stereo that’s there and select Dance or Sweetheart Dance. The Sweetheart Dance is a slow, more romantic-looking dance.

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years

While you’re there, don’t forget to vote for Prom Royalty and Prom Jester! The voting box is in the auditorium and you can cast your vote for who you want to see win in each category. Unfortunately, you cannot vote for yourself but thanks to our writer, ThatSimsLady, looking at the tuning files for us, we found out that you can increase your odds of winning with high Comedy, Mischief, or Charisma skills. To be in the running for Prom Royalty, you need to have at least level 3 Charisma skill. Higher Charisma skill increases the odds further. To be in the running for Prom Jester, you need at least level 3 Comedy or Mischief skill. Higher Comedy or Mischief skill increases those odds.

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years

After you eat, dance, vote for Prom Royalty and Prom Jester, and take plenty of pictures, Prom Royalty and Prom Jester will be announced near the end of prom. If you win Prom Royalty, it will unlock the crown hat in CAS. Winning Prom Jester unlocks the court jester hat.

If prom seems too short, you might be interested in attending an afterparty. That is, if you get invited to one. When prom ends, there’s a chance you might get a popup from another student, inviting you to attend an afterparty. The afterparty is pretty much the same thing as the preparty; an opportunity to travel somewhere else with friends and do whatever you want after prom ends. When we accepted an invite to an afterparty, everyone traveled to the carnival at the pier together.

Attending Prom in The Sims 4 High School Years

Now that you know all about what to expect when it comes to prom, what are you waiting for? Go find yourself a date and an outfit and party it up all night long next Saturday!

Attending Career Day in The Sims 4 High School Years

Not sure what career path is right for you? Career Day can help!

Attending Career Day in The Sims 4 High School Years

Career Day is one of the events that happens at the Copperdale High auditorium lot and can only be attended by high school students. Unlike prom, which also happens at this location, Career Day doesn’t happen every week. The schedule appears to be somewhat random but for us, we saw it pop up every other week on Tuesday.

Attending Career Day in The Sims 4 High School Years

Career Day is always on a weekday during class hours from 12pm-3pm. On Career Days, students will be excused from afternoon classes and travel to the auditorium for the event.

There will be three career day tables set up in the auditorium with guest speakers giving presentations at each table. Career Day is a goaled event so make sure you pay attention to the list of goals in the top left corner of the screen to do well in it. It’s not difficult to get a perfect score on Career Day. All you need to do is ask the guest speakers for information about their careers, watch the presentations, and ask your teacher about your future.

Attending Career Day in The Sims 4 High School Years

It’s not super obvious which careers the guest speakers are talking about but you can hazard a good guess by what they’re wearing. The guest speakers will be wearing career outfits for different careers. We had a chef, an athlete, and a criminal (which we thought was hilarious) at our Career Day.

Your teen Sim will get different moodlets related to the presentations. Our teen hated the thought of cooking for a living and when she asked her teacher about the future, she only became more scared and uncertain. Your teen’s reactions to the different career presentations can help inform your choices about their future.

Career Day is great for deciding futures!

The Sims 4 High School Years: Video Game Streamer Career Guide

So, you want to be a streamer?

The Sims 4 High School Years comes with two new part-time careers; Video Game Streamer and Simfluencer. The working hours for these jobs do not conflict with school or after-school activities, teens can be a part of one of these part-time careers and still attend class and after school activities with no issues.

The Video Game Streamer career is linked into the new Entrepreneur skill. As you progress through this career, you will find yourself also working on your Entrepreneur skills through creating content and promoting your creations online.

Let’s take a closer look at what the Video Game Streamer career!

To become a Video Game Streamer, simply head to your nearest computer or phone and select Find A Job.

As this career is classed as a part-time career, Sims can choose to work either 5.30am-7.30am or 9pm-11pm.

The Sims 4 High School Years: Video Game Streamer Career Guide

As your shift approaches, you’ll receive a notification asking what your Sim wants to do. You can choose to send your Sim to work, work from home, or have a vacation day.

If you choose to work from home, you will be able to jump in and livestream once your shift starts. Simply head over to the computer and find the Career option on the computer. Here, you can choose to stream either Crypt Creeper or The Sims Infinite! The choice is yours!

Don’t forget to complete your Work from Home assignments each day, too!

1. Casual Streamer

  • Pay: $20/hour
  • Days Off: Sunday & Saturday
  • Promotion Requirements:
    • Reach Level 2 Entrepreneur Skill
    • Reach Level 2 Video Game Skill

2. Speedrunner

  • Pay: $43/hour
  • Days Off: Sunday & Saturday
  • Promotion Requirements:
    • Reach Level 4 Entrepreneur Skill
    • Reach Level 4 Video Game Skill
  • Promotion Rewards:
    • Stream Unreleased Game
    • $400 Bonus

3. Pro-Gamer

  • Pay: $61/hour
  • Days Off: Sunday & Saturday
  • Promotion Rewards:
    • $750
The Sims 4 High School Years: Video Game Streamer Career Guide

Daily Tasks

As with other work from home careers, your Sim will have daily work related tasks to work through. These change daily, but here are some of the tasks you are likely to encounter as a Video Game Streamer!

  • Update Online Bio with a Business Headshot
  • Hold a Livestream
  • Livestream an Unreleased Game
  • Make a Business Plan
  • Cross Promote at Venue

Rewards & Other Perks

While there are no rewards as such when you gain a promotion in the Video Game Career, from time to time you may receive rewards in the form of performance gain or monetary.

The Sims 4 High School Years: Video Game Streamer Career Guide

When you select the Career menu on the computer, you will also be able to check your Side Hustle Followers, Advertise your Video Game Stream Online, Choose a Simtuber Avatar and Research a Business Plan.

Can we take a moment to appreciate how cute the Simtuber Avatars are as well!

The Sims 4 High School Years: Video Game Streamer Career Guide

Business Plans

When your Sim researches a business plan, the completed one will appear as a USB stick in your Sim’s inventory. From their inventory, you can submit the business plan to an Angel Investor or appear on Llama’s Lair. This will give you a chance of obtaining extra funding for being a Video Game Streamer!

The Sims 4 High School Years: Video Game Streamer Career Guide

Tips

Are you wondering how to become a better Streamer? Here are a few tips to help you along the way!

  • Livestream when you can, even if you are not due to be working.
  • Get your friends involved and livestream Farming with Friends with them!
  • Talk to other Sims about video games.
  • Play video games for fun.
  • Struggling with your Entrepreneur skill? Pick up an Odd Job or two to help build the skill, or become a Simfluencer as well?

The new Video Game Streamer career offers your Teen Sims (well, all Sims really) an opportunity to be the content creator that they have always dreamed of!

Will your Sim make it big in the world of streaming? Let us know in the comments below!

Modder starts improving various Sims 4 High School Features

Hanging out at your locker now has a purpose – and more from this talented Modder!

The lockers in The Sims 4 High School Years were missing something and ChippedSim came to the rescue and added exactly what was missing from the lockers!

Modder starts improving various Sims 4 High School Features
Photo Credit SimplyAqua12 on Twitter

ChippedSim just released the first part of her School Tweaks Mod, Locker Overhaul. This mod allows students to put stuff in lockers, get stuff from lockers, assign lockers to sims (works on NPCs), change outfits, and purchase school supplies!

Modder starts improving various Sims 4 High School Features
Modder starts improving various Sims 4 High School Features

There are plenty of School Supplies that are included from laptops and books to sports equipment. Choosing Purchase School Supplies opens a menu to pick which items you’d like to purchase.

To add and remove stuff from the locker, make sure to use the Grab Stuff From Locker and Put Stuff in Locker interactions.

This is the First Part of ChippedSim’s School Tweaks. Below are two of the other tweaks that ChippedSim is working on (and possibly adding to her School Tweaks Mod)!

Interactive Clubs

https://twitter.com/SimChipped/status/1555298215930503168?s=20&t=9b7N_y2wudEiS2dosSF8Ag

More Classroom Interactions

Make sure to check out School Tweaks and ChippedSim’s other mods! School Tweaks is available for download for free on Chipped’s website!

Are you going to try School Tweaks or any of ChippedSim’s other mods?

The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)

The new SDX drop for The Sims 4 is here. Featuring New CAS Items and a Scenario!

The Sims Team has just dropped a brand new delivery into The Sims 4 Base Game!

Through Sims Delivery Express you are able to download new Create A Sim Content, Build Mode Content and small bug fixes and improvements into your game straight through The Sims 4. Simply open up The Sims 4 and your game should automatically check for new content.

If not, go into Game Options > Sims Delivery and Check for new Content. This method of bringing new content into your game works both on PC and Consoles! Note that you will have to restart your game in order to obtain new content. You can select “Yes, Restart Now” for the game to restart automatically for you.

The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)

Sims Delivery Express – August 10th, 2022 Content

New Scenario

ALIENS STOLE MY PARENTS

The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)

A Teen needs to take care of their younger sibling after their parents, and the family wallet, have been abducted by aliens. Luckily, the aliens were nice enough to leave a note that says their parents will be returned to them once both of the kids raise their grades and make some Simoleons.

Is this Teen up for the challenge of raising their kid sibling as well as some funds for the aliens?

The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)

New Create A Sim Content

  • High School Sweater
  • High School Facepaint
  • Facepaint
  • Straight Med Hair
  • Coily Twistback Hair
  • New Male Clothes
    • Tourist Shirt
    • Cuffed Pants
    • Tourist Shorts
    • Rolled Shirts
  • New Swatches For Existing Male Clothes

The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)
The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)
The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)
The Sims 4 Delivery Express: NEW DELIVERY! (August 10th, 2022)

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

The Mod lets you assign uniforms to Students, Teachers and more for different Careers!

Hate the job and career outfits? Want your students or faculty to follow a dress code? Lot51’s Fashion Authority gives Simmers the ability to assign specific clothes to a Situation Job, Career, or a Generic uniform.

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

Mod Overview!

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Click on a Sim in the world or in Copperdale High School to find the Fashion Authority menu. There are five options in the menu: Settings, Manage [Sim’s] Threads, Manage All Threads, Create Thread, and Change Into Threads. Currently, the only Setting is “Disable Outfit Changes” which stops Sims from auto-changing into uniforms.

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Creating a Thread

When creating a thread, you have many options to choose from! You first choose between an Adult and a Child frame, then Masculine and Feminine clothing preferences. (Teens count as Adult Frames) Then, you select the group of Sims that will be wearing the outfit! You have the choice between Generic or you can choose either Situation Job and Career. Generic is a uniform your Sim wears manually and the other two are automatic. This will give Simmers the ability to customize so many outfits, especially ones that end up with CC mixed in with the outfit!

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms
The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

What’s the difference between a Situation Job and a Career?

A Situation Job is a specific “job” that an NPC Sim does in the world. This can be any Sim from the vendor or a teacher to a Sim browsing for clothes or the Welcome Wagon, Firefighter, or RepoPerson. NPC Sims that are randomly pulled for a specific purpose are “working” Situation Jobs. The game labels these Sims with Red Letters above their heads when you hover over them. A Situation Job uniform takes precedence over a career uniform if they happen at the same time.

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

A Career refers to the careers that your Sim can join when they choose “Find a Job” on the phone. This could be anything from the active careers from Get to Work and the part-jobs, or it could refer to the full-time jobs such as a writer or secret agent.

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

After choosing the group of sims that will be wearing the uniform, you have many options including changing into the outfit, modifying the outfit, clone thread, outfit merging rules, seasonal and region restrictions, rename and delete thread. We found that renaming each thread is important if there are more than one. Restricting outfits to/from specific weather or specific regions gives the Simmer the ability to further design their own world. That will be really helpful if you want certain Situation Jobs to dress differently between Sulani and Mt. Komorebi! Seasonal Restrictions requires Seasons and/or Snowy Escape.

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

Important Things to Know

Saving Threads

“Threads are saved and are available through an entire save file. They will automatically save when you save your game into a folder named lot51_fashion_authority_data. Be sure to keep this folder between updates.”

High School Uniforms

“If you are creating High School Student uniforms, I recommend creating a Career restricted Thread as most students have their own Situation Job and would require almost 8 unique Threads for each Body Frame.

  • Because Situation Job Threads take precedence over Career Threads, you can assign a uniform to Cheerleading/Chess Team/Computer Team Situation Jobs to have their own unique look during the school day.

If you are creating High School Principal/Teacher/Custodian uniforms, I recommend creating Situation Job restricted Threads, as they do not have a related career for those Sims.”

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

The Sims 4 Fashion Authority Mod lets you design Various Uniforms

Fashion Authority is a mod that will help Simmers further design and create their own worlds. With the simple design, most people will be able to use Fashion Authority with only a few instructions. Fashion Authority is available for FREE on Lot51’s website!

Note From Lot51: “This mod has limited functionality for launch and will evolve over time. Join the discord to help shape development!”

We can’t wait to see all the uniforms that people design for their sims!

Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years

Everything you need to know about how to become Football Captain of your high school!

The Sims 4 High School Years comes with four brand new after-school activities for your teen Sims to join: Cheer Team, Football Team, Chess Team, and Computer Team.

We’re going to be walking you through joining and excelling in the Football Team!

Starting Football Team

Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years

To join the Football Team, use the phone or a computer to sign up for an after-school activity. Then select Football Team from the available choices. Signing up for an after-school activity will be under the Business app on your cell phone, or the new High School category on a computer.

Football Team runs from 3:30pm to 5:30pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Football practice is treated like a rabbithole career but there are plenty of active elements to being on the Football Team. Make sure your Sim is at home and not at school when football practice starts so they can leave the lot to enter the rabbithole destination.

Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years

You’ll start out as a fresh recruit and get a football in your inventory to practice with. You need another Sim to practice with, otherwise there won’t be any options available on the football. Click the football in your inventory and select either Normal or Difficult Practice with another Sim. You’ll have to practice with the football between every practice to advance in this after-school activity. Football is tied to the Fitness skill. Practicing with the football builds the Fitness skill.

Football Team Levels and Rewards

The Football Team has three promotion levels and each level comes with new rewards.

1) Football Team Fresh Recruit

  • Description: [Sim Name] is just fetching water bottles for now, but soon he’ll/she’ll/they’ll be an all-star! Dreams of running across that green athletic field will only be accomplished by increasing fitness skill and to work on getting hit in the face less often by the ball being tossed to him/her/them.
  • Advancement Tasks:
    • Reach Level 2 Fitness Skill
  • Daily Task:
    • Practice with Football
  • Rewards:
    • Classic Aero Football
Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years
Classic Aero Football. This object is only available in one swatch.

2) Football Team Member

  • Description: Hut, Hike, Kick! [Sim Name] knows most of the lingo now but it’s just a small move forward in being promoted on the team. Continuous fitness gain and practicing flawless football tosses will help reach the coveted title of football captain.
  • Advancement Tasks:
    • Reach Level 4 Fitness Skill
  • Daily Task:
    • Practice with Football
  • Rewards:
    • Football Team Flag
Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years
Football Team Flag. This object is only available in one swatch.

3) Football Team Captain

  • Description: Dream come true! [Sim Name] is captain of the football team. That’ll sure look good on a resume!
  • Advancement Tasks:
    • N/A
  • Daily Task:
    • Practice with Football
  • Rewards:
    • Golden Champion Football
    • High School Football Trophy

Football Team Sports Day

Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years

The Football Team Sports Day event happens in the football field behind the high school every Thursday between 5pm-10pm. Since there’s no football practice on Thursdays, it won’t interfere with the after-school activity.

Anyone can attend the event and participate in the football toss competition; you don’t have to be on the Football Team.

Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years

When you arrive at the school after the event starts, there will be banner archways emitting fireworks, photo backdrops, a vendor, one group cheer mat, several footballs, two picnic tables, and a podium. The main activity at this event is the football toss but Sims can also take selfies and pose for pictures in front of the backdrops, purchase football outfits, school merch, and drinks and snacks, and dance to music.

Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years

To join the football toss, click on any football at the event or in your inventory and choose Normal or Difficult practice with any other Sim there. Try to make sure you pick a Sim with high Fitness skill, as their performance will also affect your score. When you’re finished, find the Sim with the Competition Judge role in red above their head. Click them and select Submit Competition Score.

Joining the Football Team in The Sims 4 High School Years

At 9pm, the judge will step up to the podium and announce the winners. You’ll be notified whether you won or not. Winning seems to be random since our two Sims with level 10 Fitness didn’t win and weren’t able to pull off a perfect throw even though both were in a good mood.