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Re: Sims 4 freezes leaving build mode/red border/can't click

My game will not work with mods since the update on June 4th!

My game opens fine, but as soon as I go into a lot, a number of things are wrong.

The red border is around my screen, as if its paused. There is nothing on the bottom part of my game, no time and pause button, sim, or needs bar. The options bar at the top right of the screen is still there, but some of the buttons are not there, and you cannot click on the ones that are there. The build mode button is greyed out, and says "This lot can only be modified in world edit" even if its a residential lot with a sim of mine moved into it. I can press manage worlds, but if I click it, it just brings me to a frozen, dark screen. Since I can't click the options button, there is no way to exit the game. I couldn't even exit it from the tab if I went out of the game. The only way (and I am not at all tech savvy so I'm sure there is an easier way to do this) was to restart my pc.

I tried updating all my mods, made sure my game and origin was all up to date, and tried multiple different saves. The only thing that worked was taking my mods out.

I would really like to play with my mods and cc, because all of my saves would not really work properly without the mods I have. I can't go through all my mods and cc to figure out which is broken because, again, my pc needs to restart to reopen the game, and my pc is really old and slow so both of those things take quite a while. I don't really want to spend hours going through my mods if there is an easier fix.

I would be willing to reinstall the sims 4 if that is the only fix, but I thought I'd ask here in case there is an easier way to fix this issue.

I can provide screenshots if necessary.

2 Replies

puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@cresentmoon19 To exit out of the game, hit crtl-alt-delete, select Task Manager, find Sims 4 on the list, click on it, and End Task. It may help to play in windowed fullscreen or windowed mode. If you can't get the Task Manager to come up, crtl-alt-delte and Sign Out, which will bring you back to the Windows login screen.

This is almost certainly a mods issue, as you're seeing. The most common culprit is the UI Cheats mod, so try removing just that one if you have it. Otherwise, the only good way to find the problem is to test. You don't need to test each mod individually though. You can do so in batches, or use the 50/50 method: move your mods out and put half back in, test; if that batch is fine, set is aside and test half the others; if the batch causes a problem, split it and test half; etc. In this way, even hundreds of mods can be sorted through in a handful of tests. But be sure to test each mod at least once, since there could be more than one causing problems.
cresentmoon19
5 years ago
thank you for replying!
I'll try it without UI cheats and that method for testing mods seems way more effecient.
thanks <3