SimGurus have shared some very useful Tips when it comes to preventing some of the issues that were brought with The Sims 4’s latest update. They’ve also acknowledged most of the issues that some simmers are experiencing and have noted that they’re working on permantentaly fixing them.
However, it may take a few days / weeks for us to get the hot fix update for The Sims 4. Until then here are some Tips & Tricks for the issues that were caused by the latest update:
Post-patch issues we’ve seen too:
-CC hair won’t change colors
-1st person camera shows inside the head when using Intel Integrated Graphics
-Terrain paint invisible when using Laptop Mode
-Sims related to Father Winter are missing
-Sims aging after CAS if EP6 isn’t installed— SimGuruNick (@SimGuruNick) November 14, 2018
I ran outta characters in my original tweet, but this is one we’ve also seen, thanks so much for the report! 🙂
— SimGuruNick (@SimGuruNick) November 14, 2018
Workaround for the 1st person camera bug where you’re inside the head and see teeth:
-Open the file:
C:Program Files (x86)Origin GamesThe Sims 4GameBinGraphicsRules.sgr
-remove the line that says:
setProp $ConfigGroup EnableSoftwareSkinning true
-save the file, restart game— SimGuruNick (@SimGuruNick) November 14, 2018
Note that using this workaround will likely cause reduced game performance and a choppier frame rate. But that’s why it’s only a workaround, we’ll fix this in a patch soon 🙂
— SimGuruNick (@SimGuruNick) November 14, 2018
And I mean “soon” in the vaguest way possible, because I’m not sure. I really mean soon™ 😂
— SimGuruNick (@SimGuruNick) November 14, 2018
🚨 Heads up – if you’d fathered a child with Father Winter, that Sim will have disappeared when loading your save game following yesterday’s update. You can avoid permanent loss of this Sim by not saving over your existing save file. 🚨
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) November 15, 2018
If you have a save file with a Sim that was fathered by Father Winter, the next game update will restore this lost Sim, as long as you did not overwrite your save file. Here are some suggested options to ensure preserving your Sim for the time being…
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) November 15, 2018
1) Back up your existing saves folder. 2) Use “Save As” instead of “Save” to create a new save file to continue playing for now. Following the next update, you could return to your older save. 3) Play a different save file that doesn’t contain children from Father Winter.
— Graham Nardone (@SimGuruGraham) November 15, 2018
Heads up if you encountered the “Sims related to Father Winter are missing” glitch! Keep in mind that you can always attempt to recover saves via the button in the Load Game menu https://t.co/81oOorEw6N
— SimGuruNick (@SimGuruNick) November 15, 2018
Featured image provided by @HillyMorrison
4 Comments
Bless this post. I’m glad I’m not the only one experiencing this issue.
I miss my terrain paints
At least they know it’s an issue, plus it’s winter in Munich game currently so you can’t see them anyway
This update is simultaneously the best and worst thing they’ve ever done to us
I’ve encountered my feature for the foundation platform to have it is not there. I cannot give the houses I make a foundation platform at all!
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