Cannot save game, cannot travel to get rid of the grim reaper. Normally, I can travel when this happens and it makes the grim reaper disappear. But now, I cannot even save the game - HELP!!!
@AStuke If your game freezes and won't let you exit without saving in the normal way, I would go into the computer and 'quit' through the computer, by whatever manner your computer uses. (On PC - close the app on the computer and if this won't work Task Manager > End Task. On Mac close the app on the computer and if this won't work Activity Monitor > Quit (and if this doesn't do it choose 'Force Quit').
Then you could re-enter your game and see if the game is still at the point before the grim reaper came. If it saved after the grim reaper and you wanted to prevent this you could roll your game back to a previous save as follows:
In-Game Method:
Go to the Main Menu and choose 'Load Game'. Select a saved game, then hover over the small folder icon and click this icon...
This will reveal your most recent saves on that 'Game Save'. Select the 'Recover' button on the version (see time stamp) that you prefer:
Game Files Method:
Or you can do this in the game files by following the directions here:
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/the-sims/the-sims-4/how-to-restore-a-previous-saved-game-in-the-sims-4/
Any advice for when the same happens on ps4? I lost some progress having to quit the game. Most bugs seem so game breaking on console because you cant even reset sims without forfeiting achievements for the rest of that save. @SheriGR
@Julianarok69 Unfortunately, I don't play Sims 4 on our PS4. However, my son has, and I just consulted with him about this. He said that he had this happen with his Sim once and this was his memory of how it works: The PS4 makes a new autosave when your Sim dies, and it overwrites its previous autosave with this new autosave. So at that point your autosave option is only the one with the dead Sim... and the only option you have for rolling back to a previous save is if you made previous manual saves.
Tagging my fave console expert helper to see if she has info to add or correct in what I just said. @PoptartJuniper
Good luck! 🍀
@Julianarok69 What @SheriGR said is correct for console. You can only force close the game and reload a previous manual save from the "load game" menu.
If Grim keeps getting stuck, you can try travelling to the lot the dying sim is on with a different household (before they die) and seeing if grim behaves like he should. Or travel with the dying sim and another household member before the death starts to another lot.
Make manual saves often on console, and back anything important up on a USB.
Curious, is this happening on the new town from Cottage Living, and if so, is it the lot directly in the middle, think its called "Olde Mill Hill"?
Never had an issue with the Reaper until CL, worked fine, could talk to him etc, and he still works fine on other lots, or if I do a new game at Olde Mill Hill, but after the first chicken or rabbit dies, the issue starts to happen on that specific lot, doesn't happen on others, can still talk to him and send him away without an issue but I don't have livestock on the other lots. So I do think they "broke" him a bit with CL, and the patches haven't helped. But hell I still have that bug where the butler can't fix some of the upgraded electronics, like the vacuums, they just sit there and keep trying until I just select replace.
I'm 70% sure if Maxis removed the reaper from collecting livestock and people started a new game after they did, a lot of the reaper bugs would be gone.
Not sure if MCC has an option that may fix the issue, MCC has too many damn options so it takes an hour to just go through them all, but I swore I didn't see any that fix this specific issue, but even if it did, if the issue is on consoles as well, MCC wouldn't be of any help to them.
@devianza97 Since you mention checking settings on a Mod I'm wondering if you have any Mods &/or CC in your game? If you do, please test with the Mods/CC and cache file removed as follows:
Move the Mods folder from your "The Sims 4" folder [Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4] to your desktop (save it for reference) and delete the localthumbcache.package file in your “The Sims 4” folder. Then check in a new game save to see if this issue is still occurring.
