SIMS 4 - Installing Mods (BASIC)

This brief guide explains how to handle and install your custom content from various mod sites to your Sims 4 mods directory.

Installing The Package Files:

Most custom content is created in a PACKAGE file. This includes all CaS items like clothes, hair and makeup, building and buyable objects such as windows, sofas, wallpapers. Basically, ANY file with .package on the end of it is a package file.

Package files are placed directly into your MODS folder, located:

⭐ Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods

If you prefer, you can organize your downloads into folders in your Mods folder. This is perfectly safe provided you have the file resource.cfg in your Mods folder.

Installing Lots, Rooms & Sims:

Lots, rooms and Sims are accompanied by a number of different files, all of which need to be placed in the TRAY folder:

⭐ Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Tray

The files you place in the Tray folder include:

⭐ Lots
⭐ trayitem
⭐ blueprint
⭐ bpi (files
⭐ Rooms
⭐ trayitem
⭐ room
⭐ rmi files
⭐ Sims
⭐ householdbinary
⭐ trayitem
⭐ sgi
⭐ hhi files

If by chance you find any package files included with your lot, room or Sim, these need to be placed in the Mods folder as described above, not in the Tray folder. Once you've installed your lots, rooms or Sims, they should show up in your personal gallery in the game.

Installing The Resource.cfg File:

This text file is created by default by the game and placed in your Mods folder when you run it. It tells your game how many folders deep to read your custom content and ordinarily allows for up to 5 nested folders inside your Mods folder. If this file goes missing, running your game again will normally recreate it. However, if it isn't recreated for whatever reason, simply open a text editor such as Notepad and copy the following text into it:

⭐ Priority 500
⭐ PackedFile *.package
⭐ PackedFile */*.package
⭐ PackedFile */*/*.package
⭐ PackedFile */*/*/*.package
⭐ PackedFile */*/*/*/*.package
⭐ PackedFile */*/*/*/*/*.package[/b]

Before saving your file, change the file type from TEXT to just FILE (otherwise it will save as a text file instead of a config file. Then in save filename box, type resource.cfg and place this in your Mods folder.

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[McALEER GAMES]

No it goes into your swve tile location which is located in my documents

[DeathlessLamia]

Wait so you don't put it in the Steam installation path?

[Flamicorn2812]

or u can use curseforge

[McALEER GAMES]

@BLACKSPADE, right click in the director select NEW FOLDER, name it MODS, through everything in that folder.

[BLACKSPADE]

I don't have a 'Mods' folder. Fresh install games runs no issues. Please help.

[McALEER GAMES]

Unfortunately no, you have to use the directory as instructed for the launcher and game itself to see the mods folder

[CLASSIFIED]

Is it possible to change your mod folder to somewhere else my pc doesn't like all the space it is SUPPOSED(!) to have

[McALEER GAMES]

@Dippy, ModTheSims is my number 1 go to site to download mods. Try it out and let me know

[Dipy]

Hi I still have a question. My question is where can i find safe mods? I just don't need a virus in my computer!

[McALEER GAMES]

@megankris, You are most welcome!