**Update 2/19/2026**

**PC: 1.121.372.1020 / Mac: 1.121.372.1220**

**Console: Version 2.30**

Sul Sul, Simmers!

Here is a small update to address some important fixes related to Royalty &amp; Legacy. Thank you so much for your continued reports via the EA Forums!

-The Sims 4 Team
## **Bug Fixes**
### **Base Game / Multipack**
#### **Live Mode**

- [[EA Forums](https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/game-freezes-when-getting-married/13161512)] Resolved an issue found in some save files where the game would freeze when Sims are getting married.
- Family Tree portraits will no longer overlap after a Spouse’s death when there’s a Secret Child.
- [[EA Forums](https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/legacy-family-trees-tree-collapsesoverlaps-wrong-connections-1-121-361/13180611)] Resolved an issue in some saves where missing connections were appearing in the Family Tree and Sims portraits were not highlighted when selected.
- [[EA Forums](https://forums.ea.com/idea/the-sims-4-bug-reports-en/game-crashes-when-clicking-on-sim-in-legacy-family-tree/13158089)] Resolved an issue where the game would stop responding when clicking on a Sim from the Family Tree in some save files.

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Small update to address some important fixes related to Royalty & Legacy.

Adjustments to Family Tree and a Freeze Fix

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