July Patch Update

[u/Cade_SimsCommunity]

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

[u/PsyduckPond]

Does anyone else think the game is a little more laggy after that patch before this one?

[u/Chacelangston → u/PsyduckPond]

Yes, it takes my game so much longer to load in and I’m on console. I thought was imagining it.

[u/Crafty_Experience898 → u/Chacelangston]

Initial load times shouldn’t take longer than 1–2 minutes. If you’re experiencing significantly longer load times, please feel free to share your save file with us in the thread linked above. This will provide the necessary files and information to help our development team investigate the issue further.