[Patch 1.117 on] When Loading Household, Game Returns to World Select Screen
The August 2025 game update (patch 1.117) broke many script mods -- that is, mods that include a .ts4script file. There were mods made using Mod Constructor, so this did not affect all script mods. The affected mods tend to be custom career mods, but there are others as well.
The symptoms of these broken mods are:
- No household will load, including in a new game, and including households you never played.
- When you attempt to load, the game bounces you to the world selection screen.
- A last exception file is generated in your user folder (Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4).
- When you rename the Mods folder, households will load again.
Many modders stopped maintaining their mods. Mods that are still broken are listed in Previously Broken mods and CC. Many of these broken mods are still available for downloading.
Many other of the script mods broken by patch 1.117 have been updated. You'll find most of those in the Updated Mods lists for patches 1.117 and 1.118, and some as late as for the 1.120 mini-patch in January 2026. You'll find these lists linked in Mod & CC Issues: START HERE. Of course, later patches can also break those versions, so check if mods are cleared for the most recent patch in the currently pinned post.
A very slow way to find what broke is to use the generated last exception folder. Reading the text of that will tell you which one mod caused the problem that time. You can remove that mod, then try again. You might very well still have the problem, depending on how many of these broken mods you have, but this time a different mod will be named. Other instructions for testing your Mods folder can be found in How to Use Mods and CC.
If some households will load but not others, this isn't the thread for you.
