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JayAlexHristo
New Novice
4 months ago

Game not functional

Hello, I've never posted on the forum before but I'm hoping I'll get an answer. 

My game updated, I updated it yesterday, but now it is no longer functional. I opened it and on the main menu page it gave me the notification that my mods/cc had been turned off for the update. No big deal (aside from the fact one of my Sims on the preview is bald and shirtless). I turned them back on and loaded my game, but it was totally dysfunctional. I can't open cas without it sitting on the load screen and having to force quit the app, when I open bb the menus are a total mess, I can't open other households (when I click on them, the play option doesn't show up, but when I click empty households they still show the option to edit or make a family). Worst of all, my sim is still bald when I go back to the main menu. 

Also, as far as I was aware, the burglar update was supposed to be base game and I didn't need the new expansion for it, but the burglar setting isn't in my settings, and my pack settings aren't there. This has never happened with an update before and I haven't seen anyone else dealing with these issues. All the possible solutions I've found are for older versions of the game, or were made for if I still had Origin (which I obviously don't). 

This was a lot so if you've read this, thank you, any help is appreciated. I have over 800 hours in this game, but I'm not super tech savvy so I don't want to uninstall or push buttons and lose my progress or anything.

8 Replies

  • I'm having this exact same problem. U've just worded it alot better than what I could lol

  • kianahyche's avatar
    kianahyche
    Seasoned Newcomer
    4 months ago

    I can’t believe this is happening to so many people. I’m struggling myself. 

  • JayAlexHristo's avatar
    JayAlexHristo
    New Novice
    4 months ago

    Yea I've tried it a few times. It hasn't done anything :( I'm a little nervous to try reinstalling it too just in case I don't have my game backed up properly and accidentally deleting my progress. Is there anything else I can do, if you know?

  • JayAlexHristo's avatar
    JayAlexHristo
    New Novice
    4 months ago

    Really? I haven't seen anyone talking about this, at least not when I went looking a few days ago. That's kinda crazy

  • JayAlexHristo's avatar
    JayAlexHristo
    New Novice
    4 months ago

    If I get any answers to this problem I'll be sure to reply to you 🙏

  • Player_jp5s5eav's avatar
    Player_jp5s5eav
    Seasoned Ace
    4 months ago

    You went through the whole process? Like, saving your saves, mods and tray in a safe, separate area (maybe on an external hardrive if necessary) and trying to play the game vanilla? 

    As long as your saves are backed up properly, you shouldn't lose them. You just need to make sure you have back up copies.

    If you did do all of that, then don't be too nervous about trying to reinstall. As said, as long as you keep your files backed up somewhere else other than your Sims 4 folder, they should remain safe. Just make sure that when you put them back into your game, it is only a copy of them and that the backup still has all of your important content.

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