- Sims Life Stories Mods
- The Sims 2 Life Stories
- Sims Life Stories Digital Download
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- Sims 4 Life Stories Mod
- The Sims Life Stories Mods
The Sims Life Stories is the first release in an all-new game series called The Sims Stories. Play through all the great moments of your Sim’s life in this easy-to-play, laptop-friendly version of The Sims. In the new and engaging directed Story mode, you take your Sims through a unique and entertaining storyline full of. This game uses a slightly modified version of the The Sims 2: Bon Voyage engine and most fixes and some mods for it also work here. General information Official Website (EA, archived). ♡Hey Fantacorns! Welcome to a new Sims 4 mod review, today I'm reviewing the Meaningful Stories mod by roBurky! I'm loving how this mod changes your sims emo. The Sims Life Stories is similar to the original Sims game in its basic concept, but also adds some new features that were already seen in the game's console versions. Besides the classic open-ended gaming mode we're all used to, The Sims Life Stories also features the so-called Story mode, with two main stories. Sims Life Stories Mods. The Sims Life Stories is the first game in the The Sims Stories product line, developed by Maxis and EA Games. It was released on February 6, 2007. Free trials of the game are available on certain laptops but they are only playable to the end of chapter 3 in Riley Harlow's story. The Sims Life Stories.
Last updated: v1.2.4.0, 12th March 2020
Working for The Sims 4 v1.69.57, The Snowy Escape Patch, 7th December 2020
Also compatible with The Sims 4 Legacy Edition
Meaningful Stories is a mod pack that redesigns the mood and emotions system of The Sims 4. This collection of changes big and small aims to allow your sims to feel more human, to make the events in their lives feel more meaningful, and to turn managing their lives into a more interesting challenge.
Your sim might get into a depressive rut for days that takes planning and effort and some help from their friends to overcome. Or your sim's creative nature might be filling them with inspiration when they ought to be focused instead, so you send them to work on their novel to get the ideas out of their head. But then something special happens, like a new friend, a promotion, or a first kiss, and they feel truly happy for once, in a way they never have before.
Meaningful Stories is in active development, with an early access preview of upcoming features available for patrons of roBurky
Features
In-game Tutorial - You don't need to read everything on this page to understand the mod! A system of tutorial tip notifications will introduce the features of the mod to you when they are affecting your sims in play.
In-game Settings Menu - Every feature of this mod is optional! If there's any particular thing that doesn't suit your play-style, you can tweak it or turn it off using the in-game settings menu.
To access the menu, click on your active sim, open the 'roBurky' category, choose 'Meaningful Stories'.
Meaningful Moods
With Meaningful Stories, emotions behave in ways that are smarter, subtler, and more varied.
A sim won't be able to flip from intense sadness to intense happiness without passing through the emotions in-between. A nice room and a comfortable seat won't cause a mildly amused sim to laugh themselves to death. And small amounts of discomfort can make a sim more susceptible to negative thoughts.
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Emotional Inertia - Your sim's emotional state will be less predictable but more stable. Changes in mood will be more significant and last longer, and getting your sim to feel the emotion you want can be a little more challenging.
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The emotional inertia feature in Meaningful Stories is an entirely new design when compared with the older stand-alone mod of the same name.
True Happiness - Happiness will no longer be your sims' default state. They will feel truly happy only when something worthy of it happens to them, and it should feel like their life is improved for experiencing it.
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Environment Effects - Artwork and objects with an emotional aura will no longer affect your sim's moods immediately. The effect will be more subtle, building up and falling away over time.
Variable Moodlets - Some sources of emotional moodlet will sometimes give stronger or weaker effects, making your sims' lives a little more unpredictable.
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Planned and upcoming features...
An early access preview of upcoming features is available for patrons of roBurky.
Other features planned or in development include:
- Autonomy Improvements
- Meaningful Memories
- Whim Improvements
- Moodlet Rebalancing
Credits and Thanks
This mod has only been made possible by the continued support of my patrons. Thank you!
Conflicts and Compatibility
- This mod is compatible with both the 32-bit legacy edition and 64-bit regular edition of The Sims 4.
- This mod includes the effects of other mood mods created by roBurky, and those mods should be uninstalled before installing Meaningful Stories.
- This mod has been made to avoid using tuning overrides and has no known incompatibility with mods by other creators.
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Support and Updates
This mod is in continued development, supported by the community.
If you like this mod, you can help it get expanded further and play with new features early by becoming a patron.
To keep informed of updates to the mod, click the 'follow' button on patreon for email alerts. You can also follow roBurky on tumblr and twitter.
To talk about the mod with other players, or get live help with installing or using the mod, join our Discord server.
| Updated | 4 days ago |
| Status | Released |
| Category | Game mod |
| Release date | Feb 07, 2019 |
| Rating | |
| Author | roBurky |
| Links | Patreon, Community |
Install instructions
Extract the contents of the zip file into your 'Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods' folder.
In the game's options menu, on the 'Other' tab, turn on 'custom content' and 'script mods'.
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Development log
- v1.2.4.0 - Bugfixes for installation and settings filesMar 12, 2020
- Compatible with game version 1.60.54Jan 19, 2020
- v1.2.1.0 - Bugfix for game version 1.56.52Oct 29, 2019
| Developers | |
|---|---|
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Publishers | |
| OS X | |
| Engines | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | February 6, 2007 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 13, 2007 |
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Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Sims Life Stories Mods
| The Sims Stories | |
|---|---|
| Subseries of The Sims | |
| The Sims Life Stories | 2007 |
| The Sims Pet Stories | 2007 |
| The Sims Castaway Stories | 2008 |
Key points
- Runs well on low-end hardware, especially laptops and integrated graphics cards.
- This game uses a slightly modified version of the The Sims 2: Bon Voyage engine and most fixes and some mods for it also work here.
General information
- Official Website (EA, archived)
- Official Website (Yahoo, archived)
- Official Website (Aspyr)
- Answer HQ for The Sims series at EA.com
- The Sims Wiki
Availability[edit]
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | SafeDisc v4 DRM[Note 1]. | |||
| Mac App Store |
- SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>TSDataResConfig[Note 2] |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location[edit]
The Sims 2 Life Stories
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%DocumentsElectronic ArtsThe Sims™ Life Stories |
| macOS (OS X) |
Sims Life Stories Digital Download
- The final folder may have a localized name depending on which language you installed the game
Video settings[edit]
Sims Life Hacks
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input settings[edit]
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. |
Audio settings[edit]
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Voices, Sound Effects, Music, Ambient and Audio Quality sliders | |
| Surround sound | 4.0 and 5.1 | |
| Subtitles | No intelligible dialog. All in-game dialog uses the fictional Simlish language. | |
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | Game 'forgets' it does not have the focus when leaving loading screens |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Speech is fictional language called Simlish. Speech is subtitled with generic icons. | |||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Czech | ||||
| Danish | ||||
| Dutch | ||||
| French | ||||
| Finnish | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | ||||
| Norwegian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Swedish |
Issues fixed[edit]
Black Square Under Sim[edit]
| Download Sim Shadow Fix |
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Sims 4 Life Stories Mod
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | |||
| macOS (OS X) | 32-bit only.[3] |
System requirements[edit]
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | 1.4 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | T&L Capable 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum[4] | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.9.5 | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 3 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8800 series AMD Radeon HD 3870 Intel HD Graphics 3000 256 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%,%PROGRAMDATA%, or%WINDIR%might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
The Sims Life Stories Mods
- ↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑MacOS Catalina, 64-bit, 32-bit, and related Questions – Aspyr Support
- ↑The Sims™ 2 Life Stories - Aspyr