SimGuruModSquad posted all about the next update that will be coming in November but the sad news is that the update will bring an upgrade to the Python software. This change will replace the old extension (pyo) to a newer one (pyc).
Here is what they had to say on the matter:
Hi everyone,
I want to give you a heads up that in an upcoming release, we will be upgrading the version of Python used by the game. We currently use Python 3.3.5 and will be moving to Python 3.7.0. Once this change is released, all compiled script mods will completely stop working. Note that in this new version of Python, the .pyo extension is replaced by .pyc, see https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0488/
We know this will have impact on your script mod authoring pipelines so wanted to provide notice in advance so you can be ready for the change when it arrives. To assist, I’ve attached the Python scripts from the currently released version of the game (v1.46.18) recompiled under Python 3.7.0.
If all goes as planned, this change should arrive in November.
Note that there will not be any fundamental changes to tuning data, other than the typical types of changes we make to tuning for patches.
Thanks!
SGMS
This change will definitely affect the mods community drastically since this upgrade will bring a lot of broken mods but don’t panic because of SimGuruModSquad provided a link that contains Python scripts from the current version of The Sims 4.
Let’s hope they fix the mess or many modders will need to fix their mods.
