Just some notes to take my frustration out on.

I don't usually play TS4 often these days, only when I have a build or sim I want to make. And whenever I do hop on, there is no issue. But apparently (according to the discussions on this forum), many people are having the same problems as I am.

1. Launch error
- Common fix methods mentioned are to mess with your mods folder, the 50/50 method, or copy mods/save files and reinstall.

This worked after an hour of going through thousands of my mods. But the next problem (my initial issue) was still evident.

2. Failed to save game error. (personally, my error code was 403:f04c5336:cddc9023)
- For some reason, I only figured this out now but, this only happens in Willow Creek. Still, an annoying bug. 
- The workaround has been to save and share to my gallery, which leads me to my next point.

3. No "are you sure?' prompt when going from build mode to gallery
- I just lost 4 hours of build time.

4. No autosaves

5. Stuck on the plumbob loading screen
- for some reason my alt + F4 doesnt work, though it probably won't save anything anyways.
- ctrl + shift + windows + B didn't work either which usually does on other game freezes.

6. Household thumbnail is broken.
- screenshot attachment below

7. Cannot play household after selecting it.

8. Money cheats not working.

It's sad to say that I am disappointed because this is the first time that I have experienced this many issues in the span of 7 hours. If anyone could shed some light on anything that EA has covered about this, or when the next update is, that would be nice.

EDIT:
FUN. Now ALL of my households are gone and i lost 3 years of work.

this game is so broken.