Broken and Updated Sims 4 Mods and CC: patch 1.122, March 17, 2026
About This Thread This thread tracks Sims 4 mods and CC that have been "broken" or made obsolete by game update 1.122, March 17, 2026, or declared unsupported by their creators. It also tracks updated game mods, important updates to custom content, general news from/about creators, and new bugfix mods. -------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: .package file loading issue A fix for .package files began rolling out midday March 18. Updating your game should be all you need to get your Sims' hair etc. back. If you saved like that, you will need to load an earlier version of your save. This hotfix will allow modders to properly test and update mods. ---------------------------------------- SORT THE THREAD FOR WHAT YOU NEED: For the COMPILED LISTS, sort by Oldest For the MOST RECENT INFO, sort by Newest … or FOLLOW to receive notifications of new posts! Click on the bell symbol 🔔, top right. Notifications can even be sent right to your email! Some things are NOT covered here: Early-access content and anything else behind a paywall Content outside the T (for Teen) game rating (no adult mods! including alcohol, violence) Creators/mods outside the EA and EA Answers HQ rules (especially trademark or copyright infringement and having permanently paywalled “exclusives”), and the Maxis guidelines for Sims 4 content creators. NOTE: The Marketplace is not a paywall: it’s items published by EA. The paywall rule is about content that creators self-publish. Creators who update active creators' CC/mods without permission, who upload folders of other people's mods and CC, or who copy other modders' code without permission. Separate translation files Loading screens, CAS backdrops, main menu backgrounds, and poses unless the creator says an error is fixed Sims 4 Multiplayer Mod updates that don’t change the version number CAS and Build/Buy CC unless the creator says they're fixing an error or catching up pack content Mods and CC hosted on sites that are mostly adult content or that require joining an 18+ site In addition, news for mods/CC hosted only on Mod the Sims may be selective and/or delayed due to recent security incidents. In the end, YOU are responsible for your mod use. Because not all content and creators are covered on this official forum, many of you should be following creators directly for news. The pinned topic How to Use Mods and CC includes advice about game updates, mod management, finding broken mods, and how to avoid downloading broken and malicious content. And remember… Back up your Saves folder! Index for This Topic Newly Broken/Obsolete Game Mods and Tools Updated Game Mods and Tools, sorted by creator Newly Broken CAS and Build/Buy Updated CAS and Build/Buy Creators Clearing Mods for This Patch - gameplay mods reported by the creator or their testers to be compatible with the game update Core, Injector, Testing and Protection Mods Status: what you should be on for mods like ModGuard, Better Exceptions, venue lists, Lot51 Core, XML Injector, and MC Command Center Creator News New Bugfix Mods Start of Ongoing Reports - scroll down or sort replies by NEWEST Other Resources Previously Broken/Obsolete Mods and CC: up to patch 1.121 [MASTER POST] Common Symptoms of Mod/CC Issues, with Known Causes, including links to earlier Broken/Updated Mods threads. The previous Broken/Updated Mods thread, for patch 1.121 and its mini-patches. Patch Notes for this game update How to use Mods and CC: including how to test for broken mods/CC ("vanilla" testing and the "50-50" method) Malicious Scripts and Malware, including information about the March 2026 incident at Mod the Sims.
SIMS update & MOD failures
The update fix is available but may not resolve all mod content, some of which may not be usable until authors update them due to textures and DirectX. This can be bypassed by starting the game using C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin\TS4_DX9_x64.exe. This does two things, forces DirectX 9 mode and not 11 (new default) + it downloads a working version of the executable for DirectX9 already patched. Additionally, some mods are stepped in sub-folders which can be missed by the indexing system (now) even though the config.ini states how many sub-folders deep the index will "look". This can be fixed by scripting symbolic links to be re-indexed and built into the Mods root as opposed to requiring the index to work correctly. If you are manually installing mods, its easier to simply take all the files out of the folder trees created by extracting the .zip files and placing them in the MODS folder directly. Also, if you have had a loading issue, remember to delete "localthumbcache.package" and " accountDataDB.package", then open EA App, go offline, and start the game. These files will be recreated and indexed. This will make most of your mods playable. Have fun, took 7+ hours to figure it out. LOL
Game Is Spamming Autonomous empty task bubbles
First of all I have no mods installed, never have, and yes my game is up to date with the latest update. My game crashes at seemingly random times after my sims get locked into a task queue. The most recent one happened when I had an adult sim, toddler sim, and child sim at home. The child sim was sitting in a chair doing her homework and I was trying to get the adult sim to pick up the toddler to give her a bath. All of the sudden all three of my sims froze and get I can hear the task sound (like when you select a task for them to do and it pops into the far left queue area) non-stop. I click on my child sim and all the sudden that task queue bar on the far left goes all the way up to the top of my screen, but there were no task bubbles actually in that panel so it was just empty. After this my game completely froze. I couldn't exit out of the game or alt F4 it either. I had to shut off my computer in order for the game to actually close because even after trying to force quit in task manager the game screen just went white and wouldn't close. It seems like the game got overloaded by a bug with too many tasks being queued (even though I didn't queue them). This has happened multiple times in the past few months and it's always randomly. Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title
Game freezing using the fountain tool
I have tried multiple times to use the fountain tool, and I can lay down some fountain shapes, but when I try to adjust their sizes with the arrows, the game acts like it is not responding and doesn't show up in the task manager, so it freezes. The last time I tried, the game went to a white screen. I am also unable to close TS4 from the task manager or by exiting it from the taskbar; I have to restart my computer. I DO NOT use custom content of any kind and I am playing on a Windows pc. I have all packs installed except Journey to Batuu, luxury party stuff, and spooky stuff.Sims frozen in place and disobedient since 3/17/26 update.
I updated my game today 3/17/2026, and within a second said "something went wrong try again later". I exited out of everything and restarted my computer. Once everything loaded up I got clicked on SIMS4 and it didn't have an update. When I went into the main menu it has updated. I have Moola now. I entered the game. My Sim is standing in the kitchen getting hit on by her room mate. I stop those interactions and try to get my Sim to change her outfit. She will not do it. She is moving her hands head and stuff but she is frozen in place and will not take a step. No other Sims will move or follow commands either. I exited the game and went to google for information. From there, I tried repairing the game, to no avail. I left it alone for a few hours (had to go back to work) and when I tried again the same thing is happening. My Sim can carry out being serenaded by the roommate but after that first predetermined interaction they are all frozen. The infant is stuck on the floor in a tummy time that will never end even if I try to stop the action. I have also reset objects and they are still frozen.
[XB/PS] Endless Load Times
During the past 1 year I encountered endless loading multiple times. I play on console (PS4, so please don't ask me if I removed mods/CC because I can't even have any) and I own many packs: most expansion, gameplay, stuff packs and since last month 3 kits. I always have the latest version of the game, so that shouldn't be causing any problems. If I played for hours or notice minor bugs such as keys malfunctioning (no, it's not related to my keyboard) it's more likely that I'll get stuck in endless loading. I'm not saying loading screen on purpose because it also applies to saving. So far I was able to salvage these situations by just saving it as a save file instead of a lot but last time the save files didn't load either. My best bet was to save it to my library because I suspected it would cause an infinite loading screen, if I went to manage worlds anyways. The upload still froze. Recently, I had a lot of infinite loading screens. It has also happened during the current event multiple times. The only pattern I recognize is that it occurs either while traveling or while going from build mode to manage worlds. It didn't bother me that much but during the past month it has happened a lot. Hope this can be fixed soon. Edit By crinrict: Adjusted Title to fit old bug report.Grim stuck
Dead sims can't die, because the grim is freezed, every other sim is allright, goes to work, sometimes look the dying sim, but they can't plead, because the reaper is not moving, the dead sim is on the floor, just like it has to be, when reaper comes, but nothing happens. I couldn't save the game either. It happens all the time, when a sim dies, doesn't matter where it dies. Please help Note from EA_Solaire: Hi all, If you're still experiencing this on the latest game version, can you please provide the exact steps to reproduce this, as well as a video of this happening in your game? Thank you!Cant create a new world or enter the old one
I have Sims4, and all of a sudden i couldnt normally play cus when I tried to create a world the program crashed. And then, when i tried to load the old one, i couldnt move on throught tutorial cuz i had no cash to buy a house for some reason ( i had house and fully customed world so). I tried to reinstall? but it didnt work. What should i do? Except waiting or reinstall cus, as i said, i already did it
