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Amarisae_Emrys
Seasoned Newcomer
17 days ago

Stuck on saving screen

Having problems trying to save and go to manage worlds screen. Just gets locked in saving, and when I exit and re-load, it hasn't saved a thing. Tried repairing it, but no luck. Anyone else having this problem? Kind of makes the game unplayable. Only started after May 23 update.

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  • Amarisae_Emrys's avatar
    Amarisae_Emrys
    Seasoned Newcomer
    17 days ago

    Now, it won't even load. I have every pack except some of the kits. My system is decent. Starting to get sick of the constant problems with every update. I've been playing since Sims 1 and none of the previous games had these kinds of problems.

  • B00KWORM98's avatar
    B00KWORM98
    Seasoned Newcomer
    17 days ago

    I’m having the same issue! I also tried to repair the game and removed all mods but no luck. My game crashed yesterday, but I was able to open it again and play for a while afterwards. Today, nothing but watching the plumbob spin as I try to load my household.

  • bluesimm4's avatar
    bluesimm4
    Rising Newcomer
    17 days ago

    Having the same problem and I never use 'Save & Exit", to make sure there are no issues. But even so, I click 'save' after a few hours of playing (and saving sometimes), at the 5th or 6th save I get stuck with the 'Saving...' screen. have to close the game with taskbar, and loose what happened after the last time I saved. Really annoying.

  • B00KWORM98's avatar
    B00KWORM98
    Seasoned Newcomer
    17 days ago

    I gave up and uninstalled the game to redownload it, but I was still was stuck on the loading screen. Tried recovering a previous save and was finally able to load. Bummed out about the progress that I lost though.

  • B00KWORM98's avatar
    B00KWORM98
    Seasoned Newcomer
    14 days ago

    Hello!

    My game is not inside of a OneDrive folder (I have it disabled) and the only recent notifications I see about the Sims or EA is when the EA app connects to my WiFi.

  • Amarisae_Emrys​  What antivirus do you use?  If it's Windows Defender, another player said Controlled Folder Access was blocking their ability to save their progress in a large save.  Here's how to check your CFA settings:

    https://crinrict.com/blog/2019/03/windows-10-defender-controlled-folder-access.html

    Are you still unable to load your main household though?  If so, please try recovering a backup save:

    https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/recover-backup-save-game/