It just wouldn’t be an eventful new Sims 4 feature release without that feature breaking everything on day 1. EA has just announced today a new Sims 4 Hotfix update, aimed for a February 12th, 2026 release.
The team has acknowledged the missing stair railings in save game builds. What would be a celebration of the new Stair Tools release turned into players fixing all of the lots in their worlds. But worry not, the upcoming patch is expected to fix that for you! As the team states, “if everything checks out” the patch solution should be delivered to your game launcher on February 12th.
Read the full statement from The Sims Direct Team about the upcoming Sims 4 Hotfix Update:
Simmers, we’re wrapping up final testing on a retroactive fix for the missing railing issue. If everything checks out, it should ship in a small update on Feb 12, we’ll confirm once it’s locked in.
There’s more Sims 4 bugs that came with the recent game patch than just missing stair rails. Players have also reported the black photos issue returning in their games, issues with family trees and more that we covered in our latest Sims 4 Bug Report.
Stay tuned on Sims Community for latest coverage about the upcoming Sims 4 Hotfix Update release!