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plaguebunny
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14 hours ago

Sims 4 Won’t Save

I have been having issues with the game for over a week now. One day my game randomly decided to not let me save. It stays on the buffering screen and the only way to get out of it is to end task on task manager. I have a mod manager and my mods are up to date. I also have TwistedMexi’s mod that scans CC/Mods to see if there’s conflicts with game or if the CC/Mod is completely broken. I cleaned out all mods that have been flagged as broken. I have tried saving as “save as” and deleted all previous saves. It worked once and then immediately went back to not saving again. I've cleared my cache, went through my tray, and even reorganized my mods folder. I don't know what else to do. Any advice is welcomed! 

corrupted save
crashing
custom content (cc)
mods
steam
updates

4 Replies

  • plaguebunny's avatar
    plaguebunny
    New Novice
    11 hours ago

    Just totally redid the steps, got it to save again but it’s back to not saving at all. Why is this happening????

  • jpkarlsen's avatar
    jpkarlsen
    Hero (Retired)
    11 hours ago

    plaguebunny​ 

    A Mod manager can only tell you if you have the latest version of a mod not if the mod was broken after the latest patch. Please rename your current The Sims 4 folder to something else. Start the game so a new clean folder is created and test the game.

  • plaguebunny's avatar
    plaguebunny
    New Novice
    10 hours ago

    Thanks so much for your response! I did what you said and it allowed me to save once. I tried to do it again to confirm it was fixed and it then acted like it was saving, then proceeded to freeze and wouldn't allow me to exit unless I used my Task Manager and force quit it through there. I am unsure what to do from here. I appreciate your recommendation!

  • plaguebunny's avatar
    plaguebunny
    New Novice
    8 hours ago

    Update:

    Still not working. I don't know what I am supposed to do. This is the second time I've had this happen, the first time I had to start my game from scratch which wiped years of progress. I don't want to lose another legacy family because EA's patches break the game. It won't save with mods, it won't save without mods, it refuses to save even after clearing my cache, or when I delete old save files. I am at a total loss and am just disappointed.

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