I used to ruin my Sims 2 and 3 games with way too much CC that would always end up bugging out, but I'm playing Sims 4 on PS4 so I had the option taken away from me and I think the game has enough clothing, hairstyle and customisation options to still make it fun without being repetitive. Especially now the gallery is open to all so we can share creations!
I play on the console, so the game is Vanilla, because it doesn't allow CC or Mods.
It just makes me have to think of creative ways to make a Sim. If I am making one based on a character, I just have to look through the items I have and work with it.
I enjoy playing a "mostly vanilla" experience... Sometimes I use CC, but generally I don't use much if any for CAS and the only mod I use is MCCC for the sake of story progression since I play through generations 10+. I love having a large family tree and the mod really helps with that
I only have two mods. One is Meaningful Stories because I want negative emotions to have more weight to them and the other...is a LittleMsSam's small mod that makes it so that dishwashers can add more dishes before being used.
I could play without CC, the Build and buy and CAS are actually great in vanilla. But for gameplay I couldn't, mainly because of the terrible emotion system. If the emotions were fixed, I could probably enjoy playing the vanilla game. I use a lot of gameplay mods, but the emotions is probably one of the things that bothers me the most in unmodded game.
After trying to use mccc (again) and watching my laptop get almost ready to fry eggs (again) im really considering to go full vanilla.
Check your laptop. Obviously you have a problem of ventilation. MCCC doesnt cause extra heat LOL. And even if it could force the game engine to grab more resources it will still not be even enough to cause high temps lol.
I use a HUGE amount of CC and Mods (32.7gb and counting) in my game. But I have a save that is strictly no cheats, no mods. So, if I plan to play in that save, all that gets turned off, including using testingcheats on and bb.moveobjects, no money cheats, nothing. I do really enjoy playing that way sometimes, just the simple vanilla game. It's actually very relaxing.
Mods have nothing to do with using cheats... mods are used to enrich the gaming experience, not to cheat. Most people play just vanilla with some CC and MCCC. That is vanilla, not anything else.
No, I use to play vanilla (no mods or cc) and then discovered mods and cc. I can't do without MC command center that causes story progression (something the game should have). And Meaningful Stories helps to keep their emotions from being bipolar. Attraction system, chemistry etc. Things that give sims personality. Even as something as the ability to get drunk and drink alcohol not juice, the game is too childish at times. The slice of mod mod gives each sim a different personality and they act in a unique way. As for CC, is use lots because I like to dress my sims up and cc provides variety of clothes, makeup, hairs that help me create a sim where I have a certain imagine or a style in mind. I can't say that I would go back to not having any of that, thus I wait for the updated mods before updating the game.
After trying to use mccc (again) and watching my laptop get almost ready to fry eggs (again) im really considering to go full vanilla.
Check your laptop. Obviously you have a problem of ventilation. MCCC doesnt cause extra heat LOL. And even if it could force the game engine to grab more resources it will still not be even enough to cause high temps lol.
It surely is a problem with my laptop being old. But mccc and all big mods do make the computer work harder which ultimately makes it hotter.
I played the orginal The Sims for 15 years without mods and cc. Only could play Sims 4 for 6 months before requiring mods to fix bugs. I also only use maxis match for recolors.
You see I'm the poor sod that plays on console and cant get mods 🤣, I do enjoy playing my game though without them and it does save me from myself, I got the sims 3 on pc and I constantly broke my game with cc 😂, the sims and house look lovely without cc and my game is just one massive soap opera with vampires, witches and aliens, I create alot of drama lol
I used so much CC and mods in S3 that I promised myself that if I went to S4, I'd play it clean. So far, so good.
im actually the opposite- im so againt cc in sims 3 cuz i never rlly liked how it looked so i just use what's came in the packs and store which imo look pretty decent most of the time for me but rlly the main reason is just cuz of how it looks and sims 3 being sims 3 cant run on a nasa computer without lagging. although with sims 4, dont get me wrong the cas that comes with the dlc is great and i always use it i do have some mm cc installed simply cuz of just how well made it is. it feels like the real deal its insane
I don’t use CC or mods because I learnt my lesson with sims 3 and am trying to live minimally
Also the gallery is amazing, so much talent in builds and sims using in game CAS, really kudos to them.
Nowadays am too busy to remember to move things every time I want to play following an update
In sims 2 I made CC
Sims 3 couldn’t play without cc got obsessed, the sims pudding faces were so ugly... there was the store too... it all got too much for my computer, endless consumption lol
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It just makes me have to think of creative ways to make a Sim. If I am making one based on a character, I just have to look through the items I have and work with it.
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Check your laptop. Obviously you have a problem of ventilation. MCCC doesnt cause extra heat LOL. And even if it could force the game engine to grab more resources it will still not be even enough to cause high temps lol.
Mods have nothing to do with using cheats... mods are used to enrich the gaming experience, not to cheat. Most people play just vanilla with some CC and MCCC. That is vanilla, not anything else.
It surely is a problem with my laptop being old. But mccc and all big mods do make the computer work harder which ultimately makes it hotter.
im actually the opposite- im so againt cc in sims 3 cuz i never rlly liked how it looked so i just use what's came in the packs and store which imo look pretty decent most of the time for me but rlly the main reason is just cuz of how it looks and sims 3 being sims 3 cant run on a nasa computer without lagging. although with sims 4, dont get me wrong the cas that comes with the dlc is great and i always use it i do have some mm cc installed simply cuz of just how well made it is. it feels like the real deal its insane
my top 5:https://store.thesims3.com/myWishlist.html?persona=adamzaid#
Also the gallery is amazing, so much talent in builds and sims using in game CAS, really kudos to them.
Nowadays am too busy to remember to move things every time I want to play following an update
In sims 2 I made CC
Sims 3 couldn’t play without cc got obsessed, the sims pudding faces were so ugly... there was the store too... it all got too much for my computer, endless consumption lol
Literally this was me too haha