Patch Released December 14

I'm not seeming to use free real estate on rental properties as yet. Unless i am doing it wrong? It works for residential.

Which patch added a second swatch? https://twitter.com/dabz96/status/1735447677351940405

Nice to see hot fixes being rolled out. Gives me hope I'll be able to play For Rent soon. :) Can't avoid the patch anyways when I reinstall the game.

This is great. Though I hope the next fix deals with fix lots that have been switched from rentals to regular houses, breaking them. I want to play my main file, but I'm worried just playing while a broken lot like that exists, will corrupt my game or something. It's like a ticking time bomb.

"Gordy;c-18336165" wrote:
This is great. Though I hope the next fix deals with fix lots that have been switched from rentals to regular houses, breaking them. I want to play my main file, but I'm worried just playing while a broken lot like that exists, will corrupt my game or something. It's like a ticking time bomb.

Exactly! I am not touching the main feature of the pack until this bug has been fixed. It really IS a potential game breaking bug and I sure wonder why people are not more vocal about it. This bug literally breaks lots, and even if a fix comes out, we don't know if the fix will apply also to older saves and repairs lots that were corrupted by the residental rental bug.

"SelinaKyles;c-18336123" wrote:
Which patch added a second swatch? https://twitter.com/dabz96/status/1735447677351940405

Fantastic question... Definitely not this patch as I've seen it after For Rent release.

"mrs_starkey;c-18336175" wrote:

"Gordy;c-18336165" wrote:
This is great. Though I hope the next fix deals with fix lots that have been switched from rentals to regular houses, breaking them. I want to play my main file, but I'm worried just playing while a broken lot like that exists, will corrupt my game or something. It's like a ticking time bomb.

Exactly! I am not touching the main feature of the pack until this bug has been fixed. It really IS a potential game breaking bug and I sure wonder why people are not more vocal about it. This bug literally breaks lots, and even if a fix comes out, we don't know if the fix will apply also to older saves and repairs lots that were corrupted by the residental rental bug.

@Gordy @mrs_starkey Yep, that bug is one of the ones that isn't fixed yet. The patch fixed some of the big For Rent bugs but not all.
People are being pretty vocal over here ;) https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-FR-Stuck-on-Residential-Rental-Lot-type/td-p/13291850

"Lucy_Henley;c-18336056" wrote:


@EgonVM I’ve noticed that high school glitch. One of my teens graduated as valedictorian, I then transferred her family to another save via the gallery for storytelling reasons. The valedictorian trait disappeared. I thought it might have been because she didn’t attend graduation, but if others have experienced it too… hmm…

"EgonVM;c-18336072" wrote:


Plus the after-school activity traits also disappear (cheer, football, chess, and computer) (at least it seems to me)...

For now, I'm afraid you'll have to re-add it back with this cheat:

traits.equip_trait trait_HSExit_Graduate_Valedictorian

I experienced this. For console players that cannot use cheats, this is a serious bug.

"Katofhyrule12;c-18336229" wrote:

"Lucy_Henley;c-18336056" wrote:


@EgonVM I’ve noticed that high school glitch. One of my teens graduated as valedictorian, I then transferred her family to another save via the gallery for storytelling reasons. The valedictorian trait disappeared. I thought it might have been because she didn’t attend graduation, but if others have experienced it too… hmm…

"EgonVM;c-18336072" wrote:


Plus the after-school activity traits also disappear (cheer, football, chess, and computer) (at least it seems to me)...

For now, I'm afraid you'll have to re-add it back with this cheat:

traits.equip_trait trait_HSExit_Graduate_Valedictorian

I experienced this. For console players that cannot use cheats, this is a serious bug.

Console players can use cheats …” To use the cheats that required a shift-click on PC, hit A and B on Xbox One or X and O on PS4 simultaneously to perform that function on console”
Console support’s keyboard and mouse too, the only thing consoles users are really missing out on are cc/mods

"mrs_starkey;c-18336175" wrote:

Exactly! I am not touching the main feature of the pack until this bug has been fixed. It really IS a potential game breaking bug and I sure wonder why people are not more vocal about it. This bug literally breaks lots, and even if a fix comes out, we don't know if the fix will apply also to older saves and repairs lots that were corrupted by the residental rental bug.

Yeah, I'm super afraid of it. Though I hope we get an official workaround on this. I wonder if switching the lot back to a rental will stop the game breaking, until we can get a fix? Like how placing items a certain way on platforms created a lot-breaking glitch with Snowy Escape, but you could just move the items and keep things kosher until the patch rolled out.