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Katicorn15
2 years ago

Game keeps pausing time and sims not moving

My game keeps pausing the time and I can’t select my sim to do anything it is like the game is paused but it’s not. The time doesn’t move but the sims move around but like glued to a spot and so do the animals the sun even goes up and down but I can’t select to do anything, pause, speed up or slow down time. It stated doing this when I downloaded the horse expansion pack. I have removed all mods and it’s still doing it.

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  • luthienrising's avatar
    luthienrising
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @Katicorn15 There can be a lot of different causes of this, but make sure you deleted localthumbcache after removing the Mods folder first. Among the non-mod causes I've seen lately:

    • Lots of interactive objects on the lot or items in inventory, often combined with large lots, large households, or lining up a lot for Sims to do. A way to help figure out if that's your issue is to test in a different (smaller) household on a different (and less packed) lot.
    • The game is trying to make online contact but you're trying to play offline. For this issue, make sure that the top left option in Options > Other is off.
    • A syncing program is trying to sync files. For this issue, decouple Sims files from syncing (this is your best solution for other reasons) or pause the syncing software before playing.

    However, different Simmers may have different combinations of things leading to this. You might need to try a bunch of options.

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