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.
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 they only one that made me have to pause to think.
I noticed that too, lol. I'm an editor, and I kept thinking, "These list items aren't parallel! 😭" They should have just listed the problems IMO because that would help people find those bug threads on AHQ if they were reading a version of the laundry list without links.
I'm very happy about the fixes that are coming up; especially for the Aliens, Mermaids & Plants. I'm hoping that sometime soon the Aliens & Mermaids will have a full refresh with power book.
I’m hesitantly hopeful, but the real test will be whether this patch needs an emergency patch right after. I think that will be real the signal that things are moving in the right direction.
High School Years
Teens cannot send flirty messages to adults
Nooo! How are my precocious high school student and his hot young teacher supposed to continue their secret relationship when they can no longer send each other inappropriate texts during class? 🙈
I’m hesitantly hopeful, but the real test will be whether this patch needs an emergency patch right after. I think that will be real the signal that things are moving in the right direction.
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.
This makes for a very happy mightysprite
Thanks @EA_Cade for sharing the news about the new team
I'm especially happy to see the household split/merge bug on the list, that's a huge one.
Emmeline Sterling-Rico would like to share her personal appreciation for the improvement of her Summon Grilled Cheese powers.
Very happy for the improvement of grammar in various notifications that include custom pronouns. (Hope it appears in time for Pride month)
Waffle restaurants!!
Bugs that I found small and annoying, that other people found huge and infuriating: the alien face bug, the high school grade promotion bug, the Dine Out order queue bug, the hatchable egg bug... so many! yay!
Unfortunately, the only bug fixes for For Rent are rather minor, but I'm sure the big bugs are going to take a long time to fix.
(If only they had waited to release this pack until it was actually working... but at least we can wait to buy it)
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.
I wonder if this will fix it for sims that didn't get the milestone previously
or if its like fixed for next time someone has a nooboo
also if this fixes it not counting for aspirations
I remember being confused why it didn't count as having a baby
when I played Patina and gave her and Penny science baby
oh and yeah the list was bit confusing
I think should stick to listing problems that will be fixed
rather than listing fixes to problems that exist
...even this sentence make me do brain gymnastics
but yeah I'm just happy to see they have proper team for keeping the game running now
and I am cautiously excited about performance fixes
cause uh yeah I don't swim in memory capacity
so even little improvement goes long way
With the new Bistro coming out, it is no surprise to see fixes for Dine out. I am very interested to see any changes with food.
I am playing on console. I have a fixed limit to what can run on my hardware and I think I am at my max. It has worried me that soon I might not be able to play with all the packs installed. Or that a forced update would just break the console game entirely. I am cautiously hopeful about the game being optimized.
I think the bugs that annoy us the most are often the hardest to fix. This list is missing most of the bugs that are the most immersion-breaking, so I am more interested in the future plans than this current list.
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.
There's no option to take the animal(s) back before the fair ends, though... and they don't even announce the prize until after the fair ends.
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.
There's no option to take the animal(s) back before the fair ends, though... and they don't even announce the prize until after the fair ends.
I am pretty sure I once entered in the competition a golden egg bought from the vegetable stall, won something like third place and got the egg back and was upset the vegetable stall closed for the night and I couldn't sell it back to them. 🤣 I will check in my game and see how it plays out.
Promises promises. The proof will be in the pudding, I suppose.... EA doesn't exactly have a sterling reputation in that department.
But nonetheless, fingers crossed and I wish the team all the best even though I'll be keeping my hopes and expectations for a better gaming experience in 6 months from now... at a realistically low level.
......
And since I'm here, might I make a wee humble suggestion for the new team while they're busily fixing 10 years worth of game issues over the next 6 months?
Please replace the utterly useless shopping cart button with something that's much more needed during gameplay:
A button that takes us directly to the AHQ bug reporting forum.
Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish!
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I noticed that too, lol. I'm an editor, and I kept thinking, "These list items aren't parallel! 😭" They should have just listed the problems IMO because that would help people find those bug threads on AHQ if they were reading a version of the laundry list without links.
And what is the link going to be for the New EA sims forums?
Something wicked this way comes!
I don't use MCCC.
I hope the toddler top notch trait gets adressed soon as well.
Let's hope this patch goes smoothly.
.....
I honestly don't know why that one is taking so long, considering that Bienchen has already fixed it with a mod.
I wish I could ask someone at EA why it often seems to take ages to fix a bug even when a modder has already done it.
This makes for a very happy mightysprite
Thanks @EA_Cade for sharing the news about the new team
I'm especially happy to see the household split/merge bug on the list, that's a huge one.
Emmeline Sterling-Rico would like to share her personal appreciation for the improvement of her Summon Grilled Cheese powers.
Very happy for the improvement of grammar in various notifications that include custom pronouns. (Hope it appears in time for Pride month)
Waffle restaurants!!
Bugs that I found small and annoying, that other people found huge and infuriating: the alien face bug, the high school grade promotion bug, the Dine Out order queue bug, the hatchable egg bug... so many! yay!
Unfortunately, the only bug fixes for For Rent are rather minor, but I'm sure the big bugs are going to take a long time to fix.
(If only they had waited to release this pack until it was actually working... but at least we can wait to buy it)
or if its like fixed for next time someone has a nooboo
also if this fixes it not counting for aspirations
I remember being confused why it didn't count as having a baby
when I played Patina and gave her and Penny science baby
oh and yeah the list was bit confusing
I think should stick to listing problems that will be fixed
rather than listing fixes to problems that exist
...even this sentence make me do brain gymnastics
but yeah I'm just happy to see they have proper team for keeping the game running now
and I am cautiously excited about performance fixes
cause uh yeah I don't swim in memory capacity
so even little improvement goes long way
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I am playing on console. I have a fixed limit to what can run on my hardware and I think I am at my max. It has worried me that soon I might not be able to play with all the packs installed. Or that a forced update would just break the console game entirely. I am cautiously hopeful about the game being optimized.
I think the bugs that annoy us the most are often the hardest to fix. This list is missing most of the bugs that are the most immersion-breaking, so I am more interested in the future plans than this current list.
There's no option to take the animal(s) back before the fair ends, though... and they don't even announce the prize until after the fair ends.
Sims 1: Hot Date
Sims 2: Seasons
Sims 2: Happy Holiday Stuff
Sims 3: Seasons
Sims 3: 70's, 80's, & 90's Stuff
Sims 4: Seasons
Sims 4: Paranormal Stuff
Sims 4: Strangerville Game Pack
I am pretty sure I once entered in the competition a golden egg bought from the vegetable stall, won something like third place and got the egg back and was upset the vegetable stall closed for the night and I couldn't sell it back to them. 🤣 I will check in my game and see how it plays out.
Unless people do want nose rings to break when worn with brow piercings. Maybe I'm misunderstanding.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-CoL-Finchwick-Fair-Submission-Not-Returning-to-Inventory/m-p/10533665#M191161
Hopefully with the new technical issues team it'll be resolved soon.
But nonetheless, fingers crossed and I wish the team all the best even though I'll be keeping my hopes and expectations for a better gaming experience in 6 months from now... at a realistically low level.
......
And since I'm here, might I make a wee humble suggestion for the new team while they're busily fixing 10 years worth of game issues over the next 6 months?
Please replace the utterly useless shopping cart button with something that's much more needed during gameplay:
A button that takes us directly to the AHQ bug reporting forum.
Goodbye, and thanks for all the fish!
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." ~ Mark Twain
I mean modders already fixed a lot of them so it requires to validate these mods and add them to the game.
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That remains to be seen.
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