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RyleeJ23
Seasoned Newcomer
5 days ago

Sims 4 Not Working

I've been having a huge problem with my sims game for about 2 years & it's only recently gotten worse. My sims currently refuse to sleep & go to the toliet. As well as the time in game doesn't match work/school schedules. I know what everyone's first thought is, your time mod is messing up the time in game. I don't have a mod or speed up game time at all. Sims go to work/school 2 hours later & stay at there until 9pm. My mods are up to date, I regularly clean out my cc folder. Also I limit the amount of cc/mods I do have, so I'm not running my game on more than 1gb of stuff. Repairing the game doesn't work. Recovering the game does nothing. Opening/creating a new save works okay then bugs out. Uninstalling & reinstalling my game does nothing. My computer itself is up to date & not cluttered with junk. Idk what else to do at this point because I feel like I've exhausted every option here. I want to play the sims, but it's literally unbearable. 

3 Replies

  • annh1996's avatar
    annh1996
    Seasoned Scout
    3 days ago

    Do you have the problem if you remove your mods folder, remove your cache files, and test?

  • RyleeJ23's avatar
    RyleeJ23
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 days ago

    Yes the issue occurs even without mods/cc. No matter the save file (old & new saves). I always remove the cache because for a while it did improve my game (about 3 years ago it helped) & I've continued to do it since- mostly by habit. I do think the only thing I notice is a difference when I open the game fresh. It works fine, then about an hour later the issues start to occur with sims freezing. Then refusing to do certain tasks. Maybe it's just telling me to get off, lol.

  • luthienrising's avatar
    luthienrising
    Hero+
    2 days ago

    RyleeJ23 Have you ever used a mod in that save to change the game speed? The symptom you describe can take a while to resolve back to normal after reverting to the game's own time. 

    Also, if you remove all mods then make a new save, do you run into issues?

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