Infinite saving/loading screens

I have been dealing with this too😭

IGNISREN  As a test, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop.  When you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you've moved but temporarily unread by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just start a new save and see whether you see the same issues.  Please do test both saving and traveling, separately if necessary.  Use a new sim you create and a default EA-made house in a base game world, nothing from the Gallery.

If you still can't save your progress, please let me know what antivirus you use and whether OneDrive is running on this computer.

lolaawolf  I'd like the same information from you as well.

I just started having this issue today, and it's a dealbreaker for me with the Sims. I can't believe you've been experiencing it since the September update! I've never had mods or CC. I'm on a PC. To be extra careful, I completely uninstalled and re-installed The Sims 4, and then I started a new save file. It took 20 minutes (and multiple successful loads) but it happened again: the infinite loading screen, specifically when returning to the home lot. In the first save that kept sticking here it would also happen when trying to play the lot from Manage Worlds (build mode worked, but play didn't). Could it be an Island Living problem? Fishing is still not working there, either, but it does in other worlds.

We can't play the game like this! Help!

halisimmer  Does the lot in question have the Off the Grid challenge?  That's a known issue:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Off-the-grid-lot-challenge-keeps-lot-from-loading-Error-109/td-p/14051036

The only current workaround is to not use the challenge.  You can remove it by loading the lot in Build mode, which you can access through Manage Worlds.  Use Load Game rather than Resume if you're trying to fix an existing save and can't load into live mode.

Fishing in Sulani is also a known issue:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-IL-Signed-Fishing-Spots-Not-Working-in-Sulani/td-p/13894582

I am literally having the same issues, and nothing is working and Im honestly getting sick of sims for all the dumb shi that seems to take place that developers won't fix. I literally tried everything and still met with an infinite loading screen. I ran better exceptions conflict mod and nothing. No LE errors or nothing just EA straight refusing to save my game and getting stuck. Ive been dealing with this for days and I refuse to start another new game just for the same end result.

puzzlezaddictOff The Grid was the problem. Thanks for flagging! It's disappointing (one of my favourite was to play/R2R) but my sanity is restored!

bbudah  Please remove your Mods folder and test again.  If you still run into issues, describe what you see with the Mods folder gone.  Please also let me know whether OneDrive is running on this computer, even if you never use it.

halisimmer  Thanks for letting me know.  Off the Grid should work now though, at least if your game is fully updated.

puzzlezaddictThanks for letting me know!

Same thing is happening to me for the first time ever after I downloaded the life and death pack my game won’t save. Did you ever find a fix?

0y39dt8jk0rr  Please try the suggestions earlier in the thread and let me know what happens.