The Sims Team has released a brand new Update for The Sims 4 on PC, Mac and Consoles!
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 9/3/2020
PC: 1.66.139.1020 / Mac: 1.66.139.1220
Console: Version 1.31Hello Simmers!
We are super excited for the upcoming release of The Sims™ 4 Star Wars™: Journey to Batuu, so today we have an important update for you to address a couple of critical issues as well as a few updates to some existing features.
Have your Sims ever dreamed of a jungle-themed wedding escapade? Or a quiet yet elegant wedding in the woods? Sims can now elope in any of the Destination Worlds. Picture this… a warm sunny day in Selvadorada, your Sim and their loved one accompanied by the bustling sounds of Puerto Llamante… it is like the best premise for one of Russkii’s telenovelas.
Besides letting… I mean, encouraging Sims to elope to Destination Worlds, we have made windows a little more dynamic if you will. You can now place windows by stacking them above each other without the use of the bb.moveobjects cheat. Which may seem small but we hope builders enjoy this addition!
For Playstation 4 players, we checked around and we found some additional memory. This should help those Simmers who were unfortunate enough to crash during travel and transitioning in and out of Build Buy on some of their more built-up saves.
Last but not least, we have also made a change for PC and Mac in which there will be a new folder auto-generated in DocumentsElectronic ArtsThe Sims 4 called “ConfigOverride”. Inside this folder, players can place a copy of Default.ini, GraphicsCards.sgr, and/or GraphicsRules.sgr which will override these files where the game is located. So, if you edited these files before, you can now edit them in the new folder.
Happy Simming,
-SimGuruRomeo Ft. SimGuruRusskii
Now onto the fixes:
Sims 4
- Mouse hovering over purchased traits will no longer display the text “Not available for Robots.” We understand that Robots are sentient beings, but unfortunately, these traits are not robot compliant.
- Fixed an issue in which Lots with applied Terrain Manipulation were being placed backwards when downloaded from The Gallery. Where’s the door? Is this the front or the back? Order has been restored at last.
- Fixed an issue in which Terrain Paint did not apply correctly under trees or foundations.
- The UI team did some housekeeping and have fixed some background stretching happening in career panels.
- Blinking shadows no longer appear when placing windows in basement levels that are of the same variant. I do admit that was a bit spooky, not the time windows… not the time.
- Color swatches for Build Mode item “Large Dancing Water Emitter” have been fixed.
- Staircases will no longer get cut through trims when there is no landing. Safety first!
Discover University
- Some flowers and trees in Gibbs Hill will no longer appear to be floating as Sims walk by. To be honest, the idea of floating flora is quite appealing to me.
Eco Lifestyle
- Civil Designer Sims will no longer come home after work wearing random footwear. I’m all for putting your feet up after work, but switching footwear in the middle of things and coming home from work in a completely different state as you went out, is kinda suspicious.
- Fixed an issue that caused some color swatch glitches on Civil Designer outfits.
Realm of Magic
- Fixed an issue with thumbnails generated in The Gallery for Toddlers that generated not only their Sim form but also included their Spellcaster form. We can only contain the cuteness so much!
Nifty Knitting
- What’s that? Did you still hear the sounds of knitting when cancelling knitting interactions? <singsongy voice> Not a problem anymore.
- Fixed an issue with asset cfHair_SP17LocsLong that made it display all adult color swatches.
Ever since the update my gallery hasn’t been working. Its showing a red cross and when I click on it, it says item not found. I’ve repaired it, deleted it, removed all my mods, all my expansion packs and still isn’t working!!! Does anyone know what to do??
My windows and doors are also not working! It’s very annoying and happens everytime they update!
Well this sounds like it has some fun features! Unfortunately, my game won’t run since the update. I open it up just to get an error message saying to relaunch the game. I have mods, so I checked those, updated or deleted any out of date or broken ones, and I still get the error message. Last Exceptions keeps saying it’s something with the attributes. Already tried repairing the game in origin, too. Sooo….. I guess I have to wait until the next update and hope that unbreaks the game??
My game keeps crashing every 5 minutes ever since updating the game. Help!!
Ugh! I’m also having issues after this “update”. I can’t play for more than about five minutes before my game completely freezes and I have to do a hard shut down. I guess I won’t be playing until they patch the patch.
* I do NOT have any mods or CC in my game.
My game crashes without fail after about 10 minutes of playing, no matter what I do in-game. It crashes faster if i’m in Build/Buy. First the windows/doors, now this! SMH
are you ever gonna fix the broken parenting commands?
Still haven’t been able to accept NPC invitations!
Could we fix the icon for the babies. All it shows is their legs/feet.
Silly Puddie and Future Cube is still going on, talk about wild
same! I get about 16 added to my inventory every sim hour. Makes me loads of cash but super annoying.
so i guess in the new star wars game they’ll have it so a sims inventory gets loaded with light sabers, hooray
I’m having CC issues now with this update. I’ve re-downloaded all my Maxis Match CC windows and doors, removed all mods, yet on the house, you can see the outline but the glass bit is gone! They still function but ascetically look terrible! I’m fed up of updates breaking things more!
This has been my experience too although on console instead. Every time the game is working fine and all is well they release an update that ruins it and causes crashes and issues that didn’t exist before. Crazy frustrating.
OMG ALL OF MY WINDOWS AND DOORS WON’T WORK!!
It’s broken my game
Such a small update causing big problems.
Anyone getting an error in the game saying: the game cannot be loaded; relaunch the game? It says each one of the mods and cc that I use is broken with BetterException. Help. 🙁
I haven’t updated but since cc windows and doors are broken it’s best to start with that (and remove all mods too). Try removing custom windows and doors if you have. And delete the localthumb file. Then try to load it again.
I just updated today and a bunch of the Nifty knitting items are missing is anyone else experiencing this?
& no fixes for glitches like sim constantly wanting to do push-ups,practice programming & baking a cake or getting a cheese platter out.Also,items are still being stolen even though the Sharing is Caring NAP isn’t on in every town! Also,my fully grown cow plant is invisible 🙁
Game keeps crashing after maybe 5 minutes of game play, if i even get to play for that long. It seems as though I’m not the only one thats had this issue since the last update for this month. Several have said we should have the option for whether or not to update the game-that definitely needs to happen. I didnt need an update, my game worked perfectly, but now its junk.
CC doors and windows not functioning after this update!
My game is crashing every time i go to build in Glimmerbrook post Star Wars update.
I’m on PS4 and the game crashes every time I try to load into my save. I’ve tried EVERY single trouble shoot and did not start experiencing this until today. I downloaded Tiny Living and Perfect Patio yesterday and now it’s happened today. Please help I can’t even load into a game to play.
I think its a problem for all formats the game is played on. I play on pc and have done the origin repair game which people online suggest and its still the same I do not have any mods in my game but I have many of the expansion packs and stuff packs. I think its a major problem for players and EA needs to sort it out as soon as possible. My game crashes and takes me back to my desktop. I have also done many things it suggest online to fix the problem but none of them work.
After this update cc doors and windows are broken, game freezes, floors have a strange shine to them, game sometimes crashes when travelling, lots of glitches. All for a new game pack that I do not want!
Can we not be given the ability to roll back to a previous update or refuse any new updates that we do not require?
Any idea when the RB button issue on Xbox will be fixed? I keep asking here & on Twitter but never get a response. It’s beyond frustrating having to reload the entire game every time I want to edit employee outfits on restaurants & vet clinics because the RB button stops working. :/
Ever since my sims have been updated, it keeps crashing/closing unexpectedly. Even better, it won’t let me even load my game without closing! I even took my mods folder out and still got the same results. I just hope they resolve this as soon as.
Since this update the game keep closing in the middle of playthrough I can only play for a couple minutes and crash and close out
Ever since the update my game keeps crashing after like a 5 min game play. I’ve already kept taking out mods and updating them, but no dice. Is there gonna be a new update soon to fix this?
This fixed absolutely nothing !!
Since the update my game crashes whenever I go out into public, sometimes it’s within minutes, sometimes I can play for quite a bit before it goes, but it’s always a CTD. All mods are updated, the ones that aren’t were removed, still, no luck here…
Wish they would do a fix so when babies born to married couples take their fathers surname automatically and also when sims get married, why don’t they take their partners surname? Keep having to change the names in CAS so my sim families can have the same surname!
After the update, my game keeps crashing frequently, it isn’t due to any mods because I didn’t have them on. But even so it keeps crashing for me.
Update broke the game. Cool. Nice way to promote for the game pack if we can’t even play base game. Game crashes to desktop for no reason after 10-15 minutes of playtime in live mode.
ULIMATE FAIL….games crashes and closes after 5 minutes of play…good try on the Stars Wars thing
i can’t update my game i’ve done everything it wont update! can someone help me please?
It started with my Sim being unable to knit, no matter where why were. Suddenly, the game began to glitch, needing a hard reboot every time. Game is unplayable until the patch is patched.
Any time my sims interact with each other the game crashes and exits.. update ruined gameplay
cc doors and windows don’t work anymore now they end up dissepaeting and only being able to see the outline .Please fix this so then me and other cc builders can get back to creating and building
Mine to i have no cc windows or doors just frames like wtf and we updated EVERY mod that we have on the game so i need them to fix the shit that they messed for wack ass stars wars that nobody asked for
The exact same thing is happening to me
I don’t know if this is just me but for some reason, all my furniture keeps on disappearing especially the counters and dining tables, it’s so annoying
After the recent patch update, my game just shuts down, no error message whatsoever, just straight to desktop, after a minute or two of live gameplay.
Is it me or does the create a sim have way less options for customization since the update? There’s no body types to choose from or anything. Ugh!
Cannot place cc doors or windows.
same
SAME HERE!!
Same!!!
my game isn’t working anymore!! when i open it it just crashes!! please someone help me!!
also i deleted all my mods and its still happening
Game keeps crashing even with the basic updated mods (ui cheats and command center). This is so frustrating!
Updated with the newest patch. Items I find in the dumpster keep disappearing and my game just crashes after about 2 mins of playing
After the patch, I lost music and sound. just could hear the effects from the mouse. shut down and restarted everything, just to see what would happen, no difference. I didn’t play the game long enough yet to see if it will crash, but it probably will if that is what others are experiencing.
My game is pretty much unplayable. The icons at the bottom of the screen are out of place, and anytime a notification comes up it’s messed up and on odd places of the screen with no way to close out of them.
Same!
Nice update – now I can’t travel anywhere without it crashing. PS4 version Patch 1.31 loaded yesterday afternoon and now the game is unplayable. Please fix.
thought I was the only one who’s game kept crashing within 5 minutes of playing the game after the update, but a lot of people are having the same problem. so I’m glad but not glad at the same time…?
thought it was a mod but I took out all the mods except for just the WickedWhims file (which I just updated to the most recent one on 9/4) and it’s still crashing
Interesting, when I updated wicked whims my game stopped crashing.
My game wont even load past origin unless im on 32 bit Legacy Mode and all my families and cc are gone!! I tried to play with no cc and the game crashes. ;( Ive tried everything. I just wanted to play a little sims before virtual teaching starts back up tomorrow. Help this struggling Pre K teachers aide. :'(
I have a HP gaming Pavilion Laptop with a Geforce GTX anyone know how to fix this.
I can no longer place custom content windows onto my walls? Like the wall doesn’t disappear where the window should appear to see through. I watched a youtuber called Carmen King and hers does the exact same thing. Not like you guys will read the comments on here anyways, because you never listen to your audience, but I thought I would just state my issues anyways.
I just want to throw the whole Sims 4 game away at this point. I hate these patch updates because it cause more problems then it’s worth. If you don’t update then you still will have glitches. I have to use
I, too, am experiencing this issue 🙁 I do have CC in my game, if that is a contributing factor. I had been playing before no problem up until today. Was playing for about 2 solid hours before it crashed on me. Restarted and spent some time in CAS and Build/Buy – finally went to play and crashed. Halp
Everytime I open the game there’s no faces on all the Sims, it has a red and black markings with black question mark on their faces. My game is done smh and they hear our complaints riiigghhhtttt.