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jb_miraval
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2 days ago

Sims 4 saves won’t load

I have been having this persistent issue where I am unable to load in most of my saves despite my mods folder not being in my game. This started after updating my game to the latest patch. When I try to load into a save, I get stuck in an infinite loading screen. 

I have tried moving my Sims 4 folder to the desktop and letting the game generate a new one. Then, I am able to create a new save and play it without issues. However, when I start adding the old saves back in, I get the same issue. I’ve also repaired my game many times and tried to recover past saves but that doesn’t work either. I don’t understand what happened for my saves to corrupt after the update, if they are corrupted?

When the game fails to load, I get last exception reports but I am unable to read them and when I use the reader online it doesn’t recognize the error. I’ve attached it below.

I would greatly appreciate any help you can give me. Thanks so much.

 

 

 

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    jb_miraval
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 days ago

    This is the last exception report in case attaching it didn’t work: <?xml version="1.0" ?><root>
    <report><version>2</version><sessionid>e84a4237531b18f067ec3cae</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-04-01 15:23:36</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.113.297.1020-1.300.000.208.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>career_base.py:4444</categoryid><desyncid>e84a4237531b18f067ec3cae</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>Exception occurred while attempting to populate a repeated field: (AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'display_name')&#13;&#10;Traceback (most recent call last):&#13;&#10;&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\areaserver.py", line 130, in wrapped&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\areaserver.py", line 126, in finally_wrap&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Core\sims4\utils.py", line 157, in wrapper&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Core\sims4\utils.py", line 175, in wrapper&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\areaserver.py", line 383, in c_api_client_connect&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\zone.py", line 611, in do_zone_spin_up&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\zone_spin_up_service.py", line 1711, in update&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\zone_spin_up_service.py", line 261, in on_enter&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\household_manager.py", line 89, in load_households&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\household_manager.py", line 233, in load_household_from_household_proto&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\household.py", line 1613, in load_data&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim_info.py", line 3748, in load_sim_info&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim_info.py", line 4136, in _load_sim_info&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim_info_manager.py", line 142, in add_sim_info_if_not_in_manager&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\indexed_manager.py", line 195, in add&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\objects\object_manager.py", line 101, in call_on_add&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\system.py", line 302, in add_object&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\sims\sim_info_base_wrapper.py", line 149, in get_create_op&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\ops.py", line 445, in __init__&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\ops.py", line 289, in __init__&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\ops.py", line 303, in _fill_in_operation_list&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\fields.py", line 212, in fill_in_operation_list&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\fields.py", line 229, in get_operations_gen&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\fields.py", line 124, in get_op&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\distributor\ops.py", line 2647, in __init__&#13;&#10;  File "T:\InGame\Gameplay\Scripts\Server\careers\career_base.py", line 4444, in populate_set_career_op&#13;&#10;AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'display_name'rtim=0&#13;&#10;Client Session Time: 28.62&#13; &#10;Num Save Errors: 0&#13; &#10;Num Load Errors: 0&#13; &#10;Current Game State: 0x96d01090&#13; &#10;LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1&#13; &#10;Origin Version: 13,428,0,5941&#13; &#10;Modded: False&#13; &#10;SystemInfo: Windows 10 10.0.19045 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti nvldumdx.dll 32.0.15.6081, GUID: D7B71E3E-5FCC-11CF-5964-97270EC2ED35&#13; &#10;</desyncdata></report>

  • jb_miraval  Has the save that generated this LE ever used mods, in particular a custom career?  If so, try adding back that career, or an updated version if necessary.

    Please also let me know whether you can load a previously-unplayed household in the same save, or one of your other broken saves.  Use Load Game and select the household you want to test from there.

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