We’ll get to hear a lot more about the big new Sims 4 Update next week!
The next Sims 4 Base Game Update is so big that it has its own segment during the next official livestream! Last time this happened was for Growing Together and Infants in 2023 when these two major features shared the Livestream spotlight.
Electronic Arts has published an official livestream page for their upcoming Expansion release. The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies Livestream is set for February 28th at 10AM PT / 7PM CET / 6PM BT.
There’s been a lot of teasers so far about what the next Sims 4 Base Game Update could entail, so we included all the findings about the next patch so far.
Sims 4 Base Game Update Info
Build Mode UI Update
The Sims 4 Base Game Update seems to cover minor tweaks and improvements to the user interface. Sims player @GrabciiooSims on X tagged us on the change they’ve spotted in the latest Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies Gameplay Trailer. Pointing out that the icons for Dining Room and Study have been revamped.
For reference, this is what the current Sims 4 Build Mode Menu UI looks like for Objects By Room category. It seems The Sims Team has done a good job clearing any possible confusion between these two!
Tattoo Updates
The next Sims 4 Base Game Update is also going to include new Tattoo options free of charge! Sure, the extra features that come with Businesses & Hobbies like Custom Paint Mode, Stencils and new Tattoo designs sure look nice. Still, there are going to be extra new designs for Sims 4 Base Game players too. For example, the chin face tattoo that you can see down below:
As shown in the reveal trailer for The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies, there are a couple of new Tattoo designs shown in the User Interface that appear to be Base Game.
The gameplay reveal trailer for the upcoming Sims 4 Expansion Pack has shown the new Tattoo sliders in action. Like transparency, contrast and others you’ve seen for makeup and skin tones in Create A Sim.
The Sims Team hasn’t confirmed this yet, but I’m confident this feature is going to be free of charge for The Sims 4 Base Game players.
New NPC – The Burglar?
We’ve been reporting about the speculation of Burglars returning to The Sims 4 on February 25th. The Sims Team has already teased a big surprise for February 25th, and many theories are leading up to that surprise being Burglars.
There’s currently no official confirmation as of now regarding this. But we’ll keep you posted as soon as we know more!
Sims 4 Update Release Time & Date
February 24th Article Update: We now know the release time of the next Sims 4 Patch! Including a confirmation that the next Update will also include Burglars! Click here to join the countdown until the patch release.
If we look at all the evidence gathered so far, the next Sims 4 Base Game Update could be released either on Tuesday (Feb 25th) or Friday (Feb 28th). Maxis set the date for their next livestream on Friday featuring coverage on the next Sims 4 Base Game Update and Expansion. Although we don’t know yet if the Patch will be released before the stream, during or after. At least not yet!
There is a higher chance for EA to release the update earlier in the week than later considering some additional hotfixes and bug reporting might need to be done. We know that there’s going to be Bug Improvements and Fixes thanks to the latest Sims 4 Laundry List. Now the question remains is when!
This is a good reminder to backup all your Sims 4 save game files. Expect a lot of potential changes behind the scenes in Create A Sim, for which Sims 4 CAS Mods might be most affected. Just in case, make sure all your Mods & CC are disabled when ensuring a healthy Sims 4 Base Game Update process, and stay in loop with your favorite Modders and CC creators for mod updates.
What are you hoping to see in the next Sims 4 Patch? Join the conversation below!
That updated UI looks good. I never understood what the object for dining room is supposed to be…a table with a centerpiece? But if so, it looks horrible. A dining chair makes way more sense to represent a dining room imo.
I mean, I see it as like a dining table with like a centrepiece being a bowl of apples or something. BUT, the updated version does look better. And I much prefer the updated version of the office icon. A bookcase doesn’t tell much, as you can have bookcases in bedrooms and living rooms (I mean you can have a computer in bedrooms too but I feel like more people would have bookcases than computers).
I feel like if they’re going to change the UI icons. Should the dining room be table with chairs and the living room be a couch instead of a single chair? This just makes it a bit more confusing given there’s going to be two chairs now.
I agree, but these changes will already help a bit. 1 time out of 3 I always click the wrong icon
I do miss new build features like platforms and modular stairs that we’ve got several years ago.
Let’s put our hands together and pray for wall stickers to be put in a separate category
The tattooing thing could be base game…but they highlighted it a lot in the trailers. So probably not.
I just want a “tee-hee laundry list? Surprise we fixed the entire game so expect the game to run smoothly without any bugs. This should allow future packs and kits to have a stable foundation and reassure simmers that The Sims 4 will have its longevity as promised. Happy 25th anniversary!” and for me to play the game again. With livestock not dying, no raining in my house, for the rental pack to not corrupt people’s games, we need redemption. It’s simmageddon.
That’s physically not possible with game design and coding, never was, never will be. Especially with games being as detailed and insane as they are these days. And especially with games that are live service with constant additions and updates and changes. If it’s that much of an issue for you, then gaming isn’t the right hobby for you and you should seek something else to spend your time doing.
Well I’m sorry you think my investment of the game which is over 10 years now and over 2000 dollars is simply EA selling a concept rather than a functional game. That me and other simmers wanting to sit in front of a game that advertises features and such for them to work as expected… I’m not like you Nate with so much money and a simplistic mindset that a company can do such a thing and call it acceptable. Lots of games are buggy. Lots of games are expensive. But they receive constant updates if not daily updates to fix these issues. Many of these games have WAY less developers. So I’m sorry that you think people should just settle or that “this isn’t the right hobby for you and you should seek something else to spend your time doing.” maybe you should sit down and be a little mindful. Can’t hurt after spending 2000 dollars and after 10 years of a broken game right?
There’s a reason why you have posted to the site since 2016.
Did you buy For Rent Nate? If you did please put your sim in a rental residential lot. If your game gets corrupted then answer me this, are you fine with it? Or did you expect that the game would work? Why say such an invalidating stupid comment
i was hoping for a more robust UI change. It can be cluttered at times
they’re not but what if they brought Mark Mothersbaugh from Devo to make more Sims music.