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.

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). I lost the registration code for The Sims Life Stories can anyone help? I recently found a game that I hadn't loaded on my new laptop and I tried loading it. It asked for a code, and I couldn't find it anywhere. ♡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. Most graphical-related mods will work (such as sim shadow fix or default skin replacements). The stories games are basically alternate versions of The Sims 2 with a different set of content. It highly depends on how the mod is made and what game resources it is designed to work from. 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.

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

The Sims 2 Life Stories

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.

The Sims Life Stories Mods

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.

Sims 2 Life Stories Mods

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 files
  Mar 12, 2020
• Compatible with game version 1.60.54
  Jan 19, 2020
• v1.2.1.0 - Bugfix for game version 1.56.52
  Oct 29, 2019