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IGNISREN
New Novice
7 months ago

Infinite saving/loading screens

I originally started having this issue after the September update and saw other people were having the same issue and followed all the advice given.

  • updated all mods
  • removed all CC
  • started a new save (with no CC)
  • removed off-the-grid lot types
  • switched back to DX9

Unfortunately, none of these worked so I decided to wait until the next patch and try again. After the October patch, I updated everything and it's still happening. Whether I'm loading/travelling with a family, exiting CAS, or saving when building on a community lot. 

I'm completely out of ideas of what I can do at this point; I have plenty of space on my PC and while loading can be slow sometimes, I know that's because I have quite a few packs and CC and I've never minded. But the infinite screens are getting too much, I can't play the game at all without running in to one and I end up losing any progress I've made.

Really hoping someone can help or this bug can be lessened at least in the next update. 🤞

crashing
custom content (cc)
downloads
expansion packs
game packs
lag
never cc or mods
stuff packs
updates

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  • bbudah's avatar
    bbudah
    Rising Novice
    5 months ago

    Not exactly a fix but I've been able to play with this little workaround when it happens.. after the infinite save screen just close the game and when you open it back up don't hit resume on the household at the top, click load game and play that way so it takes you to manage worlds. From there choose a world your household does not live in and choose a random lot (better if the lot only contains base game items and not modified with CC) It should let you load in and save there without the infinite screen and when you travel back home it should be okay from there. Thats been working for me but ofc the infinite screen is sometimes inevitable, so I just repeat that process. In the event you get stuck on loading screen while trying to travel back home or to a different lot (like I have smfh) I found that if you have another sim in the household that you know is at the home/lot you want to go to, click the little square at the top right corner of their icon and click switch control to sim and it will take you home then just bring the sim that's stuck at the lot and making you see the infinite loading screen when trying to travel; they instantly pop up. Hope this helps!

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    bbudah
    Rising Novice
    5 months ago

    Removing the mod folder did nothing for me unfortunately. Not sure why it does that exactly, im convinced it's just an EA issue now as I've seen multiple people say they've had the same issue and they don't play with mods or CC. The only thing that's helped me is doing the process I mentioned to 0y39dt8jk0rr

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