The Sims Team delivers a second hotfix update, fixing the errors caused by the first update.
As revealed last Friday, a new Sims 4 Update is getting released to fix the crashing and launch game issues. Caused by two previous updates that were released this same month.
This hotfix for a hotfix solution is expected to improve stability of The Sims 4 and actually let you open the game, in case you’ve been using a set of different CC / Mod combinations before updating. To give credit to the latest announcement from The Sims Team, this issue only affected about 2% of the player base, according to their report.
Find out what’s been resolved and fixed in patch notes below:
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The Hotfix For A 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.
There’s also a handy official guide to Mods and CC maintenance, as well as backing up your Saves! Click here to learn all about healthy upkeep of your The Sims 4 files.
Official Sims 4 Patch Notes
Update 3/23/2026
PC: 1.122.218.1030 / Mac: 1.122.218.1230
Sul Sul, Simmers!
We have a fix for the CC and Mod users out there that were still encountering problems launching the game. All of your CC should now load and work as expected. Thank you for your quick reporting and assistance in resolving this one!
-The Sims 4 Team
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where the game could crash on launch for 2% of players using specific types of custom content, under certain circumstances.
- Resolved an issue that caused a main menu message to appear more frequently than intended.
The update is around 112MB on Mac.
What’s your status and success with updating and launching the game after the latest Sims 4 Update? Let us know your progress in the comments down below and stay tuned to Sims Community for all the latest Sims News!
With each patch and hotfix breaking more things every update, the rumor that they’re only doing all these bug fixes to reuse as much of the sims 4 for project x as possible becomes more and more comical.
When EA is ready to release project x the new bugs they keep introducing will just follow them into the new game lmao just leave the game be at this point
still not working , the error box isn’t coming up but it’s not launching
Very passive aggressive language
LOL the new game is trash
I’m only still playing Sims 4 because Paralives isn’t out, and to give Inzoi more time to update the game. I’ve given up on Sims at this point. They did to it the same thing they did to SimCity, and I have no illusions about this game anymore. I will never buy another EA game in my life. Sad because I’ve been with The Sims since 2001. There is a chance with the new buyout that Maxis will break from EA, in which case, they may have a chance. Not holding my breath.
I have bought the vast majority of The Sims 4 DLC. I must not have only a dozen kits. I had to recourse to download an alternative version so I can finally opt out of these updates and the marketplace. It’s a sad state of affairs. Just release a Legacy version and let us be.
So….. you guys at sims team fix the March 17 issue with your market place which no one asked for and now you put out a new update to quote fix crashes thats happening. But its not is it last night I played a good few hours and it was working fine so you asses at sims team are like lets break the game again. well then im never updating it again untill your ass holes get the message to stop breaking our game saves. To put it very bluntly STOP UPDATING A 20 YEAR OLD GAME OR HOW EVER OLD GAME. your all kill joys
I just hope they release a band pack before everything ends. And if possible a vacation pack with real hotels.