can't save my game

tayatfairley​  Does it help to click alt-F4?  That should give you the prompt to save, and clicking Return/Enter may allow you to confirm.

If this problem happens again, see whether it helps to play in windowed mode next time.  If you can't change the setting in-game, open Options.ini, in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4, search for fullscreen , and set it to 0 (zero).  This applies to the fullscreen setting, not anything else with that in the name.

no alt+f4 does not work; I'll try the window mode

whenever I open the inventory, I can't save my game. The inventory looks bugged. not sure if it's a mod or something causing this.

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tayatfairley​  Please test without your Mods folder.  You can use "save as" rather than "save" so you don't overwrite your progress with the mods and custom content removed.