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4 years ago

Sims 4- Frozen loading screen

About two days ago I was playing the sims and all was fine but hours later I tried to open my game and got an error code due to missing data. I tried repairing but it still wouldn't open. I have a lot of mods but I don't think that was actually my issue considering I didn't add any new mods, there weren't any new updates and I had just played hours before. I looked up the issue and followed some steps I saw to fix it which helped. It opened and I thought it was all fine until the loading screen began freezing. This time I actually did try removing my mods and the game loaded fine. So of course this may be a mod issue but I have my mods separated into folders and I tried removing each folder to find out which mod could be causing it but with any of the mods in my folder the game won't load. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this problem other than playing without mods....

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  • @driftwaves30  As a test, please download a new copy of a mod that's confirmed compatible with the latest patch (1.89).  Add that mod, and nothing else, to your Mods folder, and see whether your game loads.  If it does, you can start adding back your other mods, but it sounds like you'll need to break up the folders you have into smaller batches to figure out which mods are causing the problems.

    If you get the same issue with only the new mod added to your Mods folder, get rid of that mod and try a new one instead, just to be thorough.  If that mod doesn't work either, move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, open the game to spawn a clean folder, and add one mod to that folder.  Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game; you can add that data back once you've sorted through your mods.

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