what's in 'The Sims 4' folder and what does it mean?! (tutorial)

Showing your around your "The Sims 4" folder and explaining how it works!

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This video is family friendly, but The Sims 4 is rated T for Teen and this video is intended for an audience aged 13 and up.

[angelov_titov]

the fact that simsie put "wtf" in her title is so strange, yet it feels so right at the same time lmao

[Sours]

Can confirm, putting music into the Custom Music folder lets it play in game. There's also an option in the settings to choose which songs play on the radio stations, so you can listen to the in-game music and uncheck songs you don't like. So if you wanted to, you could fill the radio stations with custom music and completely replace the base game music. It can be a little immersion-breaking to have music with English music playing over the radio, but since I write music I like to put my songs into the game so my sims can listen to them. (You could also probably replace all the in-game Simlish music with its English equivalents if you wanted to? That would be way more work though since you can't see the actual English titles in the game or in your folders.)

[mistresstia]

One thing you forgot to point out is that core mods like UI Cheats and MC Command Center can only be one folder deep within the mods folder. Mods (folder)> UI Cheats (folder)> UI Cheats package and script files. CC like eyelashes and makeup can be put in more folders.

[hannahmei]

Simsie having 'wtf' in her title made me do a double take slsksksk💀

[muscgg]

Big thanks for having subtitles in so many of your videos! It's so nice to watch a video without having to rewind every once in a while because of the slow-ass auditory processing my brain does...

[PlushMari]

Kayla: the mom of the Sims
She tells us how to build, what stuff means, she's up to date about everything, advice on what to buy

[AshleyRachelleArts]

everyone freaking out about the “wtf” in her title has never watched her streams 😂

[retzza]

More than ten years ago when I palyed TS2 my sister and I somehow found out that you could put your own mp3 files to the music folder and listen to your own music on the radio we just filled the folders with Nightwish and The Rasmus and stuff. After years of not playing the game every time I heard certain songs from Nightwish it would bring me back to our legacy challenge families. It amazes me how we found out because we were like 12 and my english was definitely not good enough to find it on the internet in english.

[danigilbert]

I love how Kayla said how important your saves folder is etc and to back them up. I delete these all the time. I never stick with sims or households long. I'm happy starting from scratch.

[dylandwhat]

kayla having “wtf” in her vocabulary feels so weird….

[oliviamartin]

I’ve had the sims 4 for a little over 5 years now and the only files I touch are the mods and saves folders. Had no idea and didn’t really care what the other were😂. But this video is a huge help. Thanks!

[amieamie]

Ekstra little thing to know is that Script mods usually don't work if you put them in too many sub folders. So if you have subfolders don't bury them too deep. I usually keep mine out of sub folders all together, just to be sure.

[kittentea]

I can't help but notice how cute that sweater looks on Kayla throughout all the video! It makes me get into the christmass mood even further for some reason

[arjanne]

No this video is not too long at all Kayla, It was really helpful to have someone go in depth about all the weird stuff in your sims 4 folder! Thanks :D

[katrine]

I literally learn new things about the sims every day. Like just the other day I found out that you change the time of day in build mode if you press L. It’s so simple but I never knew🧍🏼‍♀️

[CarryCherry]

I'm sure if someone new to the game wants to "install" a mod they will look at a different video but if not: Script files can only go 1 level into the mods folder. So if you do get the UI cheats for example you can create a subfolder for it but don't put the Script file in another subfolder in there.

[rolandbaldwin]

Just to verify you can add your own music and add it to the radio stations in the gameplay options menu. When I changed from The Sims 2 to The Sims 4 I brought over my custom music from that game and I've had the same one's since The Sims 2

[icxrusluv]

Just something to remember in the Mods folder if you create subfolders; you can't go three folders deep (Mods folder counts as 1) or stuff might not work correctly. Especially Script Mods.

[AILUJ]

i knew most of these already, but this is such an important video, especially for new players, or even people who have been playing for a while but are scared to mess around with the files/download mods. and honestly there were some useful information i didn't know about, for example the Options file, i didn't know what it was for, and that you could back that up. honestly this video couldn't have come in a more appropriate timing, because i'm literally in the process of backing everything up because i'm gonna have an ssd installed into my laptop, so thanks kayla for making the exact video that i didn't know i needed!

[BethH]

For anyone who wants to mess with tray files - if you download the Sims 4 Tray Importer software, it'll show you which files correspond to which build/household (and also which CC files you've used, if any)