🚨 TS4 Update 7/23/2024 - It's Patch Day! 👹 7/25/2024 - What in the name of the Seven Hells did EAxis do?!

────⋆⋅⚡ 7/25/2024 - IT'S BUSINESS AS USUAL OVER AT EA.

ALL PROJECTS RESUMED!

I'm going to override Lovestruck before releasing AnimXGenWear or CASMenu.

An emergency patch was released this afternoon. It addresses a grand total of ONE bug.

<heavy sigh> Have you seen the growing bug list? They !@#$ed up so much.

────⋆⋅⚡ 7/24/2024 - I'M UPDATED!

ALL PROJECTS ARE PAUSED UNTIL THE NEW DLC DROPS TOMORROW!

The game is in such a terrible state that I don't think I should do anything right now.

I think maybe we wait to see if there will be any emergency patches because ♪ Whoa Nelly, did EAxis !@#$ this up.

I can possibly continue working on AnimXGenWear now that I'm updated but I'd prefer not to.

I need to rebuild my CASMenu to include any changes in code and the new Eyelashes category.

I'm also salivating at the thought of getting back into The Endgame! What say we kick it off with a full CAS Override for Lovestruck?

At a glance, it looks like EAxis has made my snazzy PediColor toenail mod partially obsolete.

────⋆⋅ 💀 7/23/2024 - HOW DOES THIS AFFECT MY PROJECTS?

ALL PROJECTS ARE PAUSED UNTIL I UPDATE!

I haven't updated yet because I'm currently testing a few small tuning mods.

I'll need to verify that none of the AnimXGenWear files have been altered by the patch.

There are a few things here that may affect CAS Standalone and CAS Swatch mods.

I don't like cloning items when I'm just adding swatches but with the way EAxis spontaneously adds swatches I might have to revise that decision or maybe I just start using a ludicrously high SecondaryDisplayIndex. That could work.

────⋆⋅ 🚨 FULL PATCH NOTES HERE:

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-7-23-2024

────⋆⋅ 👹 THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT!

🌟 CREATE A SIM

• Eyelashes now have their own category!

  • I misread this thinking it was Eyebrows. No one cares about Eyelashes. Pfft!

• "Apply to All Outfits" Button

  • It only took them TEN YEARS.

•  We’re excited to bring more nail styles and color palettes!

  • I might need to adjust my nail CASSwch SecondaryDisplayIndexes so they don't cause a mess.

🌟 BUILD/BUY

• Now your pools can have rounded corners!

  • TEN YEARS! Ten. Years. "Ten years" is my passive aggressive way of saying I no longer care.

👾 BUG FIXES - TOP FIXES

• Fingernails no longer are warped for male Sims with a female frame and vice versa. The same goes for nails with various outfits.

  • Looks like PartFlag stuff? I must have already fixed these because I see all my nails.

• Several nose rings now fit properly (yfAfrican09_Nose, yuAcc_NoseLeftGP12RingDouble_Black, yuAcc_NoseLeftEP09Ring_Silver, yuAcc_NoseRightGP12RingDouble_Black, andyuAcc_NoseRightEP09Ring_Silver). Pierce to your heart's content.

  • Sounds like mesh modifications. I'll check if any PartFlags have been altered.

👾 BUG FIXES - LIVE MODE

• Sims in more restrictive costumes now kneel instead of sitting cross-legged.

• Sims wearing the Hotdog costume will not intersect with their knees while kneeling on the ground.

  • Curiosity piqued!

👾 BUG FIXES - CREATE A SIM

• The ability to customize Toddler Toenails has returned. Look at those cute, colorful toesies!

  • This sounds eerily familiar... oh yeah! My Standalone PediColor mod!

• Fingernails no longer clip through the gloves of full-body outfits.

  • Is it too much to hope that EAxis fixed all the nails that have this issue?

• French tip nails (ymAcc_ManiFrenchTip_Beige) have been manicured to no longer intersect with fingers.

  • I'll need to verify this has actually been fixed. It's listed in The Endgame.

👾 BUG FIXES - Get Famous

• The colors of the male full-body Trench Coat (ymBody_EP06CoatLong) no longer automatically change when paired with tall boots.

  • For future reference.

👾 BUG FIXES - High School Years

• The light is back in Sims’ eyes with certain hairstyles (yfHair_EP12WavyFadeOmbre, ymHair_EP12WavyFadeOmbre, and ymHair_EP12WavyFade).

  • These aren't the only hairstyles with this problem.

👾 BUG FIXES - Horse Ranch

• If the computer is broken, Sims now have to repair it before they can purchase or rescue a Horse with it.

• Horses have lots of “locomotion” improvements!  They travel more directly to their destination, slow down when going through gates, and stop more smoothly.  They walk in and out of narrow spaces and gates (forwards and backwards!) more deftly.

  • For future reference.

👾 BUG FIXES - Spa Day

• Short Round Nails look more natural and match the preview image.

  • I have no idea what this is about. I need to look at this before I update.

👾 BUG FIXES - Dine Out

• Wearing the respectable shirt and vest combo (ymTop_GP03Vest) was cutting off circulation, causing a groove to appear around the Sim's fingers. The cuffs have since been loosened and the Sim’s fingers are back to normal.

  • For future reference. This sounds like a NormalMap issue.

👾 BUG FIXES - Werewolves

• The Sweater (ymTop_GP12SweaterDecal) no longer distorts at the arm for male Sims when viewing from a distance. 

  • For future reference.

👾 BUG FIXES - Bust the Dust

• Sims no longer get multiple negative Dust Moodlets at the same time.

  • For future reference. I've been tweaking Dust stuff.

👾 BUG FIXES - Industrial Loft

• The preview image of the Johnny Zest's Sweet Revenge Sofa faces the same direction as the other couches in Build Mode.

  • Hah! I've got this sofa.

👾 BUG FIXES - Urban Homage

• The Track Pants (ymBottom_SP50Track and ymBottom_SP50Denim) are now correctly tagged as masculine.

  • This is in my SP50 Endgame Overrides.

  • No mention of fixing the bad ShadowMap on the other SP50 CAS item. It's a simple texture edit, c'mon!