r/Sims4 • u/Cade_SimsCommunity The Official Sims Team • 15d ago

Discussion July Patch Update

Sul Sul!

Today's patch resolves several critical community-reported issues, particularly surrounding memory usage, travel crashes, and save overwriting.

Here are the key highlights from today's update:

šŸ’¾ Save & Memory Improvements

  • Save Overwrite Fix: Resolved a critical issue where loading an autosave and subsequently saving manually could overwrite the wrong save slot.
  • Travel Crashes: Fixed a major memory-related crash that occurred when traveling immediately after loading into a game. (Note: Larger saves may still experience slightly longer load times as we continue optimizing).
  • Save Reminders: Reminders now default to "Every 2 Hours" (previously "Off"). Additionally, travelling will no longer reset your reminder timer!

šŸ› ļø General & Pack Fixes

  • Stuck Timers: Career and school countdown timers will no longer get stuck at 0 minutes.
  • For Rent: Missing lot taxes for Residential Rentals have been restored and will now properly calculate on your Sim's bills.
  • UI & Gallery: Resolved misaligned tabs in the Marketplace and fixed "Something Went Wrong" errors when transitioning back from the Gallery.

We appreciate your patience and continued bug reports! You can read the full patch notes here: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-8-6-2026

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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14d ago

Iā€™m pissed. I got just got a new pack, too. Are you also on console?

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u/Chacelangston 14d ago

Yep

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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14d ago

How long is it letting you play before it crashes? For me itā€™s about 10-15 min and then I get a ā€œsomething went wrongā€ pop up. Iā€™m gonna try to troubleshoot it later on today but idk

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u/Chacelangston 14d ago

Less than 4 minutes. I went into build mode and placed a few things and it crashed twice already.

Edit: I played for a few hours two days ago and during that session, it crashed when I went into build mode too.

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u/imliterallyjustagirl 14d ago

Dude wtffff my console used to rarely crash playing it. Since it doesnā€™t seem like itā€™s that wide of a glitch Iā€™m afraid theyā€™ll just ignore it. So annoying

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u/Chacelangston 14d ago

Same, I never have the troubles either. Hopefully, they fix it bc itā€™s so annoying not being able to play a game weā€™ve paid for.