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Erkiazz
New Novice
1 day ago

New update messed up my entire game

Hi,

I update my game yesterday, everything worked fine. But When I logged back, the lots I built had not been saved (yet they appear as such in the map), and I couldn't play any household as I was kicked back in the world select screen each time. 

I tried to repair my game, clear the cache, fix the broken mods, but now my packs aren't reloading and I can't even get pass the main menu, as it keeps telling me that my packs are not downloaded (yet I can't download them anywhere, as they are marked as unavailable in game and already installed on the EA app).

I'm clueless and have no idea how to fix this

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  • Erkiazz's avatar
    Erkiazz
    New Novice
    6 hours ago

    I created a new game but unlike the other ones, I can't even enter a lot in build mode nor in play mode. I can't even get past the loading screen, so maybe it is closer to the second issue you pointed out ?

    It would not be ideal, but I don't mind that much restarting the game from scratch. Would it be an option to keep a version of my saves on my computer just in case, and deleting the game entirely to clease it ?

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    Erkiazz
    New Novice
    7 hours ago

    I have 43 save files going from Slot_00000002.save to Slot_00000008.save.ver4, slot 8 being the most recent one, but it did not change anything. I don't appear to have iCloud anywhere either

  • Erkiazz​  Have you tried creating a new game?  If not, then please do so.  And if you have, can you enter a lot that shows a house on it at the map and is the lot empty or have a house on it?  Please check several.  Tbh, this sounds like this issue:  Neighboring Houses show as Default/Empty | EA Forums - 11903590 or possibly this one. Houses/Lots Disappear | EA Forums - 11901268 

    Please read them to check if your issue falls into one of them.

    Hope this helps.

  • Erkiazz​  Please try loading the oldest backup you have of this save.  Use the manual method here:

    https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/recover-backup-save-game/

    Whether or not your backup has all the lots, don't save your progress, or if you want to keep playing, use "save as" and rename the save so the currently-intact backup doesn't get corrupted.

    If the backup is NOT intact, keep the game open, put it in windowed mode if it isn't already, open Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > saves > scratch, and post screenshots of the files inside.  You're looking for tiny files: a few bytes rather than KB or MB.  You can click the Size header, while in list view, to sort by size.

    While you're there, right-click one of the files and select Get Info, then look at the location under Where.  Let me know whether iCloud is in the file path.

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    Erkiazz
    New Novice
    1 day ago

    Thank you ! 

    I ended up deleting the game and now the packs are back, but the main issue is still here

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    Erkiazz
    New Novice
    1 day ago

    I did and nothing changed, so I supposed the problem wasn't coming from it. I also keep getting the same 2740 lines long lastexception the moment I log in

    They do seem installed in the app, whereas this is what shows up when trying to log into the game. Would maybe deinstall them and putting them back on would fix any part of the issue ?

  • Hi Erkiazz​ 

    did you test with no mods/cc at all ?

    As for the pack issue: Is that in the game ? Do they show as installed in EA app ?