Patch Notes: September 26th, 2023

The pre-patch for the upcoming Home Chef Hustle Stuff Pack is here! Check out the patch notes to see the new features and bug fixes that it’s bringing to the game!

NOTE: This update disables Mods and Custom Content. If you use Custom Content and/or Mods, you’ll need to go into your game options upon launching the game, re-enable the Mods & CC option, and then restart your game.

(Do not save the game until you’ve restarted with Mods & CC active. If you save while they are disabled, your game will now be saved in a state where all of your previously used CC will be missing from Sims, Lots, etc.)

New Features & Updates

Recipe Filters

The recipe panel can now be sorted by: All, Vegetarian, Lactose free, Meat, Seafood, and Sweets.

Cupcake Freedom

Cupcakes can now be baked in a regular oven! The Cupcake Factory machine is no longer needed, but it does still exist should you want to use it.

Toddlers can now also enjoy cupcakes! (Eating them, that is. We don’t suggest teaching your toddler how to use the oven.)

Recipe Adjustments

Recipes and Ingredients have been tweaked a bit to more accurately reflect the preparation process. This means that skill level, mood, and appliance quality will have an affect on the final product.

Recipes across the Cooking, Gourmet Cooking, and Baking skills have been updated as well. These recipes now make better use of ingredients that you’d expect to use. For example, sugar, flour, and eggs from Cottage Living can be used in baking recipes from Get To Work.

Small Appliances

Many “Small Appliances” have been updated to be live-drag compatible. These can also be placed into inventories to take with you:

• The Wavescatter
• The Food Annihilator
• The Omniwaver
• The Schmapple Micro
• Luxe Drink Tray
• Sugar Kane Popcorn Popper
• Summer Drink Tray
• Sweet Tooth Ice Cream Machine
• Fountain of Mirth
• The Gravy Fountain Mark IV Stand
• Vintage Glamour Beverage Fountain
• Blazin’ Ladles’ Over The Counter Oven
• “No Space” Electric Oven Space Saver

Bug Fixes

The Sims 4

• Garden plants now should remain as plants instead of sometimes crumbling into piles of dirt. Be strong and live your best life, garden buds!
• Visual effects for Sim Traits in Create a Sim have returned from an unplanned summer holiday.
• Some text strings are now updated to properly gush about Newborns.
• Take a big whiff, we’re growing trash! Trash Fruit will now properly grow from any pile of trash outside, no matter its source.
• It was getting a little lonely out there! Sims will once again receive calls and invitations from other Sims and NPCs.

City Living

• We all were very hungry working on this update. But not so hungry that vegetarians would eat meat! Your Vegetarian Sims should no longer grab meals that upset their stomachs when using the “Get Leftovers” interaction.
• Gelatin Rainbow Cake isn’t Vegetarian?! We’ve updated a lot of recipes so they are now properly flagged as Vegetarian-Safe – and removed some that shouldn’t have been flagged in the first place.

Seasons

• Bees will no longer become Enraged or Irritated after applying Mite Treatment. They will BEE a little more grateful to their caretaker Sim!

Eco Lifestyle

• Photographs taken following today’s patch will no longer turn black when stored in the Storage Box.

Cottage Living

• Some vegetables weren’t being recognized as vegetables for recipe ingredients! We’ve fixed this; make as many vegetable based dishes as your heart desires!
• Now your Sims can make more informed choices on if they want to suffer the consequences of eating dairy when they are Lactose Intolerant. We’ve done a large update to food for a more accurate Lactose Free experience.

High School Years

• Set your boundaries! There should be fewer invitations to become BFF with other Sims.

GrowinG Together

• Photographs taken following today’s patch will no longer turn black when stored in the Basic Keepsake Box and the Truly Ornate Keepsake Box.

Horse Ranch

• Ranch Hands now stay hired until you dismiss them.
• Riders going from using Horse Barrels or Horse Jumps to doing something on foot no longer sometimes linger on horseback.

Movie Hangout

• When using the Sugar Kane Popcorn Popper, Sims will now have visibility into what Cooking skill level they must reach to be able to prepare the various popcorn recipes.