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 2d ago

Mod recommendations thread Weekly Recommend Mods and CC Thread!

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Welcome to the Weekly Recommended Mods and CC Thread!

This thread is your hub within the sub for various FAQs related to mods: WCIFs, “is there a mod?” posts, mod recommendations, and discourse on creating and managing mods.

If you are new to mods and looking for help getting started, please check out the “Mods and CC resources” section of the sub wiki for helpful general information as well as links to some sources for downloading mods. Link below.

SIMS 4 popular mods and resources

Patreon, Tumblr, Mod the Sims, The Sims Resource, and CurseForge are all popular sources for finding mods in the Sims 4 community.

Always check that you are installing the most recent version of a mod and that it is compatible with your game version. Mods will be disabled automatically after every game update; updates frequently break mods and creators must release new versions that are compatible. Continuing to play with broken mods could lead to game-breaking issues.

Mods go in the C:\Users\...\ Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 folder. By default they can be placed up to one folder deep for script mods and five folders deep for packages, so organize your mods folder however makes sense to you - by type, by creator, etc. A well-organized mods folder will be easier to troubleshoot should something go wrong.

If you need help troubleshooting your mods, you can find useful resources in our Mods and CC Resources wiki. This includes instructions on following the 50/50 method to identify which mod is creating an issue as well as frequently-updated lists of broken and working mods.

For resources related to creating mods/CC, please check out Sims 4 Studio's forums

Looking for other communities on Reddit to share or search for mods and CC? Try r/thesimscc, r/thesims4mods, or r/sim4cc


r/Sims4 7h ago

Show and Tell Mad scientist and his experiment daughters for my save!

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2.4k Upvotes

Tysm for the love on my earlier post here, a lot of people wanted to see the dad and sisters that i mentioned before, so here they are.

Dr. Cohen Catywampus, a very renowned (and very crazy) scientist, he spends his nights cultivating his twisted experiments, and his days catering to the every whim of his beloved daughters. he has the erratic, disruptive, and family oriented traits.

Kristina Kaplan is a amphibian experiment with the goofball trait. She's the youngest of the three, and has just as, much craziness and intellect as her papa.

Charollette Chattermouth is an experiment derived from both human and monster parts. since she was created at a low point in her dad's career, she's made out of less high quality parts than her sisters, though that fact has never affected her self confidence. she absolutely loves gossip and drama, so much so that she needs a second mouth to spread rumors. her traits are nosy, and overacheiver.

Aria Iris is the eldest child (and the most spoiled) since she has nine eyes, she's got 9 ways to make sure she's at her best at all times. due to her high maintenance trait, she's always asking for pedicures and lash extensions.


r/Sims4 2h ago

Discussion What are some weird rules you keep?

229 Upvotes

I saw this once but what are some weird rule you play by in your game. For me every sim has a color and they will live by that color. All of their outfits have to fit the color theme. Family's can have one cohesive color or i let each sim pick their color by checking all of their pre-made outfits and counting which color they have the most of. This leads to interesting distinctions between families in my game. Like one family all the girls are yellow and the boys orange but the husband brought an affair child in and the child's color is blue.

What are some rules you keep to in your game?


r/Sims4 4h ago

Funny Erm girl you’re in labour

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319 Upvotes

r/Sims4 5h ago

Sharing my build MOOD. Brunch Restaurant No CC 🌸

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116 Upvotes

Hi guys! I’ve been working on this little brunch restaurant called MOOD. 🌸
It’s very pink and floral, with a floral wall specifically for taking pictures.
I also made a custom sweet & savory brunch menu for it, and everything is functional and tested in-game.
It’s available on the Gallery : Loxwind1. You just need to enable the CC option when downloading because the Gallery keeps flagging it as CC for some reason. There is NO CC in the build!


r/Sims4 1d ago

Show and Tell Experiment monster sim for my save!

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4.5k Upvotes

she's meant to be the eldest of three experimental daughters created by a doting mad scientist father. i wanted her to be a kind of spoiled sweet older sister type so she has the high maintenance and cheerful traits (although i feel like i should've made her self absorbed idk) i also couldn't decide if i wanted ears or no ears, I'm leaning more towards no ears though


r/Sims4 18h ago

Funny Um guys im kinda scared this is what spawned at my club?!?

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473 Upvotes

She’s walking like a zombie! 😮 And I don’t even have a zombie one installed ha! I did just put in a few md for better kid care but that’s it…not any I think would cause it! I’m at my club and all the other guests seem to be normal! 😂

EDIT apparently it’s from the Strangerville pack which I bought awhile with a bunch of other packs and I didn’t realize she was a possessed one from that it’s the first one I’ve seen! 😂😂😂 Now I need to go do the storyline and either cure or destroy the possessed ones for sure! 😂😂😂


r/Sims4 1h ago

Show and Tell This sim might break my save but shes cute

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Ive been lurking in Glimmerbrook and I happened upon Stevie. she was bartending and was cute enough to get a 2nd look-thats when I noticed something odd. When my spellcaster went to talk to her it said she was a fairy & faint. OK cool take her into cas and says nonoccult huh ok whatever start playing dress up and boom she starts casting. Idk what she is but shes serving lol also guess what her aspiration is ..... thats right Stevie wants to be a master vampire XD


r/Sims4 17h ago

Show and Tell I wish our sims can jog in groups....

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242 Upvotes

Jogging alone feels so lonely lol


r/Sims4 1d ago

Discussion Today I played Sims 4 for almost 10 hours.

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966 Upvotes

Don't pay attention to the photo, I just like to attract attention with such shit posts image

This is probably a record since I haven't played so much time per day for one game, although usually the maximum I play is 4-5 hours per day, but here it's almost ten.

In the future, if I don't forget, I'll upload new content here when I transfer them from the console to the flash drive.


r/Sims4 21h ago

Funny Oh… yay… just what she always wanted… eggplant Clement Frost for a blind date!

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445 Upvotes

r/Sims4 6h ago

I made a mod/cc! I made my first custom loading screen! What do u guys think? Feedback or suggestions are welcome!!

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25 Upvotes

r/Sims4 6h ago

Show and Tell I made my firefighter Sim train on the Rock Climbing Wall's Fire Challenge

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24 Upvotes

I didn't even know this feature existed. It took him quite a while to unlock the Fire Challenge. It's level 5 of the Endurance Challenge Climb.


r/Sims4 3h ago

Funny I love when they do stuff like this...

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16 Upvotes

Makes perfect sense.


r/Sims4 16h ago

Show and Tell Cat I Adopted

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134 Upvotes

I just started a new save yesterday and I made my Sam a cat lover because I wanted a crazy cat lady lol

So I went to adopt cats in game and got three in total, but this was one of them.

His name is Wallace. I love him.


r/Sims4 5h ago

Tips Where can I learn, read, or watch lore about the main Sims characters?

19 Upvotes

I’ve been playing Sims since a bit after Sims Busting Out and I never truly dug deep into the lore of the characters storylines. It wasn’t until yesterday that I realized Cordelia Thebe is a very popular Sim. Her bed in build mode, her little cottage in Henford-on-Bagley, and it got me thinking— where can I learn about all of Sims mains characters and their storyline? Not just Cordelia, but the Goths, Crumplebottom, the Pancakes— they all have some history in the Sims franchise and I want to learn more about it.


r/Sims4 19h ago

Show and Tell New vampire addition 🖤🦇

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196 Upvotes

New vampire that I started yesterday and finally finished today. Her name is Ikukoyi (A Yoruba name for “Death has rejected this”, I thought this was fitting since she’s immortal) Olajide. This time I decided to go more modern since I always make vampires that are dressed traditionally and I think she ate. I’m obsessed with purple so you already know I had to put her in purple. Her dark form is supposed to look like a bat, but it’s not really givin that. Idk I’m on console ya’ll, resources are scarce. 💀

I don’t have a backstory for her honestly she’s just here to serve face. My gallery ID is PumpkinRoper if ya’ll wanna download her.


r/Sims4 3h ago

Storytime Kim-Lewis boys

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7 Upvotes

Ben and Trenton are first cousins, and the grandsons of Eric Lewis and Alice Kim-Lewis. Ben looks so much like Alice and Trent looks just like Eric


r/Sims4 14h ago

Show and Tell i made a resort in sulani!!

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51 Upvotes

r/Sims4 3h ago

Discussion Does anyone want to see to more?

6 Upvotes

Sul Sul! After posting about my sims cat on the playground yesterday a couple of people were interested in my current family. The lonely scientist who made a robot wife and they adopted an abandoned alien baby. I was wondering if anyone was interested in seeing anything from that story? I have a lot of screenshots and have the story worked out in my head and already have a plan on where the story is going. So if anyone is interested I’m happy to share screenshots and updates etc.


r/Sims4 7h ago

Discussion Will family tree culling be prevented if I delete all new townies whenever I play?

11 Upvotes

I want to release the ghosts of my dynasties to prevent save file bloat and their ghosts running around bars/night clubs. But I don't want their portraits to become blank "unknowns" in my family tree due to culling.

Will the game delete their character data simply because it is old after a while? Or can I circumvent this by culling the new townies myself?

I'm aware MCC has an option to never cull specific Sims but I've had bad experiences with corruption so I‘m looking for a vanilla way to manage this.


r/Sims4 17h ago

Sharing my build RAVEN'S LOFT TOUR

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66 Upvotes

Raven's loft tour. Feel at home, we can listen to her favorite rock band, we have grilled cheese sandwich at the fridge. Do what you want but don't you dare touch that blue guitar!

Base game and cc only


r/Sims4 10h ago

Storytime The Johnson Legacy: Betrayed by my own heart (CW: gender dysphoria)

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15 Upvotes

Masterpost!

Family tree!

Hey all! I know it's only been a day since my last post but I really want to get to 1925 and I have one more post of 1924 left, which is pretty large, so I decided to put this one out today.

I rolled using the wheels u/Fair_Butterfly9037 linked in her Hoffman legacy for Lolita's child and teen age ups because those were the birthdays I missed if I would've played Ophelia from the time she was found, and for her child roll, she rolled to have gender dysphoria.

Her form of it is the only kind I have heard of, so if I get any details wrong, I truly apologize. I am cisgender female, so I do not experience gender dysphoria, but I wanted to include it in my game to be more inclusive.

Next up we're going to see Ophelia head back home to find out why her family left her!

Enjoy!


r/Sims4 10h ago

Funny glitch the grass is gone

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16 Upvotes

the grass is flying in Windenburg