Sleep Fix: Sims Wake Up When Given an Order

A Sim is asleep and still tired. You give them something to do, and they get up straight away instead of finishing their sleep. Sometimes it's even weirder: the Sim lies down, gets up a moment later, tries another bed and does the same thing again, even though you didn't ask for anything. Before a recent game update Sims slept until the energy bar was full and only then did what you asked.

This mod brings that back.

Why it happens

The game has three separate ways of waking a tired Sim, and version 1.0.0 of this mod only blocked the first one.

The first is a change EA made on purpose: in game version 1.128.90.1030 sleep got a new setting where an order from the player cancels it. EA did it to fix sleep getting stuck in the queue.

The second: when a Sim goes to bed on their own, their sleep has low priority, so any order you give pushes it aside. If you send the Sim to bed yourself, the sleep has high priority and your order waits. That's why it can look random.

The third is noise. A TV, a stereo or an instrument playing nearby wakes a sleeping Sim whose energy is 95 or less, and the game ends their sleep 5 in-game minutes later. If the noise keeps going, the Sim lies down and gets up again in a loop.

What the fix does

While a Sim is asleep and their energy is below 95 (out of 100), the fix keeps them sleeping, however they got into bed. Your order waits in the queue, and the Sim does it once they wake up on their own with full energy. Noise doesn't wake them anymore either, and that includes custom content that uses the game's own wake-up noise.

A few things still wake a Sim, the way EA made them: alarm clocks, a crying baby or toddler, another Sim waking them up, a bladder about to burst, going into labor and nightmares. Before work or school, once a Sim has at least 50 energy, your order can wake them again, just like in the unmodded game. A Sim who is almost rested wakes up right away.

Naps, chatting, shop counters, vampire hibernation and pet sleep aren't touched. You can still cancel sleep yourself by clicking it in the queue. Nothing goes into your save.

Good to know

EA added the first change to stop sleep from getting stuck in the queue. The fix only protects sleep that has already started, and only until the Sim is rested, so a stuck sleep that never started isn't protected.

Status

Version 1.0.0 was confirmed in a real game on 20 Oct 2026 for the first problem: a Sim at very low energy kept sleeping through an order to play the piano. Version 1.1.0 covers all three and was confirmed in a real game on 1 Nov 2026. It has been in my fiancée's game since 28 Oct 2026, and by 1 Nov its log shows it stepped in 8 times for Sims who had gone to bed on their own, 4 of those on game version 1.129.39.1030, with no errors. The noise part hasn't come up in the log yet. So far everything has been tested in one game, with plenty of other mods installed.

You need

• The Sims 4 (base game is enough)
• Script mods turned on: Game Options → Other → Script Mods Allowed
• Made for game version 1.128.90.1030, also runs on 1.129.39.1030

Install

1. Unzip the download.
2. Put REA_FixSen.ts4script in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods. One subfolder deep at most, or the game won't load it.
3. Restart the game.

Check that it works

Type rea.fixsen in the cheat console (Ctrl+Shift+C). For now the mod answers in Polish. It also keeps a small log, REA_FixSen.log, in the same folder as the .ts4script.

Remove

Delete the .ts4script file. Sleep goes back to how EA made it.

More

The full write-up, with screenshots from the game, is on my site: https://letmefixsims.aparateq.workers.dev/en/sleep-fix-sims-wake-up-when-given-an-order/

I track bugs down with the help of AI tools. Each fix says how far it's been tested in a real game.