4 Months back i.e. When “The Sims 3” game was released, at that early stage of gaming I complied a list of Mods for Sims 3 game. Now it has been 4 months, I think EA released 3 patches for the game, I was playing the game at least one hour for a day and gone through several new mods.
If you desire to go back to The Sims 3 after many years, we have compiled a list of the best The Sims 3 mods for you.
Even though The Sims 3 is a classic game, it is still an old one that means some of its vanilla features can feel outdated. Here is where mods come into play. The Sims 3 has a huge modding community and if you want to visit this great simulation game after 9 years, here are the most essential The Sims 3 mods to choose from.
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MasterController gives you the control of a lot of game mechanics. The mod contains tools for managing every Sim in your town manually. You can form relationships, customize households and change your Sims’ job etc. It also has different, optional modules such as Cheats, ExpandedTattoo, Integration and Progression, all with unique features on their own.
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This small handy The Sims 3 mod gives you the ability to tag certain Sims or groups, so you can find them a lot easier when they are not home. You can see their income, how much they are worth etc. too and all these makes managing Sims in your town significantly easier.
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StoryProgression is undoubtedly one of the best Sims 3 mods out there. It replaces the EA story progression system and provides a lot more story options and gives you an overall better progression system. It also has tons of different add-ons that contain specific scenarios to play with or expand certain areas such as career.
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The Sims 3 was a buggy game. Sims in your world can get stuck in a lot of different ways and many game mechanics can become corrupt really fast after there are enough Sims in your town, and the game becomes unable to handle all of that after some time and this causes significant lag. Overwatch cleans all of that mess for you each night and every time you load a new save, rescuing you from a lot of headache.
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Woohooer adds various new romantic interactions between Sims. It has a lot of different modules you can optionally install. It is not mandatory and does not have a big impact on the gameplay but can provide a new experience to those looking for new “woohoo” options.
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Default Sim skins can get boring and start to seem bland after a while. This mod replaces the default character models with higher definition and better-looking ones. Your Sims will look like superstars after this. If you do not have a problem with the eastern-style models, install this The Sims 3 skin mod right away.
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This essential The Sims 3 mod makes some really needed changes to the game’s attraction system. It makes the relationship system more realistic by adding more variables as to how two Sims get attracted to each other, other than some random numbers or skills.
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In the native game, each of your Sims is limited to just a couple of traits. While this balances things out and encourages you to play with multiple Sims, it gets boring quick and your Sims feel shallow. This mod is a great addition to The Sims 3, it lets you raise the maximum number of traits each Sims can get, which results in much more complicated and realistic Sims.
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One of the fundamental mods to make The Sims 3 more realistic, Grow mod makes your Sims grow gradually and slowly rather than just exploding in size in certain checkpoints in their life. Their voices can change too and they can gain weight, rather than just height.
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With the Apartmen mod, you can set up more than 1 family in one lot without the need to manage them all at once. Or you can set up the lot to look like apartments by using EA’s uni locked door feature, then place a family on each separate level. This gives the game a sitcom-like feeling and can be a small, new experience.
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This Sims 3 mod makes some small but necessary changes in te cooking mechanics. The base time it takes to cook is reduced in both single and group servings, there are less leftovers when your Sims do not finish their meal and their chance of cleaning up after themselves is set to %100 rather than %50. These changes makes the cooking & cleaning a lot more smoother.
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The Sims 3, without any mods, does not have that many great hair options. If you want to check out great hair models designed by other creators and make your Sims look much more unique and stylish, head over to here, choose what you want and download the hair in your dreams.
Do you want to keep your Sims family’s treasures and secrets away from outsiders? Well, look no further. This Sims 3 mod adds doors that are only unlockable by the Sims that has the correct key. If you want to hide family heirlooms from other Sims and thieves, this is the mod for you.
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I’ve always disliked the fact that sims head home after work and stay in their work attire, even if they head out again after that. With this pure scripting mod, they will change into their everyday clothes upon reaching home while wearing their work attire.
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And as our last pick, the coolest The Sims 3 mod: The Normandy SR2. It adds the famous Normandy SR2 to the game as a house that you can move in. Everything is well implemented to the style of The Sims 3. If you are a Mass Effect fan like myself, you must install this mod.
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Cherub Curly Hair | Clean, curly and stylish Cherub curly hair. | Link |
Male Bald 47 Barcode | Agent 47’s iconic barcode with the bald hair. | Link |
Soul-Full Afro | Old school, big afro hair. | Link |
Sephiroth Hair | Sephiroth’s hair from Final Fantasy VII. | Link |
Buff Chops | Facial hair with large sideburns, Buff Chops. | Link |
Short pulled back hair | Slick, clean, simple hairstyle for well-adjusted Sims. | Link |
Nightcrawler | Attractive, wavy, long hair model for female Sims. | Link |
Joey Hairstyle | 2010’s Justin Bieber-style hair model. | Link |
Skysims Hair Adult | Long and wavy, beautiful hair model. | Link |
Clean, well-groomed, swept-back hair model. | Link |
sHoNi’s Vampire Overhaul | A lot of changes, fixes and additions to the vampires. | Link |
More Real Vampires | A mod that makes vampire mechanics more lore-friendly. | Link |
The Blood Bank | A place to hang out for vampires at nights. | Link |
Silent Vampire Powers | A mod that makes the vampire powers silent. | Link |
Vampire Coffin | It adds a coffin for your vampires to sleep in Fitting. | Link |
Children of the Night | Scary poses for vampire children. | Link |
True Blood Mod | Changes most of the “plasma” references to “blood”. | Link |
Gothic Mansion | A huge gothic mansion for your supernatural Sims. | Link |
Rideable Giant Bat | Adds a giant, rideable bat for your vampires. | Link |
Human Life Span | Makes supernatural Sims’ lifespans same as humans. | Link |
Conclusion
Here they are, best The Sims 3 mods that you can try out right now. Even though it is a fairly old game, these mods can make the game feel fresh again for you and fix a lot of the annoyances that the native game came with, enhancing your experience. If you found any of the Sims 3 mods we listed here great or helpful or think we missed any, let us know below!
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Though many devoted Sims players argue over which installment in the series was the best, in terms of both gameplay and the expansion packs that came along with it, almost every player can agree that the game would not be complete without the addition of custom content and mods. Mods are downloaded codes and items made for an established game which gives players the ability to perform actions previously unavailable to them within the game. Since the Sims 4 has been a bit of a let down to date, many players have been flocking back to previous installments. And in spirit with that disappointment fuelled nostalgia, this writer has compiled a list outlining some of the best mods for the third installment in the Sims series.
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Start NowThough the gameplay is much more expansive and entertaining in the third installment of the game, many beloved aspects (such as the open world concept) create a series of unfortunate lags that can, at times, make the game so frustrating that it feels unplayable.
Overwatch is a mod which cleans up players games while they are not actively playing. Between gaming sessions, this mod sweeps the game and turns off errant electrical objects, fixes glitching Sims that are fueling the lag, and cleans out any bugs that need taking care of. Once one installs this mod, they will be unable to play without it.
One of the biggest flaws of the Sims 3 is the fact that the Sims are straight out of the uncanny valley and look like they are made of rubber. But have no fear, because mods are here. Countless mods have revolutionized the “Create a Sim” experience and have allowed players to create the most realistic Sims possible. Face mask, eye mask, and skin mask mods allow players to remove the rubberized textures from their Sims. Custom hairstyles and clothing allow players to create more modern and realistic looking Sims. And there are even specified mods that increase the number of traits allowed per Sim for each age category in order to make a more well rounded Sim.
Something that has consistently frustrated Sims players has always been eating and food prep times. The amount of time it takes Sims in the third installment of the game to prepare and consume their food is borderline ridiculous, yet they never stay seated long enough for family dinners to be possible with larger families.
But out of frustration comes innovation as there are mods online that allow players to control meal prep and consumption times. Slowing down consumption times allows players to create wholesome family dinners whilst speeding them up allows Sims to grab a nice meal before heading off to work to prevent starving during their shift.
The Sims 3 Pets expansion pack was, without a doubt, the best version of the Pets Expansion ever created for the Sims series. Horses, reptiles, and rodents galore (not to mention the traditional cats and dogs,) it’s no wonder that the limited Cats & Dogs pack was a disappointment (despite how utterly adorable the pets in Sims 4 are.) But some players were unsatisfied with the plethora of animals available to them and decided to bring new creatures to the game. There are mods that allow players to bring Jungle and Savannah cats to the game. Lions, tigers, jaguars, oh my.
It is this writer's belief that the Sims 3 had the best version of careers out of the entire series. In the second installment, a wide social circle was required to advance to higher levels and the constant tasks required for promotions in the fourth installment is cumbersome to say the least (not to mention that The Sims 4 sold basic careers as an expensive game pack.)
However, some players felt limited by the countless careers available and created mods to bring new jobs to the game. Some of these modded careers include marine biology, fashion designer, psychologist, care aid, NHL player, and NFL superstar.
The Sims, though played by gamers of all ages, was often given a Teen rating due to the “Woohoo” interaction as well as some buy mode objects such as the “bubble blower” that came with the University and City packs. Though the game plays as a semi-realistic life simulation, some of the grittier aspects of reality were removed from the game. But not all players like to keep things morally upright. There are several mods which allow inter-age category relationships, illegal substances, violence, the removal of the censor bars, for multiple previously restricted age categories to be able to start a family, and even the combination of the “Try for Baby” and “Woohoo” interactions (which makes it so each and every Woohoo has the ability to result in children.)
Though skill building is quite straight forward in The Sims 3, some players found themselves not wanting to force their Sims to read several very expensive books in order to not burn the house down every time they cook Kraft Dinner.
There is a mod available which allows Sims to learn many skills directly from their home computer. Other computer related mods allow for expanded interactions with the device to make the lives of the Sims easier such as online shopping.
Though not without its faults, The Sims 4 did bring some fun and exciting new things to the franchise that make previous installments feel incomplete when players venture back to them. Several mods have been created to combine the best elements of every installment into the third installment, in order to make the greatest game possible. Some mods include the ability to fill apartments with other people and multiple apartments to choose from, the ability to travel inside stores and restaurants, and increased child specific interactions/ability to build skills (as child Sims can be exceptionally boring without the aid of the Generations pack.)
Every single time a City living Sim heads to a nightclub it is impossible to tell whether or not it is a hotspot without the notification as they are always relatively empty. This can make certain goals such as hunting a Sim (for vampires) or finding a new beau incredibly difficult as there are never any NPC Sims around to choose from. But this shall be a problem no longer as there was a mod created specifically to fill public lots when one’s Sim is galavanting about town.
Gigs will have more attendance, fairs will be bustling with families, and no one will have to dance alone ever again.
One of the best things about The Sims 4 is the dialogue trees. There are just so many unique and interactive interactions that conversing Sims will never have to worry about boring each other or having to repeat an interaction. Conversely, the third installment in the Sims series contains rather bare and basic conversation topics and children barely have anything to say to one another.
Luckily, there are several mods which bring variety to one’s idle chatter. From expanding small talk to providing more provocative interactions, these mods allow Sims to maintain a more realistic conversation style.