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The Sims 4 PC & Console: New Update + Patch Notes (July 8th 2020)

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The Sims Team has released a brand new update for The Sims 4 on PC, Mac and Console!

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.” For console players, your game should update automatically however if it doesn’t simply go into the game options and you will be able to update from there.

For PC and Mac users – 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!

via The Sims Forums

Update 07/08/2020
PC: 1.64.84.1020 / Mac: 1.64.84.1220
Console: Version 1.28

Hello Simmers!

We have a small but important update for you to address a couple of critical issues. As well as a “Coming Soon” feature announcement that you can find in The Gallery! We hope you will join in on the fun as we get closer to the 17th! Check out the Gallery for more details!

Happy Simming,
SimGuruGnome Ft. SimGuruRusskii

And now onto the fixes:

Sims 4

  • Fixed an issue with cycling swatch options while using the Numpad + and – keys.
  • Fixed an issue which caused Error 122:324a2e8e to occur.
  • Fixed an issue which caused Error 134:b378c837 to occur.
    • Hello Error 134, was it me you were looking for? I don’t wonder where you are (now) and I don’t wonder what you do (now), I hope you don’t get lonely…
  • Fixed an issue in which when two Households were on Vacation (or one of them were), the messages for Vacation Ending were ambiguous or incorrect.
  • Fixed an issue for Consoles in which the Main Menu became unresponsive when disconnected from The Gallery.
  • Fixed an issue in which if Simmers were offline and they clicked on The Gallery tab or their Profile tab resulted in their contents in My Library would disappear.
    • We turned it off and on again.
  • Made some updates to some of the icons for Off-The-Grid related Moodlets.
  • Fixed an issue in which some floor textures were disappearing if Stilts were put over terrain tiles. Kinda groovy but we had to fix that.
  • Create a Sim asset yfBody_EF18SportStriped_SolidBlueTurquoise has been fixed to avoid clipping with all types of shoes. In the same vein, we fixed a clipping issue when top yfTop_EP03JacketTie_SolidBlueDkBlue is paired with bottom yfBottom_EP02SkirtAsym_Blue (for those who own Get Together and City Living).

Get Together

  • Corrected Residential Lot status of “The Summer Home” Lot in Winderburg. Against all previous evidence, it is actually NOT an Incomplete Lot.

Discover University

  • Fixed an issue in which the game froze when moving to dorms in University of Britechester when giving control to another Sim.
  • The University of Britechester and The Foxbury Institute have now associated some of their Degrees with Freelancer Maker and Civil Designer careers! See you next term Simmers!

Eco Lifestyle

  • Fixed an issue in which the Fabrication sound effect continued playing even after Fabricator had completed its task. Had the Fabricator become sentient… self aware?
  • Sims will now actually receive their inheritance after Marrying within the 7 days as instructed. Marry for love or Simoleons? <insert Telenovela Music>
    Next on Pasión de Simoleones.

    • -”Roberto Alejandro del Valle de la Mancha – I love you, I’m glad we are finally together after numerous Sim days and nights… even at Super Speed 3… it felt like an eternity not being able to tell you about my feelings…”
    • -”Catalina Josefina Martínez Ochoa de la Trinidad, I loved you since you got that phone message saying you had an inheritance coming… my love will be with you always… or at least until my Motherlode cheat stops working and those Simoleons run out…” <looks away>
    • -”Oh Roberto Alejandro… <dramatic embrace>

    Don’t miss our next episode…
    Somebody please stop Russkii.

  • Fixed an issue in which while playing in Low Medium Graphic Settings, doors and windows would not display in Pinecrest Apartments. Where did they go? What secrets have they unveiled?
  • Corrected some terminology related to policies in the Bills and Utilities interface.
  • Fixed an issue in which when zooming in Pinecrest Apartments, you could sometimes see a hole in the ground without textures. Nothing ominous, no… right?

Tiny Living

  • The ‘All Included!’ Lamp With Storage is no more, it has become the ‘Not All Included!’ Lamp Without Storage as our text writer was deceived and the Lamp does not allow a deco slot. Shenanigans!

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Eloise May
Eloise May
5 years ago

I’ve still not got a gallery 🙁

Eric Parker
Eric Parker
5 years ago
Reply to  Eloise May

Should have updated it where Sims don’t do boring chat and also decorated moodlets are all messed up. Can’t get Beautifully decorated moodlet. Far it can go is nicely decorated that’s it

Gillenna
Gillenna
5 years ago
Reply to  Eric Parker

I still have a slund issue it goes all crackly and then the game crashes. Xbox user

Gillenna
Gillenna
5 years ago
Reply to  Gillenna

Sound issue

Candice
Candice
5 years ago
Reply to  Gillenna

Having the same issue still

Michelle
Michelle
5 years ago
Reply to  Gillenna

I have this issue too

Megan
Megan
5 years ago
Reply to  Eric Parker

My pets are still dissapearing on my PC version. They grey out and I can’t call them shortly after booting the game up, Everytime!!!!!

Cait
Cait
5 years ago
Reply to  Eloise May

How about the glitch with get famous? Kinda tired of not being able to go to gigs. Amd what’s with the fire toilet thing?

Kelsi-Lee
Kelsi-Lee
5 years ago
Reply to  Cait

If you’re talking about the glitch where you couldn’t leave your house before a gig or it would stop the gig working that was fixed in a previous patch.

LiLo
LiLo
5 years ago
Reply to  Cait

I have wonder the same thing with the flaming when they pie

Sophia
Sophia
5 years ago
Reply to  Eloise May

Why not?

Emilie
Emilie
5 years ago
Reply to  Eloise May

same here

Joy
Joy
5 years ago

When are y’all fixing the fire when sims use the restroom?

Tracey Pando
Tracey Pando
5 years ago
Reply to  Joy

Isn’t that prank toilet? My was doing it the other day lol

Bluu
Bluu
5 years ago
Reply to  Tracey Pando

Where is sims 5?!?

Clara
Clara
5 years ago
Reply to  Joy

It is VERY surprising and concerning that there is not a single fix for the MAJOR Eco Lifestyle bugs like the fire pee, power consumption, NAP/zoning issues, infinite future cubes/clay, random townies like vampires and celebrities being mentors, junk yard salvage items being un-salvageable, endless “off the grid” notifications, “No Trespass” not working, etc. Those bugs are making the game unplayable, yet they have not been addressed.

Rock
Rock
5 years ago
Reply to  Clara

Yikes, you’re right. Those are some really irritating bugs.

Mouse
Mouse
5 years ago
Reply to  Clara

I never (almost) bmouseuy a pack until they have time to take out the bugs

Mouse
Mouse
5 years ago
Reply to  Mouse

Ugh the comment screen is a big mess on a phone. Keeps slipping around

Dezi
Dezi
5 years ago
Reply to  Clara

Yeah or the one where when the fabrication machine breaks and you fix it the sound of it being broken continues …

Erik
Erik
5 years ago
Reply to  Dezi

Breaks way too often, too. Which is annoying when you invite the one Tinker lady over and she always goes to use your machine, breaks it and/or leaves something half-finished in it. The breaking is the annoyance. It seems at least every other time I try to use it, it breaks or malfunctions in some way. Made me stop using the machine.

Tahirah Senior-Riley
Tahirah Senior-Riley
5 years ago
Reply to  Clara

Also the random future cubes and lumps of clay issue as well as Sims randomly going to make destressing concoctions at the grill?

Helga
Helga
5 years ago
Reply to  Joy

My game completely broke after this update. Textures, sims – all of them are missing. Cannot start new save file. Surely, all mods are off. I wish I didn’t update >_<

Secret
Secret
5 years ago
Reply to  Helga

Yeah you just made go back up all my save data.

Tonje
Tonje
5 years ago
Reply to  Secret

Anyone else have invisible nannies? I hire nanny service: first time they come it’s normal, second time I get a notification that they are there but cannot see anyone. Sometimes food appears on the stove or counter without my sims having cooked, my sims sometimes talk to the nanny but I can’t see or interact with the nanny. Started happening after last update..

Savannah
Savannah
5 years ago
Reply to  Helga

Mine too. I can’t even go into base game worlds, build a sim, or even build a house. Nothing is working and I have 3 of each packs and only shows things from those pacls when i go to build. Am I the only one?

Josianne
Josianne
5 years ago

Thats fix the future cube bug too ???

Malayna
Malayna
5 years ago

Also every time I load into a family my pets are sick !!!

starlaaster
starlaaster
5 years ago
Reply to  Malayna

Do you have any vet items like the machine that makes medicine or anything else a vet might use? My fogs were fine until I bought the machine thinking I’d make my own medication for fun. After that my dogs were constantly getting sick. I think the equipment triggers all near by animals to be sick.

Brenda
Brenda
5 years ago
Reply to  Malayna

I have that problem too but it was that way before the update and new expansion pack. Old bug

Payton
Payton
5 years ago

Thank you for all you do. I appreciate you. But when will you fix the beds in Tiny Living killing you?

Brenda
Brenda
5 years ago
Reply to  Payton

Oh yes, I gave my Sims in a tiny home the Murphy bed and the first time he put it down he died. I won’t use the Murphy bed, no use if they always kill my Sim

sreser
sreser
5 years ago
Reply to  Brenda

upgrade them before use then.

Alice
Alice
5 years ago
Reply to  Brenda

There is a mod for that. Search no more Murphy bed deaths sims 4

Anh-Phi
Anh-Phi
5 years ago
Reply to  Payton

But isn’t that the point of this type of bed ? The risk of it killing your sim ? It’s not a bug

Rock
Rock
5 years ago

Why didn’t they just add a slot to that one lamp? It’s really not that hard lol. Also, what about the missing Eco Lifestyle wallpaper and that triangle window that is obviously broken?

sinner
sinner
5 years ago
Reply to  Rock

exactly changing the name is just lazy ffs

Jeffrey Knight
Jeffrey Knight
5 years ago

I LOVE the Pinecrest apt, but HATE not being able to have things on that Balcony, so I
dont even use it. 🙁

Hollyblue
Hollyblue
5 years ago

Yes can y’all fix the fire in the toilet when the Sims use it and also I’m having with my sims following commands especially with my toddlers I fear I might lose my twins. I keep getting the message take care of your toddler before they get taken away for you. I’m not ready to age them up yet.

Starlaaster
Starlaaster
5 years ago
Reply to  Hollyblue

get the UI cheat. Its better than losing your kids because they arent all angels traits.

Hollyblue
Hollyblue
5 years ago
Reply to  Starlaaster

Thank you.

Hollyblue
Hollyblue
5 years ago
Reply to  Hollyblue

Plus I don’t even have the ECO life because of all the bugs people were saying it had. My game was bug free now I having bugs after bugs. I don’t have that pack so I shouldn’t have issue that pack has..

the dutch retro gamer
the dutch retro gamer
5 years ago

ok

Avi
Avi
5 years ago

My sims randomly whip out a violin or guitar and play. They do this constantly and they don’t even own either instrument. Anyone else?

Hailey
Hailey
5 years ago
Reply to  Avi

That’s been happening to me too!

Tara
Tara
5 years ago
Reply to  Avi

Same! I even changed the guy’s personality thinking maybe it was a glitch there. Impossible to finish anything or build skills

Dee
Dee
5 years ago

My sims can’t accept any invitations to places or events, no matter what I click. It’s really killing the game for me.

Crystal Wolfe
Crystal Wolfe
5 years ago

I just want my sinks to quick disappearing

Elizabeth
Elizabeth
5 years ago

How about the constant crashing??? I’m on console, so this shouldn’t be an issue.

Samantha
Samantha
5 years ago

My sims is refusing to go to work, all tho, I did manage to get one of them to get their butt to work, but other than that when I want them to go to work, they refuse and I end up having to get them to work from home, meaning I’ve to keep them separated from each other and the unemployed sims, busy

Zetta
Zetta
5 years ago

Did they fix the money trash can???

Maxwell
Maxwell
5 years ago
Reply to  Zetta

That is literally the only thing that I want.

Mya
Mya
5 years ago
Reply to  Zetta

Money trash can?!? What’s that about?

Samantha
Samantha
5 years ago

I also have a problem where I can’t make a sim not be the daughter/son of another sim

Samantha
Samantha
5 years ago
Reply to  Samantha

Add to the comment: I’ve had this problem for days

Nichole
Nichole
5 years ago

How about a fix for my pets randomly disappearing?!

Shae
Shae
5 years ago

Every time I try to launch Sims 4 Origin pops up and says there is an update. I click update and it just shuts down. I have restarted my computer I have tried multiple things but it is refusing to download the update and just crashes.
Very Frustrating

Amy
Amy
5 years ago
Reply to  Shae

Same here. No idea what to do.

Alison
Alison
5 years ago
Reply to  Shae

I had this issue, I opened origin instead of trying to play the game and it worked after that.

Nathan
Nathan
5 years ago
Reply to  Shae

Like Alison said I just opened origin itself and let it do it’s thing, then it worked fine

BlackOrchid
BlackOrchid
5 years ago
Reply to  Shae

That may actually be a blessing in disguise, because after I updated MY game it totally ruined it. Can’t even create a sim or see my saved sims on their lots when I go to them.

DrXtreme80
DrXtreme80
5 years ago

and yet still no patch to stop that dumb celebrity walk, hooray for Mods.

Niamh Rhodes
Niamh Rhodes
5 years ago
Reply to  DrXtreme80

You can just turn it off

Chelsie
Chelsie
5 years ago

When will cars be available!!! This is such a need!!!

Moi
Moi
5 years ago
Reply to  Chelsie

No there is not. The game doesn’t even have that many accessible roads, let alone an open world. Why would we need cars?

AK
AK
5 years ago

Why not just add a slot to the lamp?

Emily
Emily
5 years ago

This is all well and good but when is the doctor career getting a look over. I have to turn testing cheats on to debug every patient. I can’t even use the surgery equipment at the higher levels. I love the doctor career but can’t play it please fix these bugs!

Rachel Kelley
Rachel Kelley
5 years ago

How about fix it so that my Sim isn’t trying to make cake constantly or playing with the clay or asking the future cube questions all the time!

symphvny
symphvny
5 years ago

The time showing on the clock and the time in-game are never in sync! Anyone else have this problem?

Bianca Mae
Bianca Mae
5 years ago

I’m not sure if this is fixed yet, but the bug in get to work where all my sims get sick CONSTANTLY! It’s so annoying and tbh the patterns on the skin makes me really anxious and disturbed I have to look away to not throw up. Idk if this happens to other simmers and I’m not trying to be dramatic lol but it’s actually disgusting.

Isabella
Isabella
5 years ago

Umm my toilet is still catching on fire would have liked to see that fixed

London
London
5 years ago

What about when you leave a household while Sims are at work or school when you come back to the game they’re all missing work/school? This has been an issue for me for the longest time and I really wish they would fix it because it ends up affecting my Sims performance at their jobs or their grades. Does anyone else have this issue?

Aly
Aly
5 years ago
Reply to  London

Yep this has been an issue for a while now. Please go “Me Too!” this issue so it can garner more attention! For now, you can try not switching househoulds until everyone goes to sleep or early in the morning.

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-INPUT-Rotational-play-causes-Sims-to-miss-work/td-p/6666706/highlight/false/page/8

Rebecca
Rebecca
5 years ago

What about the dark skin clitch

Aaliyah
Aaliyah
5 years ago

I can’t update my game

TJ
TJ
5 years ago

Hi there! If any Sims 4 devs read this, I got a question: Why does Sims ignore my order cancellations!???!? I cancel an action, Go to bed for example, the action gets crossed out, Sim does go to bed and then they just get up as if waken up or something, while the crossed action glitches and stays at the bottom of the action list. This is super annoying!

Brian
Brian
5 years ago

Dies anyone else’s game keep deleting saves because of the update l, because mine does and it’s really annoying

Ana
Ana
5 years ago

Really hope they fix the cats and dogs going to null soon, it’s getting very annoying

Rosie
Rosie
5 years ago

What about the bug where Sims keep swiping their own furniture and then it disappears 🙁

Genna
Genna
5 years ago

My pets keep disappearing. They vanish from the lot and their profile goes grey. Calling them back doesn’t work. I went into CAS and when I came back they were on the lot again but vanished within a couple minutes. Please fix! So many people are having this issue.

victoria
victoria
5 years ago
Reply to  Genna

Same here!

Ashlea
Ashlea
5 years ago

Please update the acting career glitch for Get Famous. It’s been broken for ages. My sim won’t to to their gigs when it comes time and there’s no option to send them. There should be a button in the career tab to tell them to go to work.

Melissa
Melissa
5 years ago

Please ! I’m begging you to redesign console controls ! It’s plain horrible,sims 3 console controls were beautifully done and I expected the same from sims 4 but it’s unplayable.Sims bustin out had better console controls,I’m an avid simmer and I hate I can’t play the new one.

Robert Sharron
Robert Sharron
5 years ago

Still have a sim that does whatever it wants even though autonomy is turned off.

Tia Riley
Tia Riley
5 years ago

Fixed the random future cubes and lumps of clay issue yet?
Also the Sims randomly going to make destressing concoctions at the grill?

Kiameir
Kiameir
5 years ago

Can y’all plz fix the brown skin plz we don’t not have a gray under tone

Landile tsotsi
Landile tsotsi
5 years ago

9y you please add sims 4 on mobile device we cant all afford Pc and other counsels

Victoria
Victoria
5 years ago

Is there a process regarding the washing machines and drying machines? My simmers’ clothes never seem to dry anymore, or they do dry but my sims can’t put the finished laundry away. They can only put them down on the floor or in the laundry bin or in a machine (but the machines won’t start anyway because the laundry is clean and dry).

Heather
Heather
5 years ago

My plants are not evolving correctly now, nor am I getting credit for them

Lori
Lori
5 years ago

Hopefully my stuff will stop disappering !!!

Nina
Nina
5 years ago

what about the glitch where my eco footprint bar is fully green (or industrial) and it still says neutral?……….

Ashley
Ashley
5 years ago

How about the money trash can?

Michelle
Michelle
5 years ago

In discover university, my sims fail classes for what seems like no real reason – even if I submit perfect papers/presentations, do all hw, always go to class, and study.

Bootsy
Bootsy
5 years ago

since the recent update. my Sims 4 is not working properly at all. My sims from a previous save is no longer visible. I have cleared cache and deleted mods etc to no avail. Even if i go into create a sim mode, the sim can be heard but not seen.
Can anyone help please?

Kolby
Kolby
5 years ago

So… still no access to the eco living apartment patios?

BlackOrchid
BlackOrchid
5 years ago

This latest update has ruined my game. When I try to create a sim it won’t even allow me to click on them. The pointer changes to what looks like a plus sign and I can’t do anything. Then when I go to one of my lots, my sims are either invisible OR there are big bright fluorescent colored squares on my floors where the rugs would be that have question marks on them. At first I thought maybe it was my mods so I took them out and reloaded the game but it’s STILL doing the SAME things. So it isn’t my mods. Wtf happened and how soon will this issue be fixed?

Olivia
Olivia
5 years ago

I’ve been using sims for a roughly a week now and it updated on July 8th 2020 and now it won’t launch, the play button on Origin is unable to be clicked. Any reason why?

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