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Investigating Game Launch & Save File Issues

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EA_Cade
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3 months 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!

Updated 3 months ago
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32 Comments

  • RichMeSuperRich's avatar
    RichMeSuperRich
    Seasoned Newcomer
    20 days ago

    Hello dear  EA_Solaire​ . I have uploaded several my saves ranging from 2025 to 2024, all of which I have tested without mods and CC but still corrupt after August updates. I haven't played Sims 4 for 3 months. These saves functioned normally before and I didn't change anything after later updates, but now in all of them, neighboring lots show default thumbnails and some lots/households cannot be loaded with endless loading screen, e.g. Everdew from Innisgree.

    Link:   https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AP7nJjYSAv6JTiWtdRDrsqmMoo67fhFv?usp=sharing

    The save named Slot_0000000d.save is what I successfully restored from 2023 Dec.2 save, which now I haven't noticed corruption yet. But it's two years ago, lost all progress afterwards.

    The save named Slot_000999ad.save is what I have played all the time until Aug.4 2025 last time since the launch of Sims 4, with countless days and devotion of emotions for ten years. I haven't touched or changed anything after that day. But all my saves after 2024 including this main one are suddenly corrupt now.

    I sincerely hope EA can fix this save corruption issue asap. It's so serious and devastating for loyal players.... I can't imagine starting all over again, that completely destroys my interest and passion for this game.