a very in-depth guide to NRAAS story progression ✨

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After much editing, the video is finally here! In this video, I show each and every setting I have in NRAAS SP and explain how my settings affect base gameplay.

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⌛ TIMESTAMPS ⌛
intro 0:00
download my settings here 3:21
what SP addons do i have? 5:14
modules 5:37
(finally) all my settings EXPLAINED 12:16
what is a caste? and what do they do? 15:28
teens need some help 18:04
general settings 29:53
adjusting chance of gay/bi sims 34:05
a really cool setting you should have on 36:39
town/immigrant settings 42:49
lot settings 46:54
outro 47:21

[acottonsock]

PLEASE NOTE: *If I have a setting you do NOT have while I'm going through the list, that's because you're missing one of the modules I have!*

👉 EDIT 9/21/21: A lot of people have been mentioning that, when importing my settings, their game crashes to a black screen. THIS IS BECAUSE OF NRAAS CUPCAKE. I discovered if you do not currently have the Deliciously Indulgent Bakery in your game, it will instantly crash to your desktop. I'd recommend avoiding NRAAS Cupcake, as I believe you can still import my settings no problem without it.

[Schroedes]

I've been playing sims for about 10 years now and I'm just learning about NRAAS... What a GAMECHANGER. Thanks for your great info!!

[sinnebunZ]

I just downloaded this mod after playing 9 years without it. Recently I played the game for longer than usual. My sims had a kid later into the game and just when the kid started going to school, I noticed he had no friends.. because he was the only child in the whole Sunset Valley and the townies were dying of old age!

[combeferret]

I’ve just started playing the sims 3 again, for the first time since sims 4 came out. I’m having a blast and this video has been an amazing help and came at the best time!

EDIT: 3 years later I'm back playing the game, come to this video again, and suprise surprise - hello me from the past

[waltlock]

So many people making great Sims 3 videos lately. Looks like I picked a good time to get back into the game (disappointed by CP2077 and need a good pick me up).

[nerdychocobo]

nraas master controller, error trap, overwatch and story progression paired with the smooth patch released this year makes a buttery smooth experience. although if you're experiencing lag, it might be from adding a mod when you already have cache built up which will confuse the game slightly, so deleting the cache from the game files should help :) it won't affect your saves either

[cammjonas]

Finally... like I’ve been waiting for years for this type of video😭

[emilycaitlynn]

played sims 3 since 2013. when sims 4 came out i played that a bit, maybe a few months, then went back to sims 3. i found mods and cc and nraas and i haven’t played without it since. i always love finding ways to advance my game and gameplay so i love that more and more people are getting back into doing these types of sims videos.

[Katorade]

thank you for this video!! my boyfriend and i have started getting into sims 3 again and our sim is finally married and has his first child, but because we took a bit and because we have quite long lifespans, sims have started dying from old age or aging up in general and we're worried about friends and other relationships for our future children. it seems like the NRAAS Story Progression mod is EXCELLENT, but it was so in depth I couldn't figure it out. so i'm really thankful for this video!

[tayxxmonster]

Just redownloaded Sims 3 for the first time in seven years and it's like the very first time (I'm so sorry Sims 3, 4 isn't even that good). I am excited to download this mod in particular, so thanks for uploading this! I'm currently doing monotonous work so I'm definitely watching this on regular speed for entertainment lol

[michellel]

I've went back to Sims 3 after playing Sims 4 for 5 years. I got Sims 3 in a cheap game shop for £5 and I played for 3 years and had all the packs. Then I moved and I didn't have them anymore. Now I'm going to charity shops and getting all the games back because the game is so much more fun. I play with nraas mods too and it's so much more fun than Sims 4

[nananarc]

it's 2024, and i just return to sims 3 and im so happy to found you!

[adrienbrook]

Thank you so much for this. So many people say that Story Progression is such an amazing mod that you absolutely need but I just never understood why until now. I'm definitely going to use the mod now

[Jessica-nepr]

Ty, this is great! And I think you can fix the issue of a town full of teen parents with Woohooer. In the Try for Baby settings you can set the base chance of autonomous teen TFB and it's success rate. I'm not 100% sure it applies to the whole town, but it seems to.

[broccoliable]

THANK YOUUUU i have 700-800hrs in sims 3 and im finally sick of base game THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH FUN

[KarlSnarks]

17:43 I'm pretty sure that unmodded vampires do age, but at a rate far slower than human sims (5x as slow iirc). Nraas story progression default settings stops them from ageing entirely, and if you turn aging on again they'll age 5 times as slow as human sims. I think there is a setting in Nraas Retuner that lets you shorten their lifespan to human, but I'm not sure exactly how to find it. There's probably also a mod out there that has the same effect

[runningwithlola]

I have been playing The Sims since the original came out in 2000 but TS3 is my favorite.

This is one of the best videos about TS3 that there is. In fact, all your videos are incredibly detailed and helpful. I've already used them to fix a crash issue I was having. I just subscribed to your channel a few days ago and found this vid. THANK YOU so much.

I find the NRAAS options so overwhelming (and the documentation almost assumes that you already understand the jargon) so that I've never really gotten into it. Now I feel like I can start to customize the game the way I want.

I'm so glad I found your channel and that you make these amazing videos!!

[reeceshugrue]

Been wondering how this system worked for ages, never got a chance to really try it because it killed my game's performance in the past... Finally got a new PC and first mod I jumped to get was NRAAS' story progression. Thank you for making this very informative video, this mod does so much more than I expected!

[jordynnjohnsrud]

I go back to this video so many times when I start a new save. It’s so helpful, thank you so much ! 💗

[maddhatterslife]

I watched almost the whole video(after the immigration settings) and then I messed up on the teen pregnancy things so I just downloaded your settings XD. I'm still glad I watched the video though as it helped me understand the mod settings. So thank you!