(NEW!) EASY Introduction to Sims 3 NRaas Mods! (Tutorial For Beginners)

[@AnastasiaPastel]

I've been playing sims for over 13 years and never installed mods but I've been thinking about it more lately. So this is very helpful, thank you ❤

[@Rekowcski]

Just take it slow, it can get overwhelming if you install 50 mods then get errors haha

[@NicoleSmith-bl2cb]

Do it!!!! Such a game changer

[@heatherbeck1]

"I like cat's - but let's just put 4 in the whole game" lololol I can relate.

[@wendyyi7715]

I also use the NRaas Traffic mod to change the Traffic Delta so that there are fewer taxis, especially for smaller towns and rural worlds

[@juliusma4880]

I love the relativity mod, which allows you to alter the speed of time, and it also allows you to adjust the speed of skill gain depending on your lifespan, so I won't have my sim skill goes to level 10 within a short period of time when I'm playing on a realistic lifespan (I need to change the pregnancy length to match up via Retuner which requires doing a little Mathematics though)

[@justabout6979]

What do you have your realistic relativity and pregnancy length on right now?

[@juliusma4880]

@@justabout6979 There is an option in Relativity called "Apply Life Span Skill Factor", which adds a factor based on the current life span to all skill gain modifiers when enabled. As for the pregnancy length, it lasts for 9 sim months.

[@crystalmeier6579]

All the years I've played, I've never had the nerve to use these, even though I've wanted to very much. With your information and explanations here, I'm thinking of giving it a go. Thank you for sharing your expertise. ☺

[@Rekowcski]

Just start with 1 at a time, it's nothing big, just a bunch of little things

[@IGenty]

oh yeah same I never have the nerve to use these

[@jhy8212]

I started with a "test" save as was recommended then just exported my settings once I had everything the way I wanted it. It just takes some clicking around and looking. The Nraas forums are very helpful as well 😊

[@Rekowcski]

@@jhy8212 those forums are amazing if you want to do one weird niche specific thing

[@crystalmeier6579]

@@jhy8212 thank you

[@Lauren-ri9uh]

Wow!!! What good timing on my part. Just decided to play Sims 3 again but try it out with mods for the first time. You posted this 6 ours ago (as of this comment)!!! Thank you!

[@thenameiswater2921]

Very nice! I also use almost all of the Woohooer modules to simply expand the number of options for woohoo locations. This makes it a lot easier for my sims to have drunk mistakes with a sim and an oopsie pregnancy, or for my 100 baby challenge matriarchs to corner a sperm donor in a bathroom lol.

[@Rekowcski]

I was thinking of starting 100 baby in the sims 3

[@SlowV6Mustang]

thanks for this, I've logged in about 500 hours into this game and have probably been playing it for 7ish years. I got into a scenario where I want one of my sims to be a vampire but not lose their siren/mermaid traits and stumbled upon all of these nraas mods. Didn't know where to start, but this video cleared things up for me. I'm gonna back up all my saves and try it out.

[@Cutheresmt]

Looove these vidoes and thank you for helping people access these amazing mods! Nraas options changed my life- I love turning off autonomous actions I hate (snowball fights and playing computer games 24/7) and them only happening when I want them to. Literal game changer. Thanks!!

[@ViceCityExtra]

The first unlock teen actions under general (i think?) doesn’t unlock woohoo. It only unlocks teens to be able to do interactions where they drink, like order drink, beer pong etc.

[@Vampirediariefreak]

Thank you so much for that overwatch part. I‘m not new to modding or NRaas but I didn‘t know that I could save all these settings. 😱 Oh my god what a lifesaver! ❤

[@CjplaysYT]

The Recycling Bin😭😭😭😭 Very useful video!! 😎😎

[@Rekowcski]

My bin is full of crap sometimes

[@floridayankee812]

I have been playing Sims 3 for about 2 years now and have over 100 hours of playing time. Last week I finally added some Nraas mods to my game and am trying things out. This video helped a lot. Thank Yoy

[@Rekowcski]

That's great, let me know if you need any help!

[@dietitianmama]

Thank you so much for this refresher. I was using Cindy's settings from a really old video, and the story progression is really fast. Every time i start a new save, my sim can't find a partner because everyone in the world partners up with each other. Totally slipped my mind that the mod was fucking things up.

[@Rekowcski]

I'll do a more advanced one later, but this is usually how I like to set up my saves quickly

[@B-Randall]

Great video, but the only thing you seem to forgot is to let people know to acquire the "Resources.cfg" file and to delete some cache files. It seems like mods won't work without those extra steps.

[@user-nl9mq1ey7d]

"Some people are very new to sims 3" whoa it just occurred to me that there might even be players who weren't even alive when it first came out O.o

[@Rekowcski]

There are teenagers younger than the sims 3 😭

[@user-nl9mq1ey7d]

We are officially no longer young adult sims 😭

[@ViceCityExtra]

For anyone wondering about the version thingy: the version of the mod (whether it is 1.67 or 1.69) doesn’t matter UNLESS the mod is a core mod. Even then, it usually doesn’t matter except if the developer says so. I know for errortrap it DOES matter so get the right version for you, but awesomemod or simler90’s gameplay system it does not matter. The only thing is that if you have the wrong version for those mods that do not matter, it might have a warning message that you can ignore or the game might minimize, but just press the icon on the bar it minimzed to and it will start up anyway.

[@honeybun8107]

You are awesome you explain this perfectly thank you so much you would be surprised how many videos where they dont explain well or talk about everything else instead of the reason for the video but thank you so much 😊

[@Rekowcski]

I hate when I click on a tutorial video and they keep rambling about future channel plans, like sis all I want to know is how to make a shorter foundation for my house 😭

[@TheSoundChronicles]

I couldn't stop laughing throughout the video lol.

[@marielledelaine]

i like how you also have the pleasantview v2 world lol

[@Rekowcski]

its my favourite custom world hahaha

[@tiaplaya3508]

Great job Rek💛

[@yonick6012]

how did you get the mods scripts founds thingy 2:06

[@veerlehond]

Thanks for the explanation! I use a lot of mods, but I'm still often confused about what all the settings do. Just the other week I found out that I accidentally had all my vampires' lifespan set to "immortal". No wonder my townies never died!

[@Rekowcski]

When I started with NRaas, I just added one mod at a time so I wouldn't get overwhelmed. Most people try Story Progression first, but I did returner and register because I'm a control freak haha

[@charbway]

Having same-sex try for baby could be cool if you're roleplaying that your sim is a trans man or if the other sim your woohooing with is a trans man

[@anysimmers8702]

Elder Scrolls honed my modding skills since Morrowind was released. To the point I can't even stand using the modern apps that auto install mods. I'm manually installing everything still😹

[@Rekowcski]

I have been playing world of warcraft for years and I still don't use CurseForge haha

[@mim9000]

Great vid, thanks Rek.

[@IGenty]

oh thank god I needed this so much ty

[@Rekowcski]

Hope u get the hang of it

[@jhy8212]

TIL that you can put your default replacement skin in overrides! Is it safe to do so with an existing save? I'm loving the "Welcome to my desktop" intros, hah!

[@Cutheresmt]

Yes, you can on an existing save... but I found you have to go into CAS and change something (like add an accessory then take it off later) for the mod to work - legit spent HOURS on this until i found a helpful tip in a video by pleasantsims.

[@jhy8212]

@@Cutheresmt yup! I had to do it to 2/4 Sims in my active household, and about 3 or 4 townies for everyone to have the lovely skin i found. Thank you so much for replying and answering my question. Everyone in this community is so kind and helpful! 💙

[@Nat_G01]

Love your video! I'd like for all the sims be the similar age and start families on similar ages, some sims are young adults and have a teen children or others are elders and have toddler children, I there a way go fix that?

[@XsauroxPlayer]

Hi, could you share the exact setup of your documents folder? Your game seems so smooth, I followed your videos but can't get it as smooth as yours

[@amaizinggirlzfairy]

I don’t have override or packages but I’m not new to the sims 3 I had mods before but something happened but it was in my old computer not new one so I need to know if I don’t have override or packages what should I do? I’m lost

[@pauproplayer74]

hey just wanted to ask, I've recently started playing sims 3 again but it keeps crashing every 10 minutes or so and i dont know what to do, ive already tried lowering the graphics and everything but it keeps crashing ! Does anyone know if there's anything that i can like download or something to make it stop? Pd just wanna clarify i dont usually play games on my computer so i dont know sht about how to fix this kind of things :((

[@Rekowcski]

Do you have a discord account? i have an area in my server that dedicated to helping people with sims 3 technical issues. Someone can probably help you there, it's completely free to join discord and my server so let me know.

[@thatstench5242]

I downloaded master controller, debug menu, master controller cheats, and i still dont have the household menu that i used to have when clicking on a house. I just want to open the house to watch what the ai are doing.

[@thatstench5242]

Please help

[@hannahr7761]

So how do we put NRASS into our game? I don’t know how

[@PauLucario]

Hello, I have a question about the way the non-active sims acts in the story progression mod... I know you said to look at this other person's video but it didn't answer my question so I ask here anyway, just in case. I took all story progression modules because I thought that would make them more active and do everything without me having to do anything, but it didn't do what I thought at all. Now they gain skills and get promoted and that's cool but, appart from that, they just don't stop their love affairs their entire life ! They're supposed to be able to do ANYTHING but their only focus is with love affairs ! They focus so much on that stuff that none of them gain any social group thing anymore and it's the same with occult sims, none of them are becoming one even though it is supposed to happen (they even stopped becoming mermaids while they still should !). They only care about getting in love and breaking up just as quickly. Oh, and they just don't stop buying houses. I find that extremely frustrating, especially since families who shouldn't break up end up doing so the moment I start a new game. For example the Goth family in Sunset valley, when I start a new game they will break up just one or two days after the start of the game ! That is NOT supposed to happen since they're supposed to be married and happy and I find that extremely annoying. Is there a way to change that ? Or at least make it so love affairs is not the ONLY damn thing on their mind ! And I haven't even talked about another thing that just frustrates me as well... When the rich family (I don't know its english name) dies, the boy now adult had already left the mansion and is now living in a poor little house when he's supposed to live in a palace. I mean, he WAS living in a palace in the sims 2 open for business expansion pack so the fact that he left luxury isn't realistic at all in my opinion. (same for the goth guy, he left its family mansion as well when we all know he shouldn't) And there's also the fact that, since I am french, the options in the NRAAS menu isn't exactly like yours. It is set up in alphabetical order and, well, almost all of it is translated in french for me so, for example, the "all stories" is right at the top for you but it's at the bottom for me since for me it says "toutes les histoires", so I'm not sure what most of the categories I have even does. Like the immigrant/emmigrant part for example, what even is that ? I don't think that was translated in my language and I don't understand what that is at all. The person in the video you linked only talked about what she changed and nothing more, so there's actually a lot of things she hasn't explained. I have a real trouble finding any explanation. Sorry if that was a lot to read... I am so confused, I don't know what to do with my modules, which ones I should keep and which ones I should remove... I remember hearing that other person say in her video that she don't see a lot of affairs happening and that she wanted more. I'm the opposite, I want less affairs. I want some of course but not every two damn seconds to the point of very solid families breaking up. I want to see Mortimer and Bella end up together without me having to do anything but that just never happen. If they even get to love each other at one point they just end up breaking up a few days later, even if they get married. So yeah, at that point the only thing I like about the Story Progression mod and modules is that they now gain skills and get promoted, but I actually hate everything else about it since they focus so much on love and breaking up that they literally don't do anything else (I guess they do make babies sometimes but it's so rare since they just can't stop breaking up), so is there a way to make it all back to normal without losing the skill and promotion stuff ?

[@Bunnyloverrxoxo]

So, other townies getting jobs keep popping up how do I get rid of that??

[@Rekowcski]

There's a setting in SP called "stories" and if you only select "blood" then the only ones you see will be your family

[@missbilbybadinage1199]

I have the whole of TS3 and Nraas, installed a few at a time to test for compatibility & such, the Cupcake was the one that failed for m (I have correct version).

[@anysimmers8702]

Love to my fellow cat lovers🥰😹

[@bahnahnuh3678]

I am using Mac, can this word for me too? Or do I have to do it differently

[@Rekowcski]

I think the nraas mods work the same on mac, you just install them differently ...Google is your friend

[@maidasenjapermata9732]

Hiii, I want to ask, why do my master controllers in the advanced section only have 3 menus such as edit in CAS, Force Kill and Reset sims? Is it a different version or what?

[@perpetual_epiphany9698]

Yes there is another nrass mod extension you need to download for more options

[@maidasenjapermata9732]

@@perpetual_epiphany9698 oh okay thank you!

[@MileinaJuarez]

I can’t play sims 3 anymore. Never had a problem with origin but they forced the EA app on me and now there always is an error and it can’t launch. I am happy for everyone who can still enjoy the game. I wonder if it’s worth it switching to Steam….

[@nichoneko4554]

How to set import/export settings? Does it affects all Nraas settings? i got tired to constantly configure new setting everytime i play new save.

[@Rekowcski]

I did this exact thing at the end

[@AutumnPeir]

Does anyone have issues with stray pets disappearing before you can interact with them?

[@tobiasrieper3712]

I wish this mod would work in 2024, the modules after being installed correctly in the mod folder never show up in the game

[@theealiennreview6912]

I wish they're was a video on how to download custom worlds on Mac I don't know ugg

[@danielalvarado9019]

…sooo I really don’t need/want this mod.

[@gate8475]

Its like you red my mind because i was thinking about mods in my game. My Nrass is working but mod the sims mods, well, i wanted the lobotomy spa, malibu nightclub, and specially Spring harvest cookbook mod, and its not working. like, theres no more recipes or seeds or anything, and definitely no spa or a nightclub, i do have that CC loader thing installed, but maybe i need more expansion packs or something? i only have base game and high end design stuff. for now. oh and also that one with night traffic, i liked the idea of that, but i dont see anything different happens during the night. oh yes also the weather one, theres also nothing happening. what do you think

[@reyrey5259]

What if I click on my folder and it’s a mods folder in that? I.e I open package folder and I see a mods folder in there. I don’t know which one to put in. I have it in my mods folder that comes with package and override in it already. Is that the right one?😊

[@nicolegerardix3]

subscribing strictly bc i dislike the sims 4

[@Rekowcski]

Ew the sims 4 😫

[@lisa6784]

I have been playing sims 3 for over 10 years and I still don‘t have any mods installed. Don‘t know what it is but somehow my computer doesn‘t acknowledge it as a mod when I put it in the mods folder, no tutorial has ever helped me ugh.. maybe some day

[@thecrow5006]

Do you have the ressorce/recourse. Cfg?

[@lisa6784]

Yeah but I guess I got an outdated one? No idea what the problem is

[@andpeg]

Do you have the overrides and packages folders

[@lisa6784]

@@andpeg where can you get that?

[@andpeg]

@@lisa6784 Modthesims has a already setup mod folder