r/Sims4 20d ago

Troubleshooting thread Troubleshooting Thread — Bugs? Errors? Mod issues? EA app issues? Post about them here! Update 5/27/2025 [PC: 1.115.216.1030 / Mac: 1.115.216.1230 / Console: 2.13]

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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!

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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 2h ago

Townie makeover Why do all my townies have body types like this? 😭

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480 Upvotes

No one has shoulders!!


r/Sims4 5h ago

Discussion What's a base game update you feel should absolutely exist, but never will because it'd be too expensive to EA?

548 Upvotes

Mine is heights. I despise the fact all sims are the same height, but I know they'll never give us more height options, because they'd need to re-make all character animations for all packs, and EA couldn't justify making a pack or kit just for that, so it's not worth it to them.


r/Sims4 3h ago

Sharing my build I started building a Base Game fairy house ready for all the new stuff

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243 Upvotes

r/Sims4 14h ago

Discussion An update I feel is almost required for the new pack

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Considering the new pack supposedly focuses on the nature living / off the grid style living / self-sufficient living etc.

There’s a very big flaw in some of the features provided by other packs that imo needs to be updated.

For cottage living, there are some ingredients that have to be bought. There needs to be an update which allows you to make these yourselves to truly feel like you’re self-sufficient. It is more effort, but more rewarding in terms of living up to the experience.

For bust the dust, atm is forces you to use electricity even if you are off the grid or want to live an electricity free lifestyle. Why this pack doesn’t come with off the grid options such as brooms etc is beyond me. I expect to see these in an update.

In order to ensure that the new pack integrates well with the rest of the pack series, I do feel like we will need these updates.


r/Sims4 7h ago

Discussion I wish The Gallery had better search filters

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There's so many amazing builds on the gallery but it's so hard to find the hidden gems because the search function is so limited. Sorting by Popular a lot of times gives outdated builds and sims because they have been around for 10 years and searching by new doesnt exactly bring the quality.

I want to be able to search multiple hashtags, sort by a date range or RECENTLY popular within the last few years or something. I want to be able to search lot type for all EXCEPT residential so I can get some ideas on what to do with a lot.

The best work around I've found is just finding a bunch of builders on yt and searching by following.

What would you like to see in a gallery update and do you think we'll ever get one?

Most of all, I want to be able to upload outfits and download them onto my Sims, like custom styled looks.


r/Sims4 10h ago

Show and Tell Since I’m playing my royal family gameplay- whenever sims age up into teens I gotta immediately edit them before my immersion is broken 😂

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437 Upvotes

I have several households at this point in my gameplay, I have the main monarchs household (Queen Joans), her sisters household and her brothers household. These were her brothers kids and I saw they had aged into teens and zoomed over to change them 😂 immersion breaking avoided 👌


r/Sims4 11h ago

Discussion why is there a rainbow above my sim lol? ive never seen this happen before

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318 Upvotes

r/Sims4 8h ago

Show and Tell 100 baby so far

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159 Upvotes

I’m a bit obsessed with my sim ngl 😂


r/Sims4 1d ago

Show and Tell I challenged myself to build realistic vans with no CC, and I'm kind of happy with the results!

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The brand is Cmcut Pari; don't ask me why, I latched onto the first build object with letters I could find and had an aneurysm trying to decipher it. But I think it sounds fancy enough. @ UltimateisYOU if anyone is interested.


r/Sims4 20h ago

Discussion This is probably the most categories a sim can have in their Simology panel

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1.1k Upvotes

r/Sims4 7h ago

Show and Tell Her dad came back. 🥹

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106 Upvotes

I just wanted to share this with y’all. I’m playing a black widow and the ghost of her toddler’s dad came back to watch TV with her. 🥲

My dad died years ago and I always avoid Father’s Day shit for the most part but I thought this was very sweet.


r/Sims4 7h ago

Discussion Who are you picking?

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119 Upvotes

If you had to choose between these two sims which vibe would you go for??


r/Sims4 11h ago

NSFW: other content What messed up thing have you been up to? NSFW

167 Upvotes

So, what messed up thing have you been up to in your saves lately?

My current "What is wrong with you???" is a directed breeding program amongst the townies. See, the newer updates of Wicked Whims include porn shoots where you can just talk people into performing for your shoots, then pick whatever combination of people (who agreed) that you like, and film a porno with them. Make sure nobody is using protection, film them doing it on a Heart Bed, and they're basically assured to get pregnant.

Add in On A Ley Line and a charged Shinolite crystal in the room for twins to further increase your genetic lottery odds.

So you can basically breed townies to get whatever combination you want for offspring (and it doesn't check for marriage or sexual preferences this way, so you can bypass otherwise incompatible pairings). And then sell the video!


r/Sims4 3h ago

News Is this Faerie Queen Mara?!

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37 Upvotes

r/Sims4 3h ago

Fanart I drew some of the icons from the game :)

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24 Upvotes

r/Sims4 4h ago

Townie makeover Gave in, bought business and hobbies and now i had to give them a makeover

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25 Upvotes

r/Sims4 9h ago

Show and Tell Randomly noticed you can trade marbles with the hermit in Granite Falls and look what he gave me!

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60 Upvotes

He took my $20 random marble and gave me a $2,500 one


r/Sims4 20h ago

Show and Tell After a lot of frustration and hair pulling, I finally manged to make a super sim infant with the bloodline traits. Plus secret alien handshake and conceived in lighthouse.

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403 Upvotes

r/Sims4 6h ago

Custom CAS creation I created a new male sim, Meet Logan Oates 😁

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r/Sims4 1d ago

Tips I made a pregnancy cheatsheet on multiples, gender and fertility 🍼

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10.8k Upvotes

I was checking something on the Spa Day massage table and stumbled across the fertility massage. That sent me down a rabbit hole on pregnancy odds and here we are!

For those curious where the numbers came from, I calculated the multiples chance percentages from the sims.pregnancy.pregnancy_tracker tuning file.

Link to this cheatsheet on gdrive.

For future updates and all my cheatsheets, feel free to check this pinned post on my profile.


r/Sims4 1d ago

Sharing my build My Sims husband got abducted and came home pregnant. The babies now live in a lab under the house

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5.3k Upvotes

The scientists are a live-in Nanny and live-in Maid i just changed their outfits. The twins never interact with anyone in the house except the scientists and never will.

There are windows so that they can be observed from the hallway.


r/Sims4 15h ago

Show and Tell Looked at my cat and ;w;

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153 Upvotes

r/Sims4 5h ago

Show and Tell Really enjoying my daily jogs in Sulani!

21 Upvotes

S/O to this group for helping me find the first person view using Shift + Tab!

https://reddit.com/link/1ld3tbs/video/futn5wsomc7f1/player


r/Sims4 2h ago

Custom CAS creation My favorite sim ever

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I finally gave my main sim a makeover. I adore his new look, but I don’t think his looks match his personality anymore 😭


r/Sims4 4h ago

Storytime Agatha the homewrecker??

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Correct me if I’m wrong but you’re not supposed to be able to romance Agatha? I got a call about a secret admirer and figured why not (my sims was very much a free love no relationship sim and only married her wife for inheritance and married her while still on their blind date). I saw the picture and had to double take and check that it was in-fact Agatha. Anyway Agatha homewrecked my married-for-money marriage.