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5 years ago

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[WORKAROUND] 11.17.20 patch - game won't stop loading

I play on a Mac - My game did today’s update to fix the crashing and now it won’t load at all! Was waiting up to 10 mins and it was just stuck on the loading screen. I took off all my mods and still ...

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ZapGun4Hire
5 years ago
In the Origin app, right-click on the gear icon next to the Play button and select "Repair".

Bluebellflora

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5 years ago

@jonnydnicholson

So repairing also brought back the worlds? All of them or just base game?

jonnydnicholson

5 years ago

Yes, all of the issues I similarly had in the OP seem to be resolved for me now.

Bluebellflora
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5 years ago
@jonnydnicholson

Really useful to know - thank you!

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