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 Broken CC and Mods Hotfix Update
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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.
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.
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!
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
i have the same issue 🙁
im done with the the game im going to ask for my money back on all games
Now my sims are crashing too, after I added more than 300 cc but with the cc I had added yesterday it worked.
Uruchom gre używając skrótu na pulpicie nie przez apke EA. Mialam wczoraj ten problem.
They literally continue to make a joke of themselves every time they come out with something….
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
Happy birthday!! I hope your day turns around for the better
once they fix every ill be happy. thank you
Mine is like that too, I already fixed it and it didn’t help at all. They ended the game overnight
its a bad nightmare. wish they would do a big fix on everything thats happened not just fix one hotfix to mess another thing to start breaking the mod folder and the launchings.they havent really thought about other bits they have missed
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..
It’s because of a mod u have in your game
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.
That is a mod related issue, there’s an outdated mod causing this, you need to make sure your mods are all up to date.
if you have better build buy or ui cheats update them cause they usually mess stuff up every update
My game won’t load at ALL now. Crashes before it even opens.
Still doesn’t work…
This is so frustrating. I’ve updated and repaired the game and it got worse after this update!
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.
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
My work even open now, it keeps saying there is an issue on EA’s end. I can’t get to the menu or homepage or anything. Ive tried all the normal fixes for it. This update hasn’t fixed anything unfortunately
I spent hours buildng a base and last time it just deleted like two things but now my entire house is filled with blue carpets that delete everything! 🙁
Everyone in the comments here right now saying their game isn’t opening needs to make sure they’ve actually updated all of their outdated mods because that is likely your issue. Yes the game itself does have issues but some of you really need to learn about how mods work and can cause issues with the game if you don’t update them.
Thank god I removed all my mods from my folders before installing the hotfix, definetly don’t download it. It’s broken completely. It’s a complete sh*tload. Game won’t launch, and when it does it’s just a blank screen.
The update failed to start, and now my game won’t update at all. My game won’t launch either. I want my money back!!! It’s insane that I’ve spent money on this game just for it to be unplayable after EVERY update.
Yeah so the game wont even open, I tried 4 times, three times it wouldnt even launch and one time it launched but crashed at the homepage. EA needs to get it together or Im requesting a refund for the game and all the packs I own
I get a black screen. Cant launch the game. I have removed mods / included mods / removed any scripts, etc. Just a black screen.
all my cc that went missing yesterday still wont appear along with all my scripted mods