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The Fairy Paupers (Sims 4 Enchanted by Nature)

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Many thanks to the EA Creator Network for the early access code for the #EnchantedbyNature Expansion Pack.

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Background

Cody’s wife kept her spellcaster magic a secret from him & disappeared shortly before the twins aged up to toddlers. Glenn got her eyes & her magic while his twin Rowan got their father’s fairy gene! Cody’s teen sister Kenzie is there to help him raise his twins after his wife disappeared. Family helps family, after all that’s what Cody did for her when their parents died in a car accident. #EnchantedbyNature #Fairies #Spellcaster

Cody Reaves is a young adult with the Plant Lover, Mystical & Genius traits. He has the Quick Learner aspiration trait from choosing the Elixir Enthusiast Aspiration. His teen sister Kenzie has the Mystical & Loves the Outdoors traits, with the Collector aspiration trait from choosing the Nature Nomad aspiration. Toddler Rowan is independent and his twin Glenn is inquisitive.

The family is starting with no money on a partially furnished lot in the Coast of Adhmor neighbourhood. Their lot is on 1 Mari Shores Road (I bulldozed the lot and placed their home there; this is a 30 x 20 lot).

Goals:

  1. Raise the toddler twins to teens. *See goals that need to be met before they can age up to children & then to teens.
  2. Kenzie will have the goals of completing scouts, the Goal Oriented Aspiration & Admired Icon aspiration and having at least four of five character values in a positive range before she ages up.
  3. Work on all three new aspirations (Fairy Stories, Elixir Enthusiast & Nature Nomad), get at least the first tier of each aspiration completed with Cody and/or Kenzie.
  4. Cody will join the Apothecary career and see how high he can go (not sure if the bug with sims not getting promoted will impact on this).
  5. Complete as many fables as we can.
  6. Try to make one of each apothecary item.
  7. For the ‘rags to riches’ gameplay element, we need to get to the third tier of the fortune aspiration at a minimum (i.e. complete tiers 1 and 2 of the aspiration).

*Goals for the Twins:

  1. Max all toddler skills & get as many milestones as possible.
  2. As children, complete all eight aspirations (4 base game, 4 Growing Together).
  3. Join scouts and earn as many badges as possible. They will stay in scouts the entire time in this save.
  4. Have at least conflict resolution in a positive range before aging up to teens.

My plan is to hopefully eventually move this family to my Expansion Legacy save and have the twins will join my legacy family as teens in my upcoming Expansion Pack Legacy: Enchanted by Nature Generation Let’s Play. At the time I’m writing this (July 12, 2025) I’m currently holding off on going into that save until the pregnancy bug is fixed.

Guides for Appeasing Gnomes:

Reddit post for appeasing gnomes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sims4/comments/1m0idxa/i_made_a_cheatsheet_for_appeasing_the_gnomes/

EA Help guide for appeasing gnomes:

https://help.ea.com/ca/help/the-sims/the-sims-4/sims-4-appease-the-gnomes/

Rules

  1. Note that this is following a very ‘loose’ rags to riches format in that they are starting with a home, albeit very sparsely furnished, but with no money.
  2. They can make money using any options the game allows, though we will try to make money from pack features too.
  3. As mentioned above, I will be having Kenzie doing the Admired Icon teen aspiration so she will list her five Trendi outfits required for that aspiration at a 10x markup, however I won’t go overboard using Trendi to make money.
  4. Here are the general rags to riches rules for rags to riches I tend to follow in my rags to riches tutorial video, and my blog post.

Contact Me:

If you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A

New Bugs Since the July 1, 2025 Game Update (Sims 4)

Video link

My video provides a brief overview of the July 1, 2025 game update, including what was new, what was fixed and what the impact on mods was, however, main focus was on new bugs since the July 1, 2025 game update, and a few that are recent that started after the June 17, 2025 game update.

Post updated July 7 to add a new video covering upcoming hot fix patch & a few new issues. I’ve also added links to a few new bugs covered in this video & some more bug fix mods.

New Bugs:

This is split into two sections, new bugs since the July 1 update and three new bugs that preceded the July 1 update but were still fairly new as they happened after the June 17 update.

Note that two of the three bugs that started after June 17 update affected console, and I’ve done a video on that here. The third one affects affects all platforms and since I have seen a lot of questions/comments re one that one I have included it here.

New Bugs Since the July 1 Game Update:

Can’t drag for many objects (originally referred to not being able to drag to sink or trashcan): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/drag-to-trash-and-sink-are-no-longer-working/12296987 (EA Cade has acknowledged this bug and it’s being investigated and that they hope to have a fix for this soon) Update on July 7, 2025: Sims Direct has said this issue with dragging for cleaning will be fixed in an update on July 10, 2025.

Businesses & Hobbies: Sharing is Caring Whiteboard is missing and gets removed if you already had one: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/hobby-whiteboard-is-vanished-and-can%E2%80%98t-placed-/12296985 (EA Cade has acknowledged this bug and it’s being investigated), it does have a bug fix mod by Natabear: https://www.patreon.com/posts/133216402 ) Update on July 7, 2025: Sims Direct has said that this is expected to be fixed in an update on Thursday, July 10, 2025.

Pregnancy Test not Available to Take: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/no-pregnancy-test-to-take/12297157 (This is still at the troubleshooting stage at the time I’m adding this bug here, however, it does have a bug fix by Lumpinou, this bug fix was updated after it was initially released, so make sure you have the most recent version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/133139914 ).

The ‘only one teen gets HSY’ tasks seems to be back since the fix to the HSY task UI: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/hsy-school-tasks-not-appearing-for-all-teens/12298188 (still at the new stage at the time I’m adding this bug here).

Gnomes ‘dancing’ / moving on the spot, possibly a bug? There’s a bug report for it and it’s ‘under investigation’ at the time I’m linking this: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/gnomes-glitch-dancing-jumping-around/12297690

Random milestone moodlets (i.e. for milestones sims haven’t had): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/random-milestone-moodlets/12297864 (at the ‘reviewed’ stage when at the time I’m linking this). Konansock has created a bug fix mod for this, it’s on their bug fix page, though it only works for in game moodlets, not custom moodlets. https://konansock.itch.io/soooooome-small-fixes

Sims not getting promoted after choosing branch (getting raises but not promotions): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/no-promotion-after-choosing-a-path/12298910

New Bug Report Links Added to the Post on July 7, 2025:

Missing ceilings: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/disappearing-ceilings-build-mode/12299093

Sims having sudden career jumps: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sudden-career-jump/12306359

Sims with tattoos using the in game custom paint option turning black (existing bug, more common since the July 1, 2025 update): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/sims-turn-completely-black-after-customization/11972065?topicRepliesSort=postTimeDesc

Pets/horses that use the in game custom paint option turning black (another existing bug that is more common since the July 1, 2025 update): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/cd-hr-petshorses-are-black/12143277

New Bugs Since the Jun 17 Update:

Affecting all players: Sims return home from work or school if you travel or reload the lot in any way (to into CAS/save and quit while sims at school/work / go to an active career): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/gtw-sims-leave-jobschool-after-another-sim-travels/12283651 and https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/adultsteenschildren-at-workschool-on-reload-trying-to-skip-workschool/12300531 (this second link added when updating this post on July 7, 2025).

Console players (I also covered this in a video):

Re console crashing after update 2.13: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/xbps-console-crashing-after-update-2-13/12266037

Re user settings resetting: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/psxb-game-preferences-resetting/12264369

Patch Notes:

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-7-1-2025

This was a large update, 3.4 GB for Windows players through the EA app, 3.7 GB for Mac players and as usual, even larger for console players.

New game versions after the July 1, 2025 game update:

Mod Tracking Lists & Crinrict User File Reset Guide:

Note this was a big update and broke many mods. I recommend you check out either of the two lists to check on your mods. At the time I’m writing this, not all mods have been updated.

Luth’s List on the Sims Forums

Scarlet’s List

Crinrict’s User File Reset Guide

My Tutorial Videos:

How to prepare for a Sims 4 game update

How to temporarily avoid a game update through the EA app

Contact Me:

If you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A

Drifter Mash Up Challenge: Houses 15, 16 & 18 (Sims 4)

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Why I Decided to do this Drifter Mashup:

Note that I skipped from House 10 (which did include House 11 goals) to House 24 (link here), though I did also include the goals for House 13 when I did House 24.

Goals/optional goals for House 24 are to complete the family aspirations, however the two base game family aspirations (Big Happy Family Aspiration and Successful Lineage Aspiration) require a child to get married, max a career & for the sim parent to be friends to 4 grandchildren. We will also be doing the Super Parent Aspiration that comes with Parenthood. Getting the children of House 24 to complete everything needed for their mother (and father) to complete these aspirations is going to take some time and the House 24 household is very wealthy and also quite laggy.

I’m hoping that starting over with the two oldest (Lily and Luna Driver), who are currently teens, with Luna just having aged up to a teen, with nothing on a new empty lot with both help with the lagging and also be more interesting than playing a wealthy household.

As mentioned, in true Drifter tradition, they will start over with nothing except a few miscellaneous items in their inventory (mostly for fun, nothing of much value).

They will take on the some goals from House 15, 16 & 18 plus an element of goals for House 17 that need to be completed when doing House 16. See below for more details.

Note their younger sibling Lee Driver, who is currently an infant, will eventually join them once they are established, though I plan to move him out sometime after he becomes a young adult.

The main focus of this challenge will be on Lily and Luna.

Starting Lot:

They will be living on the Garden Essence Lot (40×30 lot) in the Foundry Cove neighbourhood (the lot the BFFs usually live on) to start with, though they will probably move later on, most likely to Sulani to help with Goal 5.

Note that the Garden Essence Lot is used for House 15.

Rules:

  1. Start with no money on an empty lot.
  2. Note that most Houses of the Drifter Challenge limit who you can control, I will be controlling anyone in the household for this challenge, as allowed in House 24.
  3. Any sims joining the household can’t bring any money or any significant assets (sell furniture before moving them in if they live on their own).
  4. Use general rags to riches rules per video, which also links to my blog post.

Goals (Five in Total):

Goal 1: We will work on the goals required for their parents (mostly their mother Katie) to complete her/their family aspirations,

  • at least one sibling getting married (required for Big Happy Family Aspiration)
  • having four children (for the four grandkids) between the siblings (required for Big Happy Family Aspiration),
  • maxing a career (required for Successful Lineage Aspiration)
  • having a minimum of three positive character values (required for the Super Parent Aspiration)

Goal 2: I have given Luna the kleptomaniac trait when she aged up to a teen, as we will doing goals 2 and 3 from House 15 (link):

Luna will also do the Sticky Fingers aspiration. Once she completes these three goals, she will use a retraiting potion to change her kleptomaniac trait to a new trait, probably the Child of the Island trait to help with goal 5. Also note that I will be making museums off limits until goal 3 for house 15 is met (swipe 15 objects), though I will probably buy copies of the stolen objects and return any stolen items when Luna changes her kleptomaniac trait since she will ‘regret’ her youthful actions.

Goal 3: We will work on goals 1 through 3 from House 16 (link):

We will also craft at least one of each item you can craft on the woodworking table. The following list is what you need to craft to unlock for House 17 (link here), instead we need to craft them to unlock to use during our young adult years. Note we need to go to Granite Falls to unlock the Camping Mascot Sculpture.

As an added related goal, they will need to furnish their house from items crafted (including using LittleMsSam’s ‘More Woodworks’ mod), found dumpster diving or received as gifts during their teen years. Exception, they can buy the cheapest computer, radio & TV and they can buy skill objects that can’t be found/crafted (this includes, but isn’t limited to Home Chef Hustle small appliances, selling tables of any form, flower arranging tables, chicken coops, etc).

Goal 4: Lily will work on goals 2 through 5 from House 18 (link):

Goal 5: The fourth grandchild will be used in a Super Sim challenge, and Lily, as the oldest child and essentially the official heir of House 24, will have this child. My requirements for this child are that they must:
* be female
* have the Sulani Mana trait (source).

Contact Me:

If you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A

Generation Three: Maple Rags to Riches Legacy (Sims 4 Base Game, Optional Moschino)

See my separate post with an overview of the rules and optional goals that apply for all generations. Note you will be starting this generation with two sims, the oldest (i.e. heir, primary sim) and their next younger sibling (secondary sim) from the previous generation.

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Playlist link if you’d like to see me play (TBA)

Lots Unlocked This Generation:

Museums and Art Centers
Note: Arts Center unlocks the Humour & Hijinks Festival

Note if doing this in the suggested order, the following lots would already be unlocked: Parks/National Parks/Myshuno Center, Wedding Venues, Beaches, and Gyms/Spas (unlocked in Generation One) and Bars/Nightclubs/Lounges/Karaoke Bars (unlocked in Generation Two)

Generation Lot:

Arid Ridge (40×30 lot, 5,500 simoleons) in the Skyward Palms neighbourhood of Oasis Springs

Skills:

Primary Skills to Focus on: Painting.
Secondary Skills: Photography, Logic & Charisma

Optional Traits: Creative and/or Art Lover

Careers & Aspirations:  

Career: Max Master of the Real Branch with the primary sim, i.e. elder sibling. Max Patron of the Arts Branch with the secondary sim (either primary sim’s spouse or younger sibling, I will be using the primary sim’s spouse). Once they’ve both maxed both the painting career, the painting skill & at least one household member has maxed the photography skill, place the museum in Willow Creek. Museum/art centers in other worlds are now unlocked. Once that’s been unlocked/placed, have your main sim complete the painting aspiration.

Required Aspirations: Painter Extraordinaire once

Optional Career: (Moschino Pack): Have one sim max the freelance photographer (whichever didn’t do the alternate painting career, in my case the younger sibling.

Collection to Focus on for This Generation:

Collect & display* as many unique paintings from the various types of paintings, at least a minimum of three from each type (i.e. classic, landscape, etc. and from the different types of emotional paintings). Have your two main sims get a paint by reference of each other & include them with the displayed paintings.
*You can display the paintings on your home lot or place them on a museum lot. From this point onwards feel free to place completed collections on the museum lot if you prefer (though you can also keep them on the generational lot).

Optional, try to get a photo and/or painting of any children born in this generation from all life stages while they are still in the home. Note at the time of writing this blog post, it’s recommended to keep the number of photographs kept in the save down as they can bloat/enlarge save file size which can lead to save corruption so if you do this goal, just keep one, don’t have many.

Tips for This Generation’s ‘Collection’:

Some paintings are locked by skill level, both low and high. When I did my painting challenge, which this generation is modeled after, I had one sim paint first and once we had more money, then had the second sim do painting and at that point I had them start a lot of paintings in the different categories at the lower level since they would be blocked once a sim’s painting skill gets higher.

Alternatively, KaylaDot has a mod that unlocks low level paintings, so if you use mods you could do that. https://www.curseforge.com/sims4/mods/low-level-paintings-unlocked and LittleMsSam has a mod that lets you chose your painting: https://www.curseforge.com/sims4/mods/choose-painting-style

Note that I don’t plan on using either of these mods unless I get the minimum, but may try one or both to get the final ones in the end. 

List of all paintings (this is not by me & I’ve not checked it): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sC-hyeswexHZNXVAdnDz6shRZI5iFPzR4TyGkAvmPbo/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Contact Me:

If you would like to help with playtesting this challenge, or if you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A.

Note that my discord is the main place where others who are playtesting the challenge are sharing their game play.

Sims 4 Burglar Update (Feb 25, 2025)

Link to video overview

Update Overview

The main focus of the Feb 25, 2025 game update was to add burglars to the game, in addition to preparing the game for the upcoming Businesses and Hobbies Expansion Pack (releasing Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 10 am Pacific).

It also brought bug fixes, most of which were announced in the Feb 18, 2025 laundry list and a few other miscellaneous changes to the game, including more club opportunities, changes to mentoring & a few build/buy and create a sim items.

It also broke mods, the list of updated mods is quite long and not everything has been updated at the time I’m writing this.

This update also added new bugs, including a bad one that caused distortion of children, infants and toddlers. EA has said they’ve identified the problem and are working on an update to fix the issue. They’ve also provided a workaround while we wait for the hotfix.

EA Links

Link to patch notes: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-2-25-2025

Link to blog post on burglars: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/burglar-dev-diary

Link to Sims Video introducing burglars:

Link to forum post explaining new cache file: https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-gameplay-en/question-about-file/11931110/replies/11932288

Mod Tracking Lists

Luth’s list on the forums (no 18+ mods tracked there): https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-mods-and-custom-content-en/broken-and-updated-mods-and-cc-1-113-feb-25-2025-game-update/11921215

Scarlet’s List: https://scarletsrealm.com/the-mod-list/

My tutorial on how to prepare for an update:

Crinrict blog post on how to do a factory reset of user files: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/resetting-the-game-to-factory-settings-without-reinstalling/

New Bug Reports Since Feb 25 Game Update

Distorted Children, Toddlers and Infants: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/toddlerinfantschild-body-and-face-distortions/11928891
(Link to Sims Community speculation article one person referred to on this bug report: https://simscommunity.info/2025/02/26/sims-4-aging-sliders-discovery/ )

SimsDirect tweet re the distorted children issue: https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1895161608646648254

While we wait for an bug fix update, workaround for the child distortion issue provided by EA Cade:

Can’t Choose Werewolf Nose Colour: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/w-cannot-select-nose-color-for-werewolves/11928596

Not Able to Select Tattoos on Console: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/psxb-not-able-to-select-tattoos-in-cas/11929118

No workers on retail and vet lots (existing bug with many more reports since the Feb 25 game update): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/cd-gtw-retail-workervets-dont-spawn-for-business-as-customercant-buy/5044322

Lot Information Icon Shining: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/lot-information-icon-shining-all-the-time-patch-1-1132-08/11928800

Nifty Knitting unlocked clothes don’t show when knitting new clothes, if you have knit the outfits, they will still show as unlocked in CAS: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/nksp-unlocked-knitting-objects-are-re-lockeddont-unlock/11930823

Laundry not in club activities even though mentioned in patch notes: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/ldsp-gt-club-activities-not-showing-do-laundry/11929379

Not being paid for mentoring (note this should be a pack feature, therefore bug seems to be that it is showing in the base game): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/not-getting-paid-for-mentoring/11928777

The Sims Developer Livestream For The Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies | Base Game Update

Originally scheduled for 10 am Pacific on Friday, February 28, 2025, but due to issues at their broadcasting location, it was rescheduled to 10 am Pacific on Monday, March 3, 2025.

YouTube (will tell you when it’s live in your time zone)

Original video was made private.

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/thesims

Tweet re original livestream: https://x.com/TheSims/status/1894810037786202423

Contact Me:

If you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.com/invite/aJaX7Pca8A

Oct 22 Game Update Overview: New Bugs & Mod Impact (Sims 4)

I discuss the Oct 22, 2024, Sims 4 base game update, including what’s new, what was and wasn’t fixed, the mod impact and the new bugs since the update. I also review some other common bugs from before the update. What was your favourite thing in the update & have you experienced any non-mod related issues? 😊🍁 #Sims4 #GameUpdate #Sims4Bugs #Sims4Mods

My Video

Patch Notes: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-10-22-2024

The Sims Unlisted Video with What’s New:

Note, there was a bug report where lots with the Off the Grid lot challenge couldn’t be loaded in game play, that seems to have been fixed with this update. https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/FIXED-Off-the-grid-lot-challenge-keeps-lot-from-loading-Error/td-p/14051036 (Shared as an FYI as the thread is locked as appears to be fixed).

Also, console players are missing Ghost Overlay Button (not in bugs section at time I got link): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Consoles/Missing-overlay-button-in-CAS-for-ghost-on-PS4/m-p/14194213

Related to DX 11:

Can’t use Alt Tab in Fullscreen. The work arounds are to:

  1. Use Windowed Fullscreen or Windowed Mode
  2. Use the DX9 Option found under graphics.

DX11 Feedback thread on EA AHQ: https://answers.ea.com/t5/PC/DirectX-11-Technical-Issues-and-Feedback-Thread/td-p/14022619

Mod Impact and Mod Tracking Lists:

Many mods broke with the update, including most popular mods (MCCC, UI Cheats to name a couple, those have both been updated). As of the time I’m typing this, many others, though not all, have been updated.

Two good sources to see which of your mods was impacted are noted below:

Luth’s list on EA AHQ: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mods-CC-Issues/Broken-Obsolete-and-Updated-Sims-4-Mods-1-110-October-22-2024/td-p/14181798

Scarlet’s List: https://scarletsrealm.com/the-mod-list/

Note that injection tools that are used by other mods broke with this update. The two main ones are XML Injector and Lot 51 Core Library. Both were updated on Oct 23/24, though XML Injector was reupdated on Oct 23/24. There are two other injection tools that were still broken last I looked on Oct 25/24, I see them mentioned on Luth’s list.

Also, some loading screen mods broke with the update, according to SimMattically, it looks like pack pictures may be replacing the plumbob at some point, or something like that. The tooltips will remain. Original tweet: https://x.com/SimMattically/status/1849068375101567463

Follow Up tweets:

New Bugs since the Update:

Crinrict’s Tweet with many listed (these will be included in what is shared below):

Captain Whitaker no longer ghost: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CD-Captain-Whitaker-is-no-longer-a-ghost/td-p/14192516

Wishing well ghost child turned back into regular child: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/RGSP-Wishing-Well-Ghost-child-turned-back-to-human-No-more-ghost/td-p/14192159

Children missing death types (Seasons: overheating/freezing, City Living: pufferfish death & Base Game: death by meteorite): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/CL-S-Death-types-missing-for-children/m-p/14191936#M301000

Can’t transfer sims to a new household through manage worlds (work around is to split from household at the household level, that let’s one sim split from household into a new household, if you want other sims to join them, then go to manage worlds and transfer the other sims from one household to another: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Transfer-button-in-Manage-Household-grey-out-transferring/td-p/14191332

Occult eyes disappear when entering live mode: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-V-ROM-Occult-eyes-features-disappear-when-entering-live/m-p/14192231#M300907

Sims don’t disappear in rabbithole when going to work/school: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Sims-don-t-disappear-in-rabbithole-when-going-to-work-school/td-p/14194188

Action to woohoo with Grim doesn’t work (Note a work around was suggested (instruct to cuddle first, which requires Lovestruck, then initiate woohoo, as it is working for some): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Action-doesn-t-proceed-when-trying-to-woohoo-with-Grim-Reaper/td-p/14193014

Whisked away children can not be played: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Whisked-away-children-can-not-be-played/td-p/14193402

Parents need to introduce themselves to infants: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/Parents-need-to-introduce-themselves-to-their-infants-Patch-1/td-p/14192344

Objects stuck in world, possibly after loading a residential rental lot: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Objects-stuck-when-placed-in-world-after-loading-a-r/td-p/14193914

Sims wear default underwear when they should be naked (bathing, etc.): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Sims-wear-default-underwear-when-naked/td-p/14190907

Not Fixed in Update:

Eyes/eyelids issues (new bug report): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Eyes-Eyelids-Issues-Patch-1-110-265-2-01/m-p/14190754#M300776

Sims invading homes (existing bug report): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/CURRENT-ISSUE-Sims-invading-Homes/td-p/13285790

Reaper’s Reward Event Issues: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/READ-FIRST-Reaper-Rewards-Known-Issues-List/m-p/14176425#M299962

Some Other Bugs from Before the Update:

Can’t fish at fishing signs in Sulani (issue since the Jul 23/24 pre Lovestruck update): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-IL-Signed-Fishing-Spots-Not-Working-in-Sulani/m-p/13894582

Can’t Resume Knitting (since Jul 23/24 pre Lovestruck update): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-NKSP-Action-won-t-queue-for-Resume-Frog-Knitting/m-p/13896316
This has a bug fix mod: https://www.curseforge.com/sims4/mods/knitting-bug-fix

Daily tasks only appearing for one teen (since Jul 23/24 pre Lovestruck update): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-HSY-School-daily-tasks-not-appearing-for-all-teens/m-p/13906035

Teens not aging up with third trait, character values, HSY trait (old issue, more common since the Jul 34/34 pre Lovestruck update, newer reports start on page 3 of the bug report, as of Oct 25/24, there are 13 pages): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Teenager-don-t-get-third-trait-on-aging-no/td-p/11749122
This has a bug fix mod: https://www.curseforge.com/sims4/mods/teen-age-up-bug-fix

Overlapping Festivals (old issue, more common since the Sept 18/24 update, new reports start on page 7 of the bug report, as of Oct 25/24, there are 24 pages): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CL-SE-Overlapping-festivals-Food-Stalls/td-p/7811392

Can’t Get Table at Restaurant on Date or Hangout (issue since Sept 18 Update): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-DO-Can-t-request-table-in-restaurant-on-a-date-Hang-out/td-p/14044398

Compiled List of Reported Issues: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/READ-FIRST-Compiled-list-of-reported-Issues/m-p/3445209#M223825

Contact Me:

If you would like to help with playtesting this challenge, or if you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A.

Life and Death Gameplay Trailer & SimGuru Follow Up Tweets (Sims 4)

I discuss my thoughts on what was covered in the Life & Death Gameplay trailer & some additional information revealed from SimGuru tweets. What was your favourite thing from the trailer? 😊🍁 #Sims4 #LifeandDeath #Speculation

My video overview

Link to Gameplay Trailer:

Sims’ Life and Death Blog Post:

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/life-and-death-expansion-pack

Sims’ Life and Death Purchase Page:

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/store/addons/the-sims-4-life-and-death-expansion-pack

Tweets:

The Sims Tweet re the gameplay trailer:

SimGuruBat voice actor for Grim:

SimGuruNova on cross pack with Paranormal Stuff ‘more on that soon’:

SimGuruNova ‘not just game over’:

SimGuruBat tweet thread re hair texture on mohawk that Nervous Subject has:

SimGuruMorgan re Grim Reaper Presets:

SimGuruMorgan on Soul’s Journey and Bucket List:

jackofgames tweet re their understanding of Soul’s Journey:

SimGuruNova on cross pack bucket list options:

SimGuruMorgan re Death Causes Sim Facts:

SimGuruNinja tweet re some surprises left:

TheSimsDirect Tweet Thread on Update Being Next Week:

Time Zone converter for when 10 am Pacific, Oct 22, 2024 is in your own time zone:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Expected+Timing+of+Base+Game+Update&iso=20241022T10&p1=224

My video on the announcement re the update being Oct 22 vs Oct 29.

My prior video on the Grimtern video & previous Sim Guru Tweets.

Contact Me:

If you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A

The Sims’ Grimtern’s Video & Other SimGuru Information (Sims 4 Life and Death)

There’s a new Life and Death video by The Sims, this time on ‘Grimterns’! I discuss my thoughts on it and some recent SimGuru tweets about the pack & upcoming base game update, including some speculation on what the new ‘big’ feature coming to base game might be. What do you think it could be? 😊🍁 #Sims4 #LifeandDeath #Speculation #BaseGameUpdate

Links referred to in my video :

The Sims Grimtern video:

Twitter/X:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSims/videos/567117745988647  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DA85NKkSL25/

SimGuruNinja Tweet re Mermaid Gravestones/Urns

(and follow SimGuru responses):

SimGuruMorgan re choosing type of urn:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1844160927719133653

SimGuruMorgan responding to SimGuruNinja: https://x.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1844389118807347399

SimGuruMorgan re the urn being on the ground outside:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1844398213551521863

SimGuruMorgan Tweet/Replies:

Re zodiac signs:

Re swimsuits:

Re the gravestones/urns ‘small compared to ‘that’’:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1844167396011213097

Possible original tweet with the ‘that’:

Iron Seagull spec resp: https://x.com/Iron_Cgull/status/1844168366896054443

SimGuruMorgan re BG feature being CAS related:

SimGuruMorgan re mermaid bassinets: https://x.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1844508532282097724

EA AHQ re no mermaid bassinet: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-IL-Mermaid-Bassinet-Missing-Inconsistent-With-Other-Occults/m-p/14155636#M298764

Tweet Thread re Nervous Subject Name:

Follow up:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1844498938059211067

Developer Livestream Prep Chaos:

Miscellaneous The Sims Tweet:

Re the Whispering Wren including it’s description & that it is ‘heirloom eligible’:

https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1842275622674219268

My Life and Death Announcement Trailer/Blog Post Overview Video:

Life and Death Links from My Previous Video:

Trailer:

Sale Post: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/store/addons/the-sims-4-life-and-death-expansion-pack

Blog Post: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/life-and-death-expansion-pack

YouTube Short with summary of new features over clips from trailer:

Time Zone Converter for when the EP will release in your time zone:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Worldwide+Release+of+Sims+4+Life+and+Death&iso=20241031T10&p1=224

Meeting planner for four time zones of pack release:

https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2024&month=10&day=31&hour=17&min=0&sec=0&p1=224&p2=179&p3=136&p4=240

Tweets:

The Sims thread re trailer, sales & blog posts:

SimGuruMorgan re cover art:

SimGuruMorgan re hand on shoulder:

https://twitter.com/SimGuruMorgan/status/1841897016382918834

SimGuruMorgan re hairstyle:

SimsGuruConor re world:

SimGuruNinja crypt woohoo response:

Sims Wiki re Possible Sims on Life and Death Cover:

Nervous Subject: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Nervous_Subject

Olive Specter: https://sims.fandom.com/wiki/Olive_Specter

Contact Me:

If you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A

More Bugs – Post Lovestruck Base Game Update (Sims 4)

I discuss some more information on the error 123 issue, some workarounds and mod fixes, as well as many other common bugs, and possible workarounds when available, since the Jul 23 update and a few Lovestruck bugs. 😊 🍁 Video link

Links referred to in video, including EA AHQ links:

Note that what I covered in my video, and also link below is what I’m seeing as popular issues since the July 23, 2024 updates and the later hot fix/e-patch updates that I noticed when looking through the Sims 4 bug section of EA AHQ.

That said, a good place to look for a summary of reported Sims 4 is Crinrict’s compiled list of reported errors which is one of a few posts pinned in the Sims 4 bug section of EA AHQ: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/READ-FIRST-Compiled-list-of-reported-Issues/m-p/3445209#M223825

Crinrict’s compiled list also shows Popular Now – Top 10 and Current Issues (screenshot as of August 4, 2024):

Error 123 Bug:

EA AHQ Link: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/UNDER-INVESTIGATION-Game-Failed-to-Load-Error-Code-123/td-p/13898427

Link to original video on the issue: https://youtu.be/OYnUjR4lXY8

Updated information:

Crinrict Tweet: https://x.com/crinrict/status/1820119628942565753

Crinrict Blog Posts:

Re Events: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/crin-error/faulty-events-error-code123-misc-numbers/

Bug fix mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/thesims4/mods/2634

Issue with bartenders: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/crin-error/error-code-123ff93df2/

Bug fix mod: https://www.patreon.com/posts/temporary-fix-109378702

Old issue with restaurants and incomplete placements: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/crin-error/restaurants-error-code-12320ece5dd/

Bug fix mod: https://modthesims.info/d/676806/no-more-placemats-no-more-broken-restaurants.html

Note original EA AHQ bug report re 123 error for restaurants: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/DO-Restaurant-123-20ece5dd-bee5c638/m-p/12300270

Other Non Lovestruck Bugs:

Note these are mostly new bugs, but in some instances they were existing bugs that have seen a lot of activity since the July 23, 2024 game update:

No option to pay bills: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-No-option-to-pay-bills/td-p/13899527

HSY daily tasks only appearing for one teen: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-HSY-School-daily-tasks-not-appearing-for-all-teens/td-p/13906035

PC/MAC Save Error 0 (Patch 1.86.166): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-PC-MAC-Save-Error-0-Patch-1-86-166/td-p/11414169
Note that this is an old bug, but has had more activity on it since the update.

Nifty Knitting can’t resume knitting: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-NKSP-Action-won-t-queue-for-Resume-Knitting/td-p/13896316

Can’t split from household: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Can-t-use-split-from-household-and-move/td-p/10005812
Note this is not a new bug, but report has seen a fair amount of activity since the update.

Spellcaster can’t learn spells from tomes: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-ROM-Spellcasters-Cannot-Study-Magical-Tomes-to-Learn-Spells/m-p/13901387#M283615

Distorted eye glass frames: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Glasses-frame-distorted/td-p/13895290

Can’t select traits in CAS: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Unable-to-select-traits-in-CAS/td-p/13898994 Note that while this can happen in a vanilla game, it can also be caused by mods, so you need to test with your mods folder out and make sure there are no mod settings folders/files in your saves folder.

Outdoor lighting on inside room ceilings: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Outdoor-lighting-for-inside-rooms-on-ceilings/td-p/13894405

Can’t split from household and move in live mode: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/NEEDS-SAVES-Can-t-use-split-from-household-and-move/td-p/10005812 (This is an existing bug with more activity since the July 23/24 game update).

Animals stuck in inventory after Finchwick Fair: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/CoL-Animals-stuck-in-inventory-after-fair-Patch-1-108-318/m-p/13897763#M286250

Can’t fish in Sulani: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-IL-Signed-Fishing-Spots-Not-Working/m-p/13900555#M283535

Lovestruck Bugs:

Social options missing on date event: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-LS-Social-options-missing-on-date-event/m-p/13909470#M285082

No Gallery Sims on Cupid’s Corner: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-LS-No-gallery-Sims-on-Cupid-s-Corner/td-p/13909304

‘Missing’ objects from Build/Buy: (workaround is to filter and then use magnifying glass OR use bb.showhiddenobjects and then filter and type debug into the search) https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/LS-Several-B-B-Assets-aren-t-tagged-anywhere-or-under-all/m-p/13903013#M283876

Infinite Loading screen after Planning Date: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-LS-Infinite-Loading-Screen-After-Planning-Date/td-p/13896504

Gallery Sims from Cupids Corner have high pitched voices: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/LS-Gallery-Sims-from-Cupid-s-Corner-have-high-pitched-voices/m-p/13905016#M284263

Cupid’s Corner Matches Won’t Load: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/LS-Cupid-s-Corner-matches-will-not-load/m-p/13903728#M284045

Romantic Relationships Decay too Quickly: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Romantic-Relationships-decay-become-negative-fast-with-no/td-p/13909651

No cross pack compatibility with Discover University and the new career (either branch): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/LS-DU-Romance-Consultant-Career-No-Benefits-from-any-Degree/m-p/13902697#M283806

Penthouse La Suite del Alechazo has no door on study (workaround is to just add one): https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/LS-Penthouse-La-Suite-del-Flechazo-Has-No-Door-For-Study-Room/m-p/13904906#M284210

Contact Me:

If you would like to help with playtesting this challenge, or if you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A.

Lovestruck Mini Playthrough (Sims 4)

#EAPartner

Many thanks to the EA Creator Network for the code for the Lovestruck Expansion Pack.

Let’s play link TBA

Our Sims:

Cara Parker, in addition to the traits shown here, she is also creative and has a quick learner trait from choosing a knowledge aspiration.

Jefferson Parker, in addition to the traits shown here, he is a rancher and he also has a quick learner trait from choosing a knowledge aspiration. He is still romantically exploring, which is why it currently shows as romantically attracted to no one.

I’m asking for some young adult single sims to be put on the gallery as potential love interest for these two sims, who are siblings. I will also use some in my longer Rags to Riches Lovestruck LP, but I am still avoiding that save due to the bugs in the game.

Please use #MapleLSSingles when you put them up and please let me know when you’ve done so, either here, on my video, in my Facebook group or on my discord. If you include your Gallery ID with your comment that will ensure I don’t miss them.

Goals:

  • Look at the world.
  • Try and collect as many axolotls as we can.
  • Look at Cupid’s Corner and the new type of dates.
  • Explore the mystery of the ring and the blue bear ‘sammy bear’ aka ‘the ring bear’.
  • See how much of the two new aspirations we can get done.
  • See how the new traits affect gameplay as they both have one of the two new traits (the opposite ones).
  • Anything else that comes up along the way. Hopefully we’ll get the 7 dates challenge!

Contact Me:

If you would like to help with playtesting this challenge, or if you have any questions or want to share your own Sims game play with other Simmers head over to my Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/maplesimmersimssanctuary or my discord, https://discord.gg/aJaX7Pca8A.