Social Menu Bug, Flashing Shopping Cart & Broken Mods (Sims 4 News)

Link to my video: https://youtu.be/WAFgpA9DkSM

There’s been an emergency patch, link to my video on that: https://youtu.be/mfdcnI-_8jg

Wednesday, Feb 28, 2024 Emergency Patch Notes & Tweets:

SimsDirect Tweet re the emergency update: https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1763015571606790585

Patch notes on EA.com: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/news/update-2-28-2024
& EA AHQ: https://answers.ea.com/t5/General-Discussion/E-Patch-February-28-2024/m-p/13524487#M84658

SimsDirect tweets acknowledging issues (came before the emergency update): https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1762913593195118657

SimMattically Mod to remove Shopping Cart Icon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hot-fix-remove-99382396

Tuesday, Feb 27, 2024 Patch Note & Bug Report Links:

SimsDirect Tweet re update: https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1762561363271180693

SimsDirect Tweet re mods: https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1762571617367113897

Patch Notes: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-2-27-2024

Missing Social Menu EA AHQ Bug report: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Social-Menu-not-appearing-for-certain-Sims/td-p/13519312

Note there is a workaround for this issue, it seems to be tied to the singing skill in that it is affecting sims with singing skill 5 or higher: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/WORKAROUND-Social-Menu-not-appearing-for-certain-Sims/m-p/13520962#M271086

SimsDirect Tweet re pulsating shopping cart button: https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1762629112567595336

EA AHQ report re pulsating shopping cart button: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Pulsating-Shopping-Button/td-p/13519671

Sims Community tweet re pulsating shopping cart (for an example): https://twitter.com/TheSimCommunity/status/1762545245399507207

Links for My Second Video:

SimsDirect Tweet Thread:
Re Social Menu Workaround: https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1762913593195118657
Re: Flashing Shopping Cart Icon: https://twitter.com/TheSimsDirect/status/1762913594952532476

Crinrict tweet re Social Menu workaround: https://twitter.com/crinrict/status/1762840413390487980

SimMattically mod to remove shopping cart. Note this is not compatible with TwistedMexi’s Better Build Buy:
Tweet: https://twitter.com/SimMattically/status/1762868982531375151
Mod Link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/hot-fix-remove-99382396

TwistedMexi has said that when BetterBuildBuy is updated, it may also remove the shopping cart icon: https://twitter.com/TwistedMexi/status/1762650877012136295

Sacrificial’s Tweet re change to tuning re packs owned by the user: https://twitter.com/SacrificialMods/status/1762680363900354947

Mod Information:

Luth’s Post on EA AHQ: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mod-CC-Issues/Broken-Obsolete-and-Updated-Sims-4-Mods-1-105-Feb-27-2024-Game/m-p/13509582

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

Plus a select few that I saw information on with links where available:

Updated Mods at the Time of My First Video:

MCCC (2024.1.1 hotfix): https://www.patreon.com/posts/mc-command-2024-99324295

UI Cheats (v1.40): https://www.patreon.com/posts/ui-cheats-v1-40-26240068

LittleMsSam (various): https://littlemssam.tumblr.com/post/743510455882072065/patch-1105297-updates

Reports re Broken Mods at the Time of My First Video:

Turbodriver: https://twitter.com/WickedWhims/status/1762569948449136853

Lot51CC: https://twitter.com/Lot51CC/status/1762577979694109008

Frankk: https://twitter.com/frankkulakmods/status/1762573845444133177

Sacrificial: https://twitter.com/SacrificialMods/status/1762633243134718078

Lumpinou: https://www.patreon.com/posts/40486381

Crystal Creations Livestream & Information:

Sims Tweet re #CrystalCreations Developer Livestream: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1762559564246032517

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHt-7VMLgnc

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

SimMattically Tweets re #CrystalCreations Assets:

CAS: https://twitter.com/SimMattically/status/1762588080647680406

Build/Buy: https://twitter.com/SimMattically/status/1762588779758440759

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

#CrystalCreations #StuffPack Information (Sims 4)

Link to my Videos:

Overview of trailer and blog post: https://youtu.be/OZlycrPR6F8

Crystal & Jewelry Collab information: https://youtu.be/0iH9q-mhmCk

Summary of The Sims Tweet Responses re the Effects of Some Crystals in the #CrystalCreations #StuffPack! 😊

Jade: Will increase your Sim’s chances of finding other crystals!

Moonstone: Bored moodlets vanish x10 faster 😱 Werewolves Fury 2x decay & Rampage 5x decay 🐺 Mages 0x failure if uncharged + 0.5x failure if overcharged 😆 AND! Vampires have slower thirst decay 🧛‍♀️

Amber: Will bring sunny weather & good vibes! 😎

Turquoise: Will bring your Sim higher charisma gains

Amethyst: Your Sim’s energy will charge 1.25x faster while sleeping!!

Hematite: Your Sim will be immortal (except old age) when Hematite is equipped (i.e. no accidental deaths).

Ruby: Embarrassed moodlets banish faster AND no bad woohoo outcomes for your Sim with Ruby!!

Sapphire: Will level up Focused Skills 1.25x faster

Already known from trailer:

Jet: “Sims can summon the Grim Reaper at will”

Orange Topaz: “Sims gain creative skill faster”

Jade was also mentioned there, it said “Sims will randomly find crystals around the house”.

Links re Crystal Impacts:

Sims Tweet: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761092914942488647

Some of their responses that were shown in my video, to see more see the replies on the link above:

Jade: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761103668051620359

Moonstone: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761103470395044277

Amber: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761094241802170865

Turquoise: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761105816105693258

Amethyst: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761093822065586635

Hematite: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761099311646138446

Ruby: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761105504145916248

Sapphire: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1761094531519525094

Links re ArethaBee Jewelry Collab:

Tweet re jewelry collab: https://twitter.com/TheSims/status/1760696295273238958

Blog post re the collab: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/news/ymts-with-arethabee

Other Information and Links, incl. Release Times & Developer Livestream:

Expected Release time of the Crystal Creations Pack is Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 10 am Pacific, here’s when that is in some time zones:

Time Zone Converter for when Pack is Expected to Launch in your own time zone: http://tinyurl.com/s9eu7t4j

Developer livestream is scheduled for 11 am Pacific on Wednesday, February 28, 2024. It will be on their Twitch and their YouTube. Time Zone Converter for when the livestream will start in your own time zone: http://tinyurl.com/bdf94mcv

Base game update will be Tuesday, February 27, 2024 and the usual time for updates is 10 am Pacific. Time Zone Converter for when base game update will happen in your own time zone: http://tinyurl.com/4ztb8vwy

Link to trailer: https://youtu.be/rdD7je57_-4?si=D1B7KeNNDhEmNk2y

Link to Crystal Creation Blog Post: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/news/crystal-creations-stuff-pack

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