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5 months ago
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Sims 4 crashing Sept 2024

I have been having issues regarding my gameplay for Sims 4. Since the 9/18 update, while I am playing Sims 4, the game will randomly crash, exit to the EA App and I have lost all progress. There have been occasions that I would save more frequently (about every 3 minutes or so) I would continuously save and after the crash, reloading the game, I would look at the progress and nothing saved. It would be like I haven't played that day. I have repaired, deleted cache and uninstall/reinstall the game with no resolution. Thoughts or Tips on how to fix this?

  • @b5be681c615c3fca and @DeeKuznetsova  If you have any files in ConfigOverride, please remove them.

    @DeeKuznetsova  Please test without your custom content as well, just for comparison's sake.  Either remove the Mods folder or rename it.

    For both of you, if that doesn't help, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and 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 moved but temporarily not read by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just start a new save and let me know how it runs.

    If you get another crash or freeze, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

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  • Mine does it too. It freezes now and then, maybe due to my big CC folder, but not always because of searching for the object in need. It crashed when I was slapping a roof on a long build. It even froze during save and wouldn't turn off until the fourth attempt through the task manager.

  • @b5be681c615c3fca and @DeeKuznetsova  If you have any files in ConfigOverride, please remove them.

    @DeeKuznetsova  Please test without your custom content as well, just for comparison's sake.  Either remove the Mods folder or rename it.

    For both of you, if that doesn't help, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and 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 moved but temporarily not read by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just start a new save and let me know how it runs.

    If you get another crash or freeze, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

  • kensalzalem's avatar
    kensalzalem
    5 months ago

    Every time my sim leaves the home lot and I try to return, it just spins and spins. Fix your update so I can play.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    5 months ago

    @kensalzalem  Does the lot you can't load have the Off the Grid challenge?  If so, please remove it in Build mode and try again to load it in live mode.

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