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cylasea's avatar
6 years ago

Sims won't start or complete actions

So my friend keeps having this issue where his sims game will work fine but then at random times his sims will not perform an action. they will go to the location but not do anything and it happens often when traveling and sometimes at their home. sometimes he will cancel actions and they will then perform them but most times he needs to go to a recover save. I have helped him delete most of his cc and shuffle through it but nothing is helping. updating and repairing the game also does not help. its really annoying and hard to do anything without thinking about saving the game every five minutes. what is causing this?

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  • kreatora's avatar
    kreatora
    Hero (Retired)
    6 years ago
    @cylasea

    Outdated CC or outdated mods are causing it. After each update, most scripts mods and a large part CC will be spoiled and will spoil the game. Checking what broke down this time after the patch, and replacing these broken ones by a new updated version or deleting these is the price the player pays for using CC and mods
    Tell him to do, what is described below

    Move the mods folder to the desktop.
    Delete localthumbcache.package file in the game - important!
    Fix the game in Origin.
    Origin/Library - right-click on TS4 - option "Repair game"
    You have to wait until Origin will fix all packs, not only the base game.
    Turn on the game to create a new, empty mods folder and check if a game is working now without mods and CC.
    Check if there are new updated versions of the mods and CC you are using.
    Then copy from desktop your mods and CC and paste it in the new mods folder. First, paste script mods one by one every time checking if the game is OK. Do the same with CC but if you have a lot of this, try the 50/50 method. ( divide your CC into smaller batches for example 50 pieces in one subfolder and check these subfolders one by one)
    You need to find a culprit and either remove it or replace it with an updated version

    I don't work for EA
  • what if you play on Xbox?


    @kreatora wrote:
    @cylasea

    Outdated CC or outdated mods are causing it. After each update, most scripts mods and a large part CC will be spoiled and will spoil the game. Checking what broke down this time after the patch, and replacing these broken ones by a new updated version or deleting these is the price the player pays for using CC and mods
    Tell him to do, what is described below

    Move the mods folder to the desktop.
    Delete localthumbcache.package file in the game - important!
    Fix the game in Origin.
    Origin/Library - right-click on TS4 - option "Repair game"
    You have to wait until Origin will fix all packs, not only the base game.
    Turn on the game to create a new, empty mods folder and check if a game is working now without mods and CC.
    Check if there are new updated versions of the mods and CC you are using.
    Then copy from desktop your mods and CC and paste it in the new mods folder. First, paste script mods one by one every time checking if the game is OK. Do the same with CC but if you have a lot of this, try the 50/50 method. ( divide your CC into smaller batches for example 50 pieces in one subfolder and check these subfolders one by one)
    You need to find a culprit and either remove it or replace it with an updated version

    I don't work for EA

  • EA_Mako's avatar
    EA_Mako
    Icon for Community Manager rankCommunity Manager
    4 years ago

    Hey @deviltowndylan,

    This thread is a few years old and in a PC-specific section of the forums, so it's unlikely to find the most accurate info for the situation you're encountering here.

    The thread is being locked to avoid necroposting, but please feel free to start a new topic over on the console boards if you're still running into trouble, thanks! 

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