An update this week for The Sims 4, which brings the game to version 1.97.42, should make some fixes and tweaks under the hood. Instead, it screwed up a lot of faces.
Many users quickly noticed that their characters looked slightly different after installing the update. As Sean explains in a tweet, “After today’s patch, all my previously created Sims have a facial flaw. The eyes look oddly shaped and the mouth has an odd underbite. Even resetting the eyes with a new preset doesn’t work to fix the problem!”
Check out Sean’s character here. Who was handsome before the updateand is still handsome in his own unique way, I think afterwards, albeit in an unintended way now “I’m a model who squints to see the menu while queuing at McDonalds,” or “I’m too high to leave the house, I made a terrible mistake.”
The issue doesn’t affect every character for every single person playing the game, but for those that have been hit the results are hilarious because it’s not just their own Sim that has a facelift, it is all in their game, right down to the townsfolk.
In a thread on EA’s support forums, other users are posting examples of their own affected Sims. Some have thinner necks and squinting eyes. Others say their mouths are now transparent, or their eyeballs have sunk back into their skulls, or their eyelids are dirty when they blink. And then there are the ancient shark teeth:
Those affected say it doesn’t matter whether they use mods or not, or whether or not they can start new ones or edit their existing characters, the bugs remain. In response, EA says, “The team is aware of and investigating a bug in yesterday’s update that is causing changes to existing Sims’ faces and bodies,” and that “we’re working on it and will keep you updated as we work towards a fix.” work. ”
