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The Sims 4 Gallery
For the past two days I have been trying to upload a build to the gallery and trying to just save it to my library. But it keeps popping up with an error message. Saying "Server Error". I have checked my internet connection, cleared cache, I exited out of the game and went back in, and I am now repairing the game. But I feel like this isn't going to work either. Any suggestions?
Snowy Escape Festival of Snow vending machine outfits won't appear
My sims went to the festival of snow via the notification menu successfully, and the options for both only purchasing the snow outfit and purchasing/wearing the outfit appear for the vending machine on initial interaction. After purchase of both options and with multiple attempts with successful inventory notifications and simoleon deductions, the options still remain the same upon interacting with the machine afterwards with no option appearing for only wearing the outfit or the outfit appearing by clicking the sim and opening outfit selection. I've also tried opening CAS with the pack filter for full body clothing and everything with absolutely nothing. I tried the debug object option through shift click on both the vending machine and the sim with no change as well. I don't have any cc and my game is fully updated on the ea app. I'm just wondering whether this is a bug other people are experiencing too or if there's a way I can fix this for my game, thank you.
Saved Games Refreshed
This has happened to me a couple times before, but I wasn't too attached to the games so I didn't look into it further..... really wish I had because yesterday I was playing with the new Fairy expansion but when I loaded the game today the saved games were games from earlier this year.... and it seems to have completely wiped my previous two saved games!! The games showing now are the previous games I had before it was completely wiped.
Game won't load past title screen and crashes
Hi! For some reason, when I try to open my game, it loads up like normal up until the Sims 4 title screen. One it gets there, it completely freezes, stops responding, and just closes. I don't have any mods installed (that I know of, at least) so I'm confused on what's stopping it from working. I thought maybe it was just EA so i deleted and reinstalled both the sims and EA but it still didn't do anything.
Save file issue!
Both saving and “save as” came up with this error even though it saves perfectly fine just a few minutes before. The only major mods I have are UI cheats and clothes cc. I just started repairing the flies via EA app but I don’t know if that was the right thing to do. Can anyone help?Sims 4 - Game crashing when making family sized meal with oven
Okay, so before anything is said, these are the precautions I've taken to ensure this is actually the issue. I've removed all mod and cc files Freshly installed the game Updated to latest patch worked on lot with family I've never played attempted this with only base game items Upon freshly installing the game I went to an empty lot with only a counter, fridge, and stove. Once the family sized meal was being prepared the game fully crashed whilst using the oven about half way through the cooking process. I was once able to get the family sized meal complete and put the plate(s) on the counter, left the lot, then came back, and entering the lot crashed my game entirely due to the presence of family sized meal plates. I placed saved empty lot on top of this and the game loaded and played just fine Upon my playthrough I proceeded to break every oven in every lot I went through and had no issues playing the game whatsoever. Question: does anyone at EA actually playtest any of these updates or play The Sims 4 on their own time? I would assume that if they did they would notice some of these serious issues with the game, right? Like if I made a game and key features of the game to keep my character alive just caused a severe crash I would 100% notice it within an hour.Game crash after update
I am sure there are other posts on this and I am sorry if this has already been mentioned somewhere else. I have been struggling to get the game to run since the update in April. I have tried all sorts of things mentioned in various fora, including removing mods, updating Windows, performing a clean install, repairing the game, updating and rolling back graphics card drivers etc. The game just kept crashing after a few minutes during gameplay, even after a completely fresh install without any mods or cc. I thought it was an issue with the Nvidia graphics card drivers. Needless to say, this is a quite powerful gaming PC, only purchased 3 months ago. Before the updates I did not have this issue and I am using a LOT of mods and cc. After lots of research and a painful two weeks of not being able to play the game, I found the solution! I updated my bios firmware and boom! The game started running smoothly again with all mods and cc. It has been more than 24 hours that I left the game on and no issues yet. I hope this helps fellow gamers who may be facing a similar issue. Just to conclude, I really don't see the point in constantly updating a game, which has been around for more than 10 years and breaking things, but I am sure EA will know the reason. Happy gaming everyone!
Cannot start up after recent update-SOLVED
No mods, no CC, no tray files, no save files. Repaired and re-installed, and issue still exists. Attached is the error that pops up when I try to start the game. Any help please??? I am on Windows 11 EDIT: so this is what worked for me from a 7 year old thread i've found. i'm keeping this up in case anyone else has this issue and isn't sure what to do:
Game unplayable since downloading business and hobbies.
First of all... I have no mods installed at all.... I took Everything out .... I have repaired my game..... I can not play in windowed full screen once changed to it it makes the game flicker almost to fast for the eye to see and then the screen goes white and everything is gone but you can still hear the menu music. I gave up on windowed full screen and made a new sim in full screen, the moment I was done and ready to put her down in the game it crashes. I have restarted it a billion times and can not put her down or anyone. The game is unplayable. Help? I have spent alot of money on all these expansions to not be able to play today!
Audio Quiet Since 2 SDXs Ago
(I searched a lot to find this issue and could not.) 2 SDXs ago (during the event) The Sims 4 (for PC) began loading very quietly. I have to crank the volume, then all other programs default to overly loud. I just stopped playing due to the low volume, but finally removed my mods to test the sound; it's still ongoing. No save game is required to test, the loading music is enough to hear (or barely hear). *ETA* I tried repairing and reinstalling.
Game crashed within 5mins or less since lastest update
Since the last update I cannot play the sims4 without my screen freezing, turning black & then coming back on before the whole game crashes, all within 5 mins or less of playing and also losing any progress made in those few minutes. Help! I thought it may have been my computer the other day, but it's only when I try to open the sims.
Latest Update Broke Game
I've never had an issue with crashing or freezing for longer than a few minutes before the latest update. Since this update, I have to same my game every few minutes because the game could crash at any time. Whenever my sim tries travel there's a high chance the game will crash. I have no mods or CC installed. I tried clearing my cache from my compute, from the EA app, repairing the game, but nothing seems to fix the crashing and freezing.
Objects causing game to crash
RESOLVED I have in the past seen people having issues with their cabinets crashing their game. I tried adding "dx11" and "dx12" to the "Advanced launch options" box - but with no results. My game keeps crashing when attempting to place certain items. I have seen this with a few specific objects including some showers, some beds, and currently most or all cabinets. I understand that the DxDiag file may be useful, so that should be attached here. RESOLVED: After a few hours of looking through my things, I noticed that my DxDiag still had issues with sims crashing due to running on dx9. I did my research and figured I should've written "-dx11". It seems to work now.
Pixellated Box Appears when Volume Adjusted
When I adjust my volume (and sometimes my brightness) on my PC, a little pixellated box of many colours appears at the bottom of my game where the volume box had been. I have repaired all my game files, but this issue persists. This does not happen in any other application on my computer, so I know it is a game issue, not an equipment issue. It does not always happen, but when it does, I have to exit and restart the game to make it go away. It disappears as soon as I exit the game. I do not have any mods.
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