New Laundry List February 18

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 have resolved in the upcoming patch. 

The list below is part of our effort to tackle technical issues, and is directly influenced by the amount of community reports through AnswersHQ and The Sims 4 EA Forums. We have now fully moved all bug reporting to the EA Forums, so please continue to upvote or submit any issues you are experiencing to help us populate future laundry lists!

While some issues may not be listed here, they may still be in the process of being addressed. Some topics can require an extended investigation on our end, so even though these fixes may be in active review, it’s not a guarantee that we’ll have an immediate fix for it in the upcoming patch.

As with each new patch, please remember to remove any external game mods and custom content if you are experiencing issues as the first step in troubleshooting, as they may conflict with the updates. Happy Simming, vadish!

Here’s the list of community concerns we’re investigating for the upcoming game update:

Base Game:

• [EA Forums] Sims will no longer walk through the walls and flip from one place to another place.
• [EA Forums] Walls are no longer missing for the bathroom at Movers & Shakers, the Gym in Willow Creek.
• [EA Forums] Fixed spine distortion for male Sims with feminine physical frames.
• [EA Forums] Sims with the ‘Renaissance’ aspiration will no longer complete the aspirational task of ‘reach level 3 of any career’ without joining a career and reaching said level. 
• [EA Forums] Fixed basements disappearing when a bigger lot is imported to a smaller lot from the library.
• [EA Forums] Jagged edges will no longer stick out of ears with gauges.
• [EA Forums] Adjusted objects that previously could not be placed next to raised platforms.

Affecting Multiple Packs

• [EA Forums] Thriftea bubble tea counter in the Thriftea shop will have an NPC vendor properly tend to it.
• [EA Forums] Household funds should not differ depending on how households are being placed from the gallery. No more households importing with negative Simoleons.
• [EA Forums] Specific full body outfits will no longer result in body shape changes.

Cottage Living

• [EA Forums] 'Grim Reaper arrival for the Chickens' Notification is no longer triggered when 'Animal Aging' is disabled.
• [EA Forums] ‘Pumpkin Conserve’ option in the canning menu is now available for any color of pumpkins.

Discover University

• [EA Forums]  Early graduated teen Sims who enrolled in University can now tutor.

Get Famous

• [EA Forums] New Sims will no longer start with negative fame and their celebrity reputation is displayed correctly in the Simology panel.
• [EA Forums] Hair and Makeup Chair will not cause any facial distortions for Sims when changing hair styles.

High School Years

• [EA Forums] Teen Sims who are followed to school by the player and returned back home will be able to post about all recent events to the Social Bunny app.

Home Chef Hustle

• [EA Forums] ‘Convince to buy’ interaction will no longer serve as an invitation for an NPC Sim to enter your Sim’s house. 

Nifty Knitting

• [EA Forums] Fixed action queue issue for ‘Resume knitting’.
• [EA Forums] Sims moving from one rocking chair to another can now ‘Resume knitting’ without a routing error.
• [EA Forums] Route fail is no longer triggered when Sim stands and performs ‘Resume knitting project’ for beanies, socks and hanging plant holders.
• [EA Forums] Sims will stop performing the knitting animation after canceling the interaction.

Parenthood

• [EA Forums] Child Sims should not perform the ‘make a mess’ interaction continuously. 

Snowy Escape

• [EA Forums] Active lifestyles no longer appear grayed out in the lifestyles UI screen.

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/laundry-list-february-18th-2025