Preparing for The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle + Base Game Update

As you all might know The Sims Team is doing two big releases for The Sims 4 THIS WEEK! The first one is a huge update for The Sims 4 Base Game that’s rolling out for both PC and Xbox One / PS4 on June 2nd! The update is bringing some huge new features to the game including Ladders, Firefighters, Bills & Utilities, Free Window / Door Placement and more that we’ve covered here!

The other big release is The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Expansion Pack that’s coming out on both PC and Consoles on June 5th. Just like with previous Expansion Pack releases this one’s going to have 5 different release times and you can find out exactly when the pack’s coming out in your territory HERE!

The Sims 4 Base Game Update

The first big thing that we’re getting is tomorrow’s huge update for the base game with some of the following additions:

Build Mode Object Stats Revamp
Off-The-Grid Improvements
Ladders
Free Placement of Windows & Doors
Bills & Utilities Revamp
Repomen
Firefighters
Inventory 2.0
Updated World Descriptions

The update will revamp a lot of things so if you have some Mods / CC installed on your PC expect for them to be disabled after the update automatically. It’s also worth noting that the update will probably affect and break some of the current versions of the mods you might have so make sure you keep track of updates from the creators of such mods! If your game is broken after the update and you’ve enabled Mods / CC make sure you disable them until creators release newer versions of their mods.

Here are some useful articles to help ensure a stabile CC / Mods experience after updating The Sims 4:

The Sims 4 Eco Lifestyle Expansion Pack

Eco Lifestyle is coming out on June 5th for PC, Xbox One and PS4 with different release hours for different territories that we’ve listed HERE!

To ensure that you’ll be able to play the game properly make sure you check these things:

Make sure your PC runs on a 64bit system. 32bit systems are no longer supported ever since the release of The Sims 4 Legacy Edition and if you have a computer that’s running on a 32bit system you WON’T be able to either update your Base Game nor play Eco Lifestyle.
Make sure you meet the following system requirements for Eco Lifestyle:

PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM SPECS:
OS: 64 Bit Required. Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
CPU: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent)
RAM: At least 4 GB RAM
DISC DRIVE: DVD Rom Drive required for installation only
HARD DRIVE: At least 15 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
VIDEO: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0, 10 and 11 Compatible
INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
ONLINE REQUIREMENTS: Internet connection required for product activation.

RECOMMENDED SPECS:
OS: 64 Bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10
PROCESSOR: Intel core i5 or faster, AMD Athlon X4
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better
MEMORY: 4 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 18 GB of Hard Drive space

MAC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM SPECS:
OS: Metal required. Mac OS® X 10.11 (El Capitan)
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz Processor or better
RAM: At least 4 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: At least 15 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, AMD Radeon RX 560 or better
INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
ONLINE REQUIREMENTS: Internet connection required for product activation.

RECOMMENDED SPECS:
OS: Mac OS® X 10.11 or later
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5 or better
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, AMD Radeon RX 560 or better
MEMORY: 8GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 18 GB of Hard Drive space