The Sims 4 Is MUCH Better with Meaningful Stories (roBurky Mod Review)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- I review the features of a Mod that can be a great help toward improving The Sims 4's gameplay, and thus have far-reaching impacts on difficulty and realism. The Meaningful Stories Mod by roBurky adds a bunch of new features to the game's emotions system, making bad moods more likely, reducing the frequency of mood changes, improving traits, and
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I like your mod reviews a lot. Not too in depth, not too superficial. Many simmers do chaotic reviews that doesn't help much to decide. I would like to see more of yours.
Appreciate you telling me Nicolás. I had a tendency to ramble when I started but cut some out, so maybe I have found a bit of a balance. i'm still trying to improve. On this mod, even if you don't like how it is the fact it lets you toggle anything and modify values for certain options, it is so tunable most players who fiddle with it will like it for one thing or another. I think you could put it in just for the change to happy or the satisfaction :)
Gotta agree with Nicolas. As a heavy modder in most games that let me mod, I look at a lot of mod reviews and spotlights. Actual helpful videos are rather rare for some games. Your mod vids (and guide vids) are by far the most helpful for info and decision making.
@@skyesfury8511 Thanks a lot. I'll be looking at Slice of Life and have some Personality Please next time (which may be weeks) but I enjoy mod reviews. This one was particularly hard because most of what's happening is under the hood and related to changing emotions which doesn't make for great footage. Had to get creative.
@@CarlsSimGuides I think what I like the most is that you try to be informative and fair. You state your personal opinion but without interfering with the facts. A lot of mod reviewers don't really review, they "react" to the mods, it's all about show, not info. But your videos are always informative and that stands out because is really needed.
Yes very good and informative
Happiness is crazy in the sim. One time my child was exhausted but i couldn't tell because she was in a nicely decorated area and she died in the pool and honestly i didn't know kids could drown SHIT was scary.
wait they can omg--
She died happy huh
EA needs to hire mod creators straight up
I never heard of something like that. What a shame. But you're right. Many modder do a better jod for free than actual paid EA gamemaker.
Ikr? Edmund Mcmillen is incorporating a very loved and famous Mod to their next Binding of isaac DLC, why can't EA?
@@GrotesqueIy i guess it's just pride or simply they don't give a 💩
EA/Maxis nonsense has no limit. They're just greedy burglars
If they hired the mod creators, EA would just burn them out and they would become the lifeless husks the gurus are during streams.
I think that is a sure way to kill their creativity. I'm pretty sure the devs also have wonderful ideas that get cut due to money issues or executives telling them to dumb down stuff. It happens in anything creative that makes money
Can't even imagine playing the game without this mod in it anymore :) It's honestly a game changer.
Gem it’s literally a game changer lol
I play with roBurky - MeaningfulStories, KS - Slice of Life, PolarBearSims - Personality Please combined....
It's happening again, someone else brought up personality please as well. I've heard of slice of life and need to check it out. So awesome they all work together.
@@CarlsSimGuides You have to be carefull, when you use MCC Woohoo and/or WW with them together - especialy Personality Please...
Sims are Hedonist ... read carfully what PolarBear writes about her Modules ;)
@@CarlsSimGuides But yes they all ad up and change your gamplay.. especialy when you tune some othe things also with smaller mods.
I recommend WW also for the Personality System (you can turn the explicid Stuff of with one switch)
Was just coming to ask if it works with SoL, excited
I just started playing with these mods and it makes a real difference I actually feel like having my sim interact with other sims! But I disabled getting drunk,Wonderland pill and self woohoo not my cup of tea...
Wasn't liking the white/grey colour for Happy until I realised it's like getting Platinum in the sims 2 haha, downloading now!
also iirc that's configurable as well, i.e., you can switch happy to be green and fine to be white
@@Baarogue Searched the pie menu settings, but couldn't find that option.
@@skelhain there is a file you can safely delete check the mod post
I've been using this mod for a while and it's become so standard to me that I sort of forget that the base game moods are broken. If EA is serious about that survey they did a little while ago where they asked about improvements to the base of Sims 4, they should really investigate making something similar to this how moods are handled by default.
I have heard about this mod, I have never used it. Reviews I have accidentally stumbled on tended to be a lot of hype and very little information. I've never been motivated to seek out the creator page and read further on my own. Thank you for making an informative video that actually highlights and discusses key parts of the mod. This explained in a way others have not HOW the mod effects emotions. I'm sure the creator page does as well and will be off to scour that after finishing this review.
Thank you again for being thorough and information driven in your videos, it's very refreshing to watch. Always makes my day when I see you've posted a new video!
Just... wow. How have I missed this one? (probably because everyone's on Patreon and impossible to find unless you know it's there, wish they could all use like Nexus for mods atleast so we could find they exist)
This is such s good point! I just set up DA:O and spent like a day on nexus mods trying to get everything perfect and in order. It's so great to track and know what you have installed! Would love the sims mod community to move over there but I doubt that would happen.
@@thestellarelite I also play DA:O nexus mods are a godsend. It would be so much easier if they could all congredate in the one place
Something like Nraas was/is for The Sims 3. And yes you have a brilliant Idea for that
@@JSandwich13 It's my first time ever playing it I've played Inquisition quite a bit but wanted to go back and start from the beginning. It's way hard though lol
@@thestellarelite it's so much harder than inquisition but it remains my favourite in the series. Maybe because I played it first. Idk
Look at you grow on those editing skills you've been working on! Good for you!
Love your reviews because they're to the point and don't seem biased. Just pure simple 'this is what it is, how it works, and what it does for game play' ❤❤❤❤
Keep up the great work!
This really means a lot to me, thanks Stefanie. I feel like I've picked up quite a few skills the last few videos. I may be overusing a few things but I'm gradually developing a style and figuring out what I like to do. Still got a long way to go but finally feel familiar with these programs... I"m really happy with the fact that if I show a video extra love the community comes to watch it.
@@CarlsSimGuides 😭😭😭 this was so refreshingly honest and pure and my heart is so warm reading this! We love and support you and your growth Carl! I'm excited to keep watching your journey ❤️
@@lolopop12345 When you catch a channel early, someone who's never done any of this and has to learn everything, you're kind of observing their growth. I like sharing that with the people who've supported me. I wish some things could be learned faster, but it's coming together and people are really supportive. Thanks for the comment.
@@CarlsSimGuides and thank you for sharing! Remember: Slow and steady wins the race! Your videos and guides are already spectacular. Even without any fancy editing, we'd still watch/read! ❤️
I agree.best channel ever for sims4
Another good mod that is coming out soon is by Sim Realist called Mortem. It adds realistic deaths.
thelostgirl101 i was thinking about this yesterday when I was playing. Death is pretty random and waits for no one. I haven’t had a single death of anyone besides an elder since I started playing when it came out (aside from me doing it on purpose). People die all the time from falling in the tub, choking, car wrecks, work accidents, etc. It would be sad but would add depth to gameplay to see someone who wasn’t old to get a randomized death every once in awhile.
I love this mod to death and it's so nice to see you talk about it. I would love if you took a look at Personality Please as well, these two mods (and MCCC) are the only mods absolutely couldn't play this game without.
Personality Please makes conversations and interactions so much more interesting by making sims act more autonomously based on their traits and removing the godawful idle chat.
Thx for answering my question, if it does work with MCCC
ALAS AND ALACK, THIS IS STILL BEYOND THE ABILITY OF THE CONSOLE..SIGH. OF COURSE THEY SAID WE COULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE GALLERY FOR YEARS. KEEP HOPE ALIVE!
I was watching some of your older videos. Dude, you have improved so much!!! Like, your editing skills feel more professional. Maybe it's just me, but I feel like your audio/voice has gotten a lot more confident.
I was nervous when I turned on the mic at first, just some kind of instinct. I got a bit more comfortable after a time. Thanks for noticing. I'm trying to learn to edit so that is also nice to hear.
I'm a long time sim player who stopped after the sims 3 due to not having a PC. I'm late but just getting into the sims 4 now. Your videos rock. Your content is concise, your hints of humour are fun, and your pacing is excellent. Keep up the good work, I love it!
Combine this with Have Some Personality Please! to watch some fun conversations play out. :D
Sounds like a fun quickie video!
This is the best combo.
I have heard about this mod alot here and there but never really knew what it did. But after watching your video I'm gonna go and download it immediately when I'm home from work!
Thank you for the great videos and informative reviews. Your super sim videos changed my gameplay, I had no idea all those skill gain buffs existed! I have been using your website for forever. It's always my go to resource for sims info.
Keep making more videos pls and thank you! If you ever stopped making videos I would be a sad camper. :)
👀 This video is making me consider restarting my favorite sims file to have a more in depth story.
I need my stinky hotheaded garbage son angry, darn it! The actual character's emotions are so random, and I was missing that in the Sims. Maybe now I won't have to force him to be a rude baby.
Also I would love to see more mod reviews! I love how in depth you go and it makes sense to my weird brain weasels
There is a funeral mod by BrittPinkie that Rex updates. KawaiiStacie has a graveyard lot trait. Until the funeral mod is fixed, adding Party Anywhere can help choose the right lot for a funeral. I wish Rex would update it because it's really important in my game to honor the dead sims.
Cool, thanks! I'll look into these things. If that funeral mod gets updated be sure and try to get my attention eh?
@@CarlsSimGuides will do!
This video was perfect timing. I just picked up this mod and was wondering if it was worth installing. Now I know that I will. Thank you for the review and all of the other hard work that you do. I never miss any video that you put out. Looking forward for your next video.
I've been reading your guides since sims 3 and me and my friends studied every single guide you released xD i can't explain how heavily you're ingrained into my sims experience and seeing you be at the point where you have a channel and followers and stuff makes me so incredibly happy!!! Thanks so much for who you are
I’d love to hear your thoughts on Slice of Life by Kawaiistacie! Everyone I’ve seen says they either can’t live without it or removed nearly all of it right away. I’m of the second party and found it way too invasive, but it seems like the most popular and in-depth gameplay-changed out there. Thanks for your incredible guides!
Jessica Noé I can see why you found it intense but because Sims without it is like bread with no butter, I prefer very dramatic gameplay with cheating and other types of things
@@renaee_qt oh I fully agree! I've got MCCC, roburky and a ton of other mods installed to keep things interesting. I might give SOL another shot soon. Sims without mods really is unplayable long-term lmao.
For me it was too overwhelming with the constant pop-ups, moodlets, invites, visitors...just so much was happening all at once, that it felt like it lost meaning. (I love Roburky's Meaningful stories though!)
Slice of Life introduces needed gameplay features, but it revolves around moodlets. The sad thing about these moodlets? They don't match the game! They use colored icons, and sometimes the grammar is off.
@@forever_398 this bugs me too! I'd like it better if it blended more seamlessly into the game, but you can always tell what's TS4 and what's SOL.
6:40 Thanks, Carl, I am having a really hard day (no joke) and this really cheered me up :-)
Ok, so I'm kind of excited! I downloaded this mod and was super psyched when my Sims proposal to her noncommittal boyfriend was turned down AND he slapped the ring out of her hand! I've never had a proposal rejected, let alone so violently, so thank you for bringing this mod to my attention. Love it!
You know, I really didn't like the idea of this mod when I first heard of it....and then I found your video. Thank you for providing such a lovely review, I think I'll try it out after all.
Great spotlight. Yet another mod that makes me wish I didn't have the console version of Sims 4.
I can't believe i didn't know about this MOD thank you !!
This really makes me wish that mods were a thing on console....
This is exactly what I have been hunting for when searching various mods out there, and feeling a bit disappointed in some of the most popular I saw. Thanks for reviewing it. I don't read a ton of comments, so I would have missed it.
Excellent review! I mostly build so I don't play with my Sims too terribly much, but when I do, I like to throw this mod into the game, because it makes moods so much more interesting. One of my main gameplay Sims has the Gloomy trait, and if he goes into a Sadness spiral, it's truly tough to get him out of it, which feels more realistic to me, while also adding a much needed layer of challenge to the game. I like that my Sims are "Fine" when they're eating breakfast and don't have these huge creepy grins on their faces, and I like that they can truly have bad days.
Wow thanks I like that you did a mod review, you should do more. I also wanted to try this mod for a long time it's just Idk how this mod worked thanks to you I well be download it definitely 👍😆
Literally just figured out how to use MC again, saw this video, boom, installed. thank you, love playing the sims but the better the better
You're welcome. I am going to play with settings a bit but definitely use it in a LP or 2.
@@CarlsSimGuides love ur videoa
Nice touch editing in Coby's mom eating lemons 🤣 also, good job on this review. I actually feel like I have a decent idea of what this mod does now.
I used a solid color wall and was able to kind of green screen her in. Plus Koby dying of laughter at a funeral. Love this technique and will definitely use it from time to time. Thanks for the feedback - it helps.
This channel has been incredibly helpful. I’ve just started playing the Sims, having wanted to play it since Sims 1 but not having the equipment to, lol. It can be a bit overwhelming, but your instructions are precise and easy to follow. Thanks again.
I've heard of roBurky's stuff before, and it seriously does look like an interesting mod -- especially if you want those emotions to work for you and your storytelling! It's great that they actually make the moods related to the emotional traits stronger -- a very necessary addition! I'm pretty mod-light on my game (MC Commander Center is like it), but perhaps one day I'll give this a whirl. :)
Thank you so much for this video! I got this mod a couple weeks ago and it was overwhelming - now I def feel like I get it and LOVE it.
Check out Bienchen's "Whims Overhaul" mod for a better whim system.
Glad you talked about this mod! Recommend Personality Please next.
Your editing keeps getting better and better with each video!
This is one of my favorite mods, glad you listened to us and tried it
I’d never heard of this mod before but I really want it! I play with Slice of Life and KS’s extra traits, as well as MCCC. This looks like it’d fit in well.
Thanks for sharing this, I did not knew about this mod and it's just amazing, I can't wait to download and use it in my game.
@6:58 I was going to ask at the end if I didn't see it if you could switch it back so that green is happy and white is fine, glad to see you can! I love the idea of making happy harder to come by, I just don't see a reason to switch the colors of it.
I do not have the full "Meaningful Stories" installed, but I do have the "True Happiness" portion of the mod, so I can answer this! In vanilla, the default is "happy" = green and "fine" = white, and it's also the default option on the mod, to switch them requires the appropriate add-on. But because the mod effectively switches their roles, and the boosting moodlets are *hard-coded* to be half green / half the other mood's colour no matter the kind (even with the "Umcomfortable Overhaul" mod, the boosting "uncomfortable" moodlets also appear half green, this cannot be changed unfortunately), if they are not switched, and you have a bunch of "fine" moodlets boosting a true "happy" moodlet, with the moodlet bar collapsed they will all be green, aka you have no way of knowing which is which at a glance. When I installed the mod I also ignored the switcher, but found it confusing, and much easier to work with them switched.
Personally, after the initial strangeness, I like it. Happy being white also reminds me of the "platinum" maximum mood from Sims 2. As a side effect, however, the ghosts' default colour will now be green instead of white, since their colour is dependent on their current mood (not sure if it affects their portaits though). But it reminds me of the Ghostbusters ghost, and I think it's funny, so I don't mind.
I love your Videos, Carl! Thank you for helping me so much with my Sims 4 Gameplay :)
I heard about this mod but never played it! Thank you for this great detailed overview.
Wow this mod makes so much sense! I'm going to have to check it out! Bad mood stacking is so important, the game really needs it!
i really hope ts5 has stuff like this baked in. i like emotions, but also resent them for all the reasons you mentioned, and all the reasons this mod is good.
the Take an angry poop option killed me
This also works pretty well with the "Personality please!" mod but with chingyu's 100 traits v2 mod, it kinda has a wierd drawback... chingyu's mod takes away some immersion by adding a wierd bar for mood skills? I'm not sure what they were thinking I wish they just added that skillset as more of a hidden skillset trait for in-depth but quiet unseeable effect on honing emotions with tiers.
Been using this since the update and it's fine seems to work without any issues (the my wedding stories update)
Bruh, surprised you have less than half a million subscribers. Great content! Love ur voice!
Thanks, Tori! We've grown pretty quickly this past year :)
meaningful stories has been a must have in my game ever since it came out. so glad you discovered it!
Carl: you should check this mod out!
Me that has console: *cries*
It pisses me off that emotions can easily be fixed by just changing values, but developers don't do anything. Yes, we have this mod, but it's supposed to be in a game. Great mod, but I couldn't go to any of my households after playing with it in one sitting. Had to unistall.
I feel for the poor console players who can't use mods. I think any changes to gameplay at this stage should have this level of customization so as not to piss off one type of player or another. I don't know what's coming but I expect we'll get a big patch by Summer (pure speculation on my part).
I'm your new subscriber and already addicted to watching your vids.. ^^ Can I ask you consider to make a youtube playlist for your mod review videos? I want to use as reference for my game!
I'm also very happy and thankful there is always subtitles, I'm still learning English. Thank you! Have a nice day! 🤗
FINALLY! Im unaware of your video release schedule and I was running out of your video's to watch! lol
Hey Karen. I'm a bit behind but usually want to do 8 a month, usually midweek and weekends. Nothing specific as I want to show more love to a topic if it requires it (especially those 20m+ heavily edited videos that aren't simple LPs) but I am finding taking more time on the script and video itself is making it more like 6/month. I always try to do one by sat afternoon-sunday evening. It's chaos lol.
@@CarlsSimGuides Well thank you for making videos! They are very entertaining :)
It's a must-have for me. That + the chemistry and personality systems from Wicked Whims are the only way to have some enjoyment with the lifeless Sims
Wicked whims has some cool extra features, apart from the main aspect of it tbh
:0 ooooooh this is awesome looking!! I gotta check it out. Thanks for the great review!
Hilariously, @ the comment you had about wanting there to be funerals in the game, there's one in the works over here: simrealist.itch.io/mortem-patreon
Their other mods are pretty nice, so I'm excited for its free release.
Man I wish these ideas had been incorporated into the base game... Although it's never too late it feels very unlikely, but I'd sure prefer it to a snow sports pack!
Personally I agree with all of these but it should do something about uncomfortable triggers. You don't get uncomfortable when you're aware you'll have to pee in a few hours, you're just aware and not uncomfortable unless something has been making you wait til you almost burst. Some people skip meals and it doesn't completely ruin them. I found in my plays sims is an annoying battle of "Happy" and "uncomfortable". I would especially love if boosts for moods were based not only on good or bad but their relation to eachother
This should help your bad sims. I felt sorry for him - he was so unstable. Maybe now he wont fall from one mood into the next so easy. But with all the traits he still might ? (Tell us if you test it)Thank you for the info on this mod Carl, i might check it out :)
Even if you don't care about micro-managing emotion, having this mod installed make the game feels way better. You don't even have to go out of your way to look up what does what, and how and why and when.
Have you considered the Slice of Life as well? It centres around adding elements of real life
FYI it works on latest patch and with all Packs installed not just villia
i think that the only change i would do is change the colours of fine and happy. Happy as gray doesnt look as a good thing and is the colour of boredom ingame
Thank you. I appreciate you reviewing this for me.
Sure! I really enjoy mod reviews but haven't got to do very many - I think this is #4 or 5.
@@CarlsSimGuides I really enjoy them. Mods in my opinion are essential to keeping the game fresh and to add the depth the game normally lacks. Sadly there are some mediocre mods that have issues that sound great on paper yet in play aren't so great. And there are some that cause issues that completely wreck the game. I respect your opinion over most so I get excited when you cover mods, especially ones I haven't yet dabbled in. Keep it up.
What is this? Traits actually defining the personality of your sim? When I first played the game, I avoided the hothead trait b.c I thought it was going to make my sim a...well a hot head. When I finally made a sim I wanted to be a hothead, he played just like my happy sims which I found extremely disappointing. Now I just blindly randomize a sims traits b.c I doesn't matter what I pick.
"I just realised I want funerals" agreed
I’ve had this mod for so long I couldn’t remember what it did and forgot how terrible the emotion system is by default
I use meaningful stories and I found this one to edit whims called sonstige on this site I really think you should review it it made my sims whims much less shallow
I installed this mod a couple of days ago and it really makes the game better. I hate how sims are normally happy all the time.
I easily got some hot-headed sims from playing the 100 baby challenge in the game. I had to randomize traits and gotten some hotheaded children. Also everyone seem to get really angry or sad or uncomfortable just because their needs aren’t being met, I’m trying to move out the older kids so I can keep my Matriavh from aging out.
Meaningful Stories is the best gameplay adding mod out there. I don't play without it.
I want to try this out, but the new expansion is coming soon! With my luck, it would bork the heck out.
Does this mean it can be really easy to die from hysteria? Since it boosts so much more/lasts longer?
Actually, it's the opposite. "Fine" moodlets don't make emotions more intense-it only helps them be more "dominant" over negative emotions.
Is there a way to lower/disable death by anger/laughing/etc with this? I use the basemental drugs mod and tend to pick the emotion bomb celebrity quirk. This could easily end a sim over the edge into death by emotion. I really like the idea for gameplay, but... idk. I'm hesitant because of that risk.
I can't play with it. I don't know what it is, but my Sims are constantly Very any emotion. And don't even think about playing an animal lover with animals cuz they'll never be anything other than energized XD My sense of object permanence isn't good enough to fully keep track of moodlets anyway. I'm really happy this mod filled such a sought after niche for the community but with my gamestyle it just seems to swing things into extreme uncontrollable positive emotions?! Just posting in case anyone feels the same 😂😭
Can you try having the max amount of sim roommates and see if it’s even possible to maintain IT? I have been having a hard time with roommates, and tried maxing them, but they all just leave
The problem I have with this mod is that when my Sims are in a bad mood for days I just can't get them out of it no matter what I do unless I cheat
omg, the hysterical moodlet is so annoying. Especially if you don't spot it because you have 8 Sims and then one of them just dies because they were happy they had a child???
Kobe's death count 😂😂 this looks like a great mod
I was trying to kill him in sun then bring the menu up... but the moment he died menu access did too, so I had to reload and bring the menu up again. I decided to leave the "cannot save" screen and his death. Didn't really think about how I sort of killed him twice in this video.
@@CarlsSimGuides we're used to sims dying and being revived for the sake of science! And we love it! 😁
...AND it’s compatible with Legacy! (or did you already say that?)
I'll be honest... I have used Meaninful stories and it's predecessor so long I forgot some of these things were features of the mod, and not base game...
yess!! I love this mod so much.
"... you have to fix something, not just eat a lemon" omg, i love you
I have a problem where my sim is constantly smiling even when i have this mod enabled, can someone help me how do i stop the constant smirk? It is annoying especially when i want to take neutral screenshots of my sim.
Now add have Some Personality, Please! to it and watch the game open up!
Looks like I’ll have to try this out. Has anyone tried this mod in combination with Slice of Life? Do they work well together?
Heads up: there is a funeral mod
It is so shameful that we would have to install a mod to make things right in our games. The fact that TS4 will not incorporate the special things certain modders do just shows me how much TS4 relies on outside sources to fix the game rather than them doing it themselves. When in doubt, mod it out. Tsk, tsk.
I wish very happy made the plumbob white
Any mod to create a style or write biographies?
I had a visual issue when i tried it. A blue square in the avatar picture. Idk why yet
Why does the Sims team leave it up to modders? If a fan can do it with a mod, dev can add it to the base game. So why don’t they?!? They released a game with an emotions system that was only half done. There are so many things modders have done to gameplay that the Sims team should have added themselves. They need to step up.
*Me with the Slice of Life mod* yeah... it's cool... but do sims blush and get periods in this mod? I think not!
Since, of course, I shouldn't mention the amazing gameplay features in SoL, blushing and periods are *obviously* the most important factor in deciding upon the quality of a mod.
Is this similar to Sims 3 story progression mod?
I’ve never experienced all of this over happy emotions and easy to predict sims game play.... Fine, Happy and Very Happy exist already. Looks like a few colors were changed around... but mostly gave negative emotions more power... just not bored enough to appreciate all the bad things mods and cc bring to gameplay... I guess
What bad things? How long have you played TS4?
I brought a laptop to play sims 4, and just sims 4. But since i got the newest content my laptop is lagging. 😢
Unfortunately I have no PC so I can’t take advantage of this mod or any mod. It seems that this mod adds depth to the sims and that’s what the game has been lacking as a whole. I literally need no real reason to create other households because there’s no real in depth change that changes your sims life. Variety is good and that’s what I like about the sims but if I had this mod I think I’ll enjoy this game a lot more because it give depth that the sims really needs. Choosing traits for your sim will be a lot more meaningful.
Meaningful Stories has become so much a part of my play style that like MCCC I only notice it when I'm playing without mods. I really does feel like a natural part of the game. Slice of Life comes close but is not quite as seamless or indispensible. Still, once SoL is tweaked a bit (I remove the autonomous hookups) it integrates well.
It's so damn cool - I really did not know anything about it other than its name thanks to the solid reputation.. it seems like people could almost trade different configurations because of all the options. It's a mod you can mod. Even if you don't like it stock, you can tweak it to find a balance you enjoy. It's incredible, roBurky has implemented some fantastic ideas.
@@CarlsSimGuides Yeah the level of tweakability is one of the things that impresses me. And you can just drop it in and not touch it, if you want, it does't require huge amounts of tweaking like some mods. I don't tweak it much, although I have been thinking of playing with the emotional inertia settings in my next game to see how that goes.