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Sims 4 Broken After Newest Update July 2024
After the new patch update yesterday, I can no longer save my game or open that menu up to do anything. Another big issue I'm facing is, every time I go to manage worlds or create a sim, my screen goes black and does nothing. The strange thing is I can still see my sims pictures down the bottom and interact with the environment around me, I just can't see what I'm interacting with. It's completely broken my game. I've verified the integrity of my game, restarted my pc and re-tried it this morning, but am still facing the same issues. I just have to keep closing my game via task manager every time because the black screen never disappears. I would also like to add, I don't have custom content or mods, so this isn't the issue for me.SolvedLil_Shroom142 months agoSeasoned Traveler5.9KViews49likes73CommentsSims 4 not launching
Greetings! I hope everyone is doing great. I just wanted to notify that I haven't been able to play since the Lovestruck EP was released. I have tried everything from restarting my computer, clearing cache, researching on forums and videos, even uninstalling the game completely and reinstalling it with no positive results. I was able to communicate with members of the EA team and I'll be waiting for a solution for everyone who's been going through the same issue.879Views11likes14CommentsSims 4 will not save after August 2024 update
Not sure if this is just my game but after the August 2024 update I can no longer place fences?! (but I can place build/buy objects.) I cannot save my game. I click save and I just get the turning circle forever. I don’t play with cc or mods. I play on the EA app on PC. Can anyone help?izzyheuck30 days agoSeasoned Newcomer662Views10likes10CommentsGame Freezes after August 8 Patch Update
So i have updated my game to the recent patch on August 8 so here is my issue, after playing several minutes the game crashes/freeze that i have to force shutdown my PC. Hoping EA can address this issues. Sims is becoming unplayable since the update.663Views7likes14CommentsWhy will my game not save progress any longer?
This is bs. After all the money we have pumped into the Sims over the years... I AM NOT HAPPY! I have over 12, 000 hours of play time and now, it won't save my game. Seriously!? I guess I get this for being a loyal customer for over 24 years. 🤑🙄🤬Starrynight120418 days agoSeasoned Newcomer236Views6likes5CommentsCan't download the new Lovestruck Pack
I have cleared my mods file, checked to make sure all game updates are installed (they are) and I know for a fact that I have ample room on my PC to download the extension. I get to the 'preparing' portion of the download tab and then it gives me an error code. I have restarted my PC, retried the whole process of downloading the pack from the start, and have closed and restarted the app (which in itself is buggy as is) multiple times. Starting to regret wasting 40+ dollars on this pack if the downloading of it is this glitchy. I am now extremely worried about the pack itself and if it's even playable if I can ever get it on my PC.Basilo11462 months agoSeasoned Newcomer769Views6likes22CommentsThe Sims 4 Lovestruck not showing in ea app
I purchased the preorder, activated the key and nothing, no download, no expension pack. When I start the game, it tells me I already have that expension but nothing from it is showing in my game. Anyone has the same problem?casualchoice2 months agoSeasoned Newcomer409Views6likes18CommentsAll my saved games are gone
Hi, So i paid for the seasons extension, and at first it didn't want to download at all. I have tons of free space on the disc, and the extension requires about 1.3 Gb After several attempts to download (it just didn't start), I decided to just restart my laptop and try again. After I restarted it, the seasons extension finally got downloaded, but when I enter the game, I see only a "New game" option, with no "Resume". I tried "Repair" command on EA app, but it didn't help at all. What do I do to get my progress back? I've been playing for 300 hours already, as the banner says. But all my saved progress is gone.b5vegg17o3gp2 months agoSeasoned Newcomer120Views5likes8CommentsAugust 2024 update broke my game again !!!
August 2024 update Julys update messed my game up so bad took me forever to get it lined out … now I was forced to update today after spending 89 hours on a lot for my Patreon … and again my game is not working .. having to go through files yet again … I took out package files etc only to get back uon the game to see my entire lot was erased back to the original start….. now I’ve spent well over $400/$500 on this game over the years and I want a refund on every expansion pack game pack stuff pack I’ve purchased …. Any known package files conflicting?EA app and The Sims 4 won´t launch
Hi everyone, I have this issue since today where I can´t open the EA app and The Sims 4 at all. When I click on the EA app nothing happens, same with the Sims. I tried restarting my computer but that didn´t help. When I restart the computer, the EA app tries to load but only a small white square in the middle of my desktop pops up, but that´s it. Then when I close the white square, the EA app becomes completely unresponsive when I try to open it again. Not even the white square shows up. Thanks in advance for any help!Solvedkarolidvo2 months agoSeasoned Novice761Views5likes16CommentsError Code: EC:204 (can't play offline, says "game license has expired")
Whenever EA puts out a game update, I don't update immediately and switch to playing offline for a week or more (depending on how bad it is) while I wait for mods to be updated and for the worst of the new bugs and glitches to be resolved. I've done this since the EA App was released without issue. So the EA App updated shortly before the 7/23 game update and when I went to play offline last night, I discovered I suddenly couldn't. I click on "go offline" and it shows Sims 4 as an installed game, but now when I click play, instead of launching the game offline as usual, I'm getting an error message telling me that the game license has expired and that I need to launch the game to renew the license and gives the Error Code: EC:204. I've never had this issue before. So now I cannot play the game at all as I've seen how lit it is out on the bug report forum and there's no way I'm updating my game right now with all the issues the patch has created. And I can't go "online" with the game without it automatically pushing the update. Is anyone else having this issue with playing offline right now? And is anyone aware of a work around? (Note: I have already logged out and back in, uninstalled and reinstalled the EA App, cleared the cache, restarted my PC, and ensured by XBox and EA accounts aren't linked (they never were).)ChelleBelle7162 months agoRising Novice242Views5likes9CommentsSims 4 Can't Download Latest Updates
I've been trying to download this dang update since lovestruck came out. I love the sims but holy, ea needs to get it together because it's just broken update after broken update and then broken packs. Anyway, I keep getting an error saying something went wrong. When there is no error, the progress bar (doesn't even get to the actual download, it gets stuck on preparing) the progress bar jumps from 6% to 80% to 30% back to 2% etc before eventually giving me an error or just getting stuck for up to 24 hours before crashing. I've moved my mods out, tried clearing the cache, tried repairing it (That had an error too before it got to finish). i've tried each of these (Except for the mods cause y'know) multiple times and it just doesn't work. Anyone struggling with the same? Seems like lots of people are having problems with the update, so hopefully this will be resolved shortly.140Views4likes6CommentsEA wont launch Sims game after 07/23 update
It's been 2 very long, exhausting days of uninstalling and reinstalling the EA app, the sims game and trying to repair the game and app. I've tried every recommended solution out there and have completely deleted the mods and CC off my computer (RIP.) Nothing will load or open, the screen shows I've played today when I haven't. Friends on steam and EA both see I'm actively in Sims4 playing but I get sent back to the EA home screen in the app instead of the game. Restarting computer, deleting everything cache related, etc is not working. Send help, i'm going crazy here. I didn't even preorder Lovestruck because this update completely broke my game.hburrage162 months agoSeasoned Newcomer136Views4likes5CommentsStill not working after 8/8 update
Ever since the 7/29 update, I can only load one household (the last one the game worked with before crashing). Now they don’t do anything, time is laggy, and I can’t go to manage worlds at all. It lets me click the button, but I am stuck on a permanent loading screen. Ran repairs, still not working. Anyone with a solution or is EA still not listening to players?AllisonPaul20022 months agoSeasoned Newcomer232Views3likes5CommentsEA App crashing
Same issue here. I already tried to launch the EAApp first but always get one of the following: Then after I hit the restart app button: And then: And after clicking Run Update: And... nothing.. the app just close and then rinse and repeat.... When launching from steam it just open this EAApp window: And then: It does not make any sense saying that "you're connected to internet" if the update script was able to connect. Please fix it, it is really annoying to have this app running in the background doing more that just checking the integrity of the games we play. If we are going to profile us using this app to sell this info to 3rd parties at least let us use the game for god sake.MvQmXYxyA2 months agoNew Novice270Views3likes9Commentscan’t even open the game
is anyone else not even able to launch the game?? i’ve been trying for over 24 hours at this point even though my game was initially fine after downloading the update. even after clearing cache, checking for corrupted files, checking steam, etc. when I try launch the game through my desktop shortcut, it will open EA, show a loading bar and say “preparing game” but then it just crashes, no error message or anything. I just paid for a bunch of new add-ons and i’m getting so annoyed I can’t even access themSolved130Views3likes3CommentsInfinite Loading
is anyone else having issues with their game infinitely loading after the new love struck patch? my game is completely unplayable — at first, my cas wouldn’t load and it turned out to be a mod causing the issue so i updated it and it fixed the problem but when i loaded up a save, it just sat and loaded and loaded and never loaded so i took out every single mod and did an entirely new save and even THATS not loading and infinitely loading i’m seriously sick of every update being just a game breaker — i can’t even start a new save, because i manage to exit cas, choose a lot and then get stuck on infinite loading when trying to start in the world , it’s crazy272Views3likes2CommentsI can't save my game anymore
And I don't even get an error text, nothing. It just doesn't save. For some reason this only happens on my main save, not on the other one. I've cleared my cache, repaired the game, did a folder refresh and re-installed the EA app. Nothing helps.YoungerSatan13 days agoSeasoned Newcomer111Views2likes10CommentsMy Sims 4 Expansions are gone! (Edit: Fixed!)
Hey everyone, Been playing the sims 4 all day, but went to start it this evening and some of my packs are missing. I own the game through Steam, with some packs from Steam and some packs from the EA app. The folders for some of the packs are missing from my game install folder, and the game says I'm missing packs when I launch my save. I own everything except the kits, spooky stuff, home chef hustle, crystal creations, batuu, For Rent, and Lovestruck. (as far as I can remember. I can check for a specific list if needed) All of the missing packs are from steam. Below is what I'm seeing in EA App (Not all of the downloadable packs will fit on screen) I don't know what could've happened. It's been working fine all day until now.Solved151Views2likes14Comments