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

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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

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:

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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