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ContributionsMost RecentNewest TopicsMost LikesSolutionsQuality of Life Roadmap 2026 The Sims 4: Quality of Life Roadmap 2026 Over the past 6 months, we’ve been sharing how we’re continuing to prioritize stability, performance, and acting on long-standing community feedback in The ...Save File Investigation Recap and Early 2026 Plans Sul Sul, Simmers! Over the past few months we’ve been sharing our progress with you as we work our way through concerns about save file issues, disappearing Lots, white screens, and loading problem...Laundry List - November 25th, 2025 Hi Simmers! Welcome to the Laundry List, where we update the community on what's coming next to The Sims 4! We’re thinking about giving this series a new name and we’d love your input! The Laund...Reticulating the Splines: An Update to our Quality of Life Roadmap Here at The Sims, we love creating games that allow you to experiment with life. The Sims 4 is our most ambitious life sim yet. It’s defined by limitless creativity; not just within the game itsel...Mods + Game Updates: Best Practices and Getting You Back Into The Sims 4 Sul Sul, Simmers, As many of you already know, after any base game update any mods or CC you have installed are disabled as you might need to update some of them to be compatible with the newer ver...Community Concerns with Save File Issues - November 2025 Update Sul Sul, Simmers, Welcome to our November update into save file investigations. Over the past few months, our team has been testing, analyzing, and dissecting every lead - from missing lots to inf...Dag Dag to Lag: Improving The Sims 4 Performance Alongside our ongoing efforts to bring you closer to what we’re working on with our save file investigations and Quality of Life roadmap, we wanted to take a moment to share some behind-the-scenes in...Backing Up Saves in The Sims 4 - Keep Your Sims Safe! Sul Sul! We know that your saves are more than just Sims; they’re legacies, builds, and finely crafted stories. This is why backing up your saves in The Sims 4 is not only recommended, but essentia...Community Concerns with Save File Issues - October 2025 Update Sul Sul Simmers, In our last blog, we shared our commitment to investigating concerns that some players had around save file corruption, and we’re here to update you on what our team has been work...Quality of Life Roadmap Sul Sul Simmers, Our top priority is to provide a fun, positive experience for all players. We see your feedback on technical issues and game performance. And, we want to assure you that your con...Community Concerns with Save File Issues Sul Sul Simmers, We’ve received questions from players with concerns about the For Rent Expansion Pack, and what we’ve been doing to tackle save file issues in The Sims 4. To address this commun...Re: [CURRENT ISSUE] Server Error whenever I'm upload to my personal gallery Marking as solution for visibility only! This issue is still under investigation. Hello again. For anyone encountering this issue, can you share: Dxdiag A video of the upload attempt, wit...(no subject) Hello. Is anyone still seeing this issue? Re: Sims 1 objects glitch. Hello luckey2themaxx Can you share a screenshot or video of the issue? Re: Sims 2 not saving! Hello heidivicks wentuck7097 Are you using EA App or Steam? Do you have enough hard drive space? Can you share your dxdiag? Any other info you can share? Re: DirectX 11 Technical Issues and Feedback Thread@Castigar2000 - Are you using mods or custom content? - If not: Can you share screenshots of the issues you're seeing? Also, can you share your dxdiag?Re: DirectX 11 Technical Issues and Feedback Thread@exome5135 Good to hear! Would you be willing to share your dxdiag? It may help the team investigate why the DX11 version of the game wasn't working for you.Re: DirectX 11 Technical Issues and Feedback Thread@deblake60 Can you try this: - Look for where the game files are located. It might be in C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin\ or somewhere similar - Right-click on TS4_Launcher_x6...Re: DirectX 11 Technical Issues and Feedback Thread @Foxley828 @exome5135 Does the issue also occur when using the DX9 version of the game? Re: DX11 Bug - cannot interact with or place anything@CubicPoison Could you share a copy of the "The Sims 4" folder with me through direct message? We can take a look and see where the issue is. Instructions on how to share are here: https://x....
Top ContributionsRe: [FIXED] Upgraded to macOS Ventura - can only Force Quit the game Hello. It turns out there was indeed a fix for this issue in todays' patch (Mac version 1.95.207.1230), but we accidentally failed to mention it in the patch notes. Happy Simming! Re: [BY DESIGN] [CD] "Be Nice To..." Option Missing for cats Hello. The "Be Nice To" interaction is only intended for Dogs, not Cats. (The team is working on fixing the current issue with Dogs) Re: Vanilla game doesn't launch after 18 April Apple silicon patch Marked as the solution for visibility and troubleshooting Hello. A fix was released recently on Origin related to this issue. Is anyone still seeing this on Mac with the most recent versio...Dag Dag to Lag: Improving The Sims 4 Performance Alongside our ongoing efforts to bring you closer to what we’re working on with our save file investigations and Quality of Life roadmap, we wanted to take a moment to share some behind-the-scenes in...Re: Vanilla game doesn't launch after 18 April Apple silicon patch Marked as the solution for visibility and troubleshooting Hello. For anyone encountering this issue, can you please submit an Error Report and send the Report ID (either through direct mess...Community Concerns with Save File Issues - October 2025 Update Sul Sul Simmers, In our last blog, we shared our commitment to investigating concerns that some players had around save file corruption, and we’re here to update you on what our team has been work...Re: SDX error, white sim portraits, corrupted save, etc. Hello. If anyone is still seeing this error: Make sure your game is updated to the latest version. If you're still seeing the issue with an updated game, try this: On EA App or Origin, s...Mods + Game Updates: Best Practices and Getting You Back Into The Sims 4 Sul Sul, Simmers, As many of you already know, after any base game update any mods or CC you have installed are disabled as you might need to update some of them to be compatible with the newer ver...Quality of Life Roadmap Sul Sul Simmers, Our top priority is to provide a fun, positive experience for all players. We see your feedback on technical issues and game performance. And, we want to assure you that your con...Community Concerns with Save File Issues Sul Sul Simmers, We’ve received questions from players with concerns about the For Rent Expansion Pack, and what we’ve been doing to tackle save file issues in The Sims 4. To address this commun...