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rjosiah84
Seasoned Rookie
8 days ago
Status:
Troubleshooting

Every Social interaction Negative. Help!

Hello, The game updated yesterday. I was playing fine right before then, with the usual well known glitches but I still chose to play. I log into my game today and every interaction is negative. The Sims act appalled as if my sim insulted them and she could have said "GET TO KNOW" But they Gasp and yell and its destroying friendships. I can't play if the Sims I make cant have conversations or relationships. I retried 4 times and every interaction is still negative. Im sorry I cant screenshot but I need help

Things I have already tried

  1. Remove Mods
  2. Restart new save, New Sim
  3. Repair game
  4. See if anyone else is having this problem. The last I seen was last year

At this point with all the glitches, Im heartbroken. I have played the SIMS over 20 years and I have NEVER had this Unplayable problem. I dont know what else to do.

4 Comments

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    19 hours ago

    Hi rjosiah84​ 

    sorry, I missed your answer. That's good to hear.

    Here's instructions to get your stuff back in case you still need them.

    You can now start to copy back things from Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4_Old to the new Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 folder that was created.

    First only copy (I suggest to copy so you can go back in case anything goes wrong along the way) the content of the folder Saves (these are your save games). If you are prompted if want to overwrite a save, decide if you want to keep that testing save you just made or not. If not, just overwrite if, if you want to keep it, rename the save to a different number that isn't taken.

    Test just your save game with nothing else added back. If that works, you can start copying back the rest. If not, check back.

    You will need the following folders

    - Tray (your households and lots you have saved to library)- Custom Music (if you added any)
    - Screenshots (if you've taken any)
    - Videos (if you've taken any)
    - ConfigOverride (if you made any although I recommend redoing those)
    - Options(.ini) (although I recommend to just redo your settings in the game)

    Now test again. If that still works, you can put back your mods. Put them back in groups and make sure they are still compatible with the game.

    All other files are recreated and not needed.

  • rjosiah84's avatar
    rjosiah84
    Seasoned Rookie
    5 days ago

    Sorry for the late response I was so agitated, However, It worked. I followed your instructions and thank you so much for your help

  • Try the following

    - Close the game
    - Rename Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 to Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4_Old
    - Repair the game
    - Start the game. All your content will be gone now as the game created a new folder. All your saves/.. is still in the old folder so not to worry. 
    - Start a new save game
    - Check if you still have the error
    - Report back with your results for further steps on how to get your stuff back.