[OPEN] Save error code 300:ef52153:5dfb61ac
Product: The Sims 4 Platform: PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? 100% What is your current game version number? 1.107.151.1020 What expansions, ...
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@PrplPnk I was having the same issue. Tried your fix of putting it back to rental and now I can save. Thanks!
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Product: The Sims 4
Platform: PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? 100%
What is your current game version number? 1.107.151.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All Expansions, All Game Packs (minus Batuu), All Stuff Packs, and the two Kits that were offered for free
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Load a sim onto a Residential, Tiny Residential, or Haunted House Residential Lot and Change the Lot to Residential Rental, Save the Game, then switch back to any of the other three residential lots and try to save.
What happens when the bug occurs? An Error occurs when trying to Save: Error Code: 300:ef52153:5dfb61ac The game will not save.
What do you expect to see? The game to save.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Mods have been removed
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Not sure.Okay, I just did a bunch of testing. I REMOVED my Mods Folder and repaired my game. For every test, I started a new game.
Had a sim save on a Residential, Tiny Residential, and Haunted House Residential lot. Of course, saving just on those lot types was no issue. I changed the lots to a Residential Rental and if I DID NOT SAVE the game as the RR lot type and switched back to any of the other three lots, the game Saved with no issue.
Every Time I changed to RR and saved the game, then switched back and tried to save the Error would occur.
It seems that Residential Rental lot types break the lot when changed off that type after the lot has been saved as one.
Just to be thorough, I had my sim travel to another lot (a Residential) and could save the game. I also had him move, which was... interesting? He purchased the lot as Residential, I changed it to Rental, right? Well, I didn't set up units and I think the game bugged and flagged him as "tenant" or something because when he moved, he only had just over 5k simoleons. That bit wasn't so weird, I still had to sell all his furniture. However, when he purchased the lot next door (I think 3.2k) the drop-down menu to Keep or Sell Furniture was grayed out. And when my sim loaded onto his new Residential home, he has 0 simoleons and just received the Rosebud Achievement. O_o I don't know what exactly to make of that one lol (see screenshot for confusion) And I could save without issue.
In Conclusion: Residential Rental lot type breaks the lot and makes it impossible to save if the lot type is changed. The only work arounds are Keep the lot Residential Rental or have a Sim Leave the Lot and Save elsewhere.
I fixed the lot!!
I was playing in my main save and came across an issue on a Holiday; my sims could not interact with the decorations box, from Seasons, because they "did not own the lot." So I thought if I could wipe the lot clean and place the lot as a Residential maybe that could reset the lot overall. I changed the lot to Residential, had my sims visit a different lot (just to save the game) and then went to Manage Worlds. From there, I loaded onto the lot via Build Mode, cleared the lot of everything and went to place down the Residential version I had saved into my gallery. However, from this mode, when I tried to place the lot I got an error on the Place button (see screenshot). That was frustrating, but then I had a thought to try from the Manage Worlds screen.
I was able to place the Residential lot with no issue. House is back, but now for the moment of truth; I loaded up a sim still on the lot (he was at a University class). It loaded! Another sigh of relief. Opened the Menu and clicked Save, the game SAVED!!
Possible Solution to the Error: Change lot to Residential/Tiny/Haunted, save lot to Gallery, go to Manage Worlds, place Gallery lot onto bugged lot.
Worked for all the testing saves as well. (Again removing mods and repairing the game before attempting.)
