Laundry List - May 23rd 2024

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Sul Sul Simmers!

Welcome to this month’s Laundry List, where we share the top community concerns we’re currently investigating and aim to resolve in an upcoming patch.

You may notice we’re investigating more issues than previous months; this is because we’ve assembled a team to invest in the core game experience, including tackling technical issues within The Sims 4. We have continued to review reported concerns that have interrupted your The Sims 4 gameplay over time, and we recognize that this has caused much frustration. It’s why we have set out to form this focused team, which will be able to increase both the number of fixes we can address and how often we ship these batched updates. Our goal is to fix more reported concerns, both big and small, over the next six months and beyond to check off more boxes on our Laundry List. This is our first release, with others following roughly every two months. Keep an eye out for future Laundry List announcements for the latest run down of fixes.

We genuinely value your input so please continue to report any issues you experience via Answers HQ. This remains our primary source for information on player experiences. Any and all details are helpful, especially those surrounding where the issue was encountered so we can reproduce it as a part of our investigation. As is the case with any patch, please remember to remove any external game mods and custom content as they may conflict with the updates.

For our next patch, read below for the list of the community concerns we’re investigating and aiming to resolve.

• Note, this is only a list of topics from AnswersHQ and community-sourced feedback with upcoming fixes; there are more improvements to the game and topics reported by players that are not listed here but still being worked on.

• Additionally, we hope you can understand that some topics can be tricky and may require an extended investigation on our end, so even though we are actively reviewing, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate total fix in the upcoming patch.

Thank you for all your patience and valuable help in reporting!

We’ll continue to check in, and together we can make this game the best it can be.
Happy Simming!

Base Game

• "A Trash Can Is Required" message will no longer display when trash cans are present on the active lot.
• Dishes left in corners will no longer be ignored when cleaning up.
• Skills Won't Stay in Alphabetical Order.
• Plants won't grow weeds when Out of Season. If a plant has weeds when reaching the Out of Season state, they will be removed until the plant is back In Season.
• Sims can properly merge or move households with NPC Sims "not in world" - merge/move button no longer grayed out.
• Careers/Jobs that don’t require a daily task no longer have a blank daily task menu.
• Campfire causes too many fires.
• Skills will not randomly increase or change when leaving the lot or editing the household.
• Summon Grilled Cheese interaction will no longer drop from the interaction queue.
• Sim will no longer get stuck in the ground and continue to Swim Laps.
• Calendar notification light will no longer switch off after traveling.
• Customizable pronouns were adjusted to appear correctly on a few of the Romantic Relationship phone calls and will no longer display improper usage like “ask their out.”
• Several Packs are in wrong order.
• (Console) After switching to build mode from world map a red bar will no longer display in the upper right corner.

Cats & Dogs

• Kittens will route downstairs without causing route error.
• Small dogs and puppies will no longer route fail when using the elevator to go downstairs.

Cottage Living

• Hatchable egg and spoiled eggs will no longer disappear.

Dine Out

• ‘Order For Table' interaction will no longer get stuck in the interaction queue after waiter delivers food to the table.

• Home Chef Hustles players can now add Waffles to the Restaurant Menu. More menu additions to come.

Eco Lifestyle

• Nose rings will break when paired with brow piercings from Eco Lifestyle pack.

For Rent

• Dirty surroundings moodlet from Pressure Cooker/Kettle.
• Property Ownershop of "Tam Nang Sands" lot will be recognized in the owned rental tab.
• Tourist location icons will now appear correctly when hovering over the Tomarang world select screen.

Get to Work

• Aliens will stop having noticeable changes in facial structure when aging up.

Growing Together

• The "Had a Baby" Milestone unlocks after giving birth at hospital rabbit hole.
• We love Science Babies! The "Had a Baby " Milestone is now unlocked after having Science Babies for the first time.

High School Years

• After a teen Sim attending high school completes all tasks and aces exams, they will also be promoted to a better grade.
• Teens cannot send flirty messages to adults or household family members

Horse Ranch

• Sim will no longer autonomously want to buy mini goats and will stop triggering UI pop ups.
• Nectar value is now properly increased when selling to the mysterious rancher.
• Horse will no longer get stuck sleeping when too close to the Horse Ball.

Island Living

• Mermaid Conservationists can now complete the "Snorkel in Mua Pel'am" job task.

Seasons

• During winter, sims will properly animate and remove weeds when a plant is surrounded by weeds.

Gallery

• Non-anonymous Gallery users appearing in the Following and Followers tabs don’t display the number of Followers each user has.
• All profanity filter false-positive reports sent to us via The Sims 4 Gallery Profanity Filter Feedback Survey (up to May 1st) have been reviewed and changes implemented. We appreciate all the responses to the survey and will continue to update our systems based on your feedback.