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SheriGR's avatar
SheriGR
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1 year ago

Re: broken lot in Newcrest??

@pr3ttylady82 Just a couple of days ago I ran into issues entering a lot I had built that worked previously with one of my households (a full house with a butler, ranch hand, and a couple of roommates). I get continual load/freezing now on that lot... or the game just crashes. So I tried to evict them and re-place the home from worldview. Nope... continual loading each attempt (or a crash). I could only attempt to replace this lot from worldview (it won't let me enter in 'edit' from worldview - so I also had no option to bulldoze it from within the lot), and it would not re-place that original ranch from my library from worldview, plus it would not complete a placing of a different home from my library that was small. All of this testing was in Chestnut Ridge on the 64x64 lot (Red Roan Field).

I then went to a different game save where this same lot had never been used. IF enter the unused lot from worldview > edit I could place that same big ranch just fine, and it placed in probably 15-20 seconds. However, if I try to place the (ranch) lot from worldview, it crashes the game (or does continual loading that & I have to 'force quit' to exit). If I tried to place a small home on that same lot from worldview, it did place without freezing or crashing.

I just tried to enter another lot that is larger that I made as a vet clinic in another world  (Henford-On-Bagley). When I made it I had a large household owning and basically living on the lot. I just went into that game save and the household no longer owns the clinic. If I go to their home and try to have them buy or visit the clinic the game crashes. I'm also unable to enter the vet clinic from worldview > edit. 


All of these lots were carefully play-tested when I made them, and part of my playtesting process includes re-placing the lot from my library. When I made, placed, and played them originally they ran just fine, even the ranch which was play-tested with a full house, butler, ranch hand, animals, and two roommates ran just fine – and I played it for quite a while, since part of my testing/building goal on that one was to have it run smoothly while living on the lot with a large household and a number of animals. All of this was before the For Rent pack was released.

Note that all of the homes/lots I tested with are ones I made, and of various sizes. I have all packs and use no Mods/CC. I also ran a game repair twice, and all of my game is updated. I'm on Mac, and I have a strong computer.

Having said all of this, I'm wondering if what you and I are both seeing is related to this bug report: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Endless-Loading-Crashing-when-trying-to-load-a-certain-lot/m-p/13280752 Personally, I'm going to put my 'Me Too' and this information I just posted here onto that bug report. If you think this is also your issue after reading through the report, you can do the same. Either way, I would go ahead and run a game repair if I was you, and try to work around the issue for now by not playing or placing larger lots if that seems to trigger issues in your game also, and playing on different lots for now. When they address whatever this bug is, hopefully those lots will become playable for us, or at least will allow us in to bulldoze them and start over there. 🤞

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  • pr3ttylady82's avatar
    pr3ttylady82
    Rising Traveler
    1 year ago

    I checked out the thread and I believe that I am experiencing the same problem. I did repair the game multiple times and as long as I don't try to build on that lot in Newcrest the game works fine for now. It's such a shame these bugs keep us from enjoying the game but I just hope that this is fixed soon.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    1 year ago

    @pr3ttylady82 The other thread is always a specific build. If I place those in my game, I have the same issues. They also don't work on any lot.

    There was a thread similar to yours but that was just a specific save game. Don't think there's been reports where a certain lot causes issues all the homes on a new save too.

    Do you get any lastException files ?

  • pr3ttylady82's avatar
    pr3ttylady82
    Rising Traveler
    1 year ago

    I did but only when I had Mc Command installed in my game. The constant loading happened on another lot yesterday when I played and that was on the 50x50 lot in Tartosa. I'm not sure but it seems that this is a genuine bug that just simply needs to be addressed.

  • pr3ttylady82's avatar
    pr3ttylady82
    Rising Traveler
    1 year ago

    The problem that I'm having most specifically is lots. Not necessarily any builds. As I said it doesn't matter what build I use whether from my personal library or gallery the problem is lots. There are some faulty builds but I typically stay away from them and simmers let each other know in the comments if that build will crash the game or cause lag. I could use base game builds with minimum clutter and still have this problem. I even bulldozed a build and left the lot empty and it still continued to load when I tried to return to manage worlds. I'm sure the problem isn't builds it's the lots.  

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