Patch Notes

Update 07/18/2023
Console: 1.78
PC: 1.99.264.1030 / Mac: 1.99.264.1230

Hello Simmers!

Those horses will be comin’ round the mountain in just a few days. To get ready for their arrival in The Sims 4 Horse Ranch Expansion Pack, we have rounded up a number of exciting Base Game updates and bug fixes to share with you. Let’s get into it.

-SimGuruGeorge

What’s New?

First off, let me introduce SimGuruAsh.

Heya, Simmers! Today’s update has an array of new hairs and Create a Sim presets.

Braids and long, flowing hair is important to the cultural identity of Indigenous People in America. To reflect this in-game, we are enthused to add three hairstyles in the form of a Double Braid, Single Braid, and Lengthened Hair that extends down to your Sims mid-back.

For our East Asian Sims, we have a large selection of new Eye Presets and Brows in tapered, straight, and wavy shapes.

You’ll also see three new under-eye bags in the Eye Details category.

To bring something delicious to the table, the Three Sisters Chili is now available to cook on the grill. In Native American tradition, “the three sisters” are corn, beans, and squash. They grow best together in the same plot. The eldest sister, corn, provides a strong foundation for the beans to climb. The beans enrich the soil with nitrogen. The youngest sister, squash, covers the ground, protecting all of their roots.

We can’t wait to see what kinds of Sims and stories you create with this update!

SimGuruGeorge back now. Traits have had a bit of a reorganization. You will now find traits more evenly distributed under the Emotional, Hobby, Lifestyle, and Social categories

I’m so excited to tell you about Ceilings! The ability to apply colors and patterns to the ceilings is now yours. When you open up Build Mode you will find the update where you would previously apply Floor Patterns (now renamed Floor and Ceiling Patterns). Simply select Ceilings by Tile or Ceilings by Room. Then select your pattern and apply it to the ceiling of your choice. This does not apply to the underside of roofs.

You can now enter Free Camera in Build Mode to get the best look at those Ceilings. Simply enable it as you would in Live Mode.
There are a number of Wall, Floor, Fence and Door patterns which have been updated with additional colors. The full list is below so you can find these updates in your game.

1. New color variants have been added for the following wall patterns
   1. Essence of Pastel
   2. Desert Skies
   3. Above Deck
2. New color variants have been added for the following wood floor patterns
   1. Heartwood Plank Flooring
   2. ForestFine Wood Flooring
   3. Elegant Parquet Flooring
   4. Herringbone Hardwood Flooring
   5. Rustic Subfloor Slats
   6. Bowl of Cherrywood Floors
   7. Chestnut Flooring
   8. Kwality Wide Plank Flooring
   9. Old World Wide Plank Flooring
   10. Walk the Short Plank Hardwood Floors
   11. Eco-Craft Hardwood Flooring
   12. Handscraped Wood Flooring
   13. Limber Lumber Fashion Hardwoods
   14. Chipper Tanbark
3. New color variants have been added for the following stone or brick floor patterns
   1. Perfect Pebble Paver
   2. Throwback Cobblestone & Brick Pavers
   3. A Clean Slate Tile
   4. Great Gravel
   5. High-Style Concrete
   6. No Moss Stone Pavers
   7. Antique Stone Tile
   8. Rockstone Pavers
   9. Rustic Sandstone
   10. Concrete Pavers with Gravel Accent
   11. Quaint Flagstone
   12. Brick and Blush
4. Dulcet Duet, Brick & Plaster, and Plaster Makes Perfect wall patterns have been updated with matching color variants.
5. New color variants added for Ladder-Style Horizontal Fencing.
6. New color variants have been added for the Simple Single-Panel Door as its own door, the Simple Single-Panel Door – Ranch.

Bug Fixes

Consoles

• Fixed an issue where the cursor would become unresponsive after selecting an aspiration.
• When reviewing the “My Packs” tab in the Main Menu, Players will now see Growing Together first when selecting that pack.

The Sims 4

Live Mode

• Sims now more consistently wash hands in the sink closest to the toilet.
• The Items Removed error message will no longer appear if you own everything on the lot.
• The Have a Baby Neighborhood Story will no longer cause pregnancies for Sims that are listed as unable to become pregnant in their Gender Settings.
• Knafeh now remains visible even from a distance. If you have not tried this delicious dessert in real life, we highly recommend it!
• The R&B station now includes ”BMO” by Ari Lennox, ”breathe again” by Joy Oladokun, and ”Blessed” by Becca Hatch & Tentendo.
• Flowers no longer sometimes break when loading a saved game..
• Sims now receive satisfaction points from confronting their Fears.
• Reaching the top of the Military Career will now reward the player with the appropriate celebration screen.
• The ‘Help with Needs’ animation on Infants now is smoother when a Sim picks them up.
• Cleaned up animations for Teenage Sims while they are angry, seated, and focusing on a Sim adjacent to them.

Build Mode

• Stacking intersecting curved walls on top of each other no longer creates gaps in the ceiling of the lower room.
• Doors can now be placed on the wall under circular roofs.
• Interior corner walls with stilt foundations can now be deleted.
• Curved walls no longer cause seam lines to appear on terrain
• Raising terrain and then undoing that height adjustment or placing a platform no longer prevents objects from being placed in that area.
• Fixed a rare issue where placing stairs at the edge of a platform would cause floating planks to appear above the stairs.
• Raising and lowering a platform with stairs attached no longer sometimes cuts out a segment of the wall.
• The Sinks category icon in Build Mode now lines up perfectly.
• Double and single gates no longer sometimes pop up one floor level when being placed on exterior fence walls.
• Players will now be able to click and drag the sledgehammer across curved walls to delete them.
• Stair railings have been added to multiple pre-built homes. Safety prevails!

Create a Sim

• When using a mirror, applied skin details are now saved after exiting Create a Sim.
• When using a mirror, birthmark skin details are now saved after reentering Create a Sim.
• The tops no longer give female Sims rough shapes.
• Fixed an issue where the jersey caused incorrect fingernail colors to display.
• The tank top now tucks underneath pants, skirts, shorts, etc.
• Create a Sim UI has been updated so that the Select Traits title won’t overlap with other visual elements.

Misc

• Entering the wrong Twitter credentials or completing the email verification requirement no longer causes the game to crash.
• The game now gracefully handles disconnecting Bluetooth devices.

Get to Work

• The Robot on the Invention Constructor will now respond to requests to chat.
• Invention Constructors have been repaired. They now properly display their holographic displays in the construction area and not on top of the Sim operating the device.
• Sims in the Doctor Career can now calibrate X-ray Machines. This info has been added to their medical training.
• Alien fertility increased. Male Sims that are abducted by Aliens can now get pregnant.

Cats & Dogs

• Townie Sims no longer occasionally unleash their Dogs before walking out of a neighborhood. There will be no more flashbacks to Seymour waiting in front of a pizza shop.
• Paint Mode for Dogs had a white swatch that now properly is brown..

Seasons

• Hang This Support Beam spandrel no longer turns white when it snows outside.
• Interactions for lighting a Menorah or Kinara now have unique icons.
• The interaction to build a Snowpal will no longer fail while visiting Mt. Komorebi.
• The outfits ymBody_EP05SkateOutfit_swanGray and ymBody_EP05SuitVelvet_SolidBlack no longer distort Sims legs.

Get Famous

• Hairstyles unlocked by the Acting Career now show all newly added hair swatches.

Island Living

• Mermaids previously would not die due to starvation or aging up. That has been fixed. Remember to feed your Mermaids!
• [MAC] Fixed a small shader issue on the Lagoon Look lot in Sulani.

Discover University

• Listen To interaction has been added to the Party-Bot.
• Thick window frames will no longer stick out when the camera pans behind them.
• The amount of Robotic Scrap gained when performing an Experiment on a Chemistry Lab has been tuned down.
• Sims will now get a 200 simoleon higher bonus for starting the Chef Career track after getting a university degree. It practically pays for itself.

Eco Lifestyle

• Fixed an issue where the Wood Ear Plugs (yfAcc_EarringsEP09EarPlugsWood) appeared discolored when paired with specific hairstyles.
• Fixed a rare issue where the Eco Inspector would still issue fines to Households that had upgraded their appliances.
• Fixed an issue where Neighboring Sims could not be sent home. Neighborly manners have been repaired.
• Removed a duplicate Place in World interaction that appeared on Trash Fruit in the Sim’s inventory.

Snowy Escape

• Ski Boots no longer appear in the ‘Change Outfit’ picker. Sims will also remove Ski Boots when bathing. A ‘Take Off Snow Boots’ interaction has been added.
• Hang This Support Beam from the Seasons Expansion Pack no longer appears blank when placed on the Yukimatsu lot.
• Fixed an issue where Snowy Escape Doors would cause a small shift in the wallpaper on the wall they were placed on.

Cottage Living

• Animals no longer age up and die when the ‘Animal Aging’ option is turned off in Game Settings.
• Fixed an issue where Earbuds would occasionally play multiple songs at the same time when listening to Cottage Core music.
• Cows and Llamas come out of their sheds autonomously and no longer are unhappy when their shed is clean and full with feed.
• Fixed a few cases where Sims would not autonomously choose to Knit & Cross Stitch.
• Sims are now able to socialize with Rabbits.
• Fixed an issue where Chickens would not eat treats.
• Residents of Henford-on-Bagley will less often mention how local residents are in need of help.
• Animal friends now appear in the Relationship Panel filter for ‘Friends’.
• Various translation fixes have been applied to the Wild Rabbit Home.
• The Start Gardening Help for All Rabbit Residents interaction is no longer missing from the Wild Rabbit Home.
• Rooster images now show more of the Rooster.
• Matzah Ball Soup and Challah now are available for the Simple Living Lot Challenge.
• Sims now immediately join cooking during the Cook together with interaction.

High School Years

• Sims will no longer return from work or school early on the day they change the color of their Phone Case.
• Townie Sims are no longer all pansexual.
• Ship to Buyer no longer breaks when the Sim replaces the Mailbox on their home lot. Trendi sales can now be completed.
• The Want to Listen to Music has been tuned to occur less frequently.
• Fixed High School Years hairstyles that were applying hair color to Sim’s ears.
• Fixed an issue where Teen Sims would stay at Career Day too long which prevented them from serving detention. This would then get them expelled.
• Fixed an issue where Sims who left graduation early were occasionally stuck in their graduation outfits.
• Infants and Toddlers no longer use the same animation as adults when using the EZ Access Window object.
• Fixed rare situations where the Angry About Crush sentiment was triggering incorrectly.
• The Ask about Graduation interaction is no longer available on Sims that haven’t been greeted.

Growing Together

• Karmine Luna no longer appears with a random personality trait in each new save.
• Broken objects on Activity Tables no longer are observed when placed in Treehouses.
• Fixed a rare issue where food made by Eleanor Sullivan could not be cleaned up.
• Fixed unusual cases of Adult Sims refusing to pick up and interact with Toddlers that had returned from daycare until those Toddlers had changed outfits.
• During the New Born’s Age Up interaction, the Baby’s First Rug object is now placed in more appropriate locations.
• Fixed an issue in specific languages where the Title on the Self-Discovery Personality Trait pop up would overlap with other text on the screen.
• Sims sitting on couches can now perform social Crib interactions.

Dine Out

• Fixed a rare issue when running a restaurant where Hosts and Chefs were not able to be hired from the Manage Employees menu.
• Fixed an issue where sometimes opening the Sim Profile of a Chef would instead open the Sim Profile of the last Sim the player had looked at.

Vampires

• Vampire Sims can now do group dances on the dance floor.

Realm of Magic

• Sims now hold Valerian Root properly when eating it from Inventory.

Star Wars: Journey to Batuu

• The Batuu Radio Stations are now available for Likes and Dislikes in the Music Genre category in Create a Sim.

Dream Home Decorator

• Sim Preferences now support custom pronouns in English.

My Wedding Stories

• Fixed pricing for a few pack items.
• Dance floors now have the ‘Dancing skill’ tag in Build Mode
• Decorative objects now have an ‘Environment’ value.

Werewolves

• Players are now able to add, change, or modify body scars during the game.
• Moon textures are no longer the same in all worlds.
• Added new Clean Up Books interaction on most genre books (not including homework or skill books) that are in the open street and not owned by the Player’s Sim . This will allow books to be cleaned up.

Movie Hangout

• Sims can now watch TV without needing player direction.

Knifty Knitting

• Added new text to show that Sim’s are able to knit onesies for Infants and Babies as well

Moschino

• Moschino item prices have been adjusted to fit the style.

Bust the Dust

• Vacuum Cleaner game performance now is even more… sucky…. In a good way, of course.

Courtyard Oasis

• The ‘Functional Off-The-Grid’ stat has been added to the Sunset Glow Lantern object and the incorrect ‘Power Consumption Rating’ on the object has been fixed.
• Items from Courtyard Oasis Kit, Industrial Loft Kit, Decor to the Max Kit, and Little Campers Kit have been tuned to have more sensible pricing and environment values.

Carnaval Streetwear

• The Carnaval Radio Station is now available for Likes and Dislikes in the Music Genre category in Create a Sim.