@o32eba059otc The first question is, does this happen in a new save as well, or only your current save? Please test with no mods, then with mods, and let me know. This is not to say that you need to abandon your current save, only that the possible causes are quite different depending on whether a new save is affected.
@o32eba059otc Is OneDrive running on your computer? Whether you use it or not, look for the cloud icon in the lower-right corner of the screen, and if it's there, right-click it and select Pause syncing, and choose whatever interval you want. Then load Sims 4 and try again to save your progress. Please try with the new save first, just to keep things simple; let me know whether you can save.
If you can't, or OneDrive isn't running, move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop. If it copies instead of moving, or you get an error when trying to move it, stop here and let me know.
Otherwise, launch the game, which will create a new Sims 4 folder with no content. Don't add anything to it yet; just start another new save and see whether you can save your progress. If that works, copy over your previous new save and test it too.
@o32eba059otc Can you save if you load a different household within the same affected save? When you're testing a different save, do you quit Sims 4 and restart your computer in between? It would be odd for one save's problems to affect others, although there are a few possible reasons that might be true. Restarting your computer could help with some of them.
Just for good measure, please also list the full file path to the user folder as the game itself sees it. Here's how to find it:
https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2018/07/how-to-find-your-user-folder/
Hello, sorry for such delay. To my confusion, the problem seems to be resolved. I wish I could say what exactly did it. I think it must have had something to do with restarting my computer, which I hadn't been doing between each stage before. The first two times the issue was persistent, but after the fourth or fifth time, it started to run a little smoother, and then save regularly. I didn't want to say it was fixed too soon, because the last time I did it started messing up again, but it seems fine, or at least workable now. I do notice that around every fourth save per session, it still gets stuck, but honestly even that feels like a breath of fresh air after what I've been working with. Sorry for making a fuss over something that could've been solved with basic computer knowledge.
I'll still put my path here, just in case there's something that can be done to stop the game from freezing every third or fourth save, but if not, I'm glad it's at least going a bit easier. Thank you!
C:\Users\lenovo\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\saves\Slot_00000002.save
Edit: to answer the other question, at first I could save other households in the same load file, then after a few days I couldn't save others either, which is still the case.
@o32eba059otc The file path looks fine. How large is the save file? When you were playing the other households within this save, were you testing with or without mods and custom content? It would be unusual for other households within that save to initially be fine but corrupt later—usually they either load or they don't.
You can also try moving your main household to a different lot in the same save. This can help when the original problem is an object somewhere on the current lot, and if it doesn't help, that points to a problem with one or more sims.
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