Took me a while, but I finally sourced the mods I use for Late Night gameplay - you can find the rest of my EP lists all linked here under ‘Modpack Lists’ :)
Firstly, an important note about Bridgeport performance & mods:
Bridgeport is a notoriously unreliable town, I personally only got it to load once I had a big mod cleanout, but I know other people haven't had problems with this, so it seems to be luck of the draw tbh - if you're going to be playing in Bridgeport, I'd recommend limiting your mods to the bare essentials as much as possible - make sure you don't have a whole bunch of script mods installed at once, as that appears to be a contributing factor, and uninstalling resource-heavy mods such as NRAAS Storyprogression has helped others as well - anyways, good luck & I hope you're able to get it to work!
And as always, if you have any other suggestions of mods I should add to this list, please let me know!
With that disclaimer out of the way, onto my modpack for Late Night! ⬇️
EllaCharmed's Fixed Bridgeport
I've heard mixed things about the world fixes, but Bridgeport is so buggy I couldn't get it to work no matter what I tried (I think my mods folder is too big) - some people said this fix worked for them and it's worth a try if you're having issues!
NRAAS Overwatch
This mod is an essential in any sims 3 save - but especially in Bridgeport as cars / sims tend to get stuck way more often!
Faster Elevator Moving / Loading
This can help reduce lag in cities with elevators as normally they take an age
LN Camera Fix
This fixes the issue with the camera in high-rises going all over the place when you're in tab mode, and allows you to control it better - it also removes camera drift & increases the camera lower / maximum placement
This mod is incompatible with Aikea Guinea's lower/no drift camera mod - but it has all the same features as that mod, so you can just replace it!
Ani's SimDrinks / 'Get Drunk' Mod / Drunk Walk Version / PhoebeJaySim's Drunk Mod
Gives your sims moodlets / reckless impulsive interactions / mood buffs depending on how much 'juice' they have at the bar, which makes clubbing much more fun imo - the only thing about Ani's mod that's kind of unrealistic is that the moodlets last 24 hours! But for me, the entertainment factor of my sims turning up to work still drunk from the night before is pretty funny, so the length of the moodlet doesn't bother me :P
The 'Drunk Walk' version makes sims walk with the 'pond walk' from Seasons when they have the 'drunk' buff (I'm not sure if seasons is required for this to work, but it might be!)
PhoebeJaySim's Mod is newer and it has quite a few more interactions available!
LazyDuchess's Lot Population Mod
This one is an essential for any town really - but it's especially good in Bridgeport as it means the clubs and so called 'hot spots' actually have other sims in them instead of being completely empty
More Sims in Clubs
You could use this as an alternative to LD's lot population - idk if I'd recommend using them together as it may cause performance issues! It basically means that more sims will show up to party in clubs - making them more realistically populated
New Dance Routines Mod
Adds in new dance interactions for sims, using animations from the sims 4 - sims will do these actions autonomously so it adds in a bit more variety for nightclubs
Subway Charge
Does what it says on the tin, sims now have to pay a variable amount for a subway journey based on their age
Less Space Needed for Sims / playing Bass
Very small fix that reduces routing issues with sims (& specifically issues with playing the bass)
No Stretch 'Children Can' Series
As well as adding a bunch of interactions from other EPs, this mod also allows ur kiddos to play the instruments that come with Late Night, which is my favourite use of this mod (as it makes no sense to me that kids can't learn the piano until they're teenagers!)
Better 'Lifestyle of the Rich & Famous' LTW
Updates this LTW to make the money goal higher and adds in a 5-star celebrity requirement - making it much better for Late Night gameplay
Celebrity Difficulty Mod
Makes becoming a celebrity variably more difficult depending on what version you choose - this also makes the celeb system less annoying as your sims have much less of a chance of accidentially becoming famous
This mod also alters what actions are seen as 'disgraceful', so getting divorced or having a child out of wedlock will no longer make your sim be banished from society
Bouncers want bigger bribes
This list is becoming 'how to make your sims lives harder' but that's just how I like to play my game lol I love a struggle - anyway this mod does what it says on the tin - bouncers want higher bribes so your sim genuinely won't be able to get into an exclusive lounge if they're broke (which makes gameplay much more realistic)
Only Papparazzi / Occult can 'Eat Cake' from Cowplant
This mod is really silly, but I love it because it means you can pop a cowplant outside your celebrity houses to act as a bodyguard against paparazzi - which I think is just a really fun feature bc paps are annoying asf and there's not really another way to protect against them lol
🦇Vampire Mods:🦇
sHoNi's Vampire Overhaul
I personally use Bite, Minor Things and Thirst - it alters some things about vampires that used to be small annoyances for me (eg: you now don't have to ask to bite sims, you can just attack them - which makes much more sense!)
Contains a bunch of new 'personalities' for NPC vampires, this basically makes them a bit more dangerous / impactful to the gameplay of your town as NPCs will convert other sims to be vampires etc
Dead People Don't Glow
This stops vampires having that visual 'glow' override that can look kind of weird and yellow/greenish - this mod has been said to work for some peoples games and not others, I have no idea why that is, but it works for me on the most recent patch! I'd recommend putting it in your 'overrides' folder instead of your main 'packages / mods' folder as that appears to make a difference for some if it's not working
Silent Vampire Run & Powers
Turns off the noise for some of the vampire effects - which can get obnoxious / annoying after a while if you're playing with a main sim who's a vampire
Human lifespan for supernatural sims
Some people love the fact that vampires (and other occults) are basically immortal in TS3 - I'm not one of them as I usually play vampires in households with other human sims and it annoys me that they don't age, this mod makes it so that they live a normal lifespan :)
What If… The Sims 2 was an early 2000s drama movie? Pt. 2
DISCLAIMER: I DON’T support the usage of AI professionally, however it’s really fun to use it to create concepts like these 😭 some of y’all loved pt. 1 so feel free to drop some suggestions if you want more!
What If… The Sims 2 Was An Early 2000s Drama Movie?
I asked that to myself today and did some fake stills related to the lore with the help of Bing AI! Some of these turned out so good (IMO) that I couldn’t help but imagine how a real movie adaptation of The Sims lore would look like 😭