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GothicSimmer21
Seasoned Newcomer
1 day ago

Unable to play my game

I can open my game, I can edit my sims but I can't actually play the game because every time I try it ends up getting stuck on the loading screen for hours {see video below}. I have no mods or cc, I have deleted the localthumbcache which I was told to do but it didn't work, my laptop has got plenty of RAM to run sims and I repaired my game several times but my game is still broken. Can someone help me get back to my beloved game please? 

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  • GothicSimmer21​  Does this happen only when loading one household in one save, all households in one save, or a new household in a new save?  Please test other households and a new save if you haven't already.

    If the new save at least is fine, I'd like to see a lastexception from your main save.  Open Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 and delete any lastexception files you see.  Try again to load this save, and if and when it doesn't work, look for a new LE.  If you find one, open it (Notepad is fine), copy its text, and paste it into a reply here.

    If the new save doesn't load, please provide a dxdiag.  Click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop.  From there, you can attach it to a reply using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons.