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Investigating Game Launch & Save File Issues

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EA_Cade
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7 hours ago

Sul Sul Simmers,

If you’re unable to play The Sims 4, we want to hear from you. The more detail you give us about the issue you’re having, the more it helps us be able to replicate it internally, which is the first step towards fixing it. 

Please only respond to this post if you have an issue with your game and by answering these questions, as this will provide us the base line info needed for our investigations; 

  1. Does the game launch at all?
    1. If not, do you get an error message?
    2. If yes, does the game endlessly load?
  2. Does the game load, but buildings, lots, worlds, or Sims are missing?
  3. Is this happening to every save, or one specific save?
    1. Does this happen on new saves as well?
  4. Do you use mods? 
    1. Does the issue persist after all mods are removed?
    2. Have you tried repairing your game while mods are removed?
      1. Does the issue persist after repair?
    3. Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling the game?
      1. Does the issue persist?

Receiving a save file of the issue happening is the most helpful way for us to be able to investigate further. If you happen to have a save file that will not load, please send it to us by following the instructions here, please also include the above bulleted information, or a link to your post in this thread for tracking.

Our team will be reading every comment in this post and you can help us keep this thread on topic to ensure we don’t miss any critical info. If your issue is one we’re already tracking, we’ll move your comment to that thread to keep things organized. 

Thank you for your patience and help with our investigations!

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7 Comments

  • HxnnieMxrie's avatar
    HxnnieMxrie
    Seasoned Newcomer
    6 hours ago
    1. yes
    2. no
    3. no
    4. happened on the first new save on a new laptop(with tranferred saves), hasnt happened on the second one with the same sims but i sent them to uni the first time and didnt the second time and it crashed at uni when i went to manage worlds.
    5. no i dont use mods
    6. did not uninstall/reinstall because it took 2 days to install the first time, but repairing did not fix.
  • Does the game launch at all?  yes
    If yes, does the game endlessly load?  it can happen, but not every time ; i usually notice the corruption when i get an error message when trying to load a lot, or when some lots revert back to the default
    Does the game load, but buildings, lots, worlds, or Sims are missing?  yes
    Is this happening to every save, or one specific save? every save so far
    Does this happen on new saves as well? I don't know, but every existing save is eventually affected
    Do you use mods? yes, they're all up to date, i use mods and cc since the Sims 1 so i know how to use them
    Does the issue persist after all mods are removed? yes
    Have you tried repairing your game while mods are removed? yes
    Does the issue persist after repair? yes
    Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling the game? yes
    Does the issue persist? yes
    Usually the corruption happens when the neighborhood stories make Sims automatically move in rental lots, or when i make my Sims move in a rental. I like neighborhood stories, and i like rentals, but those features are virtually impossible to use at the moment.

    1. It launches. 1. (2) No it starts.
    2. Things are loading except for graphic glitches on several sims being black. Also my baby sim has a cloud that wont go away.
    3. Happens on every save even new ones.
    4. I have never used any addons or mods. I have tried reinstalling the game several times and refreshing license. Fixing and clearing cache.  Still same.

    I play on PS5 and this issue started with patch 2.13 and i havent been able to play for months because of frequent crashes with code CE-108255-1. Everytime i try to travel or save my game this crashes my game making it unplayable. I have reached out for help for months aswell but nothing is being done to make my game playable. Considering i payed alot you can imagine how angry i am not being able to play.  I talked to Sony support and they helped me look through my PS5 and they confirm its caused by corrupt data from your end. I once again reach out for help to fix this. 

  • Hello, I'm playing on PS5.

    1) My game launches.

    2) Some of my sims have disappeared. More importantly, since February 2025, the game crashes every time I save.
    Error code: CE-108255-1

    3) This happens for all saves. With new ones too.

    4) I don't use mods.

    5) The problem persists after the console has been repaired.

    6) I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game and the problem persists.

  • Yes

    No

    All

    Yes and I'm still having issues even after disabling and removing mods

    My main issue is in case when I edit sims in cas the face glitches in and out whenever I try editing the face regardless of new save or not and idk what to do.

    1. no the game does not load
    2. game doesn’t open
    3. game doesn’t open 
    4. yes i use mods, the game still doesn’t open without mods and i have no option to repair in ea. 
    5. i redownloaded and are still having issues
  • Hey there, got a OneDrive folder for you guys with the most recent save file I used to test if it was just only one corrupt one (sadly not). 
    Also includes your questions and a screenshot of the error, sadly in german, but i told you about it in the text file.

    Sims Issue