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PatheticaAttempt
Seasoned Novice
2 years ago

Annoying popup Ad for Horse Ranch

I get that darned ad every time I fire up the game. I have had some computer heating problems lately so crash and start over depressingly often. 

The problem is if I miss the little x in the corner, it opens wanting me to buy the expansion. I x that one also and it goes to a screen that is like greyed out and I can't click on squat so have to restart the game and try and be more careful with my clicking. 

7 Replies

  • PatheticaAttempt's avatar
    PatheticaAttempt
    Seasoned Novice
    2 years ago

    My post is not, in fact, the same problem. My problem is when I accidentally miss the X to close the pop up I get the ad for Horse Ranch and when I close that my game is frozen. There is nothing I can click on and have to just close down the game, restart and be more careful with hitting the X's. Pic shows screen is greyed out with nothing clickable.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @PatheticaAttempt It shouldn't pop-up every time in the first place.

    Are you using mods ? It could in fact be a mod issue if you have issues clicking it away so there's potentially two issues

    1. You get the pop-up each time (this thread)

    2. You can't close it --> potentially an outdated mod.

  • PatheticaAttempt's avatar
    PatheticaAttempt
    Seasoned Novice
    2 years ago

    Yes. Yes I am. And yes I tried turning them off. And yes that worked. I am off to sit in the corner in shame.

  • PatheticaAttempt's avatar
    PatheticaAttempt
    Seasoned Novice
    2 years ago

    I still get the Horse Ranch popup. But now missing the X and getting the Ad doesn't grey out and make everything unclickable.

  • luthienrising's avatar
    luthienrising
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @PatheticaAttempt THe usual cause of this is mods that change the main menu. You can confirm that the issue is a mod by renaming your Mods folder and deleting the file called localthumbcache.

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