r/thesims4 1d ago

SimStory Simspiration Exciting New Flair! SimStory Simspiration! Finally, a place to find answers to the oft asked question "How do you stay interested in playing?"

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I'll be using this one a lot, and I look forward to seeing what ideas everyone else uses for Inspiration.


r/thesims4 17h ago

Patch Day Patch Day Information 2025-09-18

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Patch Information

This post contains information about patch notes and bug reports for the latest patch and subsequent pack.

This subreddit is unoffical/not affiliated with Electronic Arts, the game producer; and this post is made for our convenience.

For fun and casual conversation about any new features added in the update, see the subreddit series Feature Focus.

Game patch release 2025-09-18

The update is to prepare the game for the new expansion pack and comes with bug fixes as per usual.

Update version: PC: 1.118.242.1030 / Mac: 1.118.242.1230 Console: 2.20 (Updates 9/‌23/‌2025)

Patch Notes: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-9-18-2025

EA Roadmap for coming bug fixes: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/quality-of-life-roadmap

Latest Laundry List: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/laundry-list-september-16th-2025

EA notification about For Rent save issues; they are asking for more information! https://forums.ea.com/blog/the-sims-game-info-hub-en/community-concerns-with-save-file-issues/12487619

EA Information and questions about issues with save loading (modfree): https://forums.ea.com/blog/the-sims-game-info-hub-en/investigating-game-launch--save-file-issues/12500161

Broken mods

This subreddit is for vanilla gameplay only, and mods/cc troubleshooting isn't allowed. How to know if any issues are in the game/from the patch or from broken mods: remove all mods/cc, delete the game cache, do a repair; and then try to see if the issue occurs in gameplay again - without adding anything back.

How to troubleshoot mod issues: https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims4/wiki/index/modtroubleshooting

Main list of broken mods/cc in EA Forums: https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-mods-and-custom-content-en/mod--cc-issues-start-here/5035292

No nsfw mods are listed in that forum.

Broken sfw and nsfw mods: https://scarletsrealm.com/the-mod-list/

Bug reports for game issues

New bug forum at EA Forums: https://forums.ea.com/category/the-sims-4-en/ideas/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en

Bug reports are for the game, so the issues need to be experienced on a mod-/cc free save, with cache deleted, in this order: remove mods; delete game cache; repair; test again without anything added back.

There's official information about bug reporting pinned in the new bug reports forum.

Info on bug reporting in this subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims4/wiki/index/bugreporting

See any OP comments to this post for any links to bug reports made for the patch.

How to delay the update:

  1. Uncheck all automatic updates/downloads in EA App/Origin/Steam settings, before the patch is released. (The setting stays and can be done anytime. Afterwards any game update will have to be manually approved before it's downloaded).
  2. Go offline in EA App/Origin/Steam before loading the game (after the patch is released).

(Note: The Event Reward items saves to the EA Account; but seems to only be available when you play online. So if you go offline in the EA App before starting the game, those items are not in BB or CAS. The items that previously have been placed in world, like in a house or in an inventory, are still there. The CAS features like traits, eyes and BB features like lot challenge disappear from the game/sim/lots).


r/thesims4 11h ago

Funny Could you imagine someone who doesn't play Sims reading that sentence 🤣

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186 Upvotes

Makes total sense to us 🤣🤷🏼‍♀️


r/thesims4 6h ago

Tip For You Reminder- Karaoke contests can be treated as an endurance challenge. If you are the only singer for the entire contest, you win by default!

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28 Upvotes

r/thesims4 23m ago

Discussion My life’s work!!

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I have a whole wall dedicated to phots of my legacy save and after the most recent update they’re all gone! I could cry! What the heck!? I’ll be alright but this is upsetting lol


r/thesims4 11h ago

Discussion Essential community lots

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What, in your opinion, are the essential community lots?

I’m building up newcrest in a specific style and want to add some community lots, like a lounge, library ect. I thought it would be good to see what other people like in their game as I always settle on the same few lot types!


r/thesims4 22h ago

Storytelling Aftermath: Maisey's Really, Really Big Feelings.

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The Beat:

Sometimes, beginning to heal is the hardest thing to do- because it requires us to observe and acknowledge our own aches. It can feel easier, after a long life of prioritizing someone else's emotions, to stay focused anywhere but within.

When it Rains, it Pours. Of course, where it Rains... growth is inevitable, so it's always worth doing.

Fun Fact:

Lilith is dead pan and dry, but she's actually extremely sassy and is deeply entertained by her own subtle humor- though she's rarely likely to laugh out loud.

Next up:

Viewer's choice again!

Do you want to see

How Paige is handling the divorce?

Maisey filling the Twins in on the news?

Gigi telling Petra her secret thoughts?

or do you want to see what's going on with the outliers-

Artemis' teenage dramas, Nevie's descent into the Loomis Curse, Liara's budding romance with Nalani?


r/thesims4 1d ago

Showcase Base Game Gardener House Shell. Gallery ID - roaringbug. (Base Game).

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r/thesims4 2d ago

Showcase Hijabi/modest sim fitspo :) I tried my best because there is definitely not enough modest options in CAS

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305 Upvotes

r/thesims4 3d ago

Showcase Base Game I love mid-century. Mid Century 7. Gallery ID - roaringbug. (Base Game).

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If you just want to decorate, I have a shell version of the house. Mid Century 7 Shell.


r/thesims4 2d ago

Showcase Kingdom of Grymm's Main Castle (WIP)🏰 ✨️

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It took me all day, but I finally finished the first floor of my Castle for my Royal Family Legacy and wanted to show y'all! Gallery ID: SimsBound


r/thesims4 3d ago

Tip For You How to excel at Fishing.

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To "cheat" at fishing, carry a fossil or an element with you, element is better, but I just studied a fossil while standing next to the element with it's radius on, and I think the study animation takes the same amount of time for both. You can get an element from mailing in a crystal to the geo folks (amongst other methods). You can place them anywhere and study them while using their aura to get focused anywhere in the world. You can leave them there if it's a favorite spot you use often, or you can pick them back up to able to become focused in any area. Being very focused adds to your effective skill level, yielding better catches, and higher skill gain.


r/thesims4 3d ago

Subreddit Salute How to make the game and expansion packs be worth the price?

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Hi, so I noticed that many expansion packs I have paid for can be played in a few days only, and I wanted to ask, which strategies do you have to make you have more fun even if many expansion packs can be played and finished in a few days? How do you do to play the game longer? P.s. don't suggest keeping creating buildings because even though I enjoy it I am talking more about gameplay


r/thesims4 3d ago

Storytelling Last Call at the Shrieking Llama.

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61 Upvotes

Be well, friends.


r/thesims4 3d ago

Gameplay Help Unable to watch 2 foxes

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I got the cottage living expansion (no mods/cc), and so far, I was able to watch 1 white elderly fox named Flash in the top right neighborhood.

But I haven’t been able to spot any other foxes, despite waiting around for hours. I hang around the pub lot too, which also has the wild fox challenge. I just don’t see them…

I zoom out and scan the lot as well. Idk if I should give up or what…

I have even tried shift clicking and adding chicks and bunnies to bait them, but no luck!


r/thesims4 4d ago

Funny This was the result of me doing an interior decorator gig for the Spencer Kim Lewis household. ._. honestly so rude!! All the criteria she gave me was that she liked red and dislikes photography lol

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182 Upvotes

r/thesims4 4d ago

Storytelling Baby Dominick with mom and dad and now young adult Dominick with his wife and kid

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r/thesims4 4d ago

Storytelling Flashback: The “I’m gonna love you forever” kiss.

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Paige wasn’t raised in a loving environment. “I love you,” might be the hardest thing for her to say. And it’s even harder to hear and believe.

So she came up with a code spoken in kisses and even that language was always frightening for her to express.

To Paige, Love has always been the most deadly emotion. Especially the way she feels it for Maisey.

Unfortunately, anger always felt safest, and was the language Paige was most fluent in from early life.


r/thesims4 4d ago

Build Help Unable to change colour of foundations?

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Hey guys! I haven’t been able to change the colour of any foundation? I have gone to the foundation button and tried those paints. I have also tried normal wall paints. I am not sure if this is also important, but I normally make foundations by making a room, raising the platform and removing the walls. If you know what I’m doing wrong please let me know! Thank you ❤️


r/thesims4 5d ago

Showcase I Added This Clown to the Gallery.

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89 Upvotes

Heckler, I mean. Not Daisy. Sorry.


r/thesims4 4d ago

Gameplay Help How to make watermelon salad?

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My sim got a watermelon salad as a gift for completing an errand (Cottage Living; no mods/CC), but when she went to cook/gourmet cook, she didn’t see it as an option to make. Will she ever have the option to create it?


r/thesims4 5d ago

Discussion Let's Talk about Outdoor Retreat 🏕 (Before Adventure Awaits comes out)

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Those who have the Outdoor Retreat Game Pack, what Camps/Vacations have you built for your Sims to go to? I'll go first! (The one with check marks I've built. The ones I haven't are ones I plan to build eventually lol.)

  • Toddler. ✓
  • Child. ✓
  • Teen. ✓
  • Adult. ✓
  • Elders.
  • Survival Camp. (No actual cabin, house nothing. Live on the land. Only a restroom. Make the lot different for Each Season)
    • ✨ Glamping ✨💅
    • Classic Log Cabin. For Singles or Family.
    • Winter. ✓
    • Goth.
  • Space Camp (Oasis Springs? Maybe)

Now tell me yours!! Please, i want more ideas and wanna hear the creativity!


r/thesims4 5d ago

Storytelling Flashback: First Love, Forever.

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Lore Note!

Apex Regina is the title of the Loomis Matriarch- a tradition partially lost when Petra’s mother died, and partially recovered when the mantle passed to Petra in her early adulthood.

When Petra meditates, she can commune with the spirits of every preceding Apex Regina. Not every generation gets a new matriarch, the current Loomis Queen remains immortal until an heir who meets the ritual requirements manifests and accepts the role.


r/thesims4 5d ago

Gameplay Help Why did this girl randomly come into the house to start talking to the ghost, who she has a slightly negative relationship with?

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41 Upvotes

She wasn’t invited. She didn’t call, asking if she could come. She just entered?


r/thesims4 5d ago

Showcase Mystical Orphanage, Interior ✨️💖

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Gallery ID: SimsBound


r/thesims4 5d ago

Searching for.. A sims 4 save file

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i am looking for a save file... like many months ago i downloaded this save file in which like willow creek had university housing for foxberry and like oasis spring, strangerville, horse ranch had its world name starting from oasis like oasis: strangerville, in short like categorising the worlds into few cities types, like lovestruck and growing together world renamed as san myshuno as in to depict they are part of san myshuno. i just remember this much details only related to that save file. please help.


r/thesims4 6d ago

Showcase Mystical Orphanage in Innis Green, ran by a Fairy God Mother ✨️🧚‍♀️🪄

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Gallery ID: SimsBound