I was able to fix it by uninstalling it and then deleting the leftover "The Sims 4" folders (minus Tray, Saves, & Mods to save my progress), and then redownloading it on Steam and putting the Tray, Saves, & Mods folders back in. Installing it into a different drive also would work, I just did not have enough storage space on any other drive. Hope this helps anyone who stumbles upon it in the same boat I was in! 🙂
This is what has worked for me too. Seems the game is just absolutely bugged out like crazy lately
