New Sims 4 Bugs bring back incest. Again.
It’s only been a few hours since the latest Sims 4 Patch and the community members have already reported bunch of issues they’ve experienced in their games. Of course, no Sims 4 Update goes without an error or two slipping out, especially with an Update the size of this one totaling up to 1.42GB.
We asked our readers on Twitter what have they experienced in their games. From flashing UI Menu, to Sims becoming mean to each other. All the way down to sibilings having romantic interest for one another…again. Here’s the list of some of the most reported issues and bugs that players have experienced:
Certain Glasses are Broken
One of the new Sims 4 Bugs visually destroys some of the glasses available in the game. The addition of new eyelashes seems to have messed around with how some of the glasses look like in The Sims 4.
Certain pairs of glasses from Base Game and previous DLC releases have been misshaped and extruded weirdly on the top area of each pair of glasses.
Incest is Back
The addition of two new Neighborhood Stories options with the recent Sims 4 Patch has broken the romantic limits towards family members. Allowing for some awkward autonomous moments that would imply that sibilings or other type of family members can fall in love with each other. All without player input or instruction.
This issue was first reported by Jayrae316 on EA AHQ forums, with several players stating that they’re experiencing the same thing across Desktop and Console platforms.
This issue seems to be happening only if you have the “Romantic Changes” Neighborhood Story activated.
Broken Ceiling Lighting
First reported by @lunar_britney, ceilings have gone weirdly wrong. Specifically, the way they extrude light across it. As reported by the player, sometimes the ceiling lights would show with outdoor lighting indoors – and vice versa.
This graphical Sims 4 Glitch could be accelerated with the work-in-progress that is the development of The Sims 4 for DirectX 11.
Eyelashes in First Person View
Alright – this Sims 4 Glitch is probably the most harmless one in the list. If you’ve applied the new eyelashes onto your Sim – going into Tab + Shift mode for First Person View will show eyelashes at the center of the screen.
Probably just a small oversight from the team, but still funny nonetheless.
Parenthood Character Values break the Interface
If you have The Sims 4 Parenthood Game Pack installed, you might’ve noticed in the Sim Info panel for your Child and Teen Sims that the Character Values category has been glitched out. The entire interface keeps flashing weird colors, and you cannot tell the correct statistics of your Sim’s progress.
This is a known Sims 4 Bug that’s been affecting players across all platforms.
— Lexi 🤍 (@wavyyyy21) July 24, 2024
Sims are mean to each other
“Since the update my Sims are queuing up a ton of mean interactions for other Sims” – said one of the players in the official EA AHQ forum. Many players have reported that Romantic Boundaries are also not working as they should, making other Sims jealous over open relationships even though they shouldn’t be triggered.
Sims 4 Bugs: The Menu is broken
From Game Settings to switching between CAS, Build and Live Mode, some players are reporting that their entire way of handling and opening menus in The Sims 4 is broken. This Sims 4 Glitch prevents from buttons in the User Interface working as they should, and some are even reporting that it’s greatly affected their way of saving the game. For the worse.
Since I downloaded the new patch, no pop-up windows will open up – I can’t open the settings panel, build mode panel, and then the buttons stop working altogether so I can’t even go back to live mode.
Don’t worry though – a fix is on the way!
These Sims 4 Bugs haven’t been unnoticed by the official Sims 4 development team. EA_Cade, one of the Community Leads working on the game, has been actively reporting and tracking down all the issues that players have experienced.
Their latest statement about these Sims 4 Glitches ensures that a new Sims 4 Patch is on the way. Hopefully fixing these Sims 4 Glitches and making them a thing of the past:
Update: We are currently in the process of testing a fix for the issues reported in this thread that we hope to release as soon as possible.
– EA_Cade
We’ll let you know about the upcoming Sims 4 hotfix patch as soon as it becomes available!
Have you experienced any of these Sims 4 Glitches and Bugs yourselves in the game? Let us know in the comments below. And make sure you let the developers know as well!
