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nik100000000000
Seasoned Novice
7 months ago
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Infinite Loading Screen

I'm having a problem with a 1year+ old save file; I cannot open it and the game gives me an infinite loading screen.

 -I tried to open the game with a fresh "the sims 4" directory, which did not help with the save file (I can create a new save file normally) (I let the game create a new folder and opened the game, played with a new family, saved and closed. Then I deleted the save directory, Tray and TraydeletedItems, then I added my save files and Tray and the bug still happened)

-I do play with mods but I've tried to deleted most of them and the bug persisted (they are all updated), I tried on a fresh folder (what got rid of all my mods for the sake of the test) and also didn't help.

-This save file was experiencing a bug where it was creating multiple Henford-On-Bagley mayors... (I had MCCC at the time, which i believe to be the cause of this infinite generation)

-I stopped playing the game once the travelling bugs that got fixed recently started happening, and then updated it and got Lovestruck. (+I had previously uninstalled some packs that were used in this save file, such as Snowy Escape in where Mt. Komorebi had a playable family living there)

I believe I provided a bunch of information, does anyone know if there's a way to open the save file? ☹️ Sorry if I wrote too many words.

13 Replies

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    7 months ago
    @nik100000000000 Happy to hear it at least turned out ok.

    Remember to keep backups. It's possible that something similar happens again with the rentals.
  • CircuitD's avatar
    CircuitD
    Rising Veteran
    6 months ago

    @crinrictTypical response to disable something one purchased because it’s broken. And that is a satisfactory solution. So I spend days creating a brand new world from blank save, did not play with it. Lovestruck comes out and corrupts lots from the previous expansion and EA is a ok with that? So after every update I need to start a new save because EA will just damage the previous one? My carefully crafted save is trash after every update or at least the last three. I am done with sims 4. I just regret I spend so much money on a game. I can’t play this game at all. Buying a game, kit, expansion pack is like signing up for a world of broken trash. I been playing the sims franchise since sims 1. Never have I ever dealt with such poorly designed broken game. People said sims 3 was broken but I used one mod in that game and it only crashed because I had a poor computer. Now I’m on a gaming laptop and this game is broken all the time. Not even exaggerating. I spend more time updating and fixing this game then playing it lol

  • CircuitD's avatar
    CircuitD
    Rising Veteran
    6 months ago
    @nik100000000000 Honestly cudos to you. Because I created a brand new load from a blank save. Took me weeks. Never played with it and Lovestruck effed it up. I wouldn’t get Lovestruck if I’d known this would happen. It’s a terribly shallow and bad expansion (which doesn’t even deserve to be called an expansion). The problem I am having is that my game has never ending load screens on all lots. Rental, generic, residential and non residential. It loads and stops in one or two lots. I might try what you said, but the fact that this error occurred at all is on EA. Their lack of customer care or disrespect to paying customers. Thank god they make games not medicine because someone would have been dead by now and not just the game. lol

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