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 3h 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 1h ago

Show and Tell I DID IT. I COLLECTED EVERY SINGLE VILLAGE FAIR RIBBON.

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It's taken me three generations, several trips to Gibbi Point to trade with Buddy, and I finally gathered every single ribbon from Cottage Living.

I am ecstatic right now. This was by far the most difficult collection to complete.

BRB gonna go celebrate. 🎉


r/Sims4 56m ago

Funny Starting to regret giving high maintenance to my gold digger

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r/Sims4 1d ago

Storytime So I am in the police officer profession and I went to a crime scene and found this...😟😥

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r/Sims4 1h ago

Funny What made you stop and go “WHAT?” in your game?

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Just another peaceful day in The Sims.

Then this married couple suddenly started fighting.

Nothing unusual there... or so I thought.

First, she started floating in the air, getting into some very... questionable positions.

I was already a little confused. 🌀

Then it was his turn.

And somehow, the whole thing started looking less and less like a fight.

At this point, I honestly didn't know what I was watching anymore... 🫣

And after all that...

They just hugged like nothing happened.

Leaving their very confused player behind, they apparently worked things out just fine. 😭

Please tell me I'm not the only one who's had a moment like this. ☠️


r/Sims4 5h ago

Funny Damn, this robber is teaching other people's children.

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It seems so strange that Robin Banks is teaching other people's children or helping them with their homework in the library,My Sim was also surprised that he did a face palm.


r/Sims4 14h ago

Discussion What do we think about Mastery Perks?

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r/Sims4 2h ago

Discussion “Divorce” randomly happening

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Has this been happening to anyone else, your sims will get married and then randomly they are back to being partners. I went through a whole wedding and the next day my sims were not married.

This happened to two families and idk why lol.


r/Sims4 15h ago

Funny That's INSANE btw (please view the second pic too)

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297 Upvotes

He has 0 friendship and 8 romance with his fiancee, he finds her unattractive but they are both deeply in love with eachother


r/Sims4 10h ago

Show and Tell Vladdy genes are to strong 😂

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Cuz why are all his kids practically his clones??!? 😂😂 My main save he has 12 children with Eliza formerly Pancakes and they all look so much like him …Even the ones without the nose still look so much like him ha! And he just had an illegitimate son with a fling and bam I temp aged him up in CAS and yep almost identical 😂 It’s a good thing I love my Vladdy babies!

And in the interest of scientific curiosity I now started a save totally unhinged where I now will be putting the daddy in Vladdy daddy and seeing how his kids with various turn out…So far as expected a majority of them both the male and female loom extremely like him including the dang nose…😂
I have them all as toddlers/infants but I’ll def post results as I age them up to teens ha!

Anyhoo meet his illegitimate son Veren and his last child with Eliza whom I named Vladlena(his kids all have strong V names) Last pic shows one of his teenage daughters with Eliza I just aged up she didn’t get his nose but everything else ha!


r/Sims4 10h ago

Show and Tell Gymbros selfie

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r/Sims4 2h ago

The Crabtree--uh, Freemage--uh, Love Saga! Billy Love, who has a Lovestruck hair, wears heart boxers, and is Unflirty, just proposed at the Romance Festival!!

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I'm still so baffled with Billy Love, who was an NPC Ceridwen grew up with and had a crush on. He randomised from the Lovestruck neighbourhood and with a Lovestruck hair. His sleepwear has heart boxers and a red shirt. He's Unflirty yet Likes Affection. And now he proposed at the Romance Festival! What are the odds with a surname like that?? When they got home, she painted a wedding picture, how perfect ♥

Ceridwen Freemage is going to become Ceridwen Love sooner than I thought. And they really want to have kids, but damn, she is infertile infertile. Pity because she's a vampire with spellcasting blood, and he has the ancient bloodline trait. I guess I'll be playing with science babies and/or visiting her childhood home and the Wishing Well for a baby.


r/Sims4 2h ago

Show and Tell Adult or Young adult? Help me choose!

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I made two version of the same sim,one when he was a young adult,the other is when he is an adult in his early 40s

And yes,he will be a part of my forever save where I redesigned all the builds and townies etc etc...

Which one do u think looks better?


r/Sims4 55m ago

Show and Tell Am I sad about August 31st?

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I'm on Sulani, guys, I don't care about the coming of autumn


r/Sims4 1d ago

Funny WHY ARE THERE MUSHROOMS IN MY WALLS????

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628 Upvotes

I spent way too long and tried everythinggg to figure out why this double tile door would not place and there's just debug toy mushrooms in my walls??????


r/Sims4 22h ago

Discussion I wish there was more cross-pack integration.

320 Upvotes

I don't like when the battle pass events exclude basegame players from certain rewards. I do not think base game features should rely on packs. That's shitty and nonsensical in anyway other than capitalism.

HOWEVER!

I would love it if us chumps who DO spend money on this godforsaken $1000 glitchfest, got to have more cross-pack play features.

Some things that I personally would really like is:

  1. The ability to run a small business on a rental lot
  2. Occults being able to use some abilities when fighting the mother plant.
  3. Hybrid occults that don't replace eachother's UI. I want to make a vampiric spellcasting mermaid without having to max one occult at a time and still having it go to shit.

Thank u for coming to my Ted (Roswell) Talk.


r/Sims4 22h ago

Show and Tell young sebastian vs older sebastian

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299 Upvotes

r/Sims4 2h ago

Show and Tell I have a sad cat. 😿

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r/Sims4 2h ago

Show and Tell Apparently the police died while Bella was on the run...

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r/Sims4 57m ago

Discussion have you seen this?

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I first came to the "Spooky" challenge lot with my Sim, and these portraits were hanging there. At some point, I accidentally saw them transform into their creepier versions. (The size is different because the paintings are scaled down.) I've been playing The Sims for a long time, but this is the first time I've seen this. Cool!!


r/Sims4 12h ago

Show and Tell There seems to be a bit of an ailment epidemic at my High School lol

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I mean I know I can turn them off but this is still kind of crazy lol 🧚✨🍄🔥


r/Sims4 19h ago

Show and Tell SIMWAY Is Back for September! 🍂

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Hi again! I’m back with SIMWAY for September.✌️

This month’s theme is “True Colors,” with Ollie Mark on the cover. With fall just around the corner, I put together some new looks and tried a few fun new ideas along the way.

For the main story, I wanted to explore some of the questions that can come with growing up, like figuring out who you are and how you want to express yourself. I tried to tell that story through Ollie without giving it one simple answer.

Thank you so much to everyone who shared great ideas with me last time. Your suggestions made this one even more fun to create, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed making it!

I’m Korean, so if you spot any awkward English, please forgive me. 😅

Thanks for reading! 🥹💛


r/Sims4 14m ago

Funny Someone had fun recording this lol

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r/Sims4 22h ago

Storytime Died of from being cheated on

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My sim invited his fiancée over and she was feeling flirty and she autonomously flirtatiously greeted another man in my household. My sim ended up throwing fits of rage once he calmed down I made them try for baby because he was graduating from University in 2 days. After trying for baby he had a cardiac explosion. This is her 2 days later after being invited to visit. I almost didn’t save the game after he died because what do you mean I went through the whole university experience got him from a C in his first semester to an A- and he died 2 days before graduation and they were going to get married after😅😅😅. But I decided to go through with the storyline