After the 19 August 2025 patch, my game is literally unplayable.
I am able to load as far as the main menu, and I can choose a save to load, but I cannot load any lots. When attempting to load a re...
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Hi, I’m facing a critical issue in The Sims 4 on PC after the August 19, 2025 update:
- I can open the game and reach the main menu, but when I try to load any household — even newly-created ones — the game crashes to desktop (no error message) or hangs indefinitely at the loading screen.
- I’ve tried all standard fixes: removing Mods/CC, deleting the localthumbcache.package file, and repairing the game via EA App. None of this helps.
- This issue consistently affects all households and is completely blocking my gameplay.
- I’m not alone — many other players report the same behavior in other threads.
edited title to be more specific. -puzzlezaddict
It doesn’t resolve with a vanilla game with mods disabled. All that did was destroy the saves since the update. When reloading the original file all saves after the update are gone and can’t be recovered.
