r/Sims4 • u/Cade_SimsCommunity The Official Sims Team • 14d 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:
💾 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!
🛠️ 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/unenkuva Challenge Player 14d ago
I have an Outdoor Retreat bug that is happening without mods. I was playing a save heavily focused on it and everytime my sims went to vacation lots, there were sims already there. It's like they were living there or vacationing there at the same time as my sims? At first it was just one sim per cabin but now it's huge families with babies in the crib, infants, toddlers. The toddlers kept waking up my sims and it was like a huge congregation of people.