Ideas
Hello this is my first report on here but I was playing a save I’ve had for years and I’ve never had problems with bugs, I’ve never had cc or mods installed but today after the update (July 1st, 2025) & playing for a few hours my sim got really shiny after i exited create a sim. I went back into create a sim thinking I added the new “shiny skin” accessory by accident and then when i exited it was still the same. I then looked online and restarted/repaired my game only to load in and see that my main sim was now fully pitch black AND shiny. I will add that I’ve seen bugs online where the sim is either pitch black or shiny but not both. My sim also has custom tattoos but i am unable to figure out if that is the issue. Once again I use no mods or cc and have almost every pack (minus most of the kits) and I am on PC (Lenovo laptop, Windows 11). Please help as I am not very tech savvy & my fiancé has already tried looking through the files and whatnot. </3 :(
I’ve attached photos of my main sim affected below thanks again. If this is a bug on EA’s part I really hope this is fixed soon.
EDIT: I’ve noticed as well that when I go to manage worlds none of my other sims are affected however, my sim that is only just has the shiny glitch. I have added a photo of that as well hopefully I can figure this out soon.
EDIT 2: okay my other townies that I do not play have been affected by the pitch black glitch as well what da heck ea.
I've encountered the same issue, it was okay after the update but today when one of my sims aged up child to teen it started happening :(. My sim had no tattoos, I thought it was an outadated CC like a skin overlay, but even after removing all my cc and mods it continued to happen. My sims had the growing together freckles and after I remove it the glossy glitch seemed to disapeard. I think it may have something to do with the new skin effect they added it recently.
About The Sims 4 Bug Reports
Read First
- EA_Cade11 months ago
Community Manager