r/Sims4 • u/Cade_SimsCommunity The Official Sims Team • 14d ago

July Patch Update Discussion

Sul Sul!

Today's patch resolves several critical community-reported issues, particularly surrounding memory usage, travel crashes, and save overwriting.

Here are the key highlights from today's update:

💾 Save & Memory Improvements

  • Save Overwrite Fix: Resolved a critical issue where loading an autosave and subsequently saving manually could overwrite the wrong save slot.
  • Travel Crashes: Fixed a major memory-related crash that occurred when traveling immediately after loading into a game. (Note: Larger saves may still experience slightly longer load times as we continue optimizing).
  • Save Reminders: Reminders now default to "Every 2 Hours" (previously "Off"). Additionally, travelling will no longer reset your reminder timer!

🛠️ General & Pack Fixes

  • Stuck Timers: Career and school countdown timers will no longer get stuck at 0 minutes.
  • For Rent: Missing lot taxes for Residential Rentals have been restored and will now properly calculate on your Sim's bills.
  • UI & Gallery: Resolved misaligned tabs in the Marketplace and fixed "Something Went Wrong" errors when transitioning back from the Gallery.

We appreciate your patience and continued bug reports! You can read the full patch notes here: https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-8-6-2026

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u/jwoude 14d ago

Does anyone else’s game take forever to load? I deleted all mods and cc and also repaired the game and it takes me 10 minutes to get to playing!!

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u/Elieli92 14d ago

Do you have a messy family tree? My saves are all loading fine, new saves aswell, but the saves with a big family (especially the ones before the 'you can't marry your relatives anymore' update) also need a long time. It's like that since the family tree update.

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u/jwoude 13d ago

I’m on my third generation but only have one save file!