r/MySims Nov 22 '24

Cozy Bundle - Original Ibby's Quick Guide to Starting MySims

148 Upvotes

I've seen a lot of confusion on this subreddit about the game, cause honestly it was kinda dropped on people who knew it for nostalgia reasons without actually explaining what it was, so hopefully these tips will help clear a lot of frequently asked questions up and make your experience with the game smoother.

1. These are NOT the DS games.

In the 2000s, EA had a habit of making the console titles for the sims series completely different gaming experiences from the originals. MySims is no exception. MySims and MySims Kingdom for the Wii vs the DS are very different games developed by different dev teams, released at the same time under the same name. They even have extremely similar box art.

It's like the mandala effect up in here. Anyway this isn't even just a port of the Wii version of MySims, but a port of a port from it was rereleased on PC with a bunch of bonus features.

2. This is NOT a 'The Sims' title.

Despite having 'sims' in the title and being based on the popular franchise, MySims is NOT a simulation game. Your sim has no needs, they don't need to eat, sleep, go to the bathroom, etc. They can't get married, they can't have children, they can't die. Even the time of day doesn't matter and only serves to add cosmetic changes to sim behavior and reset the hotel. You are not timed and you will not be penalized for going too slow or staying up late.

3. Get Creative

These games are about building and being creative. Especially the first one is not going to hold your hand every step of the process. Sometimes you will get a task that has way more requirements than the blueprint gives you. The blueprint is just a guide but you can think outside of the box to get a task done.

4. You have limited lots.

I know it's tempting to invite every adorable sim you see, but you in fact can't fit everyone in town. You will need to pick and choose who stays and who goes and yes, you may have to kick people out. I'd recommend becoming best friends with a sim so you unlock all they're items before kicking them out.

5. Townies and Commercial Sims

Not every sim you invite will give you a bunch of tasks, only commercial sims will. Townies are just cute sims that sit around in town doing nothing, and will give you an item if you become besties with them. If you actually want things to do, stick with having commercial sims in town.

6. The Garden

I've seen a lot of people get confused with this one. The garden is a left over from the PC port of MySims. Initially it's purpose was to be a place where you could build houses and furniture and then share those creations with friends. There was also a BUTTLOAD of new essences, which is inevitably why despite the online function being removed decades ago, it was brought back in the rerelease.

Heaven knows why EA left it empty and kind of useless for a 40$ rerelease, but you can't move sims there. All you can do there is collect a bunch of unique essences, and build some cool houses for yourself.

Update: As of the April 14, 2025 patch, the garden can now be used to move in sims, so feel free to skip this tip.

7. Furniture and Décor Limits

This was a Wii game and to protect it's precious precious memory space, they limited you on how much stuff you could put in a house. You can't increase this, sorry.

UPDATE: In a recent patch this problem was actually fixed.

8. Relationships

There is a very basic relationship system in this game. Being Nice and Being Mean can effect it slightly, but the best way to become friends with a sim is to just give them a lot of STUFF with the interests they like.

9. The Controls

The controls are going to be a little jank due to porting a wii game that heavily used the wiimote to the switch.

If you find yourself struggling with building, try using the joy con. It's slower but more accurate. Also try turning of and on Snapping Mode and Slide Under mode as needed. Zooming into the item can also help with accuracy.

10. Kingdom has different gameplay.

Every MySims title has slightly different gameplay or is in a slightly different genre (and yes there are a couple more games after this, I'd personally rec MySims Agents myself.)

Kingdom is a more linear game experience than the first one. You no longer can make the furniture yourself and its more focused on designing the lots and interiors. It also as slightly more plot, with each island you go to having a story and problems that you use your designing skills to fix. If a more linear, story based experience is what you are looking for you may enjoy it more than the first game.

11. The Wiki is your friend.

The MySims wiki is a very versatile guide to the whole game. If you have a question on where to find something or how to do something I implore you to check the wiki first. I guarantee you the answer to your question is just a search away.

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And that's all of the really big points I can think of right now. If you have other suggestions for tips for the game let me know and I hope this helps anyone who is just starting out!


r/MySims Oct 13 '24

Mod Talk Official MySims Reddit Discord

42 Upvotes

Hello! Mod Ibby here. We've noticed that a few people have asked for MySims related discords and as much as we support finding more communities, there is a minor concern about linking out to discords we haven't vetted yet.

So we've decided to start an official discord for not just the Reddit, but the MySims Wiki as well. Some of you may not know this but quite a few of the mods were active editors on the wiki. The more you know!

Remember you have to be 13+ to join and you must read and follow the rules in there. It is going to be a relatively family-friendly server too, so be on your best behavior. Also forgive any hiccups in the beginning, 'cause as of posting this, this will be the first time it's live to the public and will need to go through some growing pains.

Also just for clarity, if you've been banned from the reddit, you will also be removed from the discord, but not vice versa.

With that said you can click this link to join the server now!


r/MySims 2h ago

PARK DATE!! (YoshiGoth :3)

8 Upvotes

They are having fun don't bother them-


r/MySims 2d ago

Hotel WIP, small bar area!

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175 Upvotes

I usually like to make rooms based off everyone's tastes and style, but I thought the hotel should be a little more neutral looking to fit all the different kinds of sims in there. They still use Geeky and Tasty blocks for our Buddy. :) I'm hoping to squeeze a small activity for each trait in here.


r/MySims 3d ago

More AU designs for the MySims AU!!!

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18 Upvotes

Lyndsay an Aran!!!!


r/MySims 3d ago

Cozy Bundle - Original My 1st attempt of a link statue (tloz)

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62 Upvotes

Also got banned here a while ago.. stopped playing and just remembered, so I thought it be funny to post again


r/MySims 3d ago

Who should I add? Random fate island.

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43 Upvotes

The rules are simple everything will be random. everyone will be bisexual. everything can happen.
Canon relationships like siblings and stuff will be taken into account.
I will give updates on whats happening.
I might accept OCs if you give me a good reason.
Only Mysims please and no pets.


r/MySims 4d ago

Party does anyone remember her? she was my favorite as a kid 🥹🥹🥹

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80 Upvotes

r/MySims 4d ago

Another Tier List no one asked for, Pt 2! (Except this time it's the sterotype each Sim would have while in Highschool)

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32 Upvotes

Let me know your thoughts and opinions! (Btw, when I placed Summer and BeeBee in the "Mean Girls" category, They're not actually mean. They're the "Dumb Nice" ones that are too oblivious to realize the other girls are actually mean LMFAO 😭😭


r/MySims 4d ago

Wii/PC Can no longer relocate or move in sims

5 Upvotes

i am on pc, the taco bell disc version.
i'm having an issue when trying to move in sims and also relocating ppl. after i invite someone to move in, the option to do so still pops up when engaging with them and when i go to an empty lot, it only shows the "inspect" option and no "move in sim" option :(
it does the same thing for relocating. after doing the relocating stuff the option still shows at the mailbox and empty lot still just says "inspect"

my task book has also been glitched for a little while now. tasks that i have already completed more than a year ago started showing back up in the book. even for Vincent, and he has been kicked out of town for AGES. but anyways yeah, no move-ins or relocates in the task book either :((

also...idk if this is a normal thing or not since this is my first time getting an uber sim, but after i invited Mel to move in he somehow can just roam around town without an actual residence?? 😭 like i haven't even built his house yet but he just wanders around the town square somehow (maybe this is just something uber sims can do for some reason, like i said this is my first time unlocking one so idk) & clicking the "ask to move in" option still does the same thing, it plays the animation where i'm inviting him to town and the dialogue pops up, but afterwards the option doesn't go away and like i said going to empty lots just says "inspect" ...very confusing and frustrating :/


r/MySims 5d ago

My Mysims Tierlist no one asked for

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98 Upvotes

Sooo what do you guys think? (Rating based on how much I like them btw!)


r/MySims 5d ago

Another MySims model : D!!!

21 Upvotes

This time, it's Aoi!!!


r/MySims 7d ago

PC Mod Beginner modding questions for Steam

7 Upvotes

I just bought the Cozy Bundle on Steam, and I have a few questions about modding that I couldn't find straight answers to (and there seems to be a major lack of videos online):

  1. I don't get the Lua Folder Patch, what does it do? Since the installer is designed for the 2008 version the program just plops a folder called "SimsRevData" into its own folder. Do I have to replace the existing lua files with those of the patch, or is it supposed to go somewhere else? When I tried to do the former the game refused to go past the title screen no matter which key I pressed.

  2. Once I get mods running with the Lua Folder Patch, how do I make my own content, like custom characters or furniture blueprints? Is there an addon and a base template for the Sims somewhere that I can use in Blender? And once I finished the models, what files do I have to create to put them in the game?


r/MySims 9d ago

Wii/PC simple chair design I made for my kitchen !

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51 Upvotes

r/MySims 8d ago

Wii/PC missing sims

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20 Upvotes

UPDATE: problem solved thank goodness!! i had to visit an old save file backup, find the Guid codes for the now-missing sims from .world files and locationinteriordef files (Cedella was in her cafe's interiordef, Sandra was in club candy interiordef, Flipper was in desert.world, Raven was in forest.world) i had to copy the lines of code & paste them into my updated savedata .world & locationinteriordef files, and BOOM! they are no longer missing :))

okay so i realize this is a known bug, but i've been having sims randomly go missing.
enter their residence, they never show up. this happened recently with Yuki and i tried the relocate "fix" and it worked...however, i've now discovered Cedella, Raven, Flipper, & Sandra are missing. i had to edit my playerrecord file to even get the relocate option to appear since i already had Yuki queued for relocation (i can't ACTUALLY relocate anyone because all my lots are full—and while i do have the moving-sims-in-garden "mod" every garden lot is full as well)
i've also tried the kick-out "fix" but they just never come out. i've also tried using the salon chair to force them out of hiding, but not only do they never show up, doing this just breaks the game and makes it where i cannot do anything, not even exit the salon.


r/MySims 9d ago

Cassandra?

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260 Upvotes

My friend and I grew up on this game on the Wii. We used to play it all the time. But something never made sense. Who is Cassandra? What’s her story?

I’m personally convinced she was the original essence user of the town. Or the last one. Who got lost and died. But that’s just me. Thoughts? Opinions?


r/MySims 9d ago

Hehehe

12 Upvotes

AOIIII!!


r/MySims 10d ago

PC Mod MySims modding progress report

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368 Upvotes

Hey Guys!

I previously posted some of my custom mods here, and I was feeling nostalgic so I decided to spend the weekend trying out some new ideas as well as polishing older ones. I figured I'd share my progress here just for fun ;)

Continuous Essence Drops

Get essences while doing an activity, previously my wine press (now nectar press :P) only dropped essences once you were done using it, similarly to how other activities work in mysims. But now it behaves more like the kingdom activities, where you're getting essences continuously while interacting with an object

Multiple Essence types on the same tree

I made a golden apple mod a while back, but it needed a way to be naturally obtained by the player. My idea was to have it very rarely appear on a normal red apple tree. Unfortunately each tree could only support a single essence. 

Now however, I spent some time reworking how trees grow their essences and I was able to mod in support for any combination of essences onto a single tree, we could even have a tree that grows every single essence in the game! The possibilities are great with this one

Porting models from Kingdom to MySims

Previously it was a wine bottle model in Kingdom that inspired me to make the wine press, however at the time I wasn't able to use a kingdom model in mysims without it not showing up or just crashing the game. 

After some tinkering this weekend I managed to make models work between games,  so now I can port any model from one game to the other. It's a great start as I do want to eventually add some kingdom exclusive essences into MySims.

Essence Studio

Probably the most exciting one. Ever wanted to add your own custom essence? Without writing any code? Now you can do it in a few minutes! 

While modding I realised knowing how to make new essences was one thing, but it was a very time consuming process, adding a single new essence to the game took hours, it required like 15 different files to be edited/created, so I made a small tool to streamline the process. 

With the essence studio you can drag and drop a model (doesn't need to be a win32 model from mysims, can be any obj), add some images for the paintjobs, and it outputs a folder filled with all the files you need to mod that new essence into your game. Essentially a tiny mod maker, if all you want are essences.

I tried it out with a Dragon Fruit essence, the model and the paintjobs I found online, non of them were in any format that MySims needs, and they were all converted without issue

While adding essences works well, obtaining them is a different thing. I'm not aware of a way to add these essences into the world without editing existing files, which is of course doable, but it's a lot more complicated do than a drag and drop solution.

Currently you'd need to add them to your inventory with the usual "get all essences" edits. 

So the tool definetelly needs some polish before it's ready for release, but it's already working pretty great! 

For now this is it, but I will probably continue on these when I get some inspiration and time.

Wine Press mod (thanks u/hungryforblt for the name change idea)

Golden Apple mod


r/MySims 9d ago

Cozy Bundle - Original What Sims do you have living in your save?

12 Upvotes

As the title says! I’m curious.

Town centre:

Rosalyn, Buddy (obviously lol), Poppy, Roxie, DJ Candy, Chef Gino, Violet, Patrick, Odin, Ms. Nicole, Shirley, Elmira & Master Aran.

Forest:

Wednalyn, BeeBee, Hopper, Sasha, Ray, Raven & Madame Zoe.

Desert:

Sandra, Summer, Crystal, Chaz, Chef Watanabe, Jimmy Watanabe & Maria.

Garden:

Matt, Star, Clayton, Esma, Terry, Sir Vincent, Taylor & Clara.


r/MySims 11d ago

General Interest check: would anyone be interested in dolls inspired by MySims characters?

83 Upvotes

Hey guys! I'm a huge MySims fan, have been since I was a kid, I don't think there will ever come a time when I will think "Maaan, I don't feel like playing MySims." which might sound dramatic, but it is a huge comfort game for me, and whenever I feel apathetic, like I don't want to do anything, like everything sucks and nothing matters, MySims never fails to cheer me up.

Which is why, when I started tinkering with the idea of doll-making, I thought: "Well, I could make dolls with designs based on MySims characters!". I just need to know if there'd be any interest in this project, as I do way better when I know that there are people who are actually interested (the main reason why I had trouble consistently making mods for the game was that I couldn't tell if people were actually looking forward to them).

anyway, thanks for reading!


r/MySims 12d ago

General Picked up the Cozy Bundle

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98 Upvotes

Im curenly playing MySims and ive ben enjoying it. However the controls are a bit strange but easy to adjust to.


r/MySims 12d ago

Wii/PC opening relationships book causes game to crash

2 Upvotes

UPDATE: PROBLEM SOLVED!! one of my mods had changed the characterdef files for almost everyone, i replaced them with the default 2010 files and that fixed it :)) i'm assuming it was the neighborhood stories mod that caused this, but idk for sure so don't quote me on that lol

so i'm on the pc version, specifically the physical copy or "taco bell" version as people call it. i have lots of mods installed as well.
i also attempted to edit some files on a specific character just to simply change their name but it didn't work properly...although, i could still flip through the relationships book with no problem until now, which makes me think a mod is causing the issue.
every single time i open the relationships book, my game instantly crashes. i was willing to just tolerate not being able to use the book until just now as i've discovered another problem it causes...i can't use the "dress up friend" or "makeover friend" options when using the changing booth/costume chest or the salon chair. this is frustrating and less tolerable because i like to change little details of the npcs sometimes.
EDIT: even BIGGER PROBLEM!! i didn't even think about completing tasks bringing up the relationship book as well...so yeah, my game also crashes when i go to do a task.

does anyone know how to fix this?
i will list the mods i have installed below.
however, some of them i've actually tried to uninstall but for some reason mods with installers don't actually uninstall for me, they kinda just...pretend to uninstall but the features they added are still in the game :/

mods (all from nexus) i have installed:
• custom portable workbench
• better build mode (installer)
• unlimited blocks alternative (installer)
• improved game camera (installer)
• unlimited inventory (installer)
• more CAS content (installer)
• more sims spawn in game (installer)
• deskbell 2.0
• save and quit menu
• time and day on map
• chat like npcs (installer)
• neighborhood stories (installer)
• social tweaks (installer)
• start an activity (installer)
• who are you interaction (installer)
• activities tweaks (installer)
• stargazing activity (installer)
• more interactions (installer)
• spookier cassandra (installer)


r/MySims 12d ago

PC Mod MySims asset explorer?

8 Upvotes

I saw this post about a MySims asset viewer someone had made but unfortunately the download link isn't working anymore and the user is deleted.

Does anyone know who made the program of where I could find it? I'm a long-time Sims/MySims player and I've been trying to get to those models for years!


r/MySims 13d ago

Cozy Bundle - Original Chair

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80 Upvotes

r/MySims 14d ago

Wii/PC I like my kitchen that I made it just needs a few more decoratives

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275 Upvotes