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The Sims 4 PC / Mac: New Update + Patch Notes! (April 7th, 2020)

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The Sims Team has released a brand new Update for The Sims 4 on PC and Mac!

To download the latest version of The Sims 4, simply open your Origin program and if the game doesn’t update automatically, right click on The Sims 4 and select ”Update”.

In case you have Mods or Custom Content, the game will automatically disable them for you after first launching The Sims 4 after the update. To re-enable all your Mods and Custom Content, select the Settings option in the Menu and select Settings. Under the”Other” section you’ll find the ”Enable Custom Content and Mods” option. Check it and restart your game in order for it to take effect!

Patch Notes

Update 04/07/2020 – PC: 1.62.67.1020 / Mac: 1.62.67.1020

Hey Simmers,

We know that times are a bit weird right now, but we’re keeping things as normal as possible over here so we have a few fixes for you all.

Thanks for your continued support, we hope that you all are staying home and staying safe out there.

-SimGuruGnome

FIXES & UPDATES

The Sims 4

  • Improved compatibility with newer macOS releases, refer to FAQ for more details here
  • Made some small visual and functional improvements to the Main Menu.
  • Custom paintings on nearby lots that are taken a picture of from your active lot will now properly flag your lot as custom content when uploading it to the Gallery.
    • So sneaky!
  • We addressed an issue resulting in a “Conflicting Block Cluster” error message that could occur while building, preventing you from being able to draw or move walls.
  • Non-active traited Sims will no longer get the “Not Enough Exercise” tense moodlet.
  • Stair railings will no longer appear incomplete when placed against a half-wall.
  • Whims are once again able to be completed after Travel.
    • Whims are things your Sims want to do, but you don’t have to.
  • You can now safely raise or lower the foundation of The Nookstone lot in Oasis Springs – walls, floors, and furniture will no longer disappear.
  • The Tutorial will no longer lock if your Sim is promoted before you are given the “You Need to Gain Skill to be Promoted” task.

Get Together

  • Fixed a graphic issue that could occur on Mac with some Intel graphics cards that caused plants in Windenburg to appear blocky when in Laptop Mode.
    • So if you are on a Mac, with an intel graphics card, and you are in laptop mode, and you are playing in Windenburg… we got you covered.

City Living

  • Bulldozing 888 Spire Apartment lots should no longer result in error code 123:28b6ee3b.
    • We hope it does not result in error code: 123:456789abcde
      • We are fairly certain it should not result in error code: 8675-309
        • And under no circumstance should error code 42 occur.

Cats & Dogs

  • The male veterinarian coat now has a properly visible ID badge.

Seasons

  • Sims should no longer get the “Chilled” buff when the thermostat is set to warmer.
    • Unless you have a heater that turns on and off repeatedly due to a bad switch in the system, and then when it decides to fail completely, it just ignores input for about 3 hours, and then when you wake up in the morning you have to carry a heavy blanket with you… ah hm… nm.

Get Famous

  • Actor prep tasks will no longer reset on traveling.
    • This is the second travel issue in the game… was it trying to tell us something?

Island Living

  • Beaches are available for weddings.

Discover University

  • Sims living in dorms should no longer receive high bills to live there.

Spa Day

  • The “Take bath with Soaks” and “Take Mud Bath” interactions are once again, once again available on Showertubs.
    • This time we won’t have to remove the fix because of… crosses fingers.

Jungle Adventure

  • Child sims will no longer get a flirty buff after eating Flutterberry.

Realm of Magic

  • Magical Clones will no longer become permanent Sims after traveling.
  • Sims can once again resume writing books when their familiars are active.

Tiny Living Stuff

  • Tiny Home Residential lots added to vacation worlds via The Gallery will now properly convert into rental lots.

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Reticulating splines as a webmaster for Sims Community over the last 11 years. You can find me here writing articles and doing reports on your favorite life sim games, among other things!

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norbert
norbert
5 years ago

I don’t really understand the point of making the custom pictures of custom content flagged as custom content. You don’t need that piece of cc in your game to have the picture. it is nice for cc creators to get the downloads they deserve. this just kinda feels shady to me

EA Critic
EA Critic
5 years ago
Reply to  norbert

100% agree

Kai
Editor
Kai
5 years ago
Reply to  norbert

What if pornographic CC makes into the game of a child? I think that is the reasoning.

Marsha
Marsha
5 years ago
Reply to  Kai

The game is rated T for teen. I see where you’re coming from but children shouldn’t be playing this game. Its just weirdly catered to them.

Marie
Marie
5 years ago
Reply to  Marsha

Teen as in 13 and up, and 13 is still a child..M rating is for 18 and up.

Chiquita
Chiquita
5 years ago
Reply to  Marie

Can y’all fix the issues with vampires? I cant complete either Good vampire or Master vampire aspirations because they reset the days as soon as you travel. Another traveling issue that needs to be dealt with. Its the only pack I have a problem with.

Riley214
Riley214
5 years ago
Reply to  norbert

Totally agree! It is the only way console can get anywhere near “CC” and now they are marking it CC…so now we can’t use it…ThAnKs EA

Jack
Jack
5 years ago
Reply to  norbert

It’s to make sure that no one accidentally downloads an inappropriate or explicit photo

Nikko
Nikko
5 years ago

Now if only they would fix the fact that taking pictures with the cameras lags the game out for a few minutes. An issue that’s been around since Moschino.

Baxtermilo
Baxtermilo
5 years ago
Reply to  Nikko

It completely freezes my game when I do that.

Queenforest
Queenforest
5 years ago

woww im waiting 😉

Adrienne
Adrienne
5 years ago
Reply to  Queenforest

That’s exactly what mine is doing!

Jobsi
Jobsi
5 years ago

Anyone else not able to launch the game on Mac with this new update?

Berrysims
Berrysims
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

yes! me!

Lea
Lea
5 years ago
Reply to  Berrysims

me toooooo

Sasha
Sasha
5 years ago
Reply to  Lea

me too im on pc and recently bought some new packs

jemima
jemima
5 years ago
Reply to  Sasha

i ha the same issue i just reloaded origin reopened it and it worked perfectly fine

s
s
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

me too on pc… disappointed as I’ve recently bought a couple of packs

Therese
Therese
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

Yes me too!

Jess
Jess
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

Same can’t load the game after I updated

M
M
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

Same here… trying to reinstall the game to see if it fixes it.

lupin
lupin
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

me too im trying so hard to find the reason behind this

Davinia
Davinia
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

Me. I restarted origin and everything. Reinstalled all my packs and still my sims will not open. I’m so fed up at this point.

Ann-So
Ann-So
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

Same. Try to repair my game and nothing works

Gwemela
Gwemela
5 years ago
Reply to  Jobsi

Me too!

normanfrockwell
normanfrockwell
5 years ago

it screwed up my whole game,nothing works i don’t know if it’s a mod but my sims don’t show up,the floors are full of question marks,i will try to repair my game and i hope it works

DominicAherwood
DominicAherwood
5 years ago

I’ve got the same issue and dont know what to do!!

DominicAherwood
DominicAherwood
5 years ago

If you have fixed this issue please tell me

normanfrockwell
normanfrockwell
5 years ago

I repaired it and it worked!I hope it works for you too!

Lacy
Lacy
5 years ago

Same! I even took all my mods and cc out of the folder and tried again. Llama error icons everywhere!

TheGamer 17
TheGamer 17
5 years ago

This is happening to me too!

Marisol
Marisol
5 years ago

I hope soon they can fix the camera when taking photos, i miss being able to spin the camera around my sim when taking photos. It’s hard to get the sunset in the background of them when they take a selfie because they always end up facing the wrong way.

Plumbob_PandA15
Plumbob_PandA15
5 years ago

Quote from the patch notes: “This is the second travel issue in the game… was it trying to tell us something?”
Does that mean open world is coming back ( I guess in The Sims 5) ?? Is it just me, who witnessed this as a possible hint???

Taiga-sims
Taiga-sims
5 years ago

no i think they said that because of the coronavirus: like you can’t leave home now or you will have problems.

Kathy
Kathy
5 years ago

Not sure if it’s just me or not but when I open the game, loading page tips don’t show up(it simply says “Loading tips” or something along those lines.), when the main menu pops up, none of the packs(all of them) show up like usual. When I click play(or new game or load game), a loading screen comes on… then the game shuts down.
This all happened after the update. I’ve restarted and everything. 😐

s
s
5 years ago
Reply to  Kathy

mines exactly the same, I’m pissed.

Gabs
Gabs
5 years ago
Reply to  Kathy

This is happening to me as well! It’s frustrating and you’re not alone!

Coie
Coie
5 years ago

In my game my sim will ride her bike inside the spa to get out, and rides her bike in the house to go to the sidewalk.

Ali
Ali
5 years ago

Just downloaded the patch and now a load of my packs are being installed, some saying they’ll take over an hour to download! Has this happened to anyone else?

Ali
Ali
5 years ago
Reply to  Ali

Should have been clearer, they were already installed before the update!

Melanie
Melanie
5 years ago
Reply to  Ali

Glad I’m not the only one this happened to. This is super annoying and if I can’t play I’m going to be disappointed.

berrysims
berrysims
5 years ago

I’m on mac and can’t launch the game at all. Not even without mods or saves. Even after repairing the game.

hi
hi
5 years ago
Reply to  berrysims

same

Ander
Ander
5 years ago
Reply to  berrysims

same, very pissed off

Lene
Lene
5 years ago

I can´t play the sims 4 at all, I have an older mac with a patch updater

Some one please help me, I miss playing it

gloria
gloria
5 years ago
Reply to  Lene

same… i repair my game 5 days ago and now its again not working im really sad

Marie-Soleil Rochon
Marie-Soleil Rochon
5 years ago

The update doesn’t work at all… Since I installed it, I haven’t been able to open the Sims… I hope it will be fixed soon! It’s really not nice.

J
J
5 years ago

There are things that should have been fixed instead of some of these, in my opinion. And I’m going to be absolutely outraged if they do what they did before with the legacy editions, and make it so older computers can’t play, only newer ones. Not everyone can afford a new computer every couple of years, especially new releases or Macs!

Rene
Rene
5 years ago
Reply to  J

To be fair if you have a good quality computer you shouldn’t need to buy a new one that often but I can understand the frustration. It seems plenty of computers nowadays are made not to last longer than five years without needing a new motherboard or something else. I definitely recommend a membership with like geek squad where repairs aren’t as expensive and they even recycle the computer (don’t forget to get your data before doing so). I had this issue last year, literally died on me while at work at the five year mark (it was a gaming computer system and I saved up as it was my first big purchase and brought it as a gift for myself). I think older computers can be used as long as you don’t have too many packs or custom content especially if you have the bare requirements as I’ve seen some people have then experience a lot of lag or memory being eaten up when loaded. But the older ones are limited and TS4 was limited by trying to involve systems that were very old (among other limitations like pushing out a clear mobile game for pc because ea is all about profit and no cares for their gamers and developers/gurus).

Lisa DeFrancesco
Lisa DeFrancesco
5 years ago

Problems here also … I’m on a PC and when I open the game the main menu looks normal. When I load up a save all of my base game worlds are gone! When I try to create a new game the Sim in Create A Sim doesn’t appear and most of the sim traits are empty.

Desiree
Desiree
5 years ago

I can’t even get it to download it tells me there is a location error when attempting to place into my folder – i go to move it into the proper folder and continue and then same error pops up.

– Specifically:
Origin is not able to download The Sims™ 4 to /Applications/The Sims 4.app/Contents/Delta/GP01/Version.ini_DiP_STAGED.

Please check that the location is available or cancel and restart the download to another location.

– i do have an older mac so not sure if this is the issue too? Is anyone else having this issue?

lupin
lupin
5 years ago

now it tells me its unable to start the game
just bought the citizen pack on mac it would be nice to be able to play the game i just bought

Adrienne webb
Adrienne webb
5 years ago

This update is causing my game to not load correctly and then it shuts itself down. I uninstalled and reinstalled origin. What else can I do?

Kristyn
Kristyn
5 years ago

My game is jacked with llamas and question marks everywhere. 🙁

JJ
JJ
5 years ago

Now I’m scared to download this patch from all the comments, I do not know how to repair the game and am always paranoid about losing all progress in my games!

King Papa Legba
King Papa Legba
5 years ago

I wish they fix the crashing on console platforms. I can’t even play with my family or travel to the magic realm without it crashing on Xbox. Sometimes it crashes in build mode and when I save. I’m sick of it.

Rene
Rene
5 years ago

Ok so I’m just going to hold off on updating… I’m seeing several CAS or loading issues that I don’t need. I’m assuming those who are on PC and were able to launch the game but had issues removed their mods and deleted localthumbcache.

DrXtreme80
DrXtreme80
5 years ago

add more Vacation spots, more Go To Work places, Larger amount of decoration items, more food/beverage concepts like “make a pizza”. Lets get some skateboards in these game already. Be able to go back to college as many times as you want. Spiral staircases, Escalators, and perhaps motorized scooters.

Shartke
Shartke
5 years ago

How do u get cc simmers! I have been trying videos and nothing works , mine lending me a hand?¿

Blackberry
Blackberry
5 years ago
Reply to  Shartke

@shartke.. you just download the items you want and cut/paste them into this path:
Documents/Electronic Arts/ when you open Electronic Arts you right click your mouse and choose ‘new’ then Folder.
Name the folder Mods.
Sometimes people have their files in packages so you have to download a program to open them and extract the files. I use WinRar.
Put one cc item/file you’ve downloaded into this Mods folder to test it out and make sure you’re doing it right.

Close everything and start your game.

In the Games start-up page you’ll need to check the box that says ‘show downloads or cc or enable CC’ (I can’t remember what its called)
Go to CAS if you’ve gotten the cc for hair or clothes and see how it looks. If you’ve gotten items for Build/Buy go ingame and load a household you don’t play and check it out.
Usually I click the custom content box in Build/Buy because it only shows cc -making it easy to find everything you want to check out.
Hopefully this is clear, if not maybe someone else has concise instructions.

Natasha
Natasha
5 years ago

What about the issue with the get to work detective career? No matter how many times I try to arrest someone they don’t come back to the police station with me.

Natasha
Natasha
5 years ago

What about the issue with the get to work pack detective career. No matter how many times I try to arrest someone they don’t go back to the police station with me.

Ander
Ander
5 years ago

Unable to start:

Initialization error at start up.

[135dec40:90f690cf:00000075:495f32a0]

that’s what my MAC says whenever i try to open the game.
I taken out all of the CC and Mods and still it won’t work.

Was planning on getting a new expansion but if I can’t even play, what’s the point?

Ander V
Ander V
5 years ago

Unable to start:

Initialization error at start up.

[135dec40:90f690cf:00000075:495f32a0]

that’s what my MAC says whenever i try to open the game.
I taken out all of the CC and Mods and still it won’t work.

Was planning on getting a new expansion but if I can’t even play, what’s the point?

Gloria
Gloria
5 years ago
Reply to  Ander V

u maybe must uninstall the game ik that u will lost everything but when my game was not working 3 month ago i must uninstall sims and all my saves are gone. I have an old mac and i have an legacy version i’m very nervous whats is happening, its quarantine now and sims was my idea when i was bored. I hope that u will repair game fast !
im sorry for my bad english but im from poland 🙁

Eryn noble
Eryn noble
5 years ago

I play on an Xbox I really want cc and mods but I know it’s very hard to get those for us i hope we do and that we don’t have to what also before the update I had a family that had a pregnant teen and it has that little thing to corner In my saved families screen I know that mean cc or mode and it work just fine so does that mean I have a mode or cc in my game please answer my question about the pregnant teen and if Xbox is going to get cc and modes soon

Valentins
Valentins
5 years ago

after the update almost all my packs uninstalled and now the game is not working properly

Gloria
Gloria
5 years ago
Reply to  Valentins

uhhh same

Atreya
Atreya
5 years ago

After reading all of these posts I get a bit scared to install the update. Has anyone here installed the updated without it causing issues to play the game?

I am also disappointed with the choice of flagging paintings as cc. I understand the need if there are indeed people who use it to spread certain types of photos. I wish they would have made some distinction between cc that needs to be installed and saved images. I would like to filter out real cc, but don’t mind painting and photos (the decent kind of pictures of course).

Primavere
Primavere
5 years ago
Reply to  Atreya

Please don’t install the update, for your sake. I don’t know anyone who’s updated it successfully. I did not look up the reactions and now my whole game is screwed up and I am scared what could be lost.

Gwemela
Gwemela
5 years ago
Reply to  Atreya

I am not able to even open the game anymore, since the update………. I am trying to figure out why it is not working, for 2 hours now……..

m
m
5 years ago

i cant connect to the gallery, took out all my mods turned them off. doesnt work. anyone else too?

Greig Ewart
Greig Ewart
5 years ago

I can’t play the game anymore. No mods. When I click “play” on the main menu it takes me to the “Choose a Neighbourhood” screen instead of the neighbourhood i was in – but none of the default neighbourhoods are there only the expansion ones?

Monika
Monika
5 years ago
Reply to  Greig Ewart

Yes me too! Waiting for a reply.

Primavere
Primavere
5 years ago

My game keeps crashing after the update on a 2017 Mac. Can I go an update back??? I am soo pissed at this point!

Veronika
Veronika
5 years ago

Are you seriously ignoring the fact that people who’ve paid big amount of money for all packs etc. are enable to play now?! It has been more than 16 hours and you haven’t said a thing!!!!! Simple: “we know we screwed up and we are working on it” would be just fine.

Millie
Millie
5 years ago

When will the gallery be coming back to people with the deluxe addition?

Joe Swanson
Joe Swanson
5 years ago

Can You guys please fix the glitch where the DLC costs 60$? Thanks.

Vandardoor
Vandardoor
5 years ago

Ps4 has had a update to.

Kamauri freeman
Kamauri freeman
5 years ago

Is there a way console can get a update please

lewis
lewis
5 years ago

I had the same issues, what I did was right click on the sims 4 in my games library and then clicked repair.
It did a download and now its working perfectly, hope this helps

Monika
Monika
5 years ago

Do I have to buy an expansion pack to continue playing? I can’t load my old game since I did the update. I keep getting redirected to a page which requires different types of expansion packs.

Florence
Florence
5 years ago

DO NOT UPDATE your game !
As many of you, my game just keeps crashing (without mods, and yes I repaired it and I have a recent Mac computer) so what are you waiting for EA ? We’ve got a problem !

Patrice
Patrice
5 years ago

Will the issue with CAS where outfit selection (where there are preset outfits) for female sims is saying “nothing to show” (basically) gonna be fixed? All the outfits show up for male sims but not the female outfits

Line
Line
5 years ago

I also have problems launching my game after the update, I just got an initialization error whenever I tried to start it. After repairing my game and removing CC I got it to open, but then all the text in the game menus had disappeared 🙁

Shyla Scharf
Shyla Scharf
5 years ago

I updated and it got rid of 3 days worth of building a home of mine. All that saved data , gone. Thanks Sims.

Marjolijn
Marjolijn
5 years ago

This update really messed my game up! Every time I start the game, it makes a new folder in my documents and plays with that new folder. So I can’t play with my safe files and the game only shows numbers instead of words. What is this??????
(I have a macbook air that’s only 1 year and a half old and I have NEVER had problems before)

PAO
PAO
5 years ago

Unable to start:

Initialization error at start up.

[135dec40:90f690cf:00000075:495f32a0]

I’m on MAC and can’t launch the game.
Already try repairing the game and nothing works

Fix it! Unable to play after this update

Julia emmerich
Julia emmerich
5 years ago

My game has continued to crags several times after updating , ive done everything ive thought i could, what should i do

Meg
Meg
5 years ago

Still got my fingers crossed for sims with disabilities someday 🙂 even so thank you for all of what you create

Vanessa
Vanessa
5 years ago

Since updating on April 7th, my game has been glitching to the point where I can’t even play anymore… don’t know what to do… My sims get stuck on lots, won’t do anything I tell them to do, resetting doesn’t work… HELP!!

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