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build flagged as cc'd when its not
i spent and enormous amount of time making this multifunctional community lot and it keeps being flagged as modded when it is not. I build in a vanilla save so its literally impossible. I removed all my custom art and went room by room. Rooms I definitely know have next to nothing in them, and are all part of the basic inventory are being deemed as modded. The build mod is acting wonky in itself. It run super slow even with no mods, and often greys out option to toggle between floors. Only solution is loading out of lot and loading back in which is an additional waste of time. Crashing has happened to which is really unusal when only building.
EA App not launching Sims 4 on Mac
Hi everyone, I’m having a big issue with The Sims 4 on my MacBook (13”, M1 chip) running macOS Tahoe 26.0.1. Up until Thursday evening the game was working perfectly. But now, when I try to launch The Sims 4 from the EA App: The game doesn’t even show the Electronic Arts/Maxis logo. The folder Documents/Electronic Arts/The Sims 4 doesn’t get created anymore. Instead, the EA Crash Reporter pops up immediately. Here’s what I’ve tried so far: Completely uninstalled and reinstalled both EA App and The Sims 4. Installed the game both on my internal SSD and on an external drive (same result). Cleared EA App cache. Tried running EA App with Rosetta. Checked system permissions for EA App (Full Disk Access enabled). Nothing worked — the game still won’t launch at all. 👉 Has anyone else with macOS Tahoe run into this problem? Is this maybe a compatibility issue with the new macOS version or just a broken EA App update? Thanks in advance!Buying a iMac
So I'm not really that good at computer stuff but I'm really itching to play the sims again. I don't have the money to buy a proper gaming setup so I'm thinking about buying my sisters old iMac, would it be able to play the sims 4 with expansion packs and other gamepacks smoothly without bigger issues? Below are the specs: iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, late 2015) Processor: 3,1 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 Memory: 16 GB 1867 MHz DDR8 Graphics: Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 1536 MB It has the macOS Monterey Somebody with better understanding of these, please help!
HELP!!!!
So I downloaded the EA app and downloaded my sims 4 game about three times. I have to add ons that download after the sims 4 does. The EA app won't launch the game. It will bounce a few times on the bar at the bottom of my screen but then it'll open the page and close the page again. I have no idea what to do.Game bugging since update - now can't save progress
Since the recent update my game has been crashing and having difficulty loading. I've repaired the game, rebooted the app and the computer. finally got the game to launch but I can't save at all. I keep getting the error code 403:8717c2e9:56e6ac5c. I've tried to raise a ticket via the EA app but that again is throwing up an error and won't process the request, just states try again. what can I do??? I'm playing on a Mac 15.6 OS with plenty of memory as its brand new
My game won't launch
When i try to launch the sims 4, it will jump in the dock a few times before stopping. I've tried launching directly from dock and launching from the EA app. I've tried reinstalling the game (and checked the reinstallation was compatible through system settings), tried renaming the Tray, Saves and Mods folders (only the mods and saves got new folders, the tray stayed the same) and tried playing without icloud being connected to the desktop which, granted, worked, but it wouldn't keep any saves. Throughout all of this my mods and cc have been stocked away in my personal folders in case any of them being broken was the problem (it crashed when i had mods in, and kept going even after i took them out, that's mostly why i tried reinstalling so i could "clean" the gamefiles if that was the problem) Can anyone help?
SIMS 4 not loading after update
(I dont use mods) Since the update, when i press resume game, the world does not load, it gets stuck on the loading screen. I use a apple mac book pro. This does not happen when I try start a new game - which seems to be working perfectly fine. I don't want to lose my world and start a new one. Will this be fixed in the next update? For reference, I used the "repair" feature on EA multiple times. I completely uninstalled the game and reinstalled it. I also tried to recover old saves of my game and nothing is working.Game freezes whenever I try to edit lots
I've had this issue the last 10 times I have played The Sims 4. I want to customize my world, but when I go to existing lots in build mode, the game freezes. It will load into the lot and my mouse can move, but I can't move the camera, I can't click on anything, and I can't get out of it without force quiting the game. I'm playing on a MacBook and I have no mods. This also happened when I tried traveling in-game to another lot, but it doesn't always happen, so I'm not sure where the issue is coming from. It is getting really frustrating and affecting my ability to play the game.
Stuck on loading screen on Macbook
Everytime I go to save weather that be when going to "save and go" or "save and exit" my game gets stuck on the loading screen and I have to force quit in order to leave it. Does anyone know how to fix this? I already looked at my game files and none of them say they're corrupted, plus I don't have any mods or cc downloaded. I tried google and YouTube, but nothing helpful is coming up for Macbooks.Sims 4 impact and performance on MacBook Air M2
Hello! I use my MacBook Air for school and I want to make sure that playing the sims won't harm the performance of my computer in the long run since it is something I use all the time. Other than school I just use it for browsing, sometimes streaming and I have no other games installed. I am mostly concerned about my Mac slowing down, the battery being damaged, or my computer overheating. I also am worried about the performance of the game when playing. I have about 48 pieces of DLC with plans to get more expansion packs and I do not use any mods or cc. My Mac has an M2 chip, 10C GPU, 16GB, and 1TB. Is this enough for the game to run soothly and are there any precautions I can take to limit any potential technical issues?
Unable to click and drag to move screen while playing
Hey everyone ive had this issue for a few months, and today decided to try and fix it. I updated all my mods before playing, and was having some intermittent freezing of positioning of the camera (aerial view for some reason) that I couldn’t undo. In addition, I was having this ongoing issue of being unable to use my trackpad to click and drag to move my screen. I have to use the keys to move it. The intermittent aerial camera positioning resolved after removing some mods, and I ended up removing all my mods and custom content to try to see if that helped. I also repaired the game. I still can’t drag and click. I took a video after I repaired the game and removed all my customizations, I have a MacBook Air with sequoia 15.6 and an m3 chip, but I can’t upload the video. I saw someone on Facebook had a similar problem a few months ago and someone commented about an all mod update but I didn’t understand what they meant and all my mods were updated and this still wouldn’t work, and now that all of them are gone and it’s still not working idk what to do. The trackpad rotate and finger pinch to zoom in and out still works. I can click on things I just can’t move the screen without using buttons. Nothing with my trackpad moves the screen (except edge scrolling which is enabled in the game settings) despite no changes made to my settings on either my Mac or in game. I took a video to upload here but it won’t let me upload it no matter how short I make the video (under 5 seconds even)
missing mods
i play sims 4 on mac, so i downloaded some cc for the last time about a year ago and had the mods folder on my side bar on finder and was able to easily transfer my cc from downloads to there but i hadn’t downloaded cc for a while and went to transfer the downloads to the same mods folder as before and then i clicked on the mods folder and it is empty but the mods i downloaded a year ago are still in my game but the same mods folder i had before is nowhere to be found. i swear i have looked everywhere and when i try to add new mods into this empty mod folder, it wont work. probably because i already have the mods folder that does work somewhere else but i cannot find it for the life of me!! therefor i can have no new cc, please help! has anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it??Lagging and stuttering game performance on Macs with M4 chips
This thread is specifically for players using a Mac with M4 chip who have noticed a significant drop in game performance since patching in September 2025 as there has been a small increase in users reporting this recently. Please do not post here if you use any other Mac, look for an existing thread on your issue or start a new one. If you are using a Mac with M4 chip post here if you are experiencing laggy gameplay, stuttering, freezing, low fps. This should be thoroughly tested in a clean game as described here to discount existing user data interference. This is testing specific hardware and operating system. Please post your symptoms and your Mac hardware and operating system. Click on the Apple in the top left corner of your Desktop then About This Mac. Then, click on More Info... which will open System Settings. Scroll down to the bottom and click on System Report. We need the hardware overview and the Graphics/Display overview. All the info required is shown using a red arrow in the below screenshots. are you using an external display? If so what is the size and resolution? does this happen in windowed and fullscreen mode or just one? Models posted so far: M4 Mac mini (waiting for more info) M4 MacBook Air 16GB memory (waiting for more info) M4 MacBook Air macOS Tahoe 26.0 16GB memory 10-core CPU 8-core GPU Using in-built display Windowed and fullscreen
Black Screen, Sims Still Active, Can't Close
Since the Sept 18 update, my game has been moving slow and about 4 times now the entire screen turns black, with the exception of the conversation bubbles, progress bars, and the bottons at the top. It won't let me click the ... button, it won't let me go back to manage world (I can still see that button), but I can still hear them talking and using items. Every time this happens I'm unable to close out my game or even shut it down from the main button at the bottom of my Mac. I play vanilla and have no cc and have never had mods in my game. I play on a Mac Pro with 2 terabytes and before this update I haven't had problems with lag. I have tried repairing my game, shutting down and restarting my computer. I own all packs, but was playing only with base game using the pack selector. I hope that's enough info. I'm not a techie person. Thank you! Edit to add: This is what the screen looks like right before it goes black: Notice all the playable buttons and such are all missing, and so are a couple of the top buttons.My up and down buttons do not work in live mode
Hello. So since the new update my games been bugged. One of mods didnt work. Got that fixed but now on a lot in willow creek. My up and down button do not work in live mode. Only in build mode Ive checked all my other builds and works perfectly once i stop using build mode all I see is the outside of the house. It wont let me inside the button is all greyed out Ive took all my mods out and ive repaired the game. Ive restarted it etc. None of that has worked the only thing I haven't tried yet is unstalling it and re installing but as you've put it didn't seem to do much. Please let me know if you guys have any ideasStuck on Loading Screen for 'Manage Worlds'
Hi all, Since the most recent Sims 4 patch on Sept. 18, 2025, I can no longer access Manage Worlds. Here’s what happens: The game loads fine and I can use Resume Game to enter a household. But as soon as I try to go to Manage Worlds, the game gets stuck on the loading screen indefinitely. Things I’ve already tried: Repaired the game in the EA App Cleared Sims 4 cache files Renamed my Sims 4 folder to force a clean one and tested with a new save Tested with no mods or CC Copied saves one by one into a new folder — all show the same problem In other words, this happens even with a brand-new save in a completely clean Sims 4 folder. Because the issue started immediately after the patch, it seems like the update itself may be the cause rather than corrupted saves or mods. Has anyone else run into this since the patch? Thanks in advance for any insight!
Graphic Glithing
Hello, I'm experiencing a flickering graphic glitch in The Sims 4. While playing in an apartment (City Living), the outside world appears inside the apartment, and the interior appears in the exterior view. The graphics flicker rapidly, with elements of the outside world (such as streets, water, or fog) flashing through the apartment space. This makes the game visually unstable and hard to play. Screenshots: (Attached) You can clearly see parts of the outside world bleeding into the interior, and it flickers in and out as I move the camera or the Sim.
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