New Bugs Since the June 30, 2026 Game Update (Sims 4 News)

SimsDirect Tweet re bug with roofs:

Simmers,
We're investigating the missing roofs issue reported after yesterday's Base Game update. We're testing a fix targeting our July update, and pending testing, we'll share another update in the thread below as soon as we have more to report: https://t.co/8iijqn5NfT
— The Sims Direct Communications (@TheSimsDirect) July 1, 2026

NEW BUGS:

Under Investigation:

Visual issue with roofs: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/certain-buildings-only-show-edges-instead-of-roof/13523587

Verified:

Countdown time for School/After School Activity/Career Showing 0 Minutes: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/countdown-time-for-schoolafter-school-activitycareer-showing-0-minutes/13524224

Lot Taxes missing from Bills (Residential Lots): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/lot-taxes-missing-from-bills-residential-lots/13524714

No Sims on Main Menu home page: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/no-save-sims-on-front-page/13524575

Game is taking too long to load the main menu: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/game-is-taking-too-long-to-load-the-main-menu/13536652

[LD] Rebirthed sim is not added to an existing household: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/ld-rebirthed-sim-is-not-added-to-an-existing-household/13530407

CAS/Manage world deletes a marriage: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/casmanage-world-deletes-a-marriage/13524609

BUGS NOT FULLY FIXED:

Windows/Doors glitch into walls (Patch 1.125.69) (Verified): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/windowsdoors-glitch-into-walls-patch-1-125-69/13524199

Too Many Career Change Offers (Needs More Info): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/too-many-career-change-offers/13524495

Turtleneck Base Layer looks bad visually around Sims neck (Patch 1.125.59) (Verified): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/turtleneck-base-layer-looks-bad-visually-around-sims-neck-patch-1-125-59/13524411

Wrong duplicate worlds deleted (Needs More Info): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/wrong-duplicate-world-removed/13524032

PRIOR BUG after May 12/26 UPDATE:

Infants won’t sleep in crib (validating report): https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/infants-not-falling-asleep-in-crib-try-go-night-night/13401870

UI MOD ISSUE with MARKETPLACE

Update UI Cheats to v1.56

Forum report re Marketplace Issue: https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-mods-and-custom-content-en/mod-related-patch-1-125-marketplace-not-working/13530293

UI Cheats: https://www.patreon.com/weerbesu/posts/ui-cheats-v1-56-26240068

Crinrict’s BlueSky Posts:

Regarding Windows Ransomware Protection blocking Sims 4:

Jul 1/26 Summary of Bugs: https://bsky.app/profile/crinrict.com/post/3mplzq5gaqc2n

Re: looking for saves for wrong duplicate world deleted: https://bsky.app/profile/crinrict.com/post/3mplzw5klsk2n

Re: sims getting unmarried after going into CAS/Manage Worlds: https://bsky.app/profile/crinrict.com/post/3mpvf5ebv2s2j

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.

New Bugs Since May 12, 2026 Game Update & Some Fixes Coming! (Sims 4)

Video Link

SimsDirect Tweet re validating fixes for game update week of May 18, 2026:

Simmers,
We are currently testing fixes for recently reported Create a Sim, eye dropper tool, and controller scrolling issues.

We hope to release these in a small Base Game update across all platforms next week. Thank you for your EA Forums reports, and for your patience.
— The Sims Direct Communications (@TheSimsDirect) May 15, 2026

Login Event Issues

Issues with Login Event: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/lbmb-login-event-issues/13408032

Bug Reports

Note these are new since the May 12 game update unless another gate given in brackets.

Screenshot from Sims Discord:

Note the bug report is originally dated September 2025, but it became more common in 2026, I believe after the March 17, 2026 Marketplace update.

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Rags to Royalty (Sims 4)

#EAPartner #EACreatorNetwork #SimsPartner

Many thanks to the Sims Creator Program for the early access codes for the #RoyaltyandLegacyBundle

Here are the goals and rules for my Sims 4 Rags to Royalty Challenge, which focuses on the two youngest children from my Rags to Small Business Challenge family, Theodore (Theo) and Tabitha Sheridan.

Playlist link

Meet our Sims:

I am starting with four sims, our teen Theodore (Theo) Sheridan (genius, animal enthusiast) is the main sim who will be entering the nobility career when he is a young adult. He will also be the head of the dynasty, which we will create when he is a young adult as teens can’t create legacies.

His younger sister Tabitha (creative), who is currently a child, is joining Theo. Joining them will be teen Zhafira Cahyaputri (nosy, clumsy) from the For Rent Expansion Pack who became a ghost near the end of my Rags to Small Business Challenge Let’s Play. Zhafira will be working on the Social Puppeteer aspiration that comes with the Royalty & Legacy expansion pack.

We may possibly add Theo & Tabitha’s infant nephew, child of their older sister Sofia, once they are established.

All three sims are spellcasters.

Past Related Let’s Plays:

If you’d like to see my Rags to Small Business Challenge Let’s Play where Theo & Tabitha were born, and which shows Zhafira joining the household, here is the playlist for that.

Pack Goals:

Complete the new aspiration ‘Social Puppeteer’ (deviant category) that comes with Royalty & Legacy expansion pack with one sim in our household.
Max the new skill from the pack (swordsmanship) with at least one sim.
Have one sim (Theo) try to max the nobility career (at a minimum get to level 9).
Have a dynasty and see how high we can level it up.

Other Goals:

Complete the fortune aspiration with all sims.
All children/teen who age up to young adult must have at least four positive character values, hopefully all five.
Any toddlers must max all toddler skills, children need to complete base game & Growing Together childhood aspirations & a minimum of five formative moment challenges (Adventure Awaits) & teens need to complete the Goal Oriented & Admired Icon teen aspirations.
Young adults will have to complete their Soul’s Journey.

Rules

Start with no money on an lot with no home (we are starting on the 64×64 lot in the new world after deleting the house that starts on the lot, however landscaping is still there).
Starting sims need to complete their soul’s journey before they can leave the household.
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).
Money can be made from anything that game allows including any new money making opportunities that come with either pack. When using Trendi, the mark up is limited to 10x (which is still quite high) and will mainly be used for the Admired Icon aspiration (the goal to list and if needed to get Social Bunny follower count up).
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.

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Adventure Awaits Rags to Riches Legacy Challenge: Fairy Edition (Sims 4)

#EAPartner #EACreatorNetwork

Many thanks to the EA Creator Network for the early access codes for the #AdventureAwaits and #EnchantedbyNature Expansion Packs.

Here are the goals and rules for my Sims 4 Adventure Awaits Rags to Riches Legacy Challenge: Fairy Edition, which uses the youngest heir (Zoe Ito-FitzMoon) from my Rags to Property Owners LP, who was born in the prelude to my Life & Death Rags to Riches Legacy challenge. She is still the fifth generation in this legacy.

Playlist link

Meet our Sims:

I am starting with five sims, our teen Zoe Ito-FitzMoon is the main sim and is who will be having an heir for the next generation.

Her cousin Annie Pruett-Meyers, who Zoe’s Aunt Poppy adopted and who is currently a child, is joining Zoe. Also joining Zoe are siblings from my Fairy Pauper’s LP, twins Rowan & Glenn Reaves, teens, and their infant sibling Cassie.

Zoe & Glenn are spellcasters. Rowan & Cassie are fairies & Annie will become a fairy when she ages up to a teen. Zoe has the ancient bloodline trait and Glenn has a weak bloodline trait.

Past Related Let’s Plays:

If you’d like to see the prequel to my Life & Death Rags to Riches Legacy Challenge where Zoe was born and her parents completed their Soul’s Journey and pass down their aspiration traits to her aunts, here is the playlist for that.

Here is the playlist for Zoe’s parents For Rent rags to riches journey & the playlist for Zoe’s aunt and brothers Life & Death rags to riches journey.

Here is the playlist for my Fairy Pauper Let’s Play where Rowan & Glenn were raised from toddlers to teens & where their infant sister Cassie was born.

The back story as to why Glenn is a spellcaster and Rowan is a fairy is that their mother hid that she was a spellcaster from her husband, who is a fairy due to the negative relationship fairies and spellcasters have. It came out when the twins were born and Glenn was a spellcaster and at that point it appeared that she abandoned her family. It later turned out that she had gone to give up her magic and when that happened it caused her to lose her memory (this can’t happen in the game, but we’re using poetic license here!). A family friend knew who she was so she was reunited with her orphaned younger brother. Unfortunately she had kept her marriage and pregnancy from her family (due to the aforementioned negative relationship between fairies and spellcasters) so no one knew to look for her husband and children. It wasn’t until Cody, her husband and the twins’ father, accidentally found her again after joining a new career that her memory came back and the family was reunited.

Pack Goals:

Complete the new aspirations that come with both Adventure Awaits (Critter Hunter & childhood aspiration Cool Kid on the Block) & Enchanted by Nature (Elixir Enthusiast, Nature Nomad & Fairy Stories plus one of the two aspirations that unlock when you complete that aspiration) with at least one sim in our household.
Complete some childhood formative challenges.
Have at least one child in the household have an imaginary friend that we turn into a real sim when the child becomes a teen.
Max the new skills from both packs (Adventure Awaits: Papercraft, Diving & Entomology and for Enchanted by Nature: Apothecary & Natural Living).
Between the sims in the household have them max the careers from both packs.
Complete as many Adventure Awaits Quests & Enchanted by Nature Fables as we can.
Try to catch all the butterflies (Adventure Awaits).
Possibly look at the competitive trait with one of our sims.
Optional: possibly look at getaways if I can fit it in with everything else.

Other Goals:

Complete the fortune aspiration with all sims.
All children/teen who age up to young adult must have at least four positive character values, hopefully all five.
Any toddlers must max all toddler skills, children need to complete all childhood aspirations (base game & Growing Together) & teens need to complete the Goal Oriented & Admired Icon teen aspirations.
Young adults will have to complete their Soul’s Journey.
Work on completing the Making Money Scenario.

Rules

Start with no money on an lot with no home (we are starting on the 64×64 lot in Innisgreen that has a large pond and landscaping). We will move to Gibbi’s Point when our family has enough funds to do so.
Starting sims need to complete their soul’s journey before they can leave the household.
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).
Money can be made from anything that game allows including any new money making opportunities that come with either pack. when using Trendi, the mark up is limited to 10x (which is still quite high) and will mainly be used for the Admired Icon aspiration (the goal to list and if needed to get Social Bunny follower count up).
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.

Guides for Appeasing Gnomes:

New guide/screenshot from 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/

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The Fairy Paupers (Sims 4 Enchanted by Nature)

#EAPartner #EACreatorNetwork

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

Playlist link

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:

Raise the toddler twins to teens. *See goals that need to be met before they can age up to children & then to teens.
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.
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.
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).
Complete as many fables as we can.
Try to make one of each apothecary item.
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:

Max all toddler skills & get as many milestones as possible.
As children, complete all eight aspirations (4 base game, 4 Growing Together).
Join scouts and earn as many badges as possible. They will stay in scouts the entire time in this save.
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

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.
They can make money using any options the game allows, though we will try to make money from pack features too.
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.
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

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

Playlist link

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:

Start with no money on an empty lot.
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.
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).
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).

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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

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

Rags to Small Business? (Sims 4 Businesses & Hobbies)

#EAPartner #EACreatorNetwork

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

Playlist TBA

Meet our sims, Audrey (Creative, Animal Enthusiast who Loves the Outdoors with a Collector bonus trait) & Rhett Sheridan (Genius, Rancher & Idealist with a Quick Learner bonus trait), a young married couple and their independent, toddler daughter Sofia. Will they be able to start a small business they can pass down to a child, either their daughter or any others that may come along?

They are on the gallery if you’d like to play with them.

Goals:

Complete both new aspirations* with at least one sim.
Complete the fortune aspiration.
Pass down the business to one of their children.
Live in both neighbourhoods.

* the pack has two new aspirations, Master Mentor (Knowledge Aspiration) and Esteemed Entrepreneur (Popularity Aspiration).

Optional Goals:

Complete the new collection.
Unlock as many hobby perks as possible and pass them down when our starting couple becomes elders.
Complete the Making Money scenario.
Have any children born age up with at least four positive character values & have them complete all 8 child aspirations (4 base game/4 Growing Together)

Rules:

Start with no money on an empty lot.
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).
Use general rags to riches rules per video, which also links to my blog post.

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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

NEW BUGS:

Under Investigation:

Verified:

BUGS NOT FULLY FIXED:

PRIOR BUG after May 12/26 UPDATE:

UI MOD ISSUE with MARKETPLACE

Crinrict’s BlueSky Posts:

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Login Event Issues

Bug Reports

Screenshot from Sims Discord:

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Meet our Sims:

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Rules

Guides for Appeasing Gnomes:

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Background

Goals:

*Goals for the Twins:

Guides for Appeasing Gnomes:

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New Bugs:

New Bugs Since the July 1 Game Update:

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

New Bugs Since the Jun 17 Update:

Patch Notes:

Mod Tracking Lists & Crinrict User File Reset Guide:

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Why I Decided to do this Drifter Mashup:

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Rules:

Goals (Five in Total):

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Update Overview

EA Links

Mod Tracking Lists

New Bug Reports Since Feb 25 Game Update

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

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