Maxis and EA have released a new Quality of Life update for The Sims 4 across PC, Mac, Xbox, and PlayStation. Patch 1.125.56.1030 (PC) / 1.125.56.1230 (Mac) / 2.35 (Console) landed on June 30 and focuses on notification controls, Mac stability, and 12 of the most-upvoted bug reports on the EA Forums.

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This is the update previewed in last week's Q&A session, and it touches a lot of packs. Expect some mod breakage, especially around autonomy and CAS changes.

Notification overhaul

The headline feature is a rework of live mode notifications and phone calls. There are three parts to it:

A new Festival Notifications section in Game Options lets you toggle festival alerts on or off per pack. Every festival from San Myshuno to Gibbi Point is listed, all enabled by default. If you never want to hear about the Humor and Hijinks Festival again, you can now switch it off without mods.

The Silence Phone button has also been updated to work with newer content and should now block all phone calls when enabled.

Phone calls and notifications are generally smarter about context. Neighborhood Stories calls now require at least a friend-level relationship before a Sim will reach out, so random acquaintances won't be calling for dating advice. Festival and getaway invites follow the same rule. The Grim Reaper will only try to recruit Macabre Sims for employment, and Formative Moments calls won't come from Sims standing right next to your active Sim.

Less phone spam

Several repetitive calls have been removed entirely:

  • The Get Together "Hey, I heard you became friends/enemies with [Sim]!" calls are gone.
  • The Get Famous popularity call is gone.
  • Earbud purchase reminders have been removed.
  • The ThrifTea reminder notification from High School Years has been removed.

Other call types have been reduced in frequency rather than eliminated. Dancing and Bar Night invites (Get Together), Community Closeness calls (Eco Lifestyle), romance calls (Lovestruck), and general Sim invites across multiple packs will all show up less often. Bess Sterling from Eco Lifestyle will also take longer before she starts calling, though once she does, she's still Bess Sterling.

The Starting a Dynasty discovery quest from Royalty & Legacy will now only trigger once per save, and Stay Over calls from Growing Together can happen again after a 14-day cooldown (they were previously only firing once).

Mac save corruption fix

Following the March 2026 update that moved scratch files from Documents to AppData on PC to prevent cloud backup conflicts and infinite loading, the same change is now applied to Mac. Maxis says the PC rollout showed measurable improvements in save corruption rates.

12 most-upvoted bug fixes

These are the community-voted reports that got priority treatment:

  • Windows and doors no longer clip into walls across Low, Medium, and High graphics settings. Low settings may require a game restart after loading.
  • Partnered Sims could form sibling relationships when leaving CAS. This is fixed going forward but not retroactive in saves where the relationship already changed. The team notes there's still another case of this behavior under investigation.
  • Gallery navigation with a controller on Xbox and PlayStation no longer gets stuck on the thumbnail UI after changing filters.
  • Downloading tattoos from the Gallery on console no longer causes a soft lock.
  • Certain Gallery lots with heavy placement cheat usage could cause infinite loading due to corrupted footprints. Navmesh behavior has been adjusted.
  • Sims with the Vicious Dynasty Ideal (Royalty & Legacy) no longer autonomously run mean interactions. They still earn Prestige Points when you manually direct mean socials.
  • Child Sims being auto-added to dynasties and spamming "Joined Dynasty" notifications on CAS entry/exit has been fixed.
  • Doctors can treat patients and deliver food again (Get to Work).
  • Pet adoption works again (Cats & Dogs).
  • The "Feel the Love" interaction on cats and small dogs works properly again (Cats & Dogs).
  • Bathing small dogs works again (Cats & Dogs).
  • The Hair and Makeup task on Actor Career gigs can be completed again (Get Famous).

Occult fixes

Merfolk tails that went invisible in old saves can be restored by entering CAS with the affected Sim. Fairy wings from Enchanted by Nature will stay visible after traveling, and fairies with altered skin tones no longer crash the game when switching forms. A related skin tone bleed issue between fairy and normal forms has also been fixed.

Werewolves from existing saves can now apply nose swatch colors in CAS, and teen werewolves won't lose their nose color after going to school and re-entering CAS through a mirror.

Other notable fixes

There's a long tail of general fixes in this patch. Some highlights:

  • Appliances and sinks no longer break repeatedly despite being repaired (a simulation error fix).
  • Household Sims incorrectly labeled as "Neighbor" and unable to use doors has been addressed.
  • The partner relationship no longer reverts to a generic household member status after re-entering CAS.
  • Sims will no longer obsessively view frog or insect collections, including the Noble Frog from Royalty & Legacy.
  • A 2-3 AM simulation error that could freeze Sim swapping has been fixed.
  • UI, options, and interactions becoming inaccessible after leaving Build Mode (related to work schedules) has been resolved in old saves.
  • Duplicate NPC issues have been fixed for Rahul (Cottage Living), Buddy Scoop (Adventure Awaits), and other role-filling NPCs.
  • Rent information now displays correctly in the Bills & Utilities panel (For Rent), and rent calculations no longer decrease over time.
  • Sleep now reduces the Mental Fog buff duration from Growing Together.
  • On Mac, graphical flickering when SSAO was manually disabled in the SGR file has been addressed.

Active Sims also get a small new idle animation before their daily Energized buff, using the CAS trait selection animation. The patch notes describe it as "cute and easy to do."

Marketplace pricing changes (PC, Mac, Xbox)

A new Buy button in the Marketplace will automatically redeem the nearest Moola amount for Kits and Maker Packs, showing the dollar price directly at checkout. Nine new Moola tiers have been added (300, 400, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200, 1300). PlayStation will get this in a future update.

How to update

The patch is available now on EA App, Origin, Steam, Epic Games, PS4/PS5, and Xbox One/Series X|S. If automatic updates are enabled, it should download on its own. The Mac download is about 544 MB.

Remove or disable mods before loading your saves, and check that your mod creators have released compatible updates. CAS and autonomy changes in this patch are likely to break some existing mods.

For the full official patch notes, see the breakdown at Sims Community.

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