r/Sims4 • • May 12 '26

Troubleshooting thread Troubleshooting Thread — Bugs? Errors? Mod issues? EA app issues? Post about them here! Update 11/04/2025 [PC: 1.124.54.1030 / Mac: 1.124.54.1230 / Console: Version 2.33]

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Please read the entire thread if you’re not familiar with this help section. If you have game issues, mod issues, App or console issues, please post them here via comment to get help instead of making an individual post. We've created this post for all troubleshooting issues, but this specific post is tailored toward the newest patch. If you have not updated the game you can continue to post your issues here, but be aware that most replies may be telling you to update your game. You can also search the comments to find an issue similar to yours. 

When troubleshooting, make sure to delete your localthumbcache.package! Pockets of code from mods and the game can reside in that file, so it's important to go into the game with a clean slate!

If you see individual posts about bugs, report them under rule 12 and direct them here. Thank you!

Current Patch Notes

Previous Troubleshooting Thread...

Here are some F.A.Q.s when it comes to fixing your game:

THIS FORM MUST BE FILLED OUT TO REQUEST HELP. Failure to include this in your comments will result in an automatic removal.

Questions: 

Which platform? (PC/Mac/Steam Deck/PlayStation/Xbox)

Any mods or cc? (Yes/No)

Game version [PC: 1.121.342.1030 / Mac: 1.121.342.1230 / Console: Version 2.28]

*Description:

Feel free to add an image to further explain your issue(s). Click on the picture icon while submitting your comment to upload it. For videos, post it to your personal profile and link or use an image/video hosting site.

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For those users who are looking to remove the key legend overlay that was added in a previous patch. Here are the solutions:

  1. Click on the Help Center Icon (In the top righthand bar it's the hand with the ? over it) and unselect the "Show Controls Legend" button.

2. Go to Game Options > Tutorials & Tips > Disable Help Center Icon & Controls Legend.

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r/Sims4 • • 14h ago

EA acquisition thread Weekly thread for EA acquisition

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dag dag

This is the weekly post to discuss all things about the sale of EA aka Electronic Arts. This includes the sale itself, EA in general, the franchise in general, boycotts, content creator actions, discussing other life simulators ect.

News about the sale:

Thanks u/phreakyfantom for providing this

Please be civil and please note that rule 2 is still be enforced. Political talk is allowed. For the time being, any future posts submitted on the sub that cover these topics will be redirect here. Vadish!


r/Sims4 • • 3h ago

Show and Tell This create a sim random is so beautiful!

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276 Upvotes

r/Sims4 • • 12h ago

Sharing my build Needed a kid friendly restaurant in my save, so this is Rainbow Randy's now open in Magnolia Promenade

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315 Upvotes

Took over the furniture store and jazzed it up. The window display is my favorite part.


r/Sims4 • • 10h ago

Funny You had your chance😒💔

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201 Upvotes

r/Sims4 • • 2h ago

Townie makeover My take on Summer Holiday

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36 Upvotes

A while ago, I made my own version of the BFF household, and I ended up really loving how Summer turned out, so I wanted to share her!

This is just my personal interpretation of the character. I’m not trying to “fix” the original or say that my version is better in any way — I just had a lot of fun reimagining her for my own game, and she quickly became one of my favorite Sims to play.


r/Sims4 • • 10h ago

Storytime They’re having twins!!!!

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146 Upvotes

You can really tell who wanted what by what clothes I gave them lol. In a way they both got what they wanted because they’re not only having twins but M/F twins at that!

I know they’re not real but I’m rooting for them like they are 😭


r/Sims4 • • 17h ago

Show and Tell Making lookbooks for my sims

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310 Upvotes

Been trying to explore my sims’ personal styles more, and I’ve been having such a blast making lookbooks for them! So I wanted to share them with y’all!


r/Sims4 • • 1h ago

Feedback Needed! So many sims, so little space (help me pick & tell me if I have same face syndrome?)

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My third and fourth gen are getting older, and I want to start matching up some couples. I dug deep into my library and found a bunch of characters I never did anything with, so I want to throw a few into a household and see who my kids like. Can you help me pick four from each?

Could you also tell me if I have same face syndrome, and show me where/whom?

(I forgot some of their names, whoops)


r/Sims4 • • 12h ago

Discussion Introducing the Modder Framework: Early Access to Python Changelogs & Tuning Schemas!

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Sul Sul Simmers!

As part of our ongoing work to support our modding community and make the experience smoother for players who use mods, we’re excited to share a major update on how we’ll be supporting creators around game patches via The Official Sims Discord.

To help creators update scripts and custom content ahead of base game updates, we are expanding the technical resources we provide, and creating a dedicated space to communicate directly with modders!

What’s Coming Ahead of Patch Days

Before patch releases, we’ll be dropping early technical resources directly in Discord:

  • The Modder Framework: A unified CSV file consolidating a brand-new Python Changelog alongside our detailed Technical Notes for Modders.
  • The TDESC File: Essential tuning schema files packaged in a separate ZIP released alongside the Modder Framework.

Having access to Python changelogs and tuning schemas before a patch goes live will give modders a head start on diagnosing changes, updating script mods, and testing compatibility.

Where to Find It: New Channel & Role Setup

To keep technical discussions organized and ensure these drops don't get lost in general announcements or #sims-direct, we've set up a dedicated space for creator comms:

  1. Head over to The Sims Discord.
  2. Grab the new "Modders" role in Channels & Roles to unlock access and receive technical notifications.
  3. Check out the new #technical-updates channel this is where our team will communicate directly with modders, share pre-patch files, and post relevant technical documentation.

Whether you're an active creator looking to prep your mods or just curious about what goes on under the hood, grab the role and join us in #technical-updates!

Happy Modding!


r/Sims4 • • 2h ago

Custom CAS creation some faces from my save file :D

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a little collection of sims i wanted to show off! some original faces, some makeovers, and a few familiar characters mixed in. 💗💗

some sims originally created by fae / @fresatrait, with later edits + styling by me. :)


r/Sims4 • • 8h ago

Discussion What would you like to see in a future expansion pack

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So lets assume everything is going to continue with Sims 4 and new expansion packs, GPs etc will continue to be made.

What type of expansion pack would you like to see? What area do you think hasn't been touched upon that should be?

I feel like creating a "Superhero" or "Supervillain" EP would be really fun. With an entire world that would be the home world of the main hero/Villain, be it an Asgard type world or maybe a place like Themyscira or Wakanda, a place that exists on our Earth, but hidden from our vision.

Then we could create Sims based on a Superhero or Villain. Traits, powers, "jobs", secret identity.

It would be really fun to work around Marvel and DC and create Simlish versions of everyone, when we the users are the ones who ultimately create and fill in the backstory that makes them the Marvel/DC character if we choose to.


r/Sims4 • • 29m ago

Feedback Needed! Is there a way for a sim to have different physiques in fairy and normal mode?

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I had a sim become a fairy for the first time. He's a chubby jolly guy but I thought it would be fun if his fairy form was super buff. However there doesn't seem to be a way to alter his fairy body. I did unlink the two and I also unchecked all the copy options. I can give him different hair and different eyes and they stay on their categories. But the body sliders remain greyed out in fairy mode.

I tried removing the fairy trait in CAS, making him super buff, re-adding the fairy trait, and then returning his normal body to chubby, but even with everything unlinked when I alter his normal body again, his fairy body changes too. I've seen people have the opposite problem, where their fairy form stays different from the normal one. Is there a way to replicate that problem? Is there a cheat to unlock the body sliders in fairy mode? I already use the cas.fulleditmode basically all the time.


r/Sims4 • • 4h ago

Show and Tell Some glimpses of my world. It's been a while since I last played The Sims, and I felt a bit nostalgic for my world, its buildings and little slices of life, so here's just an out-of-context mosaic of their existences. 🫶

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9 Upvotes

r/Sims4 • • 22h ago

Show and Tell Meet the first legacy child with an actual chin! 😭

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171 Upvotes

The genetics lottery finally blessed me!! I was fully prepared to fix her in CAS when she aged up, but she turned out absolutely gorgeous and her chin is fully intact. No complaints here, I’m just a super proud Sim-mom right now.


r/Sims4 • • 12h ago

Storytime My Sim runs into his neighbor while at the vet (part 4/4)

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28 Upvotes

Episode 412

Generation 1 (Isaac Morrison): First Episode | Previous Episode| Next Episode

Recap Episodes: Episodes 1-100 | Episodes 101-200| Episodes 201-300| Episodes 301-400


r/Sims4 • • 1d ago

Show and Tell I found a squirl

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r/Sims4 • • 18h ago

Funny Sims are so cold about their horses 😭

77 Upvotes

Like I know, I'll just raise this foal, bottle feed it, get emotional support from it and go through half my life with it and then sell it and feel NOTHING about having sold it and the horse is gone forever and not even in your relationship tab anymore 😂 girl you cold.


r/Sims4 • • 21h ago

Show and Tell Fairy romance

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123 Upvotes

r/Sims4 • • 2m ago

Sharing my build 14 Nettle Lane | Residential | NoCC | Available in the Gallery

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Henford-on-Bagley, The Bramblewood. Two-story house for Moody & McMillan family.

Plot size: 40x30. No CC. Available on the Gallery - CurseForge - SFS - VK.

Please: enable bb.moveobjects - bb.showhiddenobjects - bb.showliveeditobjects before placing the lot.

EA ID: TapeiGuanas


r/Sims4 • • 12h ago

Show and Tell Spirits AITA?

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"Spirits aita for starting a weird age gap relationship with my *counts fingers* 4th cousin?"

Idk guys Alma had to get that bag and mansion- yall know how weird rich people are....

oh also this a secret uhhhh study in the ward mansion that only Britta (sim shown) has the key to


r/Sims4 • • 34m ago

Feedback Needed! Hair Color Help

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I typically keep the hair color that my sims are born with, but I don't know how I feel about this sim's blonde hair. She's had it her whole life, but I'm revisiting her now, and I think I may need to change her hair color to brown. What are your thoughts? Does she look okay with the blonde, or should she go brown?


r/Sims4 • • 16h ago

Townie makeover Charm Family Makeover 🪄

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17 Upvotes

My Sim ended up getting with Darrel so that called for a makeover 👻 Darrel left Emilia and she moved out but she's apart of the story line so she's included as well


r/Sims4 • • 1d ago

Funny Questionable family recipes cookbook coming soon exclusively on Temu

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270 Upvotes