Are Mods Legal?

Invaderchickycat · February 2017

I'm very confused about this I looked at the terms of service and it seems that nrass mods aren't legal but I'm not so sure. I'm confused about mods in general likes sliders and hacks are those legal??

igazor · February 2017

This question does come up from time to time. The entire structure that allows for Mods/Packages and Resource.cfg was made possible by EA developers when the Ambitions patch came out in 2010 although there was a more complicated way to install them before that. We aren't some sort of secret underground society hiding in the shadows.

Mods are not supported by EA, which means that if you contact them directly for tech support they are likely to ask you to remove them before continuing so as to not confuse their support process such as it is. That is all, mods such as those from NRaas, among many others, and package based custom content in general are not "illegal."

(Puts clever disguise of glasses with the big nose and funny mustache back on and runs away)

Sunnyyesjams · February 2017

Well I'm not in jail yet

JoAnne65 · February 2017

ARREST THAT MAN!!!

06Bon06 · February 2017

JoAnne65 wrote: »

ARREST THAT MAN!!!

Haven't seen him. Only saw a strange man with glasses and a big nose with a funny moustache running from here.

igazor · February 2017

Come on now you guys, this is a serious discussion. There is nothing about the modding community that isn't above-board, dignified, and open to the scrutiny of anyone who cares to check us out. Oh, excuse me a moment one of my colleagues is calling about the new beta testing version of MasterController...

"Hello Goldilocks, yes this is Papa Bear. Code Blue, operatives are active. The tea party will begin when Alice arrives but it's best to lay low until midnight. Over and out."

Sorry that was important. Now then, where were we...?

Simanite · February 2017

There are some MODs that look like they ought to be (IYKWIM).

ChelleJo · February 2017

Simanite wrote: »

There are some MODs that look like they ought to be (IYKWIM).

I don't know if there are sims 3 mods similar to the Sims 4 mods that are *clears throat* questionable, but I never even knew they existed! I was watching a Youtube of Sims 4 gameplay and a certain part come up and I've never scrambled so much in my life. Thank goodness my young daughter was in the other room.

I'd have hated to try to explain that one to her.

Invaderchickycat · February 2017

I know what mods he/she are talking about they're really gross I don't get why people want well THOSE mods yuck.

stepbot153 · February 2017

No they are not illegal, think of it as a free third party add-on to the original product that improves the product to just the way you like it. Yikes I am horrible at explaining.

TadOlson · February 2017

I've never had any trouble with using Mods to fix my game and that's why I've got hundreds of them in there.All of the ones I use are just to fix game issues I kept running into while playing like saves getting corrupted by social workers taking children away and schools overcrowding which causes routing fails on attempts to enter the building which is solved by removing automatic enrollement.That stops it from ever becoming an issue by allowing you to keep some kids out of school and it makes the game more realistic with children and kids having to enroll in school manually.

Candyd · February 2017

If mods are illegal, it's the first time I'm seeing a forum with an entire section dedicated to illegal stuff and the gurus helping members breaking the law LOL !
It reminds me when I moderated another forum and occasionally, there was a new member going totally hysterical every time they heard of hacks, and saying that we should get denounced to the cops for promoting game hacks

KatNip · February 2017

Simanite wrote: »

There are some MODs that look like they ought to be (IYKWIM).

What's that?

JoAnne65 · February 2017

Goldilocks eh....?

Simanite · February 2017

KatNip wrote: »

Simanite wrote: »

There are some MODs that look like they ought to be (IYKWIM).

What's that?

Woohoo MODs.

Simanite · February 2017

ChelleJo wrote: »

Simanite wrote: »

There are some MODs that look like they ought to be (IYKWIM).

I don't know if there are sims 3 mods similar to the Sims 4 mods that are *clears throat* questionable, but I never even knew they existed! I was watching a Youtube of Sims 4 gameplay and a certain part come up and I've never scrambled so much in my life. Thank goodness my young daughter was in the other room. I'd have hated to try to explain that one to her.

Eep lol. And yes there is.

anneloes740 · February 2017

ahahah I cracked up about the questionable mods xD
I myself have never used mods in my game and probably never will, but I do enjoy to watch what people make and use in their games

sweetbluekiana1 · February 2017

If they were I would of been jailed a long time ago. I've been using mods since sims 2. But on a serious note they're not. If anything it makes it so the the game doesn't have to be improved aesthetics wise or with general gameplay, because companies rely on modders for their creativity.

Rflong7 · February 2017

They are as long as EA allows them.... imo.

Candyd · February 2017

Thinking about it, it's a luck for companies because without modding, there wouldn't be many video game developer vocations. Think about the number of future developers who started this way and knew this was the job for them. And it shows employers that you know what you're doing and practice it with love and passion.

HappySimmer3 · February 2017

Mods also add appeal for a game which can add to word-of-mouth marketing and sales. Just look at all the Sims fan sites that have appeared over the years based on mods and cc for the game.

TragicClown · February 2017

I'll admit I use nraas mod and master controller but you're OK if you use them just e.a dosent support them as others have said so it's best to make a backup of your family and save

Rflong7 · February 2017

I do enjoy a lot of mods with all the Sims games.

Waterdragon · February 2017

Without NRaas mods I would have stopped playing Sims 3 a long time ago, and would have thrown a lot less money at EA. I guess, I´m not alone in that aspect and EA is well aware of that fact. Otherwise, why would they have made so easy to add them to the game?

Rflong7 · February 2017

Without mods CAW wouldn't have been able to do a lot of things but I would have still used it and enjoyed it. And without mods maybe EA/Maxis would have had to actually do a lot more fixing... imo.

Don't think I don't appreciate the modders, cause I do.

Simsophonique · February 2017

I have cc , mods and I am not in jail yet and none of the modders are. if so Modthesims, Nrass and co will be in jail and the site closed down with DMCA.

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