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somethinglaura's avatar
somethinglaura
New Spectator
3 months ago
Status:
Fixed

Off the grid lot challenge keeps lot from loading/ Error 109:f967dc7f

*edit: I've finally been able to fix this by deleting the off-the-grid trait off my lot. Hopefully this will get fixed soon*

I've just finished the update and am now unable to load the household I've been playing with. 

I can open the initial home screen but the game won't load after clicking "resume". If I try and load through the saved games tab I can load the neighbourhood, but again, not the actual household/saved game. I'm also only able to end the application while on the loading screen through task manager, the x doesn't shut the window.

I've got the Seasons and Eco Living expansion packs

Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit bug report at AHQ

  • mevoku's avatar
    mevoku
    New Spectator

    EA doesn't really care about the Sims and wants to break it so nobody buys the next game the only explanation to them breaking something every single time a new update is released is that someone who works at EA is intentionally Causing bugs and I can bet this will never be fixed if they do it with take them a year or two at least and that's really my honest opinion of the travesty known as The Sims 4 and electronic arts

  • I was having this error when it switched me to dx11. I toggled dx9 back on, restarted and loaded in instantly. 

    • somethinglaura's avatar
      somethinglaura
      New Spectator

      Doesn't work for me unfortunately :( I also don't actually have the option to switch between dx9/dx11 in my in-game settings (is that supposed to be a thing?), I had to change it though the EA app. I've got one other saved household from one of the game challenges, and that loaded fine, but the one I actually want to play with doesn't... I've recovered and tried opening several older save files and none of them seem to work

      • Aelirenn's avatar
        Aelirenn
        New Spectator

        The option to switch to dx9 is a small check box on the video page of settings.   It's on the right side just under the view distance drop box.

  • I have since figured out that the issue must be with the lot. If I bulldoze the lot and then load the game, it loads fine, and I am able to replace the lot from my library and play, but trying to return to the home lot from anywhere else doesn't work (the lot loads but my sim disappears), and if I save and exit I'm once again stuck on the endless loading screen.

    I also tried replacing the bulldozed lot with the standard setup as I saved it when my sim first moved in, but that also doesn't work. The only way I can load this household is by loading it onto an empty lot. 

    Maybe this is just the universe telling me I've wasted too much time on this game lol

    • AnotheLazySimmer's avatar
      AnotheLazySimmer
      New Spectator

      i've been able to open my off-grid lots in build mod and just remove the off-grid lot trait. After that the lot loaded fine with no bulldozing, it was deffo the trait. Mine broke with the dx11 upgrade as well. It kinds sucks because I play a lot of off-grid and I don't want to lose my families to corruption, so I'm afraid to make any lot off the grid. 

  • I was having trouble loading my off the grid household for the past 2 weeks. I deleted all my saves CC and re installed the game even before I found out it’s the lot challenge 😭 It’s my favorite one so I hope it will be back soon!

  • I play on PS4 and since the latest patch updates Off the Grid Lots causes the loading screen to freeze at about 80% completion. 

    Please fix as this is greatly impacting gameplay. Off-the-grid is no longer fun when...youre not living off the grid! 

  • Hi, I am having the same issue but i can not access my save file to remove the lot challenge because I can (far as i know) only open up my save file by starting to play the faulty household... wich is taking infinity to load... Any idea how i can access the save file in another way?

  • Having the same issue, been having it for the past few weeks.  Sometimes I can get it to work, but most times I can't.  I repaired, I uninstalled, I reinstalled, I removed the EA folder from documents, I thought it was fixed, made a new game started over from scratch, today it's not working again.  I like to play off the grid.    Set it back to dx9, now it won't even load.  I was looking forward to the next pack, but I'm not paying any more money for a game I can't play.  Can't even finish the challenge.

  • They care about making money from new broken packs, they don't care about the players who have been trying to make this broken game work since the beginning.  When you have to rely on volunteer modders to make your game work as intended, then you need a new line of work.

  • Status changed:
    Under Investigation
    to
    Fixed

    This was never in the patch notes but this issue looks fixed.

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