The Sims 4 on PC, Mac and Console has received a huge new update ahead of The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle launching on Friday. As well as the usual bug fixes you can find in a patch, this patch has brought a lot of new features to the base game.
To view the full patch notes click here.
New Makeup
The Sims has teamed up with M.A.C Cosmetics to bring a range of new makeup additions to the game. You can check out the overview here.
Ladders
Tired of your Sims using stairs? Why not change them up for
Window & Door Free Placement
You can now finally place windows and doors freely on walls by holding down alt and moving the window/door to the desired location when placing.
No Trespassing
Fed up of Vlad always trying to break in and turn your Sim into a Vampire? Have no fear you can now a variety of options to stop unwelcomed guests from trying to enter your Sims home.
Send Home Interaction
The Send Home interaction is more of a handy tool for players more than anything else especially if you have multiple NPC Sims on your lot as well. Plus it won’t have any impact on your Sims relationship levels either.
Legacy Neighbourhood Tags
Willow Creek, Oasis Springs, Newcrest & Windenburg have had neighbourhood descriptions added to them!
So why not take a trip to Llama Lagoon in Newcrest, Sage Estates in Willow Creek, Acquisition Butte in Oasis Springs or Windslar in Windenburg.
Off-The-Grid
Living Off The Grid has had a lot of updates in this patch which you can find here.
Bills Update
Simply click on your mailbox or cell phone and you can now see a more detailed breakdown of your household bills. You will even be able to store or sell any additional power or water your Sims may have.
You will also notice that many of the in-game objects including walls, floor, fences and columns also bring different gameplay modifiers. These can have an effect on how your Sims household bills and utilities are calculated.
You can turn this off via the Gameplay section of the Options Menu.
Inventory 2.0
Inventory 2.0 is here and it gives you a much more organized and manageable inventory. Gone are the days of constantly searching for that one item in your Sims inventory. With the addition of new filters for both finding items and sorting out your inventory, you will never lose another item again.
Repo Person
Make sure you keep up with paying your bills or you might get a visit from the Repoman.
Firefighters
Your friendly neighbourhood Firefighters have made a return to The Sims 4.
Let us know what you think of today’s update!
Dear @thesims love the thw update but I am having a bit of problems with my plants ans I dont know if it just me or if other pwoplw are experiencing the same as me. Also what is happening is that after I play my plants Disappears after a few sim hours when I hover over where the plant was its still there (in its before planted dorm) and then reappears when it time to harvest the next day. Please does anyone know how to fix this please help.
I updated my game again but No Trespassing option and new Toddler & Child Styles are still not there or working… Anyone else?
I play on PS4 and was looking forward to this patch but after reading all the problems associated with it (crashing when trying to load a Saved Game) all I can say is FORGET IT!! What is it with the developers? Can’t they make this game ever work properly?
You’d think after so many years that this sort of thing would never happen. It’s like they don’t see that they’re probably the least respected game company, which could be totally revamped if they made a few changes and didn’t charge exorbitant prices for virtual items that should’ve been available from the get go. Not to mention the bugs they come with and the fact they have less in them than was available in Sims 3. I’m losing all hope that they’ll make a Sims 5 that is actually decent and offers everything from the get go.
So far no issues with the update, not so sure about the inventory improvement, seems a little glitchy but it seems smoother running otherwise.
I gotta learn to turn off auto updates so I can choose not to if I read horrible reviews. I hope my saved game isn’t gone for good if it is gone. I’m scared to even go on and see because I’m not sure if attempting causes this or if it’s already going to happen no matter what. Am I going to have to wait another month or so for the next update or is the team going to address this? Please respond with at least acknowledgement
Ever since the update, some of the UI got messed up. The holiday traditions stuff is all messed up and also the simology menu. There’s also much more. Including all the UI disappearing after taking photos in the game. What do I do?
where’s the link to download the new patch update
My sims is completely broken after this update. Can’t access the options menu, when i try and play there is no pause/control panel at the bottom. Everything has crashed
So has mine. My game will no longer load without coming up with an error.
do a repair on the game. it helped my game i was missing Newcrest and all my sims turned into plumbobs
I updated my game and I cannot visit the gallery. I can’t control my sims as the user interface is not showing. The only things that are working are manage households and building. HELPPPPP!!!
Hello.. I was just wondering if it can be played without the update and if so how?
i can no longer spin my sims around in cas and i can’t figure out how to get rid of the controls on the screen. Anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it?
I have the same issue. Nothing I do makes it go away :/
CONTROLS ON SCREEN WONT GO AWAY. Its VERY annoying. My pets also magically dissapear now
Hey I just updated the game and a lot of problems have been happening. Firstly: the gallery is all screwed up for me, it shows nothing and just shows up with spammed we’d in the categories. Secondly: sometimes when I get out of Build mode I try to go to another sim and it glitches and removes the whole sim face. Please help if you know what’s happening
After the update I can’t rotate any build items anymore. I’m playing on ps4.
my game isn’t crashes at the play screen
It would be great if this update didn’t cause my game to crash! I was hoping to enjoy this update today but myself and many others are finding the game literally unplayable because we can’t access our save files anymore.
I really hope you manage to fix this ASAP and that no-one ends up losing all their hard work!
hi so i updated my game today but when i started playing i wanted to build and edit my house but it said this trait can only be done in the world and it was unpuased but the little time puase thigy wasnt there and cant do anything help pls
Idk if this has been talked about but how do you get the control UI off the screen. Like there is this list on the right side of my screen and I can’t seem to find where to shut it off. On ps4
Very dissapointing that a makeup brand that tests on animals is now getting money when i buy games. Can sims please take this AWAYYYY?????!!!
The problems I’m having are my moodlets turn blue where I can’t see anything on them, when I go to change my sim’s outfits the categories look really weird like the soccer ball was for sleep, a leash was for athletic and they’re like on top of each other, and then one that just happened this morning was I went to build mode to delete something and when I went back the whole bottom part like where it shows your sim, their needs, moodlets, and all of that was completely gone. I couldn’t even exit my game either, had to reset the whole game, so I didn’t know what to do! :/
Where do I report problems with this update. Cant even play them game I paid for.
Is there some universal issue with this patch? On my ps4 my game keeps crashing and saying: error CE-34878-0 and won’t even get passed the loading screen. And now I’m seeing alot of people are having this issue not just me. I’ve done everything I can but it keeps crashing, very frustrated with this
Why can’t I rotate my sim in create-a-sim on console anymore???
I’m having the same problem. I can’t use my gallary. I used the repair and it still won’t work. I can’t build very good and I usually use the gallery to download a house. So when you can fix it let me know please.
Is the update on the sims 4 legacy edition too?
NanoCan doesn’t give money when used to throw away trash anymore! Is this supossed to happen?