🔄 Update 1/28/2025 - MALWARE WARNING, bodies and "the underwear bug" still broken, yet another TMEX rant, etc. ⚡ Mods of mine updated.

First published on 1/28/2025 @ 5:13 PM ATC.

https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/news/update-1-28-2025

Which brilliant individual decided to release an update the same !@#$ing day they they're "migrating the forums"?

As for the Update, there isn't much here. Most Tuning mods that were compatible with Update 1/14/2025 should work without issue unless those mods did something with the Surprise Cake or dance interactions. I can't speak for third-party SGFX mods, but mine are getting updated regardless.

THESE THIRD-PARTY MODS ARE STILL BROKEN:

• Better BuildBuy v3.3.2

THUS FAR, THESE MODS OF MINE ARE UPDATED FOR 1/28/2025:

• ☄️ [BG] LClick DISMISS + RClick PIN - SGFX Override ✔️

• ☄️ [BG] No Glowing Dots in Social Bunny - SGFX Override ✔️

• ☄️ [BG] No Glowing Dot on Calendar - SGFX Override ✔️

• ☄️ [BG] No Godrays on Quests - SGFX Override ✔️

• ☄️ [BG] No Godrays on Pick an Occult - SGFX Override ✔️

• ☄️ [BG] No Promo Garbage - SGFX Override ✔️

⋆⋅ MALWARE WARNING FROM SCARLET & S.A.D.:

Do NOT click links for a mod called Forbidden Passions!

Apparently there's a DM campaign afoot, intent on convincing unsuspecting simmers to download a new lewd mod named [^] that. There's a website and an EXE hosted on Discord - yet again, Discord - that when executed will infect and steal.

Of course it was gonna keep happening.

⋆⋅ MY PERSONAL REPORT:

ANIMATION STATE MACHINE - No change from the previous update, which means AnimXGenWear needs no compatibility updates, huzzah!

SCALE FORM GFX - As usual, all (227-1) SGFX resources have been modified except the one for fonts, which means all of my standalone SGFX Overrides are getting updated. I just need my stomach to settle. I overdid it on the noms.

FOMO UNLOCKS - No changes this time, so all FOMO Unlocks are fine.

TUNING - Barely anything was changed here. Maybe two dozen changes to dance interactions and Surprise Cake interactions and half a dozen resources removed. No widespread "comment" bullshit like last time, thank goodness!

TBC...

⋆⋅ LOWLIGHTS FROM THE UPDATE NOTES:

We've officially moved to the EA Forums, EA's new platform for community engagement and reports. As part of the migration, we've also moved the open reports and their corresponding "me-toos" to the EA Forums. Visit EA Forums to share with us any issues you might be experiencing. This is the primary source for information, troubleshooting, and gathering information on issues being reported.

I'm sorry, so what the !@#$ have we been doing on Answers HQ all this time - or is EA Forums NOW the "primary source" for bullshit excuses, now that Answers HQ is being retired? Why did we ever have TWO (2) official forums for Bug Reports?

Oh yeah, here's the icing on the cake. The "EA Forums" hotlink don't even work!

Would you like to know why? This bit "https://www.google.com/url?q=" is breaking it!

https://forums.ea.com/ is all they had to do! <INHALES SHARPLY>

I'm a little ticked off. I apologize. I get ticked off every time we have an update. This is now official update number TWELVE (12) and our bodies are still broken. We're now entering SEVEN (7) MONTHS for a "bug" that I fixed in SEVEN (7) DAYS! <HUFFS> 😹

As of January 27, 2025, Electronic Arts has a Net Worth of $37.33 BILLION DOLLARS. Electronic Arts was founded in 1982 and has developed and published videogames since 1983. That's FORTY-TWO (42) years of experience developing and publishing videogames. No more excuses.

⋆⋅ TMEX AND BETTER BUILDBUY:

Why is TMEX posting status notifications to Twitter when there's a Discord and a Patreon? Why do I have to search Discord to happen upon a random response to a query about the status of TMEX's mods, pointing to a Twitter post?

Look... we all love TMEX's work, BUT WHAT THE ACTUAL !@#$?! What is with the egg hunt? How many platforms must I follow every creator on in order to stay abreast of what the !@#$ is going on? It wasn't even a screenshot of the post. It was a link. I had to open Twitter to see FIVE (5) !@#$ING WORDS?! 😹

Mods will be updated soon.

3:25 PM · Jan 25, 2025 · 34.4K Views

I ate too much vegetables and pasta and fish and ice cream for this right now. I am legitimately losing my mind. !@#$ social media and Discord. I done spilled my drink! 😹

⋆⋅ I DON'T OFTEN READ THE USER AGREEMENT, BUT...

https://game-metadata-service.juno.ea.com/eula/OFB-EAST:109552414/912267573/en_US.html

When you contribute UGC, you grant to EA, its licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate the UGC, or any portion of it, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party.

Isn't this the same !@#$ Blizzard pulled with Warcraft 3: Reforged - stating that all custom maps created for the game belonged to them? Still upset over DOTA.

You also grant to all other users who can access and use your UGC on an EA Service the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate and distribute your UGC on or through the relevant EA Service without further notice, attribution or compensation to you.

Well ain't that just Prime!

⋆⋅ CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR FAVORITE MODS:

1️⃣ Visit Scarlet's Realm, maintained by Scarlet - https://scarletsrealm.com

2️⃣ On the top menu, hover over "The Mod List" and click on one of these options (or any of the others):

• SFW Only - https://../the-mod-list-sfw-only-edition

• SFW + NSFW - https://../the-mod-list-sfw-nsfw-edition

3️⃣ Scroll down to "The Mod List" section and follow the instructions to search for your favorite mods using the Search feature.

4️⃣ A kind word in thanks or a coin is always appreciated - https://www.patreon.com/posts/121000591

5️⃣ My sim named "Scarlet" is pure coincidence.