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CHUBSTERLOU5
5 years ago
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Gameplay won't move past a certain time

Hi, My Sims 4 has just started to get stuck on a certain time during gameplay. I have updated the game, repaired all game packs and extensions, saved as in another game, and I have no mods.  It wil...
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KellySim15
5 years ago
@CHUBSTERLOU5 that's okay, hopefully you manage to sort it but if not then I will try my best to explain how mine worked and I'm sure @puzzleaddict would help too 🙂

Fingers crossed it gets fixed for you!
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CHUBSTERLOU5
5 years ago

@KellySim15 moving the folder reset the game so fingers crossed. Just gutted I lost my family I'd done so well on haha.

Thank you for helping! X

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    KellySim15
    5 years ago
    @CHUBSTERLOU5 no worries! I think you can copy your saves back over but they have to be from the time before Father Winter was supposed to be there which can be hard to pinpoint sometimes!
    There is an option to copy over other stuff again like your houses and builds etc but unfortunately I'm not tech savvy enough to know how to do that properly so I basically started afresh as well.

    If you maybe look up how to do that, you can still find it all I'm sure.
    Sorry I could help anymore there but if your new reset works and you have no issues then thats hopefully it fixed for you!

    Thanks for starting this thread so we could work it out together 🙂 x
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    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @CHUBSTERLOU5  As mentioned, you can copy over the content of your old Sims 4 folder to the new one, although it's best to leave behind cache files and other extraneous data.  The households and builds you've saved to the in-game library are in the Tray folder, screenshots are in Screenshots, mods and custom content in Mods, etc.

    For the affected save itself, you can manually recover an older save from before Winterfest.  The relative sizes of the save files will show you which ones are affected.  Here's how to recover a save (use the manual method):

    https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/save-games/#wiederherstellen

    If your backups are affected as well, there are mod-related solutions to try to fix your save.  I can't post mod links here, but this page has the information you need:

    https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2020/11/father-winter-doesnt-appear-at-winterfest-endless-generation-of-father-winter/

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