After the Update:
Link to Update Notes: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-07-26-2022
Link to Forum Post Tracking Mod Impact: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1001789/broken-updated-mods-cc-july-26-22-sexual-orientation-high-school-etc-patch/p1
My video on the Aging Bug after the update, this goes over what it is and how to work around it & link to EA AHQ bug report.
Expected Timing
Game updates usually go live at 10 am Pacific, therefore based on that here’s when the update is expected in some time zones:
Link for when that’s expected in your own time zone.
How to Prepare (Computer Players)
Before you update:
1) Make a back up of your saves
2) Move your mods folder to your desktop
After you update:
3) Repair your game in Origin
4) Delete your localthumbcache file
Note mods and custom content will be automatically disabled. This is a big update so mods are expected to break.
Luth always has a good mod tracking post over on the forums. I’ll add a link when it’s available. Here’s a link to the Werewolves tracking post to start, it should also link to the new one once it’s available.
For more details see my (Maple Simmer) tutorial video
What’s Expected
What’s New:
1. Body Hair – for arms, legs, torso (chest) and back. It’s supposed to be available for both genders.
High School Years Expansion Pack adds the ability to shave, this also includes facial hair.
2. Ability to set your Sims’ Sexual Orientation:
From gender settings which is available for teens and up
Note the default settings are what the game currently goes by, just didn’t show before and now we can change and set it as we wish. Existing sims will keep default settings unless we change them.
EA Blog post with more detail
3. Wants and Fears (replaces whims),
There are three want slots and three types of wants – long term, short term & situational.
Wants are supposed to be based on traits & desires.
We will also get one fear slot.
Similar to whims, we still earn reward points from them.
4. New Phone UI & More Phone Skins
5. Curved Rooms
Three curved room sizes.
There is a sort function for doors and windows that should work better with curved walls and it’s sorted based on size of curve.
Can’t free build with curved walls, work similarly to current curved porches.
James Turner has a good video where he did some building with curved rooms
Bug Fixes:
Per the Jul 19/22 laundry list:
https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/laundry-list-july-19th-2022
I did a separate video on the laundry list.
Contact Me:
If you have any questions, need troubleshooting help or want to share your own Sims game play with other friendly Simmers please head over to my Facebook group, Sims Sanctuary or my Discord. Either I or other members will try to answer any troubleshooting questions and I also have some guides in my Facebook group. I can also be found on Twitter and Instagram.
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