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groovytunes
Seasoned Rookie
2 months ago

object has no attribute 'career_start'

Sim starting new semester in university, sometimes time freezes and  game does not respond. I have no mods.

Exception Date: 2025-09-18 19:21:58Game Version: 1.118.242.1030-1.200.000.677.ReleaseCategory ID: alarms.py:260
Recommended ActionNo mods are installed, so it is likely this is an official game bug.
Please refer to the AHQ Forums for further assistance. Include this report.
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/bd-p/The-Sims-4-Bugs 
Possible Cause

(Confidence: 10%)

alarms
ReasonException in Sim Timeline: Exception running Element (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'career_start')
MCCC VersionNot Installed.
Mod Count0 packages, 0 scripts

6 Replies

  • HI groovytunes​ 

    Please follow these steps to test  your game on vanilla game with no mods/cc

    • Create a backup of your save game
    • Move your mods folder to the desktop
    • Delete the following files from your user folder.
      • localthumbcache
      • Any lastException Files
      • Any LastCrash files.
    • Test on the backup of your save as you will loose all cc on the save and see if the same error occurs, then report back.

    If you continue to get a lastException after that (it won't be ingame but you can find it in your documents folder), open the file with a text editor and copy/paste the content of that.

  • groovytunes's avatar
    groovytunes
    Seasoned Rookie
    29 days ago

    I posted this

    object has no attribute 'career_start' | EA Forums - 12600731

     

    I cannot answer or respond or comment!!!!

    MY GAME HAS NO MODS!!!!!

    THIS IS AN EA ISSUE!

    Stop telling me to remove mods folder, I've done that 1,000 times, the game is not right. 

    My game runs fine, or seems to, without Tray folder. But when I add back the tray folder I get this error and LE. I reinstalled BE to help identify the LE but it is not much help much like this forum and EA overall. This started 2 updates ago and continues to be an issue. How is this supposed to be helpful when I cannot comment or give addition information? I am getting quite aggravated. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    29 days ago

    groovytunes​ 

    This thread should not be locked, you should be able to post. The button is called comment on the first post  but you can also just scroll down to where it says leave a comment.

    Please the correct info which isn't a BE exception (which is a mod) but the full vanilla game LastException you can find in your documents folder.

    have you tried narrowing down which files in the tray folder are causing the LE ?

  • groovytunes's avatar
    groovytunes
    Seasoned Rookie
    16 days ago

    so to fix this, I had to revert to an earlier save file and forget about the most recent saves. I didn't lose much but a few months of game play and progress which is annoying but not too awful. 

     

  • groovytunes's avatar
    groovytunes
    Seasoned Rookie
    16 days ago

    No. I had other LE's after last update but those were traced to mods that I removed to resolve those.