New Laundry List May 23

simgirl1010 · May 23

New Laundry List released May 23
And it's a big one!

https://x.com/TheSims/status/1793661216319308202?t=32Fvqp6jpPSLXewZ4DloSg&s=19

Laundry list here:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1014043/laundry-list-may-23rd-2024#latest

simgirl1010 · May 23

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EgonVM · May 23

Wow, a new team for patches. And the laundry list has a lot this time...

I'd go about the fear of death for elders, but I really think I should take time to check it out if it's still an issue. For now, I'll bring up this, this and this.

Brd709 · May 23

Still no top notch toddler fix. I don't like cheating these things in. So many of my child sims have missed out on this reward.

DaniRose2143 · May 23

Awesome news! It's wonderful to see so many bug fixes. Even better is having a team looking into the unresolved ones.

Just need to combine excitement with patience.🙂

simgirl1010 · May 23

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.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1014043/laundry-list-may-23rd-2024#latest

BlueR0se · May 23

Happy to see the alien-face glitch on age up is being looked into.

Im hoping theyll eventually fix the issue with For Rent and the game's memory system or w/e was causing For Rent to corrupt game saves.

Dianesims · May 23

They’re still not making it possible for expelled teens to reenroll in school 😭

Please just give us the option.

Simmingal · May 23

Best news in a while 💚👽

alanmichael1 · May 23

Hallelujah for weeds, alphabetical skills and dirty pressure cookers

logion · May 23

Really happy to see them assemble a team to improve the game and the core experience and helping with bugs. It is very appreciated.

LiELF · May 23

This is really great news! I know it's going to be frustrating for us mod users, but having a dedicated fix team is long, long overdue and I really had lost hope of EA ever caring about the game enough to do right by its players. This new direction is a positive move forward and makes me feel a little more optimistic about The Sims 4's future. I'll still have some skepticism, because we've seen promises and new directions get abandoned before, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

And yay for fixing the Alien aging issue that's been going on for years! I finally have an Alien infant and look forward to her growing up properly.

simmerorigin · May 23

Happy for people who still play the Sims 4. But this is 5 years too late for me.

Ellupelluellu · May 23

Im looking so forward about the optimizing, memory stuff and such

LeGardePourpre · May 23

Right now I still like Maxis and I'm not worried about the future.

Well, a lot of studios tell us a lot of things. I just look at the actions carried out.
Nowadays, words no longer have any meaning.

PandoraTO · May 23

LiELF wrote: »

This is really great news! I know it's going to be frustrating for us mod users, but having a dedicated fix team is long, long overdue and I really had lost hope of EA ever caring about the game enough to do right by its players. This new direction is a positive move forward and makes me feel a little more optimistic about The Sims 4's future. I'll still have some skepticism, because we've seen promises and new directions get abandoned before, but I'm willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

1000% agree. I've been so discouraged by the state of the game deteriorating sharply over the last few years. I just could not understand how they thought it was tenable to keep adding more and more content (culminating in the For Rent disaster) without addressing the underlying spaghetti code problem. THANK THE GODS they are finally seeing the light!

There's even a gallery fix on the list; that's great, and I hope they add more fixes soon. (Bring back the newsfeed!!) I miss the old gallery so much. It's basically been a year now since the migration that broke it.

FreddyFox1234 · May 23

This is very positive. I’m glad they’re putting together a dedicated team to work on these bug fixes — that can only be good news for us players. I’ll be glad to see some of the fixes in this list. And the optimization changes sound interesting too.

Lustianicia · May 23

I wish they'd finally fix the Finchwick Fair issue where contest submissions (especially cows, chickens) aren't being returned to our inventories... every time I submit an entry, and the fair ends, I NEVER get my animals back! They're not in the personal OR household inventories... even with debug or hidden objects cheats turned on!

The fairs are supposed to be a main part of Cottage Living, but can't be properly used... and while it's not entirely game breaking, it's still extremely frustrating!

Gordy · May 23

This sounds good, but I won't get my hopes up just yet. I wanna see if this will stick around for the long term and have a visible effect on the gameplay.

crocobaura · May 23

Lustianicia wrote: »

I wish they'd finally fix the Finchwick Fair issue where contest submissions (especially cows, chickens) aren't being returned to our inventories... every time I submit an entry, and the fair ends, I NEVER get my animals back! They're not in the personal OR household inventories... even with debug or hidden objects cheats turned on!

The fairs are supposed to be a main part of Cottage Living, but can't be properly used... and while it's not entirely game breaking, it's still extremely frustrating!

You are supposed to take your animals back before the fair ends. After you find out your prize, you take your animal back, don't wait for the fair to end.

simgirl1010 · May 23

Happy for people who still play the Sims 4. But this is 5 years too late for me.

Thank you! I'm glad you'll soon have some other choices for life simulation games. 🙂

DaniRose2143 · May 23

simmerorigin wrote: »

Happy for people who still play the Sims 4.

Thanks. I've been happy for years. Now I'm really happy.

I hope you find what you're looking for. 🙂

luciusstorm · May 23

All I can say is that I'll be perfectly happy for this team to take its time and thoroughly test the patches before release. Better a good patch then a quick one.

SnaveXs · May 23

Good because I don't want Sims 4 being neglected for other projects. Please continue to invest in and fix what we have here, so we can enjoy it. Not only do we need bug fixes but we need pack refreshes and I'm not talking CC in particular but for example Toddler stuff isn't compatible with Growing Togethers Recreation Centers and feels disjointed. I tried to have toddlers gather at a rec center and only parks or their home show up in the location category. So, I'm hoping future refreshes can address some of these oversights to make old packs compatible with new ones. I also use a mod to have all world toddlers show up in the list and this should just be a thing in the game because it's too tedious to have your sims go meet first and then throw the playdate. I also feel the toddler jungle gym need an interaction on it to make the toddlers use it at the same time. I invited my toddlers over to my apartment complex and everybody was going to the house. I couldn't redirect them to the playground.

Sara1010P · May 23

luciusstorm wrote: »

All I can say is that I'll be perfectly happy for this team to take its time and thoroughly test the patches before release. Better a good patch then a quick one.

I'll second this, last thing we need is patches that break more things and cause more bugs than they fix.

Anmirla · May 23

simgirl1010 wrote: »

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.

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1014043/laundry-list-may-23rd-2024#latest

I really appreciate the lists they give us, but whoever wrote this needs to stick with either listing the solutions OR the problems. When I read "Skills Won't Stay in Alphabetical Order" I was saying "WHAT? Why? They need to be in alphabetical order. It's cleaner and easier to read that way." Then I realized it must be the issue that is stated. That wasn't the only one that made me have to pause to think.

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