Buckle up Simmers, we’re (hopefully) on the cusp of some meaty fixes for The Sims 4. As EA continues to pile expansions and kits on prime of a recreation that is nearing the large 1-0, crashes and buggy gameplay have turn out to be half and parcel of The Sims 4 expertise. It is turn out to be a mighty irritating time—one which’s just lately led me to go crawling again into the loving arms of The Sims 2 in retaliation—and it looks like EA is lastly realising the issue is just too massive to disregard.
In a tweet on the official Sims account, the developer admitted issues have gotten a bit uncontrolled. “We all know that technical points with The Sims 4 have interrupted your gameplay over time and we acknowledge that this has brought about you a lot frustration,” the assertion learn. “Right now, we are able to share that we have now assembled a group to spend money on the core recreation expertise, together with tackling your reported issues.”
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I imply, to me that feels like one thing that the developer ought to have already been doing, however I digress. The tweet continues: “This newly fashioned and centered group means we’ll be capable of enhance each the variety of fixes and the frequency with which we ship these batched updates.” The primary one ought to arrive someday earlier than the top of Could, with following updates sustaining a cadence of round two months.
It is good to see EA immediately addressing the issue and promising a bigger effort to rectify it, however I can not assist however agree with the sentiment of “I will consider it once I see it” being expressed within the tweet’s replies. It has been an excellent few years since a survey round fixing buggy packs went round, and the one factor that ever appears to have manifested out of that was a giant replace for the Spa Day recreation pack. Packs like Dine Out—which launched a whole-ass eight years in the past—nonetheless have main bugs which affect their core gameplay mechanics.
Having a look on the developer’s laundry listing of fixes, it does look like Dine Out’s core points are on the to-do, together with a bunch of different issues which can be plaguing the sport. A number of the points—like textures breaking when combining sure jewelry—look like simple fast fixes, whereas others like routing points will presumably take some extra time.
For now, we are able to anticipate some “optimizations so the sport makes use of much less reminiscence” in Could’s replace, which ought to cut back the quantity of crashes and make issues extra responsive all spherical. EA additionally guarantees that it will “proceed making core enhancements to the efficiency of The Sims 4.” Contemplating that it appears EA’s plan is to have the sport co-exist with the upcoming Venture Rene, it is most likely finest that they get to cleansing home sooner relatively than later.
