The Sims 4 patch causes roofs to vanish across builder lots
A fresh Sims 4 patch is hiding roof pieces on homes and even premade lots like Garden Essence and Sultry Springside. EA says a July fix is being tested.
The Sims Direct Team said it is investigating the missing-roofs bug and testing a fix for a July update after players spotted roof sections vanishing across builder lots. The issue is hitting both custom homes and pre-made lots, including Garden Essence in Willow Creek and Sultry Springside in Oasis Springs.
The problem appears tied to a normal build mechanic that normally helps attic-style construction. In regular gameplay, roof sections can be hidden where a fully walled room intersects with a roof. After the latest patch, that behavior seems to be over-applied, hiding roof pieces even when there is no fully walled room intersection at all. The result is not a small visual oddity but a gap in the roofline itself, with whole sections disappearing from view.
Builders have already started sharing temporary fixes. One workaround is to click under the roof, delete the affected section, and then refloor it. Another is to build a ceiling on the room below when the roof over the problem area needs support. Overhanging roofs are harder to recover, and there is no clean one-click repair for those cases, which leaves some builds in limbo until the patch is corrected.
The practical response has also centered on EA Forums, where players are being pushed to keep the bug thread active and vote for the issue so it stays visible to the dev team. EA’s own bug-reporting page tells players to report bugs and view other players’ bug reports, which has made community tracking part of the repair process as well.
The roof bug lands at a frustrating moment for builders. The Sims 4’s February 24, 2026 quality-of-life roadmap said the team was prioritizing stability, performance, and community feedback, and a May 2026 Laundry List said more than 150 fixes and new features were coming in the May 12 base game update, informed by top EA Forums issues along with Discord and Reddit feedback. For players in the middle of renovations, the latest patch has turned a familiar build trick into a visible hole in the lot, and the wait now is for the July fix to put the roofs back where they belong.
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