Time for the New Laundry List: April 24, 2025

Fresh off the press! The Sims 4 is getting a new Laundry List! The inside scoop on the issues slated for a fix in the next patch – all the details are right here!

What’s Included in the Laundry List?

Hi Simmers!

Welcome to the Laundry List where we’ll share a list of the top community concerns that we’re currently investigating and hope to resolve. This is only a list of top topics with upcoming fixes; there are more topics reported by players that are not listed here and are still being worked on. Thank you for your continued reports and votes on what issues you’re experiencing. 

Here’s the list of the top community concerns we’re investigating for our next update:

• Unable to water plants.
• Teenage Sims aging up to young adults and do not get a third trait.
• Vampire eyes on Child Sims revert back to normal eyes.
• High school event tasks do not appear for secondary active teen Sims.
• After shaving to preferred length, arm hairs are not removing.
• Sims with any level of logic skill are unable complete Chess Fair puzzle.
• Rebirth : Sim greyed out as a Ghost Sim but not forwarded to the rebirth screen.
• Rebirth interaction results in a simulation error for Sims with reward traits such as Affection Aficionado, Beloved, and Romantic Sage.
• Godrays appear every time for the Occult picker in the CAS UI.
• Sims unresponsive & game freeze in save menu when multiple ghosts are in Household.
• Plant gets black spots when zooming out.
• [Mac] Game becomes unresponsive while travelling to the Library and Nightclub in Willow Creek.

Our team continues to investigate other community concerns for future fixes. Please note that some topics can be complicated to replicate and require an extended investigation on our end, so even though we are actively reviewing, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch. This includes the following top voted issues:

• Issues Impacting Save Files
  • If you’ve been experiencing this, please add contributions to the relevant threads to help us replicate: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/please-read-save-game-corruption/5037272 
  • If your saved game has been impacted, we have a troubleshooting guide available that may help until we’re able to roll out a fix: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/please-read-save-game-corruption/5037272
• Weather Effects Occurring Indoors
  • This issue is being actively investigated. If you would like to add your experience to the active thread on EA Forums, that can be found at: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/s-weather-effects-occurring-inside-structures/5051547 
• Fishing in Sulani
  • If you are experiencing route errors while trying to fish at Sulani fishing spots, we are using the following EA Forums thread to track the issue: https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/il-signed-fishing-spots-not-working-in-sulani/4944854 

Please follow Sims Direct on X and in our Discord community where we will provide more updates when possible. 

Thanks for all your patience and valuable help in reporting! Please continue sharing with us any issues you’re experiencing on The Sims 4 EA Forums. We’ll continue to check in, and together we can make this game the best that it can be. 

Happy Simming!

– The Sims 4, EA

Are You Having Problems That EA Should Address?

If you’ve got an ongoing problem in The Sims 4 that isn’t listed in the Laundry List, reach out to EA through their Answers HQ forum. It’s possible that your issue is already being worked on, but it’s not on the Laundry List because it’s still unsolved.

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