City Living, by far, is one of my most favorite packs–easily top five for sure–but just like many other Sims 4 packs, it could use a few tweaks here and there to make the gameplay experience more enjoyable. If you share the same sentiment, keep reading for some of the most interesting mods for the Sims 4 City Living.
Beginners: If you’re new to installing custom content, check out this step-by-step guide.
While researching the mods for this post, I checked to make sure they were still working and being maintained by the creator, but the status could change at any time. Before downloading any mods, be sure to read the full download post and follow all directions specified by the creator. Mods tend to “break” after patches, so always check the creator’s website for updates.
Navigation:
General Gameplay Improvements
Gaming Enhancements
Autonomy and Other Annoyances
Food, Grocery and Market Stalls
Bug Fixes
Festivals and Sales Tables
Elevators (Mods and Custom Elevators)
Visual and Audio Effects
Outfits
Neighborhood Changes
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General Gameplay Improvements
Carryable Performance Stage plus Sing Songs! by littlemssam
Overrides the performance stage so that sims can place them in their inventory and perform wherever they want.
Visible Political Position Trait by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “visiblepoliticalpositiontrait”
Makes sims’ political position a visible trait in the Simology Panel.
More Followers Resolution for Everyone by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “morefollowersresolutionforeveryone”
Unlocks the “more followers” New Year’s Resolution for sims who are not in the social media career.
Wooden Instruments Disabled by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “woodeninstrumentsdisabled”
Disables the wooden guitar and violin from being used autonomously by sims at the performance stage.
Call and Visit Tweak by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “callandvisittweak”
Offers a higher chance for sims to get invited to opera and karaoke events. Whether or not your sim is invited to city festivals will now be determined by your sim’s mood and preference.
Barfly Karaoke by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “barflykaraoke”
Sims will autonomously sing karaoke at regular bars (if a karaoke machine is present) and their behavior will be more appropriate for the venue.
Gaming Enhancements
Longer Basketball Games by littlemssam
Adds new options to the basketball hoop pie menu for 6 and 9 round basketball and dunk competitions. The original is 3 rounds.
Online Gaming with “Headsets” by littlemssam
Applies a headset to sims playing games online.
Livestream For Everyone Videoconsole by littlemssam
Unlocks the “live stream” interaction on the gaming console for everyone.
Shorter Console Games by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “shorterconsolegames”
Shortens the duration of the online gaming sessions on the console, making it possible for sims to squeeze in a quick game before work or school.
Console Yourself by RVSN
A smaller gaming mat for sims living in not-so-large spaces.
Autonomy and Other Annoyances
No Bubble Blower or Talking Toilet Reactions! by simmytime
Prevents sims from autonomously reacting to bubble blowers and talking toilets.
Less Bubble Blower Coughing by lazarusinashes
Reduces the chance of failure when using the bubble blower.
Watch Speech Tweak by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “watchspeechtweak”
Increases the probability of sims autonomously listening to a speech given at the podium in Uptown.
Food, Grocery and Market Stalls
No Yelling Vendors by lotharihoe
Removes the “show off” interaction from market stalls, cafeteria stations, and craft sales table vendors.
Cook Experimental/Cultural/Jungle Food Without Tasting It First by claudiasharon
Reading these books will allow sims to prepare experimental, cultural, and jungle recipes without having to taste them first.
Cookbooks by littlemssam
Just like the mod above, allows sims to prepare experimental, cultural, and jungle recipes without having to taste them first.
City Living Food Retexture by UtopiaSims
Re-textures all City Living recipes making them visually appealing.
Spice Market – Chili, Curry, Saffron & Wasabi buyable by littlemssam
Makes the City Living spices: chili, curry, saffron, and wasabi purchasable on the PC.
For more food related mods, check out:
Better Quality Food MarketStalls by littlemssam
Food purchased at the market stalls will now be excellent quality.
Market Stalls | Toddler Can Order & More Food Options by littlemssam
Allows toddlers to purchase food from market stalls. Super useful for taking the family out to enjoy San Myshuno’s festivals.
Need family activity inspo for your gameplay families? Check out:
More Grocery Shopping by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “moregroceryshopping”
Adds vegetables, herbs, and other produce that should’ve been included in the produce stalls in San Myshuno.
City Life Ice Snacker by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “citylifeicesnacker”
Randomly generates townies eating ice cream in San Myshuno. Useful if you like having a little variety in the sims walking around town.
Less NPC Market Stall Orders by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “lessNPCmarketstallorders”
NPCs will order food from market stalls less often, leaving room for your sims to place their order and receive their food in a timely fashion.
Bug Fixes
Landlord Text Fix by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “landlordtextfix”
The landlord will no longer tell sims not to call him when he wasn’t needed, during visits where he was actually needed.
Karaoke Duet Filter Fix by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “karaokeduetfilterfix”
Fixes the bug that causes sims to be missing from the karaoke sim picker.
Festivals and Sales Tables
Sell More Self-Made Woodwork at the Flea Market by littlemssam
Allows more woodwork to be sold at the flea market. Items include: garden plant box, garden pot, toilet, bathtub, etc…
Flea Market Appears Every Sunday by littlemssam
Allows the Flea Market to spawn every Sunday. Comes in handy for starving artists and other sims who could benefit from a few extra sales a week.
For gameplay ideas, a few incorporating the Flea Market:
Craft Sale Table Fix by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “craftsalestablefix” or “craftsalestablefix_version2”
Fixes the bug that prevents sold items from disappearing from the sales table.
Thirst Tweak_Festival Tea by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “thirsttweak_festivaltea”
When sims drink Sakura tea at the Romance Festival, they’ll receive an energy boost that should help them stay awake and at the festival longer.
Stop Those Annoying Festival Notifications! by claudiasharon
Disables the notifications for City Living and Snowy Escape festivals.
No Festival Notification by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “nofestivalnotifications”
Just like the mod above, disables the festival notifications for both City Living and Snowy Escape.
No Festival Notification Sound by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “NoFestivalNotificationSound”
Removes the sound from the festivals notifications for both City Living and Snowy Escape.
No Rain During Festivals by lotharihoe
Prevents rainy weather from ruining festivals.
Market Science Retail Stands by RVSN
Custom market stalls and displays that allow sims to sell everything!
Elevators (Mods and Custom Elevators)
Elevator Fix for Toddler & Pets by littlemssam
Allows toddlers and pets to properly use elevators in apartments.
Tiny Elevators For Pets by littlemssam
Custom elevators perfectly sized for pets.
WEE Working Elevators Everywhere by littlemssam
Custom elevators that can be placed anywhere!
Uplifting Elevators by RVSN
Another custom elevator that can be placed on any lot. Including homes!
Visual and Audio Effects
Keyboard Piano Sounds by littlemssam
Changes the keyboard sounds to match the piano’s.
Lot Trait Effects Hider by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “lottraiteffectshider” or “lottraiteffectshiderv2”
Disables lot trait effects, ie: the little light bulbs and plus signs that float over sims’ heads when benefiting from lot traits.
No Karaoke Effects by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “nokaraokeeffects”
Disables the visual effects cased by singing karaoke.
No Festival Call To Action by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “nofestival_calltoaction”
Removes the orange highlights around computers, curry, and tea fountains at festivals.
No Festival Tea Glow by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “nofestivalteaglow”
Disables the glow sims emit after drinking tea from festivals.
No Mural Decay by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “nomuraldecay”
Prevents street murals from decaying.
Outfits
Less Random Hats and Accessories by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “lessrandomhatsandaccessories”
Tones down some of the… interesting outfits that sims tend to spawn in. This mod technically isn’t related the City Living, but it takes care of City Living’s accessories too, so I thought it was worth mentioning.
Situations Outfits Be Gone by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “situationoutfitsbegone”
Tones down the outfits sims tend to spawn for City Living festivals.
Wear Costume Tweak by bienchen
Scroll down to or search for “wearcostumetweak”
Enables a user-directed interaction for sims to wear costumes when attending the Geek Con and Romance festivals, Spooky and Costume parties, as well as bar nights and acting gigs
Neighborhood Changes
Sim Spawn Overhaul by lotharihoe
Completely overhaul’s the walkby system. If seeing Nancy Langraab hanging out in San Myshuno, Willow Creek, and Sulani every. single. day is too much for you, give this mod a try.
BG-Walkby Overhaul by zero
Just like the mod above, completely overhaul’s the walkby system and attempts to keep sims in their home neighborhood.
Keep Sims in their Home Region by kuttoe
Same as the other mods above.
And that’s all for now. I hope you find these mods useful!
-India
For more pack related mods check out the links below:
Must-Have Mods for Sims 4 Parenthood
Must-Have Mods for Sims 4 Seasons
Must-Have Mods for Sims 4 Cottage Living
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