I don't know if it is actually called a bug or a glitch but whenever my sim goes to work from a location that isn't the home lot, when it makes me go back to the home lot to wait for them to finish w...
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This has now happened to me three times in the last 24 hours since I downloaded the new update. I will send the sim to school or work, and then save and exit the game. When I go log back into the game and resume my session, which is usually the next day, my Sim is forced to go home in the middle of work and school. Their performance also drops, they are not paid for the full day, and there is no option for them to return to work or school. It just says, school or work will happen the next day. This has lead my sim to go from an A student to a C student, and my other sim almost received a demotion from work. This has never happened before, just started happening 1-2 days ago.
Return home early is usually a symptom so could you please answer the following question (same goes for everyone just upvoting this without posting
Could you please provide the following information
- Are you using mods/cc in your game ? Please remove them and test without them if you do
- At which point does your game crash to the desktop ?
- Are you playing any active work days/high school ?
- Does it affect all age groups ?
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Do you have any LastException files in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 ?
- Delete the ones you have
- Trigger the error again
- Check if new ones are created
- If that is the case, please copy/paste the content here. You can open the file with any text editor.
Deleting the file won't fix your issue. Posting the info is meant for troubleshooting.
So I don't completely understand all your questions, I don't know how or where to look for those files you're requesting. I usually just don't touch anything because I don't want to create problems. What initially happened was I was not able to open or play the sims at all about a month ago after it told me to download the update. I tried all the troubleshooting tips and it didn't work so I jusg left it for a couple weeks. Then the game started to work as normal for a few sessions, up until it recently asked me for another update.
Now what happens is I will be playing for a bit and send my sims to school and to work as normal, but then I'll have to exit out of sims for the day because of I have a lot of work responsibilities. I only end up being able to play for an hour or so a few times a week. The next time I log back into my game, when they were in the middle of school or work, they just suddenly arrive home and I get a notification saying they're done with class or work for that day. Because it cuts off their school/work day, the game treats it as if they're "playing hookey." So their performance goes down. I've also noticed now that when I send them to school and work, their performance bar doesn't change at all, it neither increases or decreases, no matter if they've completed all daily tasks, are in a good mood, and have the "work hard" option on. This happens across all ages, all careers, and all types of schooling. It even happens when the child sim goes to a scout meeting and her performance isn't increasing despite the fact she's collected all the badges and is still not advancing to the next level.
Also no I do not use any mods or stuff like that. And I guess these aren't for any active jobs. The one sim is in tech guru, the other sim is in entertainment as a comedian, and the child is in school and the scouts club. I also don't have that expansion pack for school or whatever it is called, so it shouldn't be doing this. I've just had continuous errors whenever the sims release an update or whatever, and I'm regretting my decision to even buy expansion packs when it's now feeling like a waste of money if I can barely play the game without incurring some sort of bug/error.
And like I said, I also don't want to go meddling around deleting files because I'm worried I will delete any saved content I have or do something seriously wrong to my game.
The files can be found in this folder: Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4
Exception files are just log files and you can delete them with no consequences. Your saves are saved in the saves folder. You can find more info on each file in this post: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/user-files-explained/
It's also always good to create backups of your user files.
You used the tag: Crashing. Crashing means that your game auto-closes and your back on the desktop. Since you used that tag, I wonder when that happens in your game.
If you start a new save game for testing purposes, does this happen to or is it isolated to that save game ?
The problem with this is that something usually triggers them to come back home so what you are seeing is just a symptom of something going on in that save game and the more info, the easier it is to narrow down what's causing it.
One known reason for example are club meetings. Do you have any going on ?
- Are you using mods/cc in your game ? Please remove them and test without them if you do
- I do use mods but have disabled them to test this and its not mod related
- At which point does your game crash to the desktop ?
- It doesnt crash, it sends everyone home from work/school when i travel to a different lot with another sim in the household
- Are you playing any active work days/high school ?
- I dont actively go to work with my sims and i do not have HSY so i dont go to high school with them either
- Does it affect all age groups ?
- Yes
- Do you have any LastException files in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 ?
- No
Basically summary every sim that is in a "rabbithole" like work/school, and when i travel using a different sim that isnt doing anything to a different lot it sends every sim doing something like work/school back home lowering perfomance and limiting the income, it has been happening to me since the update before the newest patch.
It is also not save specific.
I don't use any mods or cc, the game doesn't crash, I don't have any packs except for a few of the kits that were given for free, I don't have children in the household so it only happens for young adults/ adults from what I have seen.
crinrict I'm having this issue in sims 4 and this is my LastException files' content:
<?xml version="1.0" ?><root>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-07-19 00:31:36</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.116.232.1030-1.200.000.666.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>(AS)widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView</categoryid><desyncid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView/SetupBlueprintInfo() at olympus.views::CellView/Draw() at olympus.layout::GridLayout/OnFeedAdd() at olympus.data::ArrayDataFeed/AddItem() at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoPanel/SetData() at widgets.Exchange.Detail::DetailBase/Show() at olympus.core.widget::WidgetBase/Show() at olympus.io::CommunicationObject/DispatchToWidget() at olympus.io::CommunicationManager/DispatchStoredOnDemandMessages() at olympus.core::LayoutManager/OnDemandWidgetLoadComplete() rtim=24274 Client Session Time: 29.30 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,511,0,6024 Modded: False SystemInfo: Windows 11 10.0.26100 GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 32.0.12033.1030, GUID: F3962BF7-9FD1-11EF-A443-806E6F6E6963 </desyncdata></report>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-07-19 00:32:42</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.116.232.1030-1.200.000.666.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>(AS)widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView</categoryid><desyncid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView/SetupBlueprintInfo() at olympus.views::CellView/Draw() at olympus.layout::GridLayout/OnFeedAdd() at olympus.data::ArrayDataFeed/AddItem() at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoPanel/SetData() at widgets.Exchange.Detail::DetailBase/Show() at olympus.core.widget::WidgetBase/Show() at olympus.io::CommunicationObject/DispatchToWidget() at olympus.io::CommunicationManager/DispatchStoredOnDemandMessages() at olympus.core::LayoutManager/OnDemandWidgetLoadComplete() rtim=30865 Client Session Time: 29.30 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,511,0,6024 Modded: False SystemInfo: Windows 11 10.0.26100 GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 32.0.12033.1030, GUID: F3962BF7-9FD1-11EF-A443-806E6F6E6963 </desyncdata></report>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-07-19 00:33:41</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.116.232.1030-1.200.000.666.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>(AS)widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView</categoryid><desyncid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView/SetupBlueprintInfo() at olympus.views::CellView/Draw() at olympus.layout::GridLayout/OnFeedAdd() at olympus.data::ArrayDataFeed/AddItem() at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoPanel/SetData() at widgets.Exchange.Detail::DetailBase/Show() at olympus.core.widget::WidgetBase/Show() at olympus.io::CommunicationObject/DispatchToWidget() at olympus.io::CommunicationManager/DispatchStoredOnDemandMessages() at olympus.core::LayoutManager/OnDemandWidgetLoadComplete() rtim=36796 Client Session Time: 29.30 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,511,0,6024 Modded: False SystemInfo: Windows 11 10.0.26100 GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 32.0.12033.1030, GUID: F3962BF7-9FD1-11EF-A443-806E6F6E6963 </desyncdata></report>
<report><version>2</version><sessionid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</sessionid><type>desync</type><sku>ea.maxis.sims4_64.15.pc</sku><createtime>2025-07-19 00:34:00</createtime><buildsignature>Local.Unknown.Unknown.1.116.232.1030-1.200.000.666.Release</buildsignature><categoryid>(AS)widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView</categoryid><desyncid>603d53a1911b3f25687ae65b</desyncid><systemconfig/><screenshot/><desyncdata>TypeError: Error #1009: Cannot access a property or method of a null object reference. at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoCellView/SetupBlueprintInfo() at olympus.views::CellView/Draw() at olympus.layout::GridLayout/OnFeedAdd() at olympus.data::ArrayDataFeed/AddItem() at widgets.Exchange.Detail.controls::DetailInfoPanel/SetData() at widgets.Exchange.Detail::DetailBase/Show() at olympus.core.widget::WidgetBase/Show() at olympus.io::CommunicationObject/DispatchToWidget() at olympus.io::CommunicationManager/DispatchStoredOnDemandMessages() at olympus.core::LayoutManager/OnDemandWidgetLoadComplete() rtim=38668 Client Session Time: 29.30 Num Save Errors: 0 Num Load Errors: 0 Current Game State: 0x96d01090 LoadingScreenActiveFlag: 1 Origin Version: 13,511,0,6024 Modded: False SystemInfo: Windows 11 10.0.26100 GPU: AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT 32.0.12033.1030, GUID: F3962BF7-9FD1-11EF-A443-806E6F6E6963 </desyncdata></report>
</root>hi i am now having this issue any fixes?
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