Infinite load screen after May 28, 2024 update
Yes, you said that. It doesn’t work for me. I really hope EA fixes it because it is an issue for few months now
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Let’s be clear non of the lots I am using have the challenge applied. I know because these lots used to work in the past. Actually the one lot that I have that has this challenge applied loaded without an issue. I am 100% that is not the issue unless someone placed an off the grid lot challenge on a villa or city living. Not only it wouldn’t make any sense but also I placed every single lot on a clean save so I know what lots have what on them. I created the save file from literally scratch. I meticulously populated every single lot by loading every single lot before placing and every single one was working fine and I update lot challanges which I almost never use. I spend over a month creating my perfect game for ea to damage it in one untested patch. The only time I use off the grid is in eco or sulani. So I am one hundred percent positive that is not the issue. I also use the same gallery creators and like I said load lots in build mode on the lot.
I created the save file from empty lots (meaning clean save) loading every single lot in build/buy mode and I do not have an off the grid challenge applied to any of the lots that are not loading. Maybe that is the issue with some people but not with my infinite load screen. Also I played those lots in the past so yes I am sure that is not it. Unless the game applied the challenge all on its own when patching, which I wouldn’t be surprised with how sloppy the patches are
- @OceanRose73 Yup, blaming mods is the majority solution you will get in these forums, even if you don’t use any lol. I reloaded a fresh sims 4 folder and still got a loading issue. I am now switching from dx9 to dx11 (since my laptop can support it) again and doing batch fixes on cc to see if that gets anything fixed. Because some lots started loading. EA just patched again today. So I can’t imagine what new issues I will encounter. I’m not even playing the game since Lovestruck. All I been doing is fixing issues after each patch. If I have not paid so much for this game and been a fan since sims 1 I would have trashed it a long time ago and not bothered. I know for sure I will never get another game from EA. I am trying to fix it on my own as well since the advice I got was to read about some other stuff that someone thinks I haven’t already looked at. People actually think an EA forum is where I come first to get issues solved. It’s more like a last ditch effort to generate some creative solutions and people actually recognizing that this is a far bigger issue than a lot challenge (which I do not use). I found two responses that have other ideas of why this is happening. It gives me ideas to try looking into potential innovative solutions. After the for rent patch plumbotkingdim’s save file was corrupted and some lots stopped loading. The save file still doesn’t work (despite having no cc or mods). Now PK doesn’t use cc or most mods so clearly that is not the issue. Except he uses tool and moo. I strongly believe that the issue started with for rent (if not the castle kit since before that crashing and loading was not a thing). Therefore I think the issue is connected to either tool builds or moo. I don’t know what EA did in the patch but they did not run all checks. And on one hand people will excuse it and say tool is a build mod. Sure, but at this point it is a staple of sims 4. Meaning 99% of great builders and best creations (some featured on gallery) are build using it. When you have a mod with that much impact on the game you should acknowledge its impact when patching. Many people get the game because they can build with the freedom tool affords them, the unleashing of creativity and imagination EA promises. So ignoring its world changing abilities and building features is just shortsighted. If you are not a builder but a “player” you definitely downloaded lots from gallery that were made with tool that have no cc (you might not realize it). I think that the patch has not considered lots created with the tool mod and they broke corrupting save files. You can probably use basic lots but if you try using anything more elaborate it will get corrupted on load screen because the game can’t load it. Since you cannot tell which lot used tool it’s at this point a game of luck. That is just my theory. I might be wrong, but it’s quite possible. Basically EA managed to ruin build mode. The one feature that allowed players to be creative and imaginative without dealing with poor autonomy, lack of animation and bad coding. I strongly believe that the load issue is related to tool or rather freedom it affords. See you can build with it then load it to gallery and you don’t need to have tool in order to use the lot. So your game doesn’t need to be modded. So what is sims game not loading or what is preventing loading all the way. That my theory. Either way I’m determined to find some way for the game to load but also hope ea will finally acknowledge that some mods are persistent even if you don’t use mods and they should be acknowledged in any update.
I have the same issue. I removed my sims 4 from EA folder and ran the game to generate a brand new sims 4 folder multiple times with different actions taken after it and the game loaded and it seamed ok on first household. Here is everything I tried and the results I got. Please note I regenerated a new sims 4 game after each one.
1. I downloaded the save file that had issues and it loaded then tried to build on a lot and game went into infinite load.
2 new save: played with no adding, played for a while, then tried loading a gallery lot and the game froze (did not put mods in game)
3. New save: downloaded a prepopulated sim save file (recently updated) game worked fine for a while and once again went into infinite load screen when placing a clean gallery lot that had no cc (didn’t put mods in game or cc) also this was not the same gallery lot, but used different ones.
this crashing and loading issue for me started with for rent but became exponentially worse after Lovestruck. Ever since for rent my laptop gets hot. I have a lot of add-ons (usually not now since I’m testing). It’s worth noting I am on a gaming laptop. It’s not like the best but fairly new, and well above EA specs. My theory is that the lots build using TOOL are the ones that are crashing. It doesn’t matter if game has cc or if it’s modded or not. That would have been an easy fix. I do not get errors or LE. My game just doesn’t load lots and keeps loading and loading and loading. I have to force close. I just want you to know you are not alone. I reupdated my graphic card driver. It helped slightly, since some buildings are loading as opposed to none loading. Some people say it’s the ‘off the grid’ challenge. But the save this started happening on empty, created from clean save. Meaning I populated every single lot on every single world. It took a lot of work and effort and I never got to use it. I finished right before Lovestruck patch and the patch destroyed it. Now I am just getting creative and desperate. I switched to dx9 then dx11 and now I am batch fixing all my cc for dx11 because it actually loaded a lot. If you look at the gallery there are a lot of beautiful lots with no cc that people say crashed their game or are corrupted. Since great builders rarely play the game choosing to build instead I think the issue is not related to game mods but rather build mods or build platform. I’m concluding that most likely it’s related to the Tool mod. You don’t need it in your game to use lots build with tool so perhaps the patch did not account for creativity (that would track lol). All EA would have to do is check if lots build with tool (99% of good builds) are crashing. I never use Tool myself but a lot of lots used by me definitely did. If the dx11 change doesn’t do anything perhaps downloading tool will. The problem is that EA will probably update something insignificant that will break your entire save like next week forcing you to once again look for the next issue. When I downloaded Lovestruck patch I did not play sims for two weeks until all mods I used were updated. It did not matter. I seen this issue reported on many websites and other sm so it’s not as obscure as some want you to believe.
I created a brand new sims folder, no mods, no cc and my game crashed. I have a gaming computer. It might not be the greatest but it’s far beyond the requirements. People are reporting crashes, endless loading. I get an LE almost every time I play. I have done everything critinct post stated to do and nothing fixes it. Why are people buying expansions on a broken game? I would love to get the new expansion, but I can’t play the game in this state and EA is archiving unresolved issues as if they were fixed. The endless load screen happens in random lots. As soon as I add even new cc boom endless load. As soon as I get something from the gallery even without cc or mods boom endless load or a game freeze. (Please don’t ask if I deleted cach etc the answer is always yes) I can’t get packs if my game is not working AT ALL. If you scroll through forums the crashing and endless load is being added by hundreds of people. I am barely playing anymore. I’m starting to think maybe EA doesn’t want people playing. They have been decreasing gameplay, features and hijacking a game away from players forcing them to either do the event they gave them or not be able to play at all.
