Walls and doors cut-away properly, ceiling glitches have been fixed and wait…did My Wedding Stories improve?!

The latest Sims 4 Update for Desktop and Consoles has brought many bug fixes to the base game as well as multiple pack improvements! The biggest reveal to me was the mini refresh of The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories Game Pack, which got tons of feature improvements with this patch.

I dove into a new save file to test and see what has been improved. Please note that this is not a complete list of fixes and features so if you’d like to read the complete patch notes, you can find them here!

The Sims 4 Update: General Improvements

Outdoor shadows now move smoothly without jumping on the screen on ultra graphics settings and at different Live Mode speeds. This bug has been noted by many players and finally this patch update solved it! No more jagged shadows. Check out the video below to see it in action!

Thought bubbles of Sims will no longer appear through walls and floors. If your Sims lived in an apartment, dorm or even just a two story house, you’ve probably seen all their intrusive thoughts popping through the floor from below. This issue has finally been fixed!

Outdoor lighting will no longer affect inside the room through ceilings. Light glitch, begone!

When attempting to save, “Error Code: 0” no longer occurs related to Gigs or Neighborhood Stories. This was a big issue for many players and most called upon to be resolved in a patch update.

Addressed an additional issue where the game would fail to load and display Error Code 123 when traveling between lots. This was an error I faced personally and after playing with this patch for a few hours, I didn’t run into it again. Phew!

Clay and Future Cubes will no longer get left on lots during events. Keep your clay to yourself, thank you.

Certain cabinet/shelf combinations over kitchen sinks will no longer prevent Sim from washing in the sink. Your Sim will probably still leave plates on the toilet, though. (This is a feature, not a bug)

Camera jittering is no longer observed in Build Buy mode after using Terrain Tools. More camera jittering fixed! A lot of performance issues were improved with this patch update, especially if your graphics are on a higher setting.

“Likes/Dislikes” Sim preferences are now available for Sims created via Create a Sim Stories. Because every Sim deserves to have likes and dislikes.

Affecting Multiple Packs

In apartments, University dorms, and penthouses: Walls and doors will now cut away properly in wall down/cutaway viewing mode. Adjusted checks for exterior walls and inactive units. Players endured this glitch for so long that they forgot it was a glitch! No, your cutaway walls in apartments, dorms and penthouses weren’t supposed to look like that – they’re supposed to look like the image below!

Werewolf/Vampire Sims will swap to occult form and vice-versa after the animation instead of before or during. There was a glitch where a Sim’s wolf or vampire form showed up before the animation completed and this has been fixed now. Hurrah for occult players!

Dine Out

Interactions are now available on culinary pot racks. ‘Cause what’s the use if they’re just decorative?

Eco Lifestyle

Other Sims will stop stressing you out by constantly making de-stressing decoctions autonomously in the neighborhood or in the active Sim’s lot during Self-Sufficiency Neighborhood Action Plan. You don’t need to build a locked fence around your Sim’s abode and your lot won’t be littered by jars anymore!

For Rent

You can now select and edit wall heights on Residential Rentals without having to delete and replace the walls. You can simply click on the different wall heights and hover over the walls you want to change.

Laundry Day

Sim only has to wash only once (not twice) for clothes to be clean or pristine. No more useless washers!

Lovestruck

Players who had saved after using Cupid’s Corner while Gallery Sims were not available were still not getting Gallery Sims there after the previous update. NOW everyone who is online and has the feature enabled should see them. Gallery Sims will show up correctly now, including Sims you saved to your library.

Activities from packs you do not own now cannot be selected for a Create a Date activity. Your Sims don’t have to have F.O.M.O anymore.

The occasional occurrence of a blank Create a Date goal has been fixed. Goals will now load correctly.

The Romantic Explorer and Paragon Partner goal for going on a date will now be completed properly if the date does not have goals enabled. You don’t always want to force activities for a date – especially if you want your Sim to be a classic Don Lothario.

When using The García Amor Costume Trunk, the Sim’s portrait at the bottom of the screen now updates to reflect the costume they are wearing. If your Sim wants to dress up like an eggplant, they’re gonna look like an eggplant in their portrait.

The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories

Time to see the mini refresh of The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories. Take a glance at the new interactions imaged below:

There are new interactions on the wedding arch that will allow you to set which Sims to sit on either side of the aisle. This is a huge deal if you want to seat the family and friends of the engaged couple on different sides! And yes – the Sims actually stay seated throughout the ceremony until you change Ceremony Activities!

You will now be able to pick which Sims perform the requested behavior when clicking on the wedding arch and do Ceremony Activities. This will allow greater control of what is happening in the wedding. Like in the image below, you’ll be able to choose which Sims sit down at that time.

After telling guests to do a ceremony activity, they’ll stop doing other things autonomously. This works properly now and Sims won’t lag or get stuck doing one interaction and will transition smoothly into the next Ceremony Activity you choose.

Music specific interaction is now available on the wedding arch in order to control when wedding music plays. Under “More Choices…” you will find “Play Wedding Music” which really sets the perfect ambience! You can replay it as many times as you want.

Sims gather around without getting stuck as the wedding couple dances. During the first dance, wedding guests will watch the couple and then join in on dancing as well. It’s a very smooth transition!

Sims will properly perform “Exchange Vows with Officiant and Kiss” interaction after performing “Gather at the Aisle” interaction. All Sim’s chosen to partake in “Gather at the Aisle” will remain for the ceremony and won’t wander off.

You can now sell wedding cakes to local bakers! “Sell to Local Bakery” action is available now on wedding cakes. Your Sim can now be a home baker and make some money off of baking cakes! When clicking on the wedding cake, you can “Sell to Local Bakery” and even gain fame if you have Get Famous.

“Take your seats” interaction will no longer show up 3 times. – and Sims will actually remain seated during the duration of the ceremony until you give them other instructions via “Ceremony Activities”

Final Impressions

I tested all these features for The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories and the entire wedding went off without a hitch! (Besides my Sims getting hitched). Guests did as they were told, smoothly transitioned to the next activity and when all the wedding activities were completed, the wedding ended and my Sim gained a cool 600 simoleons, supposedly as a wedding gift. A wedding with only 4 activities used to take me an entire Sim day from the morning until midnight to complete, but with this new update and new features, the wedding started at 1pm and ended at 9pm and my Sims and their guests took part in 8 ceremony activities!

This was a very subtle pack refresh (though it’s not confirmed) considering the fact that The Sims 4 My Wedding Stories has had issues since it’s launch, so this update was very needed!

This was not a complete list of all the new additions from the Sep 18th, 2024 patch and is merely a summarization of new features. There have been improvements of the game’s performance, more bug fixes and a colorful Build/Buy update that added 650 color swatches to several items!

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