The update in early December 2025 for The Sims 4 broke the power on and off icons in the Create-A-Sim (CAS) menu and removed the images that came with Lovestruck expansion. Although the menu still appears to record player selections, the added inconvenience has already sparked dozens of player reports, prompting an official response from Sims 4 developer Maxis.
Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs are a core component of the attraction system introduced by Maxis The Sims 4: Lovestruck expansion, originally released on July 25, 2024. As the name suggests, the feature allows players to set their characters' turn-ons and turn-offs, affecting their romantic satisfaction and chemistry with others. These choices appear directly in the CAS menu, which appears to have undergone some unintended changes after the game's latest patch.
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An update December 2 for The Sims 4 believed to have broken the CAS icons for Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs. That's according to dozens of user reports posted on both social media and Electronic Arts' official forums in the days that followed, complaining about the inconvenient bug. “We are aware of an issue in CAS displaying the correct Power On/Off icons,” a Maxis representative, nicknamed Mindy, wrote to the official Sims Discord server. “We are currently investigating a fix and will update this thread when we have more information.”
How the Sims 4 CAS menu currently handles power-ups and power-downs
The December 2nd update appears to have inadvertently removed several of the Create-A-Sim menu items Lovestruck-specific elements, namely the like and dislike icons. Or more specifically, it prevented them from rendering correctly, obscuring which categories are highlighted. The bug appears to be purely cosmetic, as clicking the settings in the Turn-Ons/Offs menu still produces the expected result by adding or removing a selection, player reports say.
We are aware of an issue in CAS showing the correct Power On/Off icons. We are currently investigating a solution and will update this thread when we have more information.
The CAS bug is believed to affect both console and PC players. The latter group reports that they encounter it regardless of mods or other types of custom content. The problem is said to persist even after clearing the cache, installation repairs and full reinstalls. Although that doesn't stop players from setting Turn-Ons and Turn-Offs The Sims 4it inhibits the process. Losing this kind of visual feedback in CAS at least complicates challenge runs based on min-maxing and clearly marked romantic preferences.
The December 2025 Sims 4 update seems to have fixed more problems than it created
Given the current state and given the timing of these user reports, the bug seems almost certainly linked to the game's latest update – version 1.120 on desktop and 2.25 on consoles. CAS UI issues aside, the latest patch is believed to have fixed more issues than it added. Among its fixes: Sims no longer show clothing behind privacy mosaics, sleep sessions are no longer interrupted by background radio, and teenagers now retain their non-teen-specific ambitions after aging.
The 1.120 update also fixes several visual bugs with textures and animations. Among them is a duplicate color sample (similar to bush green) for the “Arrrmed Living Chair” furniture. Since removing the dupe would potentially break existing designs, Maxis opted for a more indirect solution: replacing one of the swatches with a new variant. Things snowballed from there, resulting in two more swatches being added, and since the Arrrmed Living Chair was part of a nine-item set, the remaining eight items also got the new color options. The patch also eliminates several save corruption bugs, including the one responsible for the infamous “Error Code 109” message, among other news.
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September 2, 2014
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T for Teens: Crude humor, sexual themes, violence
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Electronic Arts
Source: Mindy / The Sims Discord, Sims Community
