bottom bar disappearing after taking photo / game crashing after entering build

okay so ive been having this problem for the past 2 weeks, everytime im playing and have my sims take a photo, once exiting the camera, the bottom bar with my sims and stuff, disappears. the game still runs, but i cant choose any interactions or do anything. if i exit to manage worlds, the screen goes black, so ive just been restarting my game every time it happens. my second issue is everytime i enter build mode while playing on the lot, the catalog with all the furniture doesnt show up. it then doesnt allow me to go back to live mode. this isnt a huge problem for me, its just getting really annoying having to restart everytime it happens, so any help welcome!!