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Can’t place items by dragging
I am on an Xbox X series so no mods or cc. Since the last update on October 27, I cannot click and drag on items anymore. For example, I can’t drag a dirty dish to the sink. I can’t drag an item out of my inventory and place it anywhere it makes it impossible to run a small business or retail store if I can’t place things on the shelves or in the coolers to sell them.
Controller Cursor Drifting
The cursor is still drifting even after many years. I've switched controllers, re-downloaded game and packs, even tried it on my husband's console, and it drifts. It drifts on both Xbox One and Series X. Makes building really infuriating that I can't fine tune placements because of said drift. Mostly goes upwards but occasionally goes down and to the sides.Maker packs stopping game from working
Xbox Series S - Maker Packs prevent Sims 4 from launching I’m experiencing the same issue on Xbox Series S. The Sims 4 launches normally when no Maker Packs are installed. However, as soon as I install a Maker Pack through Marketplace > My Collection > Manage Storage, the game stops launching and eventually gives me Xbox error 0x8027025A: “The Sims 4 has taken too long to start.” I have tested this with Maker Packs removed and the game works normally. I also tested installing Summer Trip by itself, with no other Maker Packs installed, and the game immediately stopped launching again. I have: Reinstalled The Sims 4 Completely restarted/power-cycled my Xbox Tried launching offline Confirmed this is my Home Xbox Cleared the Sims 4 reserved space Deleted local Sims save data and allowed it to resync None of these permanently resolve the problem. The consistent trigger is installing a Maker Pack. My existing saves also use Maker Pack content, so leaving Maker Packs uninstalled isn’t a workable solution because I cannot safely play those saves without losing/removing their content. [CM edit - formatting]
Missing Maker Packs.
I am missing my Maker Packs. I have followed the instructions to try to locate the missing Maker Packs: • Marketplace, • Browse, • Maker Packs. I have also spoken with Playstation Customer Care, and followed all of their instructions: • Updating The Sims 4 game, • Ensuring my PS4 game console is up to date on any system updates, • Restoring the Licenses for my games on my PS4. The additional issue's I am having are: 1.) The Maker Packs I purchased using Molla, are not appearing in my Purchase History. However, the purchase I made for Moola, does appear in my Purchase History. 2.) My Moola account balance is showing 0.
EA account not linked to Xbox
I have just redownloaded the Sims 4 to my Xbox and it is saying I cannot connect to online as 'EA account not linked', but I have checked my EA account and it shows that it IS connected to my Xbox. I have restarted the Xbox, but still doesn't connect. I have had the same EA account since 2008 so its not thar my Xbox is connected to a different account. Can anyone advise what I need to do to fix this?My save files keep corrupting and shutting off my system
Its happened 3 times now. I will load up the game and i get a screen telling me the saves are corrupted and then my system shuts off and i have to unplug then replug to get it back on. My system was working just fine until i deleted the game and then redownloaded it to try and fix the multiple bugs i was dealing with. Hulu even gets corrupted now. Idk what to do
Unplayable (very long)
Look I promise I’m it trying to be super negative, I’m just frustrated and need to rant to people who may be able to give me solutions. I’ve been playing the sims for my whole life as most of us have. When I had a computer, I bought every pack for it, and went on to do the same thing for PS4 after losing my pc. I want to know if I’m the only one with this problem. I can’t play anymore, I can’t access the marketplace, because it won’t do anything. Game doesn’t freeze, but marketplace does. When in gameplay, everything stays choppy all the time. I don’t even get to see what my sims are doing, because they’re freezing, and I can’t have a household of more than one person. Shockingly I very rarely have crashes on my game, but gameplay just sucks. I don’t get to see all the fun interactions, or anything really. Just frozen sims standing around looking like idiots, 24/7. I even have to fight with it to send them to bed or the bathroom. I’ve gotten to where I just don’t let their needs decay anymore. The game just isn’t enjoyable anymore. I’m too busy fighting with it to make it work, instead of actually being able to play the game. I literally abuse that “reset sim” button, because it’s the only thing that works. I uninstalled it recently, and reinstalled it, and now I can’t access to my paid for expansion packs. Even though I’ve come to learn the game runs better without all the extra, does make it rather boring since I can’t download mods though, and I have spent a lot of money on this game, I would really like to be able to play it. I’ve considered it being my PlayStation, and even uninstall other games often to make it work. There has been a few times where the only game that I have installed is this dang game, and it still doesn’t run correctly. Do you get to experience smooth gameplay while playing on console? And if so, how do you achieve it? Because I just want to play my favorite game, which is quickly turning into my least favorite.
[GTW] [CHEATS] Alien Abduction Cheat Not Working
Hello ea forum devs uhm I’m not new to making reports but recently I’ve stumbled into a new save game since my last one crashed and I’m playing the pancakes household and I’m currently trying to use cheats to get Bob abducted since I’m too lazy to give him the scientist career but I don’t know if anybody noticed it before me but when I use the cheat interactions.push alienabduction_beabducted, it worked the first few times and I’ve not been able to get bob abducted after the first 2 times I’ve done it. Is this a bug because it never failed before and it’s been like 4 in game days since I could use them to abduct Bob. Sorry for wasting your time if it’s not note: I play on console so I don’t have access to mods or CC
Xbox save data error
So IDK when ea did this to our Xbox save datas or how this happened but I haven't touched my game in a full year since the royalty update came out and I go to play on my Xbox and all of a sudden my Xbox hits me with this glitch and says we aren't able to save any player data on this game anymore from this account please go to my games manage my game and save data and delete data and I clicked ok and closed the game I removed the other account data saved on my Xbox and reloaded the game it deleted my profile saves with me not deleting it and override it and when I launch the game it ask for my local save or my OneDrive save that was last saved in 2025 so I clicked that one drive and it's now loading that but is taking forever and to be honest it probably going to say I can't use this data because it's probably too big of a save data to load and I'm just sitting here wondering when did the sims 4 game not have a big save data file for Xbox and when it was shortened to the point I can't load any of my savesMy entire game got wiped - PS4
When i loaded up the game, it said that my saves were corrupted. I was able to get into the game and access my saves just fine yesterday so I have no idea what happened. The stuff I uploaded to my profile and my likes are all still there and now my gallery is filled with the maxis stuff. That last update messed my stuff up BAD. I had to laugh or I'd be sobbing. This is frustrating. Good news is that i can save to my library again so yay?
PS4 Save Bug – New House Disappeared After Saving and Reverted to Original Lot
after building a new build I managed to save the game and the house appeared to be on the map. But after saving the house went back to the original lot. come out of the game to see if it’s still there. It still appears to be on the map but I go to click on it and it comes up with the previous lot. is there anyway of fixing this? Probably a long shotOFF THE GRID GAMEPLAY
I play on PS5 and recently started a new household and set the "off the grid" lot challenge, got my sim a ground wind turbine but the power generated won't stay stored. Both fridge and stove have the utilities usage turned off and there are no light fixtures that consume power. EDIT: Further testing through gameplay, i've come to notice that appliances start consuming stored electricity after my sims travels back home (even though utility usage was turned off before leaving and it shows turned off upon returning) A quick fix seems to be to toggle utility usage on/off again after my sim gets back but that's just annoying. I hope this new bit of info helps solve the problem on an upcoming patch. Thanks in advance for any help.
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