

Wants are typically based off a Sim’s personality and traits, and include stuff like calling a friend, dating a specific sim, or being abducted by aliens. Players reported that their Sims were getting “wants” - a replacement for “whims” added in a recent update - to date their family members.

The Sims 4 players across social media and Reddit are reporting that their Sims are aging up way too fast - and old Sims are just outright dying.Ī quality designer for The Sims 4 who goes by SimGuruNick on Twitter mentioned the incest bug, noting that the developer is working on a fix. ( The Sims 4 has three lifespan options: short, normal, and long.) Sims can still die in accidents regardless of their chosen option, but this lets players choose how long their natural life is. Players logging into The Sims 4 will also receive a pop-up warning on the bug, encouraging players not to play Sims that have been marked with short or long lifespans. “We recommend temporarily playing in or creating new saves with the default/’normal’ lifespan, as we work towards a solution.” Image: Maxis/Electronic Arts via Polygon “We are currently investigating instances involving Sims auto-aging up in saves using the Short or Long lifespan,” EA said via The Sims account. This will typically be in a folder in “ Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4/Mods.” If the “Mods” folder doesn’t exist, you can make your own, as long as it’s in the same location.The Sims 4’s new High School Years expansion launched Thursday, but the base game update from earlier in the week had some unintentional side effects: It’s making some Sims age up way too fast, while other Sims are becoming attracted to family members.Ī representative for The Sims 4 acknowledged the auto-aging Sims bugs in a tweet on the official Sims Twitter account. Move the unzipped files to the mods folder.Make sure “enable custom content and mods” is checked.Open the options, and then select the “game options” tab.) If the “Mods” folder doesn’t exist, you can make your own, as long as it’s in the same location. This will typically be in folder in “ :\Users\\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods.” (Replace your own Windows user name and the letter for your hard drive. Some mods may have specific installation instructions, but most CC should be able to be installed with the following steps. We’ve detailed the steps on installing mods and CC below. (You cannot install or use mods and CC on consoles.)

Our The Sims 4 guide will walk you through how to install CC and mods for both Windows and Mac. Installing them can be complicated if you’re new to modding games, but The Sims 4 makes it fairly easy. If you’re playing The Sims 4 on Windows or Mac, you can customize the game using custom content (CC) and mods.
