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• Sims 4 Extraordinary Bodies Mod
• Sims 4 Body Shape Mod
• Sims 4 Mods Realistic Bodies

The clouds in Sims 4 are obviously not the main feature of the game – most players probably don’t even notice them. But for some Simmers, these fluffy puffs of vapor are lacking, and our Sims deserve better. This mod is one of many that makes the clouds in the game look more realistic, with more variance and translucence, among other. It wont let me download the slider pack:( i tried so many times. I could download the presets, but the actual slider pack tho, it will start to download but as soon as it finishes, it automatically deletes itself:/ before i can even put it in my mod folder. And it isnt in the recycle bin either. I think its a problem wif the creater, since she is using good drive for it. The Sims 4's Nudity Mods Have Gotten Really Detailed. Patricia Hernandez. Now that modders are making bodies more realistic. The Most Essential Sims 4 Mods For Eyes, Skin, and Hair.

• There is a cheat to fix this without a mod!
  open up the bar on top of the screen where you can type in cheats and write 'testingcheats true' That will enable cheats.
  Then type 'cas.fulledimode' close the text bar.
  Shift + right click on your Sim and select 'edit in cas'
  This will take you to the exact screen where you originally create Sims and pick traits, looks etc and you can edit them anyway you want!
  I usually fix my elders. I usually shrink their wasteline to get them back to 'normal physique' that they had previously.
  I also give the females a b.reast lift lol. I just hate how everyone looks super old right away. So I edit their body types a little to make them look older instead of ancient. You can also pick whatever hair color you want. Other than this, I don't know of any mods.

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• Ops. Can't edit since I am only new members, but I need to fix the cas cheat code since I left out a T. So it should be 'cas.fulleditmode'

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• I know what you mean, OP and @Kenadia cas.fulleditmode doesn't resolve the problem, they still have horrible postures.

• I know what you mean, OP and @Kenadia cas.fulleditmode doesn't resolve the problem, they still have horrible postures.

  
  True but it will make them a bit more youthful since she also mentioned looking old. I also found the following link. I haven't tried it myself yet because I don't currently have an elder, but will try it when my Adult Sim ages up
  Oops can't post links either but if you search for 'how to change posture elder' on this site, it will be the first topic coming up.

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• I know what you mean, OP and @Kenadia cas.fulleditmode doesn't resolve the problem, they still have horrible postures.

  
  Exactly @MrMonty96 I need a better fix. I do the full edit but it really isn't enough
• You could just make them Adults with gray hair and add wrinkles in CAS/head section where you can add freckles or wrinkles or beauty marks. I play with aging off, but you could always 'age' them up to a true elder at some point when you think they have had enough playtime to go from walking upright Seniors to hunched over Elders.
  P.S. I've always wanted a Senior lifestage between Adult and Elder along with Tweens between Child and Teen. The Adult stage just seems way to long with no stage changes. I've always thought Adult stage started around 30 and ended around 60 (retirement). The new Seniors would be 6o to 75 and Elders after 75. A lot of people are still very active in the 60 to 75 age range, so humped over doesn't work for me. That's why I created my own fake Senior stage using Adult and gray hair with wrinkles.
• edited December 2016

  Using botox is the best solution.
  Its a cc item that covers the face. I have one with 3 different intensities
  The elders will look younger but still you can distinguish their face from adults. Gives them the puffy face that botox give people in real life
  This is just for the looks but as for posture I don't think that is fixable
  See before and after
  

  Everything I post is an opinion here and I think every post of others is as well.
  
• I appreciate everyone's suggestions but none of this will work unfortunately. The problem that I have with elders can only be solved by a really good modder or EA
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• I agree with you @ikiamyetta and also wish that 'x' years of Sim-planet gravity didn't just descend overnight like it does in game. For my Sims, I have only used the suggestion presented by @halimali1980 - botox - and as others stated above, I do that via cas.fulleditmode. I hope someone may have discovered a mod for you and posts its location.
• And here I want my elders to look older... Looking forward to canes from an upcoming Generations-style pack

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• I guess you've never *been* an elder - lol. Folks just don't turn into old gnomes with everything sagging overnight and it's weird that my Sims do.
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• I guess you've never *been* an elder - lol. Folks just don't turn into old gnomes with everything sagging overnight and it's weird that my Sims do.

  
  Yeah but most elders in real life also don't look like their young adult counterparts with a few extra wrinkles.

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• I don't think elders are the problem, exactly. I think it's the 'adults', which IMO should be more 'middle-aged'. We already have teens, who I imagine are 16-18, not a day younger because they're so mature. Then young adults would be ~25-40, which makes adults, in my game at least, ~40-65. Except that they really don't look middle aged at all, they just look like an extension of young adult. If you think of your adults as aged 40-65, then it doesn't seem so weird for your elders to look like they're actually older. I imagine mine to be ~65-80, or more.
  I hope if we get a generations pack, they'll do more with the adults. In gameplay and in looks. I'd like more shades of graying hair and more variety in their wrinkles (as skin details, maybe, so we can add them when we're ready). About a year ago, they already did tweak them a little bit to give them a few more wrinkles than the young adults. It was a start. Gameplay, too! They could have a midlife crisis, or retire early if they've done really well in their career. And I dearly wish they would give us grandparent wants back! Remember in TS2, if you sim had grown children, they would wish for grandchildren? I miss that.

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• I respect everyone's opinions but I'm asking for something specific here and it's not opinions. I am looking for a mod or work around that can stop my elders from looking slouchy, saggy and wide.

• There is a cheat to fix this without a mod!
  open up the bar on top of the screen where you can type in cheats and write 'testingcheats true' That will enable cheats.
  Then type 'cas.fulledimode' close the text bar.
  Shift + right click on your Sim and select 'edit in cas'
  This will take you to the exact screen where you originally create Sims and pick traits, looks etc and you can edit them anyway you want!
  I usually fix my elders. I usually shrink their wasteline to get them back to 'normal physique' that they had previously.
  I also give the females a b.reast lift lol. I just hate how everyone looks super old right away. So I edit their body types a little to make them look older instead of ancient. You can also pick whatever hair color you want. Other than this, I don't know of any mods.

  
  My very own dearly departed Mother walked fully upright before Alzheimer's cost her the use legs. She was 83 when she passed. I'm getting a year older later this week, and I still have red hair. Yes, I do have a small amount of streaking (my hair, not me) going on, but for the most part it's red. (And I don't color my hair. Can't get this color or any red that looks natural, for that matter, out of a bottle. Besides, I've got this really awesome white streak underneath in the back of my head that looks crazy-cool whenever I braid my hair. Why would I give that up?) I agree with the 'lift', too. Most of us don't like looking like Ma Barker. Under-wires work.

  You can download (free) all three volumes of my Night Whispers Star Trek Fanfiction here: http://galacticgal.deviantart.com/gallery/ You'll need to have a pdf reader. New websites: http://www.trekkiefanfiction.com/st-tos.php
  http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
• I think it would ideally be interesting to have not only progressive aging showing, but also to change signs of aging depending on lifestyle, so elders with a high fitness skill look better. It would be nice to make the system sensitive to exercise, and not so over-sensitive to overexertion. It would reflect reality this way, as people who like gym look younger, I find it would be nice to have the same effect on sims.

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• I think it would ideally be interesting to have not only progressive aging showing, but also to change signs of aging depending on lifestyle, so elders with a high fitness skill look better. It would be nice to make the system sensitive to exercise, and not so over-sensitive to overexertion. It would reflect reality this way, as people who like gym look younger, I find it would be nice to have the same effect on sims.

  
  That's pure, unadulterated propaganda. Some exercises can age you faster. How old you look is largely attributed to your genes, as in DNA. I don't work out, to my deficit, but I also don't look as old as one would expect. Even after the catastrophic illness I suffered. However, I do like the idea of the slower aging process. It should come in stages. I would love, for instance, to take a Sim who is midway through his adult years and add just a hint of gray at the temples. If he wears a beard, then the ability to add flecks of gray/white would be neat too. Lines on the face should be added gradually, too. Being outdoors in the direct sunlight will age your skin faster than anything else. I haven't sun-bathed for over thirty years, now. Skin cancer runs on BOTH sides of my family, so my personal physician ordered me out of the sun. I took her warning to heart. I don't have crow's feet that show so much unless I smile. Whereas, my younger sister who all but worshiped the sun, does.

  You can download (free) all three volumes of my Night Whispers Star Trek Fanfiction here: http://galacticgal.deviantart.com/gallery/ You'll need to have a pdf reader. New websites: http://www.trekkiefanfiction.com/st-tos.php
  http://www.getfreeebooks.com/star-trek-original-series-fan-fiction-trilogy/
• edited April 2017

  It's an observation. It's OK that you disagree with my personal observation, but don't you think that going as far as calling this 'propaganda' is a bit rude ?

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The best Sims 4 mods can completely change and expand your game. New ones appear all the time on ModTheSims—which has long been the go-to hub for creators—every week. There, you’ll find everything from minor tweaks (like making medicine cabinets actually dispense medicines) to complete reworks of major systems.

It can be hard to keep track of which of the best Sims 4 mods are working because some of the best mods haven’t been tended to in years, and official game updates can break them or add features that make them obsolete.

With that in mind, here’s a collection of the best up-to-date mods for the Sims 4, from the tiny to the virtual life-changing. Make sure you read the installation instructions for each one, and check for any conflicts to make sure you’re not running two that will clash.

To get even more out of the game check out our round-up of the best Sims 4 expansions and game packs. If you want immortal Sims, free houses, and infinite money, check out our list of Sims 4 cheats.

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Players are adding new careers to ModTheSims every week, so if you’re ever looking for inspiration on which direction to steer your Sim in, give it a browse. The imagination behind them is impressive, and most of them give you a fully-fleshed out path to follow. Whether you want to become a bowling champ, game developer, professional hacker or private investigator, you can now follow your dreams. We especially like transforming our sim from a basketball draft pick to league MVP in the SBA Baller career.

A word of warning: these custom careers won’t work with most career overhaul mods, such as Turbo Careers—but don’t let that put you off.

Emotional Inertia

Sims are an emotional bunch, and their moods flip like a light switch. Just doing the simplest of activities—having an good meal in a well-decorated room—will fill them with joy for a few hours, but then the feeling will vanish. If that’s not to your taste, or if you think the system is just too easy to control, then you might want to download Emotional Inertia.

It makes emotions more meaningful: they’ll last longer, it’ll be harder to override them, and it will take more effort to reach the upper ranks of each one. You’ll no longer have an iron grip over whether your Sims are up or down, which makes them feel a bit more like real people.

Custom food interactions

If you want more culinary creativity, then Custom Food Interactions is the only place you should start. It doesn’t add any ingredients or recipes to the game—it just adds new possible interactions to cooking equipment along with a menu framework that lets you craft a fridge-full of custom meals from other modders’ kitchens.

With it installed, you’ll want to head over to the ModTheSims custom food section and pick from the menu. You’ll find recipes for everything from Chinese dumplings to beignets, blueberry cheesecake to biriyani. Grab an optional bib to make sure you don’t accidentally salivate on your keyboard.

Have Some Personality Please!

This is one of our favourites on the best Sims 4 mods list. It's a huge overhaul of—as you can probably guess—the way Sims’ personalities work. It changes lots in the background (read the description on the mod page for an exhaustive list) but the best thing about it is that it eliminates all idle conversations. Never again will two Sims blab aimlessly to each other about nothing in particular: instead, they’ll be forced to choose an interaction, which is far more interesting.

Those interactions aren’t random, either: the mod will select them based on traits, moods and the existing relationships between the two Sims in question, which will give them a greater sense of autonomy than ever before. Expect more kisses from love interests—and more sucker punches from your enemies.

Become a Sorceror

Do you miss the magic of previous Sims games? Become a Sorcerer adds a hearty serving of the supernatural, letting your Sims sling magic spells that can either suck the sadness out of a friend or strike down an enemy with a bolt of lightning.

Sims 4 Extraordinary Bodies Mod

You just need to touch lump of clay, choose one of three rituals—they’ll determine which Needs are replaced with new magical ones—and get to casting. Using magic strengthens your powers and unlocks new spells, but it also depletes your “Magical Connection” (a mana bar, basically), and you’ll have to drain either yourself or another Sim to replenish it.

Depending on your choices, you’ll lean towards good or evil, which changes the type of spells you can cast. Do-gooders can eventually bring ghosts back to life, but if that doesn’t sound like fun, just set fire to a table instead. If you’re bored of your current playthrough, then this is bound to liven it up.

New personality traits

Many of the best Sims 4 mods affect the ways Sims interact with each other. The Sims 4 has a long list of traits that change the way a Sim behaves, and because they’re relatively easy for modders to create you can quickly expand that list through custom content. The Gamer trait, for example, lets Sims improve their gaming and programming skills faster, while the Functional Robots group of traits lets you spawn human-machine hybrid Sims, or just full-on robots who must visit a recharging station every few hours.

Sims 4 Body Shape Mod

There are tonnes of individual traits available on ModTheSims, or you can grab pre-made packages of traits, like this one from modder KawaiiStacie. It will make your Sims natural salespeople, born artists, or slick dancers. Get ready to bust a move.

Want to try out several new traits at once? This mod lets you add more than three traits at a time: you just need to type a quick cheat code including the name of the desired trait to add it to your Sim. It’s all explained on the mod page.

Build your own houseboat

If you’re tired on living on land then this mod lets you take to the water, transforming the game’s decorative boat models into full-on houseboats. They look pretty, and the limited space means you’ll have to get creative with what furniture you try to pack into them. It’s a good choice for a minimalist designer. Click here for a download link alongside instructions on building your first boat.

If you’re feeling particularly outdoorsy, then this separate mod will let you add a custom fishing location off of the side of your new home.

True Happiness

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The idea behind this mod from roBurky is to make your Sims’ happiness “fleeting, meaningful, and personal”. In the normal game, ‘happy’ is the default state, but with this mod your Sims will have to make do with simply being ‘fine’ most of the time. They’ll only be truly happy when something special happens to them such as meeting a new partner, ripping through a good workout or eating a tasty meal. These events, of which there are many, will boost their mood considerably for a short period of time, which feels a bit more realistic.

Don’t worry, the ‘fine’ change doesn’t mean they’ll be grumpy by default—it still counts as a positive mood state.

Old French Village

Sims 4 Mods Realistic Bodies

Bring the Alsace to the Sims 4 with this charming village of old-fashioned cottages. There are ten houses to choose from of varying grandeur (the mansion at the top of the hill is particularly spacious) as well as a pub and café for when your Sims feel peckish.

Somehow, modder catdenny has made the village only using default assets from the game, which is impressive. It does mean that there are slight variations in style, but unless you’re a stickler for European architecture then it probably won’t bug you. It just looks like a nice place to live.

You can add the village in ‘Manage Worlds’, but it will only fit in a vacant 64x64 lot. Sadly, there are no lots big enough in the base game, so you’ll have to travel to Brindleton Bay (part of the Cats & Dogs expansion) or Windenburg (from Get Together) to find a viable plot.

Get to college

We’ve mentioned simmythesim’s Get to College mod before because it fills a gap that those who played The Sims 2 and The Sims 3 will keenly feel. The mod hasn’t been updated in many years, but luckily another modder has come along and patched it up. Grab it here.

Maybe one day we’ll get an official university expansion for The Sims 4, but for now this addition to the best Sims 4 mod list will let you pick one of three majors, carry out related activities and attend lectures, and study to get a good grade.

If the mod doesn’t work for you, then this University Career mod is a decent alternative, although it won’t actually let you visit the classroom. Those interested in the academic lives of their younger Sims may also want to check out Zerbu’s Go to School mod—just make sure you add a new Elementary School or High School to the neighbourhood for it to work.

Less 'Musical Chairs'

This sounds boring, but Sims’ seating habits are so weird that Chris mentioned them in our Sims 4 review. Particularly annoying is the way they move around mid-conversation; when there are several Sims involved normal conversation can look like an elaborate game of Musical Chairs. Shimrod101 has built a mod that fixes that, making it far more likely that Sims will just stay put.

The mod’s download links are outdated, but thanks to another helpful player you can grab an updated version from here (scroll down to LittleMsSam’s comments). By default, it’ll also disable the occasionally infuriating group conversations Sims have around the table, which can override any one-on-one chats you’re trying to have. If you prefer, you can grab a version that keeps group conversations intact.

Turbo Careers

Another one from Zerbu, the Turbo Careers mod makes all adult (and two teen) careers function like the active careers from the Get to Work expansion. You can download work venues from the Gallery, including ones with a combined function, or make your own—just make sure they have the right objects for Sims to do their job.

The necessary activities for career progression are naturally related to the career—programming, cooking, exercising—and sometimes Sims will receive fieldwork. An athlete might have to go to the gym and show off her muscles, while a Sim who works in business might have to offer career advice to those running retail venues.

You can browseall available careers here and the venue requirements for every job here.

MC Command Center

MCCC is a mega-mod that lets you tweak virtually aspect of your Sims’ lives, giving you godlike control over them and others in their world. You can blacklist certain clothing items, even on Sims you aren’t controlling. You can set employment rates for Sims of different ages, scan Sims to find out if they’re pregnant, or even terminate the pregnancy.

There are also lots of automatic settings geared towards letting non-controlled Sims live full lives without you, getting married and having babies of their own volition, and you can also use the mod to adjust the in-game time settings so your Sims don’t take half a day to shower and have breakfast.

Heights

With the new Create-a-Sim tool in The Sims 4, you can spawn Sims of many different widths, but you can't alter how tall they are. This height slider from GODJUL1 lets you adjust the height of your Sims so that the world looks more naturally varied: just click and drag their feet in Create-a-Sim to stretch or shrink them.

Replacement paintings

Once your artist Sim has churned out five paintings a day for a week you start to see the same images coming up again and again. This mod, from DaisyTighfield, replaces those default paintings across all categories with images from around the web, featuring lots of fanart from popular movies and video games.

If you like what you see, you can follow the links provided to find the original images on Deviantart or other sites. You can even create your own masterpieces for your Sims to paint in-game—the instructions are on the mod page.

Gender Preference mod

The Gender Preference mod lets you change the preferences Sims have for romantic partners of particular genders (in The Sims 4 currently that’s just two, female and male). You can adjust the numbers to set your Sims to prefer one gender to the exclusion of the other, to prefer one but also like the other, or to like both equally. Romance away.

Risky WooHoo

Another mod bringing The Sims closer to real life is one from PolarBearSims. It introduces a chance that female Sims who WooHoo rather than explicitly Try for Baby will still fall pregnant. The mod comes with a variety of different percentage risks and adjusts the chances based on where your Sims are getting it on as well as the traits they possess. It also reworks aspects of pregnancy, introducing complications and possible infertility for some Sims.

It should be noted that you can also manually adjust the chances of getting pregnant in MCCC. Risky WooHoo is compatible with that mod, but MCCC will overwrite the percentage chances.

If you’re looking to change the game even more, have a proper dig into the Create a Sim ‘custom gender settings’ in the base game. They were updated a while back and now provide you with more options, such as the ability to allow same-sex couples to fall pregnant.

And for even more control, check out artulwww’s Pregnancy Mega Mod, which lets you do things like give birth to quintuplets.

For more on the Sims, check out our Sims 4 review and our account of the Sims 4's terrifying first-person mode.