Author Topic: August 6 2015 Patch Notes – PC Version 1.10.57.1020 / Mac Version 1.10.57.1220  (Read 5024 times)

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Update: 08/06/2015 – PC Version 1.10.57.1020 / Mac Version 1.10.57.1220


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 I-scream’immers!

 Happy August everyone! Summer heat abounds, ice cream is afoot, and it’s patch day!

 We are days away from Cool Kitchen Stuff, and delivering frozen treats to Sims of all ages! And what could be better than bowls and bowls of half-eaten, melted ice cream littering the counters and tabletops of your Sims? Ice cream cones of course! …and maybe a dishwasher to help clean up the place.

So, you said Dishwashers?
 Indeed, found within the Kitchen Appliances sort, or by searching for “dishwasher”, you can add to your Sims home an appliance made for the sole purpose of washing your dishes – a Dishwasher!

 The dishwasher is slotted easily within your already manicured homes into any non-island counter.

 Scrubbing at the sink is for the powerless!

Did you fix my issue?
 I hope that we did, but if we didn’t please let us know. Here are the issues we did look into however…

General
•Mail will now arrive at your residence even if you are not there! No more lost packages... stolen by some hunger-need-failing Sim looking for the tart of the month package delivery. No, now your mail will safely arrive to your home... even when you aren’t there.

•The hunger-need-failing Sim is ok, he’ll probably just grab a bite from your fridge.

•Male eye colors - alligator green, gray-green, deep blue, dark grey, purple - will now properly save on male Sims both while in Create a Sim, and after exiting.

•Original by creator lot information will no longer be lost when a downloaded lot is modified via manage worlds and then re-uploaded to the Gallery.

•We fixed the issue that caused several lots to display black/missing textures as a result of overlapping roofs (most noticeable in complex roof creations, and sometimes would cause roof objects to also appear incorrectly in shadow). •We hope to see your beautiful structures continue to enhance the Gallery.

•Searching hashtags in the Gallery will no longer reset the advanced filter settings. Search away searchlings… search away.

•Randomly placed poles at the park near Rippling Flats are no longer randomly placed, but instead have been purposefully removed, and will be thoughtfully considered before we once again decidedly place them in any future location.

•Alien ears will no longer change in size or shape as the Sim ages up.

•…outside of the normal “I aged up so my heads bigger” type of size and shape changes.

•Using the interaction "Send Neighbors Home" will now properly end the Welcome Wagon event, and send the neighbor’s home.

•Turns out, in the code, all non-played Sims are considered ready to age up at any time. Which means, whenever the code would say "I want to start an NPC hosted birthday party. Is there anyone available to host it?" The answer was always yes. Oddly enough, it also turns out that this was causing players non-played Sims to age up quite often if the player went to the birthday parties they were invited to. We've fixed the availability for non-played Sims to host their own birthday party to properly check against their age.

•Cereal is no longer grungy looking and unappetizing, but is now vibrant, colorful, and quite appetizing. And as a cereal lover of many varieties... I have to say I agree with the vibrancy.

•Custom music tracks will no longer choose to play silently for no apparent reason when listening to them on the stereo. •However, I have to wonder if it was just the game deciding it didn’t like a particular track.

•Sims shadow detail once again includes extremities and not just an odd blob beneath their feet. Because Sims are more than just blobs to us... they are arms, legs, and the whole package.

•*sniff* bring it in here big guy… I’m feeling a hug coming on.

•Sims will no longer reset when attempting to clean up spoiled food in their inventory while in a hot tub or pool… because it's completely normal to carry spoiled food in your pockets when you go swimming.

•You don’t mind if I respectfully decline that pool party you were inviting me to, do you?


Luxury Party

•Sims will no longer reset when attempting to resume eating a garnished chocolate covered strawberry, caramel covered apple, or cheese dipper. Great… now I'm hungry.

Perfect Patio

•Sims who are cuddling in a Hot Tub, will no longer leave their intimate positions to awkwardly ask to woohoo from a friendlier position, only to get back to cuddling before then secretly slipping beneath the jets.

•Applying the hair best described as ‘Swept Frosted Black’ to a child Sim will now actually give the child black hair… and not some other randomly selected hair color.

Spa Day

•Note the following tuning Change: Teleportation from stools has been moved from level 5, to level 7.

Get to Work
 •We fixed an issue in which…. before we continue, I feel that I must legally ask that you take a moment to stretch your facial muscles. Do some warmups (ah-oh’s, face pops), really get ready. Ok? Ok, let’s continue...

•Restocking a multi-object (like the drink tray) while a 3rd object (like a chair slotted into a table) was blocking the restocking, was resulting in a partial object restocking but a full charge for the restocking. Restocking should now fully restock an object, whether or not another object was blocking the restocking.


 May you always find ice cream when you seek it, garnish when you need it, and toppings for all your flavors,

 -SimGuruGnome

Posted on behalf of SimGuruGnome who is spending a lot of time with his new dishwasher cleaning those dirty dishes that have been piling up in the corner over the last year.

Offline RandyH

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This update installed when I started up Sims 4 a few minutes ago and I immediately went to put in a dishwasher. It just so happened that one of my sims was eating at the time. When he finished, he washed his bowl in the sink - not the dishwasher! Then another sim came into the kitchen and cleaned bad food from the fridge... and washed the dish in the sink! Strange. They didn't even notice that I just put in a dishwasher. I just saved and exited after that. Maybe when I load it back up they'll start using the dishwasher.



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@RandyH , my sims used the dishwasher immediately so hopefully reloading will have it sorted for you. If not you can click on the dishwasher and use the 'Load Dishwasher' action. That might get things started for your sims!

Side note: there are four upgrades available with the dishwashers. Nice. Increased Cleaning Speed, Make Unbreakable, Make Run Quieter and Make Extra Reliable.
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Glad they finally fixed the mail bug :)

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My internet has only just been fixed and the patch loaded onto my game.. has anyone else got a problem with their graphics since this? My garden is full of flowers that are black.. (snapdragons, bluebells and roses) Just thought I would check

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@Playalot - They continued to ignore the dishwasher after restart. The release says that you can't install them in an island counter and mine wasn't but it was installed into a counter made with auto-counters turned off and I think moveobjects was used alot in this kitchen. (The house is Grimsoul's Victorian Remake lot - GREAT house, btw.) I suspect that was the problem because when I moved the dishwasher to a section of counter that wasn't customized at all (it still had the backslash visible, not curved anywhere,) they started using it.

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The update automatically installed as soon as I went to play the Sims 4 & even though it said it was completed I don't think it installed correctly or I have a bug or something. :( I typed in a search by typing the word dishwasher & got no results. So I looked under kitchen stuff & found what looks like a dishwasher under kitchen appliances (Got to there by clicking the microwave icon). But it just says DEBUG & after installing it whenever I click on it an empty thought bubble appears over it & I can't interact with it at all.

Help? What went wrong & how can I fix this? :(

Am I the only one experiencing this? Just wondering if it's a bug in my game or with the new patch, whatever it is it's made me a sad simmer. :(



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@RandyH I'm sorry you had problems with the dishwasher because of the kitchen I made. Glad you figured out the problem and posted what it was. I guess the dishwasher don't like the counter moved into the walls to hide the backsplash. It'll be something to keep in mind for future builds. :)
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@grimsoul - I put it next to the refrigerator where there is a wine rack on top of the counter and that's a great spot for it. Who says a dishwasher has to be next to the sink?  :)

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Just wanted to say I fixed my dishwasher problem by uninstalling then reinstalling my game as nothing else had worked. So if anyone else has problems with their dishwasher showing up as a debug object& being unusable then try that. :)