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madebyqq's avatar
1 year ago

game stuck on endless loading screen (only work when offline)

Hi, 

I haven't play the sims 4 for months and decided to re-download the game back but i am facing this problem where my game will forever be stuck at the first loading screen. I am playing on EA Games App. I do not have any mods or cc. I had tried starting the game with a clean sims 4 folder and it did not work. The only solution I tried and it worked is Playing Offline. 

I have attached the dxdiag under the post. Please help me. It will be much much appreciated. Thank you. 

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  • @madebyqq  Try disabling Online Social Features, in Options > Game Options > Other.  You can load the game offline once to disable this, then go back online.

    If that doesn't help, try playing with the EA App in offline mode.

    I'd also like to see any errors related to this problem, if they exist.  Your dxdiag doesn't list them, but there are other ways to find the info.  Hit Windows key-R and enter "perfmon /rel" without quotes, and you'll see the Reliability Monitor: a chart of errors and updates with a column for each day.  Today is on the right.

    Look for an error that happened at exactly the time of your most recent attempt to launch Sims 4 while online (when it didn't work).  If you find one, double-click it to see more details, then copy that info and paste it into a reply here.  If you don't see a new error, check back in an hour or so—the Reliability Monitor doesn't always update right away.

  • madebyqq's avatar
    madebyqq
    1 year ago

    Hi, thank you so much for helping me. 

    So, it seems like the problem is I cannot play the game in an online mode at all.

    I have tried both of the solutions. Here's the result

    1. Disabling Online feature - Did not work when I go back online as It just went back to the endless loading screen.

    2. Playing with an Offline mode in EA App - It does work. No more loading screen, and the game load smoothly. I tried go back online and the game did not crash. The only problem is I cannot access the gallery at all.

    Reliability Monitor. - I have found two errors, I have attached the photo and the details under. 

    1. First Error

    Description
    Faulting application name: lghub_updater.exe, version: 2023.3.6302.0, time stamp: 0x6439ab81
    Faulting module name: lghub_updater.exe, version: 2023.3.6302.0, time stamp: 0x6439ab81
    Exception code: 0xc0000005
    Fault offset: 0x00000000005ece10
    Faulting process id: 0x0x17B0
    Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DB1110E486A9C1
    Faulting application path: C:\Program Files\LGHUB\lghub_updater.exe
    Faulting module path: C:\Program Files\LGHUB\lghub_updater.exe
    Report Id: 1b893f9a-06f0-44ed-8573-83012ba02a98
    Faulting package full name:
    Faulting package-relative application ID:

    2.windows

    The previous system shutdown at 5:45:54 on ‎28/‎9/‎2567 was unexpected.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    1 year ago

    @madebyqq  Please uninstall Logitech G Hub, which is apparently trying and failing to update.  It may also be trying to work with Sims 4, specifically coordinating your RGB lighting with the game, a feature that was released a couple years ago.  Point is, uninstall the software, and if it works, reinstall a fresh copy and test again.

  • madebyqq's avatar
    madebyqq
    1 year ago

    Uninstalled it, but still doesn't work ☹️ 

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    1 year ago

    @madebyqq  Then try again and see what new error you get, if any.  The information you posted last time was enough.