Modded game crashing when travelling
I have experienced dozens of crashes in the last week, likely starting after the patch though I haven't kept track. I thought it might have been one of my many mods so I played without for a while an...
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@YazPlatt Forgot to add, I updated to the latest version of the game, and am running Sonoma 14.5 on my M1 MacBook Air 2020. All my mods get updated for patches too, and I constantly check modders pages for compatibility. I'm used to LEs in my game due to the UI mods I use, but I've never had it crash like this, so suddenly, so frequently and so seemingly randomly.
@YazPlatt
MCC is a Mod and can break or cause incompatibility issues just like any other therefore you are not testing without Mods. You need to test a completely clean vanilla game by moving/renaming the Sims 4 folder, launching the game, starting a new save and playing for a while to see if your game still crashes frequently. Further instructions here on how to properly test - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mac/READ-FIRST-Sims-4-Mac-Help-Guides-and-Troubleshooting/m-p/4612394#M163
MCC is a Mod and can break or cause incompatibility issues just like any other therefore you are not testing without Mods. You need to test a completely clean vanilla game by moving/renaming the Sims 4 folder, launching the game, starting a new save and playing for a while to see if your game still crashes frequently. Further instructions here on how to properly test - https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mac/READ-FIRST-Sims-4-Mac-Help-Guides-and-Troubleshooting/m-p/4612394#M163
@Bluebellflora Hi, I think I mentioned in my first post, but my first assumption was that mods were breaking the game so I played without. Maybe I should have phrased it differently, but I did create a vanilla save to play in and the crashing persisted. When I thought mods were the cause, I used the 50/50 technique of slowly introducing my files which didn't highlight anything in particular. I repaired the game with no mods installed and still experienced crashes afterwards. MCCC is the latest thing I'm using to avoid losing progress when the game inevitably crashes. But I assure you, I've been playing with mods for years and the first thing I did after a crash was check my LEs, try to recreate the crash, try a workaround and then remove the mods completely to test. Not my first rodeo but it is my first crashing issue that doesn't seem to be fixed no matter what I try.
Hi @YazPlatt Luth from Mod Issues 🙂 The thing with the crashing with travelling and build mode crashes is both definitely something that some mods will do when broken. Can I get you to try one more really deep test? It needs precisely these instructions:
- Drag your whole Sims 4 folder from Document > Electronic Arts to your desktop. This will clear out any remaining effects of mods.
- Launch Sims 4.
- Start with New to test if your issue recurs in a new game. Especially the scenarios you describes earlier.
If that works, start putting old content back:
- Exit and copy files out of your old Saves folder into the new Saves folder. Important: Don't just copy the old folder! You want to use the newly created folders.
- Launch Sims 4 and use Load to select an older save to test.
Let me know how that goes.
@luthienrising Thanks for the step-by-step. I tried this and thought I'd found an outdated mod (teleport any sim) that could cause the crash so I updated it. My game no longer generates a LE on launch, so that's an improvement. However, just as I got comfortable playing, travelling to different lots etc, my sim was invited to a City Living festival by Mortimer Goth and the game crashed again. The 50/50 process took so long hence my delay in replying, and yet again I have no idea what's wrong. I will admit though, I was unable to replicate the crash without my mods installed but I just got about 1 hour into playing with no crashes so nothing is immediately jumping out to me as the faulty mod. The trend I'm noticing is it happens when I travel though. I am only playing with 1 save at the moment so I don't know if the crash occurs in other save files. I have so many mods/cc that removing the cc would leave the game looking odd to say the least. I did my 50/50 crash tests in a new save with a cc free sim from the gallery. Maybe I'll try removing everything again and testing my active save file vanilla.
