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chiara_sapphire's avatar
9 months ago
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Sims 4 Won't load after I click on my households

Hello everyone, right now I'm having a big problem with the sims 4... all the rest of my game seems to work fine, except for one part of some of my saves: I can enter build/buy mode and create/modify a sim just fine but when I want to load the household to play them, it sits on the loading screen with the spinning green gem and the tips coming across the screen.

Some additional information:

-It doesn't matter how long it sits, it won't load.

-I have already checked my mods and it still does it without any mods at all. (I moved the mods folder to the desktop and deleted the localthumbcache.package from the Sims 4 folder) 

- I have restarted my computer

- I have repaired the game.

- I have tested a new game. (It doesn't happen there, just for this one)

- I have checked for updates.

- I have to force the screen through task manager to get it to close.

- I have cleared cache, cookies, history, etc, and checked for fragments or corrupt files.

- I have ensured all my drivers and computer are up to date and have the required specs.

- I have NOT reinstalled.

 I don't know what to do anymore, I tried everything I could and nothing worked. Is there something I've missed or haven't already tried yet? 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    9 months ago
    @chiara_sapphire I tried to load one of the premade lots in Willow Creek. That loaded after about 10-15 min. After that all of them loaded pretty fast.

    That was without mods/cc.

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  • Sure! I don't mind. I uploaded it on Google Drive and sent you the link in PM. Thanks and sorry for the trouble

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    9 months ago

    @chiara_sapphire does any of the household load for you ? I've tried a few now and they all seem to load forever.

    How long did you leave the game running ? I got one to load but that tool like 10 min.

    Really hard to tell what's going on.

    EDIT: Once that lot loaded, they now all seem to load faster.

  • The only one that actually loads are the new ones I make when I start a completely new save file. I waited half an hour the last time I tried but it just kept loading. 

     I'll try to wait again and see if something changes today, anyway thank you for your time!

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    crinrict
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    9 months ago
    @chiara_sapphire I tried to load one of the premade lots in Willow Creek. That loaded after about 10-15 min. After that all of them loaded pretty fast.

    That was without mods/cc.
  • I have news! After waiting an HOUR my save finally loaded! i don't know why or how but it decided to load at some point, and I still had all my mods installed so now I'm sure that wasn't the problem. NOW: I tried to exit the save and load it again and as you said it loaded faster than before (THANK GOD). I still don't know what the problem is (or was) but it seems to be resolved. Thank you for your patience and all the help, you are a savior!

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
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    9 months ago
    @chiara_sapphire glad to hear that it loaded for you too, even if it took a long while.

    I'm guessing something was wrong but the game was able to recover from it. It just took a while.