All New Base Sport Options (08/19)

The Sims 4 has been out for over a decade, however the builders are nonetheless constantly engaged on it to show it into the last word Sims recreation. Gameplay needs to be enjoyable with the intention to preserve gamers entertained, however that is not all that issues; specializing in particulars and including a way of realism is simply as essential, and that’s the reason patches are continually pushed out. On high of this, you will need to preserve enhancing followers’ high quality of life whereas taking part in The Sims 4.

On August 19, The Sims 4 obtained yet one more free base recreation replace, and this one added fairly a couple of particulars to make Sims’ our bodies and faces as lifelike as doable, particularly as they age. This information tells gamers what they should know concerning the options launched to the sport with this patch.

All Options Added within the Base Sport Replace (08/19)

Listed below are the entire options that had been launched to The Sims 4 within the base recreation replace on August 19, 2025:

New Create-A-Sim Content material

All Create-A-Sim Content material Launched within the Base Sport Improve

A sequence of options have been added to The Sims 4 base recreation, making it doable for gamers to present much more lifelike traits to their Sims.

The options that had been added for the physique, equivalent to physique freckles, rosacea, and stretch markers, could be discovered within the Pores and skin Particulars part of the Physique menu in Create-a-Sim. Nevertheless, the remaining options which are unique to the face, equivalent to face freckles and eye luggage, can solely be accessed if the participant is making a Sim for the primary time or has enabled the fulleditmode cheat earlier than coming into CAS, because the Face menu shouldn’t be accessible with out cheats.

To achieve entry to all Create-a-Sim choices, gamers should enable cheats in The Sims 4 after which sort “CAS.fulleditmode” into the cheat console.

As soon as gamers have gained entry to the superior Face menu, they may discover the brand new element choices within the Pores and skin Particulars and the Eye Particulars tabs.

Pack Choice

How one can Allow and Disable Packs in The Sims 4

With the Pack Choice choice in The Sims 4, gamers not must uninstall packs with the intention to play with out them. Now, they’ll merely enter the Pause menu from the title display screen, press Pack Choice, after which allow or disable packs in response to their preferences. Then, they’ll play with out them.

Nevertheless, there could also be some issues when coming into a save file after disabling a pack that was beforehand energetic when gamers final loaded it up. When gamers do that, a warning message will seem on their display screen, and it offers them three choices: they’ll both proceed, create a security copy of the save file (PC solely), or reenable the lacking packs.

For brand spanking new save recordsdata, this would possibly not be an issue, but when they re-enable the packs and neglect about it earlier than coming into the save file with disabled packs, the packs will immediately be a part of the file.

Except gamers stumble throughout a bug, disabling a pack is not going to damage a save file except gamers enter it whereas it’s disabled. Due to this fact, avid gamers can disable packs and re-enable them freely; they simply must make it possible for they make the identical alternatives within the Pack Choice menu earlier than coming into the save file.

New Ailment Choices

How one can Toggle Illnesses On/Off

Illnesses aren’t a part of the bottom recreation – they’re solely accessible for gamers who personal the Enchanted by Nature expansion pack – however they obtained a significant change that was excessive on gamers’ demand following the discharge of the EP. Avid gamers can now toggle illnesses on and off freely to stop Sims from catching them of their save recordsdata.

To disable illnesses in The Sims 4, gamers must open the Pause menu, choose Sport Choices, enter the Pack Settings tab, after which uncheck the Allow Ailment Unfold field within the Enchanted by Nature part. If Ailment Unfold is disabled, Sims will not catch illnesses within the wild or by being close to Sims with an ailment. The one solution to get an Ailment is to obtain a curse from a fairy Sim or have a Very Imbalanced life-style.