I have uninstalled and reinstalled The Sims 4 and I keep having the same mistake, whenever I create my Sims and pick a house for them to live in, it takes me back to the map, it doesn't load the house or let me play my sims.
ilovemuchrooms Any mod that's not updated or cleared as game compatible could be broken. See the testing instructions in How to Use Mods and CC
If your game still won't load any household, please rename the Mods folder and try again.
If your game will load only households you never played, or new ones, but you can't load a household you played before, that's common for when playmat CC and gig/freelance career mods are removed or broken. See Mod/CC Issues master post.
I'm happy to follow up, but please do try testing mod-free first.
luthienrising thank you, I do use mods, and I have uninstalled and reinstalled the good ones, and got rid of the ones that wouldn't load, and my game still isn't working.
Are you a mod user? The August 2025 patch (1.117) broke many, many script mods, with this being the symptom, and these are still the ones most likely to be your problem. Use the Previously Broken mods and CC for many (not all!) mods that have no updates. Use “Updated” in the Broken/Updated Mods list for patch 1.117 as a second starting point, but note many were updated for patch 1.118 and/or are not yet cleared in the current list (for links, see Mod & CC Issues: START HERE).
I’m moving you into the pinned thread for this issue. Please do reply with an @ and let me know if you don’t have any mods or are actually on console.
Do you play with any mods? especially UI mods? I'd get rid of them because that's usually a factor in that bug. Many of them are most definitely broken until they are fixed by their creators. This was the cause of me not being able to load into my household at least.
