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nguyecas's avatar
1 year ago

Long Loading Screens on Old Saves

Hello! I am experiencing a stuck loading screen anytime I resume my current save. I did the load games option as well and I was able to get into the saves but when I click on manage worlds or enter CAS, I would get hit with the long loading screens again. I created a new save to see if the issue persisted but it didn't experience any loading screen issues. Any suggestion will help, just trying to get back into my saves ☹️((. Haven't had any issues before the Life and Death Update. Not sure what is going on now. Mods are up to date as well.

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  • @nguyecas Up-to-date mods can still be broken. Start by testing with none: Exit Sims 4 then move (not copy) your Mods folder to your desktop or rename it. Then delete the file called localthumbcache from Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4. If you think you might accidentally forget to exit without saving after testing, copy your Saves folder to your desktop too, to back it up. Now open Sims 4 and see if you still have the problem. If you don't, you can start the process of figuring out what from your Mods folder was causing it.

  • nguyecas's avatar
    nguyecas
    1 year ago

    Any reason why it works perfectly fine with a new save but when loading old saves, I get the long loading screens?

  • luthienrising's avatar
    luthienrising
    Hero+
    1 year ago

    @nguyecas The bigger the save, the longer loading screens will be. Back when the game was new, I did some testing around this and found that overall Sim count is a big factor, for example.

    One thing we now know is a problematic issue for overall file size is the number of photos Sims have taken. When you're playing an older save, check Sims' inventories and delete a lot of the photos.

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