Maxis strives to support the creativity of our community.
Mods: A blanket term referring to any player-made content for the game-this includes both Custom Content and Game Mods.
For example: a new trait, new console cheats, objects with new functionally, new UI functionality, etc. These Mods may include script code, but not always.
Game Mods: These are Mods that add features or change functionality of the game.
For example: new hair, new clothing, new furniture, etc. Sometimes just referred to in The Sims community as “CC”.
Custom Content: This is the addition of player-made clothing or objects to the game.
Learn about the new disable Mods feature, the Maxis policy towards Mods and how to safely re-enable Mods.