11 months ago
Infinite Loading Screen
After the recent patch update, my game has not worked correctly. I can only press play on the game from the EA app and get to the main menu but I can't actually press resume or start a new game becau...
@itsissabel Since the new save in the new folder works fine, try copying over one of your old saves, but only that for now. Since you're copying rather than moving the save, you can experiment freely on it while the original remains intact in the old folder. Try to load different households, including unplayed ones, in that save, and let me know how it goes.
The graphics are likely low because of your new Options.ini file. Feel free to adjust as you like.
@puzzlezaddict I copied over an older save which worked perfectly, but when I copied over my most recent save which is the one I actually play with, I still am only getting the infinite loading screen. Sometimes I would be able to get to the manage worlds screen with this household but every time I would press the play button to actually get into the household and play it, it would be an infinite loading screen, and other times I wouldn't be able to get past the main menu with this save at all.
@itsissabel Okay, but can you load a different household, one you've never played, in this save? Can you load the lot in Build mode? Can you load the sims if you move them to a different lot?
Please also delete any lastexceptions in your new Sims 4 folder, and if you get another one, upload it here. You can copy and paste it into a reply (please use a spoiler tag), or create a .rar file, or create a .txt file after deleting the first line.
@puzzlezaddict Unfortunately I haven't been able to load into the game at all since yesterday. Every time I try to press resume I get stuck with an infinite loading screen. I deleted all last exceptions from my new folder and I got this one after (I'm not sure if you meant you wanted me to send it this way but if not I can do it another way).
The last exception didn't post for some reason so I'm going to put it here as text
@itsissabel That works fine, and try adding the mod listed here:
If you don't want to play with it going forward, you can remove it once you've loaded your household successfully and saved.
I have seen one person say that this mod resolved this particular issue but only in DirectX 9 mode, so please do test DX9 if you're playing in DX11 and the household still won't load.
@puzzlezaddict I downloaded everything and put my mods folder back as well as put my game on directx 9 mode, and I was able to finally get into the household as well as build mode with my legacy save, but then I had to close the game, and now whenever I try and open it again and press resume I get stuck on a loading screen and am not able to get back into the household anymore.
@itsissabel Did you save your progress after adding the mod? And at the moment, does this particular house have any lot traits or challenges? What happens if you remove all mods except the one I linked?
The fact that this worked once means it should work again. If you can't get anywhere, please post a new LastException, as in, delete your current ones and let the game create a new one.
Hello! Sorry, I haven't been able to play the game for a while because of school. I opened the game for the first time yesterday and I was able to open it and even play with my legacy family as well as other people in the world for hours. However, when I went to open the game again today I am again getting only the infinite loading screen and am not able to successfully resume the game. I saved my progress yesterday and deleted all my Last Exceptions and have not gotten any new ones. The only thing that I got was a lastCrash which I am going to put down below although I don't know if it means anything. I still don't have any script mods in my game and I moved out my household into a new lot yesterday which has no lot traits at all. I'm just not sure why my game worked perfectly yesterday and not at all today when nothing has changed.
@itsissabel This lastcrash is from a modded game, so perhaps it's older. And I wouldn't expect a lastcrash from an infinite loading screen anyway.
If you choose Load Game rather than Resume, can you load a different household? If so, can those sims visit the main household, or can you invite those sims over and then switch to them?