NewSO Patch Notes 536845

• Sims can sleep in beds again
• Fixed an issue where Sims would get into bed and immediately climb back out instead of sleeping.
• The problem affected every bed and was caused by a safety check intended only for stuck pets.
• That check is now pet-only again, so Sims sleep normally while pets keep their stuck-state protection.
• Nightclub job works properly again
• DJs no longer get thrown off the station as soon as they start.
• NPC dancers and DJs now stay active and perform instead of appearing briefly and vanishing.
• The same underlying fix also prevents living Sims from having normal actions such as sleeping, dancing, and DJing interrupted by ghost-revival logic.
• Ghosts now revive even if you log off
• Ghosts can now return automatically after 6 real-world hours, even if the Sim spends that time offline.
• The existing in-game revival timer still runs too, so staying online can still bring a ghost back sooner.
• Sims who were already stuck as ghosts are included and can recover on their next lot visit once the timer has elapsed.
• Abandoned cooking pots no longer turn into broken food
• If a cook leaves the lot before finishing a meal, the food no longer gets stuck forever as a cooking pot.
• Abandoned meals now return to a normal prepared-food state so they can be cooked, moved, or cleaned up properly.
• Meals that are still actively being cooked are unaffected.

Object & Build Fixes

• Garden gnomes no longer lock the woodworking table forever
• Finished gnomes are still reserved for their crafter briefly so another Sim cannot immediately sell them.
• That reservation now expires correctly after about a minute.
• Once it expires, anyone can sell the gnome and the woodworking table becomes usable again.
• Magic Town portraits hang on walls properly
• The four animated Makin’ Magic portraits now behave like normal wall paintings instead of appearing as nearly invisible floor objects.
• They now require a wall, appear at the correct height, and show their framed artwork immediately.
• The same placement fix also helps several other imported wall decorations and shelves that previously could not be placed correctly.
• Broken showers now behave like broken objects
• Several imported showers could still be used while broken and did not follow the normal repair rules.
• While broken, they now properly limit interactions to repair or salvage.
• They also participate in normal wear and breakage behavior like other showers.
• Salad Station meals can finally be served
• Preparing a salad at the Salad Station no longer leaves behind a meal that can only be cleaned up.
• The Serve option is back, so Sims can take plates and eat the salad like a normal group meal.
• The remaining cars now provide Room score
• The last vehicle stragglers now correctly advertise and provide Room: 10, matching the rest of the fleet.
• The black limo also places properly now instead of charging for the object and spawning nothing.

Casino Fixes

• Blackjack winnings now display the correct amount
• Fixed large Blackjack payouts showing the wrong value above the Sim’s head.
• Table messages, payout prompts, overhead amounts, and the Sim’s actual wallet gain now stay consistent.

Events & Mail

• Event gifts can now be awarded per Sim
• Events can now be configured so every Sim on an account receives their own gift instead of only the first Sim who claims it.
• Money-based events remain one-per-account.
• Event mail appears immediately
• Mail explaining an event reward now appears during the same login instead of waiting until the next time you sign in.

Build & Sandbox Improvements

• Eyedropper now works in offline sandbox mode
• The eyedropper can now jump directly to objects, wallpaper, floors, and fences while playing offline.
• Previously the tooltip identified the target correctly, but clicking it did nothing.
• Back rooms now use their own lighting correctly
• Floors, walls, terrain, furniture, and Sims now all use the light level of the room they are actually in.
• Rooms connected to a brighter space no longer inherit that room’s full brightness.
• Admins can restore a lot’s natural terrain
• A new /restoreterrain command can restore the original neighborhood hills and slopes on a lot that was flattened during a move.
• It is best used on empty or nearly empty lots, since restoring the land underneath an existing build can leave structures sitting on uneven ground.

Founders Badge

• The Founders window is still open until September 1st
• Any Sim created before September 1st, 2026 (UTC) receives the Founders badge.
• Founder status is tracked per Sim, not per account.
• A new Sim created after the cutoff will not receive the badge even if the account itself is older.
• The badge is determined automatically from the Sim’s creation date, so there is nothing to claim manually.