I'm one of the people who just lost a 7`s years save file for this issue and I agree...it`s dangerous for the gallery to keep running like this, full of broken lots. It`s not the builders`s fault but the For Rent pre patch.
The gallery is my main way to put lots in my game since I`m not very talented into building. So I just came back to the The Sims 4 after a year and I was like "Ok! New packs, new worlds and a bunch of lots to update!". But when I started doing it...I faced the same bugs that most of people complain about until they lose the save file:
0 - Some times the lot doesn`t even download. It shows an "error message" when trying to do so.
1 - The game crashes while placing the lot
2 - If the lot is successfully placed without crashing, then we face an infinite loop when trying to leave the lot
3 - If we place the lot, save, go the main menu and load the game, the lot becomes inaccessible. It crashes every time we to go in and we basically lose it forever (specially if this is an community lot).
4 - If we don`t notice this bug right away, all broken lots starts to show orange exclamations
5 - Blank load screens
6 - Corrupted save. You can`t even enter the save file anymore. And some times the save file auto deletes.
@PlumbobKingdom is one of my favorite gallery`s creators and even him is avoiding to upload his buildings there due this issue. He is doing it in his own website.
Another creators are doing the same thing since this bug occurs once the lot is uploaded to the gallery.
The gallery is a MAIN FEATURE of The Sims 4 and should not be ignored.
No CC. No Mods.
I`m not sharing my save file since I lost it.
I`m trying to build a new save and taking SO MUCH CARE. But it`s frustrating that I can`t even use my favorite lots anymore... 🤐
@ceunon20I am getting these exact issues too. Game unplayable for 5 months. Wasted time and money, it's totally unacceptable to be selling a product in this busted of a state and to add insult to injury pushing out a million paid kits a minute to folks who can't even play for half a year.
@Hythiescrapdash @ceunon20 @seeurock55 I'm so sorry that you have experienced these issues and some of you even lost their saves ☹️ This is so sad and frustrating.
Thank you for sharing it here, hopefully it helps to solve the gallery problems.
I agree, the gallery is a main feature and should not be in this dangerous state where peoples saves are being ruined because of shared lots.
I wish that the Sims Team could make a statement and adress these bugs with the gallery builds. I see all these wonderful and creative new builds that were shared in the last half year, and I have all packs, but I just don't dare to download any of them because I'm scared to break my save file.
Very, very frustrating!
Please, Sims Team, please consider looking into this problem.
I‘ve been experiencing the exact same issues everyone in this thread has pointed out already. Though I have to say that since the bug fix in February I‘ve been encountering less corrupted builds in general, which could partially be due to the fact that I‘m very careful with placing builds from the gallery.
I don’t think the bug fix works retroactively for builds that have been already saved to the gallery while the bug was active. What I‘ve been doing to avoid corruption in my saves is:
- Placing only builds from before For Rent Patch
- Placing builds directly from the gallery (not saving them to your library and placing from there for some reason that seems to be a trigger for me)
- Placing builds in a seperate save first, testing and if there’s no corruption, then placing them in your gameplay save
- If placing a build after December 2023, testing it first and making sure it was created after the February patch (as I can’t be sure if the creator updated, I mostly use builds from simmers sharing them on YT/Tumblr where I can be more sure their game is updated)
Still very stressful all in all and greatly limits the amount of lots one can download.
but using these methods I‘ve been avoiding this issue and am able to keep playing in my legacy save 🙂
If I encounter a corrupted build I will make sure to share the save file here. I always test in a fresh unmodded save.
Hope we can get some clarification whether the February patch works retroactively at least!
Maybe now that there is a dedicated team for bug fixes the gallery will get more stable too (fingers crossed) ❤️
I also experience these problems. I want to play the game, but it is not possible because something keeps breaking. Error on error. I want to create my perfect save, but the game prevents me from doing so. These errors occur both in the game with and without mods. Both on old and new saves.
I hope the developers will finally fix this game and take care of the broken buildings in the gallery. Buildings that are infected with this bug should at least have markings that would allow downloaders to bypass them or download them at their own risk. Something like this.
