Top 10 Sims 3 Mods that are ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!

I used to HATE mods in the sims games, but they can really enhance your experience if you know how to use them! EA just doesn't cut it, not sorry x

These are my top 10 that I can't play without, hope you enjoy the video!

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[styrofoam]

Unpopular opinion but I love the blue UI. I think it looks nicer than any colour replacements

[mikekeenan]

Another mod that has become indispensable for me is Nraas Traveller. The ability to travel to other installed worlds the way you travel to vacation destinations and Sims University is a huge bonus. Plus I think it reduces the risk of corruption when you travel.

[captainngoose]

I had no idea that people hated the Blue UI. I'm perfectly happy with it

[PoolGyall]

I kind of hate that this game was programmed on a Texas instrument calculator by mutated rats on adderal but on the bright side it forces me to rely on such a talented modding community!

[SpensPens]

it's kinda a small fix, but Buzzler's scribbling pad is a piece of cc I highly recommend, because I like playing as a writer, but it's completely out of the question if your sim hates/doesn't want to use electronics. The scribbling pad works like a notebook that you can use the computer's writing interactions with

[maroonggirl]

Two of my favorites not mentioned are
- Pregnancy Progress Controller by CmarNYC: lets you pause, speed up, or end pregnancy and choose how many babies you want. I mainly use it so I can see how long I've got until the baby comes and what we're having.
- Retuned Attraction System by Fentonparkninja: Changes how the attraction system that came with Seasons works. I use the Easy Variety flavor.

Also big fan of anyone who makes pregnancy compatible clothes. Seeing the same 3 outfits for every pregnancy in a legacy gets old real quick.

[lukasmax]

Rabbithole rugs - allow to create custom rabbit holes. For example you can delete the rabbithole restaurant and build a real restaurant. Your sim won't actually sit behind a table while dining, but you will at least be able to furnish it and see inside.

[floridayankee]

I just reloaded Sims 3 on my computer yesterday. Looking forward to replaying it with some great mods. Thank you

[mothrise]

Beside technical mods by Nraas I like having in my game default replacements by Alverdine sims. She made recolors for umbrellas, taxis, ice cream truck, beach towels and more. Now all sims in my game have elegant navy blue umbrellas, and taxis are in cadet blue color. Also there's mod for grid to be visible only on active floor while in buy mode. It's also by her.

[MeleysTessarion]

Thanks for this video I enjoyed it!
The mods I have are:
1. NRAAS - it’s been a year since I’ve had it and I feel so sad for players like me who never knew it existed! It changed my life so much.
2. Cooking & Ingredient Overhaul - Adds more ingredients for making food because the base game ingredients are soooo limited.
3. Autonomous Fun in the Sun - Makes townies and my sims autonomously do water related things when at the beach or pool more frequently. Very impressive
4. Hot Beverages Add Energy Mod - Coffee and beverages need to give my sims energy lol
5. Wedding for inactive mod - Can allow my inactives to get get a wedding at parties which NEVER happened before

[mossypear]

Literally use every single one of these mods so I agree with this mod list being everything! the only one I don't use is the gray UI I use like that modern one that's still being updated cuz I kind of like being jarringly thrown back into the old blue UI when I'm using create a Sim. (One of like the niche mods I use probably is advanced genetics module for nrass, I use a lot of sliders when I'm creating my Sims and I kind of push the Sims 3 to its boundaries if you know what I mean.

[violetvither]

I also want to mention the "clean UI" mod !! It makes the UI a lot more simple and minimalistic. It's not completely finished (sadly), but i still think it's pretty cool !

[KHLRA]

NRAAS is hands down my favorite Sims mod ever. I have almost all their mods!

Also, when I was deep browsing through troubleshooting something I even heard they were going to make an attraction system mod 🥺 But that was something I read all the way back 2 years ago and I don't really know what happened to it now

[AsmaraTV]

These are great mod suggestions! I will definitely bookmark this list for when I get back into Sims 3. Another mod I was introduced to recently is Super Hamper created by Nona Mena, which automatically picks up your sims' laundry without having to put a laundry bin in every room! This is another mod on my list to download that just makes your sims' lives a bit easier! ☺

[abandonedchanneld]

I have a lot of gardening mods to expand on it since even in Sims 2, it's my favorite activity. And since Sims 3 expanded on that, I love it even more. And with the flowers from into the future, there's a lot of mods that let you use them for like potions and recipes which I think is really fun! (I've downloaded and carried them with me for a long time so I don't remember who they're by though.)

[Ohmygodaprayingmantis]

8:35 makin my way downtown walkin fast faces pass and I’m homebound

[diacarat]

its small but significant, my favorite sims 3 mod makes them choose a book they haven't already read before when you select "read something" on the bookshelf lol
but of course nraas specifically story progression has really made me enjoy ts3 lately <3

[TheAnnaisHere]

Oh my god, thank you so much for bringing "Cancel time off" to my attention, it's been my bugbear my entire time playing sims 3

[Dumbunny]

YES!! I was trying to have my 100 baby sim do the daycare career, you can easily see how she never worked one day

[gamepad]

I'll have to look into these mods when I go to fire up the Sims 3 for the first time. since now that I have expansions like Generations, Late Night, Showtime (confusing as it was), University, and even Seasons.