10 Best New Sims 4 Mods of August 2018

2022-11-09 16:38:09 By : Mr. Dave S.G

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Lightning has been known to shock a sim or two, but for more variety this mod update allows the chance for the power to be knocked out on your sim’s lot during a thunderstorm. Huddled by candle light, your sims will be forced to put the technology away and spend some quality time together while they wait for the power to be turned back on. Power can be shut off from anywhere between three to 24 hours, and all sims on the lot will receive power outage moodlets depending on their personality traits. A new interaction is added allowing your sims to complain about the power outage, and it’s said there is about a one in six chance your sims will lose power during any given storm.

This mod grants a ton of new custom holiday traditions to The Sims 4, which can be found in the holiday tradition selection window of the calendar, meaning The Sims 4 Seasons Expansion is needed for this mod to function. The new holidays include:

This mod is one that is best enjoyed if you have a lot of the expansion and game packs, so make sure you have those before downloading this one for it to be worth your time.

Your sims can now become a postal service worker with this mod that offers the career path with 10 unique levels. Starting from a Storage Room Minion at level one, you can work all the way to level ten as a Post Service Executive for §300/hour. Charisma, Logic, Handiness, and Fitness will be all the skills you’ll need to improve in your sim to rise in the field.

This mod has undergone a total overhaul of The Sims 4 weather systems so there is a lot more realism and variety. This mod of course requires the Seasons expansion, and adds rain in winter, four types of rain showers, simultaneous blizzard and thunderstorms, more unpredictability with weather forecasts, and much more. Clouds and fog also look much better, and a lot of the visuals for weather have been updated for realism.

Your sims better get ready to have their mind blown, because this mod allows alien sims to use mind-control powers to take over the human race. Once downloaded, your alien sim can select the “Conquer the lot!” interaction to send off a communication device with an encrypted message. You sim will laugh maniacally and before you know it the other sims on the lot will start to be abducted by UFOs with a chance for alien pregnancy. Other aliens will start spawning on the lot, and after this event you will start to notice a lot more alien sims walking around your neighborhood. Other improvements include:

This mod requires the Get to Work expansion to function.

This massive and super popular mod last month offers nearly 100 new  traits for the create a sim menu. You can check out the total list in a Google Sheets doc provided by the mod’s creator tucatuc. This is the third overall version of this mod, as a lot of tweaking has to be done to ensure it works properly with no conflicting issues. Since it was released on Aug. 1, the mod has been downloaded on Mod the Sims over 50,000 times, and is sure to add a lot more variability to your game if you are looking for from fresh new sims to make.

There are a few creative jobs for your sim to pursue in The Sims 4, but this mod offers a whole new animator career for your to try out. Starting out as an Animation Intern for Windenburg Studios, your sims will combine their love of art and technology to climb the ranks and become either an Art Director, Animation Director, or Director of Visualizations depending on the track path they choose. In all there are 20 unique career levels across three different tracks.

This super unique mod adds a build to your game that mimics a Mars colony with four buildings all connected through a series of air-proof tunnels. Each house has two bedrooms and can house approximately three to four sims, and has a common area for them all to share with lush grass and lively trees to help them remember what life was like back on their home planet.

If you’re looking to create a chic bohemian apartment or grand marbled office for your sims, then you should definitely download this mod that offers functional sliding doors. They come in two styles that are fully animated, either built into the wall so they slide inward with a futuristic affect, or railed to the wall with metal bars so they look more natural and rustic.

This mod puts a very detailed Microsoft Surface Studio object for purchase in your Sims 4 building menu. Along with the actual desktop it has some accessories including a Surface Dial, Pen, Keyboard, and Mouse. It can be purchased for §8,400 under electronics, offers 10 Focus and 10 Fun, and comes in eight colors including:

For more of the awesome Sims 4 mods, check out our best lists for April, May, June, and July 2018.