New The Sims 4 Update Hotfix for March 18th, 2026: Release Notes (PC & Mac)

The hotfix solution for broken Custom Content and Mods is here in the latest Sims 4 Update Hotfix!

EA and The Sims Team caused quite a stir with yesterday’s The Sims 4 Update, breaking many CC & Mods that shouldn’t have been broken with the patch.

As promised by The Sims Direct Team, the latest Sims 4 Hotfix Update is out now, and you can see what’s been improved in the short & sweet release notes below. Please note that this Hotfix Update is only released on PC and Mac platforms, meaning that Console shouldn’t be affected as players still await The Marketplace launch in the coming months.

The Sims 4 Update Logo

The Broken CC and Mods Hotfix Update

Installing the Latest Sims 4 Update

You can get the latest The Sims 4 Update on the following official launchers and platforms:

  • PC: EA App, Origin, Steam, Epic Games
  • Mac: Origin, Steam
  • Playstation: PS4 and PS5
  • Xbox: Xbox One and Xbox Series X / S

You can download the latest Sims 4 Update by checking for a Patch through the EA App, Steam or Epic Games launcher for Desktop. If you have Automatic Updates enabled the update will automatically download through your client program. In case your EA App is not working properly ensure you’ve cleared your app cache!

If you play The Sims 4 on Xbox Series X / S and Playstation 4 and 5 you can request a new update by checking for updates under The Sims 4 game in the Main Menu. If you’ve enabled automatic updates the Patch should download right away.

The Sims 4 Update

Official Sims 4 Patch Notes

Update 3/18/2026
PC: 1.122.212.1030 / Mac: 1.122.212.1230

Sul Sul, Simmers!

Here is a small but important fix to custom content that was affected yesterday. All CC should now load and behave as expected. Thank you for your patience as this was sorted out. 

– The Sims 4 Team

Bug Fixes

  • Resolved an issue where pack-specific custom content would not fully load and triggered other CC to not load as well. 

The update is around 144MB on Mac.

Screenshot 2026 03 18 at 15.03.12

What’s your experience with downloading the latest Sims 4 Update hotfix to your PC / Mac platform? Let us know in the comments below and stay tuned to Sims Community for latest game coverage!

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holly webb

i cant launch my game now at all. im trying see if repair game work. my birthday cant get anymore worse. it pops up an error message on your end that as failed to launch

Last edited 1 hour ago by holly webb
Bixiby

i have the same issue 🙁

holly webb

im done with the the game im going to ask for my money back on all games

Mysia

Uruchom gre używając skrótu na pulpicie nie przez apke EA. Mialam wczoraj ten problem.

bibi

They literally continue to make a joke of themselves every time they come out with something….

holly webb

i know.they messed everything up in begin. that money we waste on buying the packs and kits. you would think they sort it all out not just adding more packs. that’s not really fixing anything. then they do this on us more money to get out of us.am so angry. i feel like its all been a waste of my life and my money

buttercuup02

Happy birthday!! I hope your day turns around for the better

holly webb

once they fix every ill be happy. thank you

concerned

i have same issue as well, game working even WORSE than before this hotfix…. screen is just black and nothing is happening and had to force quit the game cuz nothing happened..

Ambi

It’s because of a mod u have in your game

U U

I had a similar issue, to get past the black Home Screen I had to move any screen overrides I had out of the mod folder.

BuffyBart

My game won’t load at ALL now. Crashes before it even opens.

charlie

Still doesn’t work…

Hay hay

This is so frustrating. I’ve updated and repaired the game and it got worse after this update!

U U

My Sim and her home look fine in game now but on the Home Screen she is fully un-CC’d. Also had to move my screen overrides out of the Mods folder because the Home Screen was black and Resume Game would not work after applying the hot fix.

Key

Horrível, ainda dá erro, mesmo depois da atualização de reparação, só funciona se tirar a pasta mod, mas é impossível sem jogar com cc e mod, resolução urgente

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