The Sims 4 October 31 Patch Notes - The Sims 4 Guide - IGN (2024)

The October 31st, 2023 Patch for The Sims 4 has arrived, bringing with it Discovery Quests, and various bug fixes for various game packs.

This page acts as a comprehensive breakdown of the Oct 31 Patch for The Sims 4, including a link to the full Patch Notes.

Discovery Quests

Discovery Quests are Quests that help you Discover more cool things about the game:

• Discovery Quests will point out key parts of gameplay, helping you to learn about features and activities
• Should you play through a Discovery Quest, you can claim some in-game rewards, including:
  • Simoleons
  • Potions
  • Satisfaction Points

Some of the Quests that you are able to play through are as follows:

• Scoring Simoleons - Explore different ways your Sims can earn money, complete this quest and earn some, you guessed it, Simoleons!
• Navigating Needs - Understand the different Needs your Sims have and how to keep your Sims happy
• Skillful Sims - Navigate and learn how to help your Sims gain new skills and level up their lives
• You and Your Phone - Phones offer your Sims many capabilities, explore this quest to learn more about everything you can navigate through your phone
• Lifelong Aspirations - This quest is all about how Sims can work through and eventually complete their aspirations
• Always on the Move - Your Sim would love to see the world beyond their home, let them experience new Worlds

Discovery Quest settings can be found in Game Options under Tutorial & Tips.

General

• A new context aware profanity checking system for all Gallery Uploads, Comments and Player Bio in all languages that The Sims 4 supports

Bug Fixes

Base Game

• Backpacks are great for storing things but having one in your lot won’t prevent your Sim from putting books away on the shelves
• English - Custom pronouns will be correctly reflected in the Odd Job Freelance Career
• Korean - During the “Aliens Stole My Parents“ scenario, the “take a vacation“ option will be unavailable
• Loading into your home lot should greet you with your household and not error code 123:4a01697a:4adea999
• In the Stuck in their Shadow Scenario will progress to the next goal instead of getting stuck
• The Mysterious Phone Calls as part of the Stuck in their Shadow Scenario should be received without having to enter CAS
• Toddlers will be able to grab a snack or drink from the Always Has A Snack-Bag lunchbox without going through a dramatic and sudden growth spurt
• Starting the Finding Love After a Breakup Scenario will no longer drop you to the map with exception error code 121:8a89078a:d528d17c
• Sims that gain an extra trait can now be edited in Create-a-Sim
• When your Sim sits down to write a book or term paper they should do just that and not pick up the nearest book and start reading instead
• After a caterer has made food for your social event, you can drag this around now to place it where you like
• Sims should now place Dirty Dishes in appropriate locations
• Removing skin details in Create-a-Sim should no longer generate a lastUIException for (AS)widgets.CAS.Customizer::CatalogPanel and instead will remove the skin details from your Sim as expected
• Stereo and Radio objects upgraded to Unbreakable shouldn’t break

Console

• The game should no longer enter an unrecoverable state when launching the game for the first time and accepting the User Agreements using a Mouse and Keyboard
• For Simmers using the Controls Legend, the callouts on the Gallery will be easier to read
• The Controls Legend in the Gallery will no longer display that you can block/unblock a player while navigating your Connections and not highlighting another Simmer.
• For players that have disabled the Controls Legend in Game Options > Other, the Gallery will now respect those settings
• The Controls Legend being enabled will not display the Sim switch prompts (PlayStation - L1/R1, Xbox - LB/RB) in CAS if you only have a one Sim household
• Opening the Cheats panel while on the Main Menu won’t keep it stuck open when you are done. The cheat panel can now be closed again
• While cooking, the shoulder buttons (PlayStation - L1/R1, Xbox - LB/RB) will switch between recipe filters as expected

Gallery Server

• Entering a stop word (AND, WITH, OR etc.) in your Gallery search will no longer return zero results
• Viewing an upload was only displaying one page of comments meaning you couldn’t view everything if there were lots of responses. Now you can keep scrolling to read all the available comments

City Living

• Sims should no longer stop their important tasks to autonomously go and play basketball

Discover University

• Russian - A typo on the “Accept as new Roommate“ interaction has been addressed

Seasons

• Sims that celebrate Neighborhood Brawl Holiday will no longer have negative sentiments towards each other afterwards

Island Living

• Mermaids will no longer complain about a routing error when trying to take a mud bath
• Thalassophobia should only apply if the Sim is swimming

Eco Lifestyle

• The Juice Fizzer (juiceFizzer_EP09GEN_set1) will do what it's expected to do, fizz your juice and not get stuck on the fizzing part of the function

Snowy Escape

• Yamachan will no longer enter your homes even if you use a Neighborhood Action Plan. If Yamachan is already in your home, you can tell them to leave using the Send Home interaction

Cottage Living

• Rabbits can be very thoughtful; one in particular was giving away items tagged as DEBUG for PC and Mac Simmers or UNKNOWN for console Simmers,as gifts like the Cow Flower. This gift has been removed from the rabbit’s stash and will not be presented to your Sims

High School Years

• Sims attending the Copperdale Pier together can enjoy the attractions, they can even ride solo or together. The tunnel of love is still reserved for potential love interests though

Full Patch Notes

If you wish to read the Patch Notes in full, you can do so via the official Sims 4 websites Patch Notes blog post.