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Welcome to The Sims 4 Laundry List, where we share the top community concerns we’re currently investigating and aim to resolve in an upcoming patch later this month.

In our commitment to resolving technical challenges, our team focuses on community-voted fixes with each update. This is the fourth release in this series, and we look forward to the opportunity to continue to improve the experience for our players.

The list below highlights issues most frequently reported by the community through AnswersHQ. While some issues may not be listed, they may still be in the process of being addressed. Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

As with each new patch, please remember to remove any external game mods and custom content if you are experiencing issues as the first step in troubleshooting, as they may conflict with the updates. Thank you for your reports and happy Simming!

Here’s the list of community concerns we’re investigating for the upcoming game update:

Console

• [AHQ] Cottage Living - Images for crafted Cross-Stitch objects on the PS4 are no longer in grayscale.
• [AHQ] Growing Together - Puzzles are no longer in black and white on Playstation.

Base Game:

• [AHQ] Sims will not eat spoiled food autonomously.
• [AHQ] Interactions will no longer jam and prevent progression through the interaction queue when caused by stuck chickens on the lot.
• [AHQ] Sims will fully close their eyes fully when they are supposed to (like when sleeping).
• [AHQ] Parent Sims will no longer get stuck standing idly in front of the crib when trying to interact with their sleeping baby.
• [AHQ] NPC Sims no longer enter the lot without knocking on the door.
• [AHQ] Skill books are now available at all libraries; not just the Willow Creek Library.
• [AHQ] Plants that have enough water will stop dying.
• [AHQ] Most recently interacted with Sim will appear at the beginning of the Relationship panel.
• [AHQ] Pizza delivery Sim can now be tipped and interacted with after delivering Pizza.
• [AHQ] Invisible Nannies have had their superpower removed and will now remain visible.
• [AHQ] Sims will no longer incorrectly age up when adjusting game age options.
• [AHQ] Stopped issues where a held baby tries to perform an interaction that requires an adult to put them down, but the adult can't so it just spins in a loop.
• [AHQ] Textures will now apply on one tile one-Tile gable roofs.
• [AHQ] Curved Fences will now cast shadows.
• [AHQ] Small black shadows on lots manage worlds map can be removed by loading into the affected lot and exit to regenerate the thumbnail.
• [AHQ] Blue squares no longer observed in lieu of empty lot traits when saving the lot in build mode.
• [AHQ] Modify career outfit cheat now works for part time careers.
• [AHQ] Male tank tops are no longer observed after selecting Feminine fashion choice for previous SDX assets.
• [AHQ] Mourning buff will not appear when a stranger Sim dies in front of the active Sim. The buff is only displayed if they are at least acquaintances.
• [AHQ] Previous SDX Ponytail's texture will no longer distort around pulled out ear shapes.
• Non-binary Sim now properly referred to as “Birthday Sim“ during the birthday party event.
• [AHQ] Guerdon Goods Nano Can 2.0 is now tagged as off-the-grid.
• [AHQ] Fixed an issue that could occur during the “Adopt a child“ flow while off lot.

Affecting Multiple Packs

• [AHQ] Cleared situations where BB objects and houses placed with ‘moveobjects on’ would appear in the sky.

Bust the Dust

• [AHQ] ‘Clean house' Inspired buff now has a proper timer to prevent overriding other buffs and blocking related Interactions.

City Living

• [AHQ] “Game failed to load“ error no longer triggers when to visit apartments with placed pools (Error Code 132:dad724e4:16f19fc6).
• [AHQ] City Living Festivals and other festivals now always appear properly in the calendar.
• [AHQ] NPC Sims in San Myshuno will no longer experience sudden unexpected weight gain. NPC Sims’ bodies should only be susceptible to change if they are inside an active residential lot.

Crystal Creations

• [AHQ] The Crystal Tree will not become Invisible or Transparent and the crystals will be collectable.

Eco Lifestyle

• [AHQ] Vertical gardens now count towards the Freelance Botanist Aspiration.

For Rent

• [AHQ] Property Owner will not be charged along with Eviction settlement after Tenant breaks lease.
• [AHQ] Event Failed TNS no longer triggers after completing the Tenant Revolt event by performing “Promise Better Conditions“.
• [AHQ] Lot Challenges and Lot Traits of a lot downloaded from gallery reflect correctly in-game. 
• [AHQ] When a tenant Sim bulldozes a unit in an off-lot Residential Rental, the rent for other hidden units won't reset to zero.

Growing Together

• [AHQ] Reduced clipping issues when Child Sims Practice Riding Bike.
• [AHQ] The asset “yfBody_EPLongTunicPants_darkpink“ pairs properly with all the Nail Assets.

High School Years

• [AHQ] Packed lunch boxes from inventory are eaten by teen Sims during lunch hours.
• [AHQ] Rocks will respawn a few hours after digging in 'Water Tower Way' in Copperdale world.

Horse Ranch

• [AHQ] ‘Bad Ranch Product' moodlet no longer observed upon Harvesting Excellent/Magnificent/Perfect Quality Plants.

Island Living

• [AHQ] Mermaids now have their own tombstone.
• [AHQ] MyWedding Stories: Island Living canoe no longer gets water inside of it when navigating in Tartosa world.

Lovestruck

• [AHQ] Removed duplicate toe swatch for asset “yfAcc_PediContrast_ContrastOrange“.

Paranormal Investigator

• [AHQ] Lights no longer revert to auto mode in Haunted Houses.

Realm of Magic

• Spellcaster animation will run less frequently in CAS.

Seasons

• [AHQ] Flower arrangements will look the same when placed from the Library or the Gallery.

Vampires

• [AHQ] Infants will no longer teleport to outside of the Crib when Resuming Game right as the baby transitions to sleep.

Vintage Glamor

• [AHQ] Globe bar drink platter now fits on accent/end/coffee tables.

Werewolves

• [AHQ] Werewolf Sims howl less frequently in CAS.
• [AHQ] Turned Werewolves will no longer occasionally lack color on their nose.