Players are reporting that The Sims 4 Mods and CC have completely broken with the Latest Update.
Today’s update, March 17th 2026, has reportedly completely broken all CC and Mods for some players. The patch today introduced The Sims 4 Marketplace, a storefront in which users can purchase Creator-made sets using the new in-game currency ‘Moola’. Updates that make major changes to the framework of the game usually break mods, notably UI mods. It seems this time the issue is a little bigger than that!
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Player Reports Of Broken Mods And CC
Over on The Sims’ official Discord, players have been reporting various errors when playing with Mods and CC. Some are saying both CC and Mods have broken, some are reporting that just Mods are broken.
The last time there was a mass-breaking of CC was with the tattoos patch that was released before The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies. Despite players removing CC and Mods before updating, their games are still broken, even when mods are enabled in the settings. Community Manager Shawnee is responding to player feedback in The Sims Discord server, even suggesting that it is good practice to disable mods before updating, despite that not being the issue.
Reports Via Twitter and EA Forums
Other players have taken to X (formerly Twitter) to share their issues with the latest patch. As of wrigting there are no official patch notes for the update, so it is unknown where the issue stems from; however, it is likely related to how Marketplace Sets and Kits are now downloaded from the in-game marketplace.
so apparently this update is causing a lot of cc to not appear ingame…?
— dey (@deykxn) March 17, 2026
(screenshots by ah00b i won't update 😭) pic.twitter.com/H9HVJy9OvS
Create-A-Sim CC seems to be having issues deploying properly for those who can enter their game at all. This kind of issue is often caused by changes to meshes and textures.
Umm… folks…??
— SimMattically (@SimMattically) March 17, 2026
None of my CC or mods besides script mods load into the game after the update…?? pic.twitter.com/adkDe7A07e
Over on the official EA Forums, players have made reports and have received responses from staff that seem to indicate there is an error with.Package files, the file type that allows custom content and non-script mods to be read by the game.
Many .package mod files are not loading. Sorry, I don’t have more info than this right now. It seems likely that there’s an issue on the EA side. At the moment, please just hold off on trying to “fix” this yourself. It’s a good time to play mod-free or do something else. Modders are looking into at least finding a pattern to give you some helpful information, but it’s complex at the moment.
You can follow Broken and Updated Mods and CC to get info when I have more.
Statements from The Sims Direct Team
ARTICLE UPDATE: New statement has been released from The Sims Direct Team. Expect a new The Sims 4 Hotfix Update resolving the broken CC and Mods issue that surfaced with today’s game patch.
We’ve identified the cause of the issue impacting CC and Mods, and are now working on the fix and timing for its release. We know how important these are to how you play, and will continue to work on resolving this as a top priority. We’ll update you once we have more detailed timing for the fix.
The Sims Direct Team has addressed the issues with Sims 4 Mods and CC over on their X account, stating:
We’re investigating reports that some Mods & CC are not loading in The Sims 4. The team is actively looking into this now, & will share any updates to help you get back to using your favorite content as soon as possible.
We’re collecting reports and sharing updates on this EA Forums thread
If you are experiencing issues, please report them via the EA forum or via The Sims official Discord. The issues are currently being investigated and, if the past is anything to go on, the issues will be fixed in an emergency hotfix update.
Have you experienced issues with Mods and CC after today’s update? Let us know in the comments below, and stay tuned to Sims Community for all the latest on The Sims 4 Updates!
Any insight in the missing pre made pets in Cats & Dogs and Horse Ranch when starting a new game? Also the missing only pets housholds like Captain Whitaker and Mayor Whiskers?
I put out any scripted, ui or gameplay mods but even though I still get a black screen main menu ):
yup my game broke had to uninstall all mods to get it to work but i havnt played it yet
How do I bypass the update to play still?
you just go to the ea app and do the settings and go offline or turn your wifi off on your computer
My game updated automatically and deleted half my mods + CC but it’s still showing up in my mods folder. I tried pulling them out of the folder and reinstalling but they’re still missing from my game.
mine is doing the same thing