My game totally broke after yesterdays update. It freezes after a minute, removes stuff from my inventory etc etc. Tried to restart the game a couple of times only to realize a lot of people experience the same issue. The game is unplayable.
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For me, ive noticed that all of its broken, for example wont let me click the options button like to exit the game, or the pannels bellow -friends etc and the buttons on the bellow pannels are the wrong symbols example: the phone is a money symbol and when hovered over it turns to friends but when pressed still a phone - i play with mods and mc command center is no longer there.
The exact same issue is happening to me! I noticed when I go to modify or change my sims outfits the the loading screen to go to CAS doesn't load and I hear both music playing at the same time. ALSO I can't use the button to change my sims oufit, and I cannot exit the game properly. I removed all new mods I had just installed and it still does not work. The update made my game un-playable. 😠
The same thing happened to me. I removed mods and it worked. MCCC has already updated for the new patch and now everything works fine for me. I'm now currently in the process of slowly adding mods to see which work with the update.
The same thing has been happening to me. I logged in yesterday and it forced me to update the game. I also realized that MCCC is not showing up, which made me delete and reinstall it but it only popped up on my sims. But the icons are all different, at first I thought it was a part of the new update but the more I tried to play the more my game would freeze. I couldn't even save it to exit it wouldn't let me so. had to force quit it. But today when I tried to play I had another update and it didn't help at all so its not just you.
yupp this exact same thing happened to me.. at the moment i'm checking mods and removing them. Now i see i am not the only one going through this... I Hope this issue gets this fixed asap..
This is so aggravating. I will play for 5-10 minutes and then my buttons won’t work. For example, I go to save and when I press the three buttons, it just doesn’t pull up the options. When I switch to the inventory for my sim, it just doesn’t pull it up, etc. It’s honestly like Groundhog Day .. I keep playing the same days over and over because every time I go to save it won’t work.
I don’t play with any mods or cc 🤦♀️
Yes! I am having the same issue. I tried to do the repair thing but after playing for like 5-10 minutes my buttons dont work and I cant save. Cant even use the ALT 4 to save.
And i also dont have mods or cc
I took all my mods out, repaired the game, and it won't even load all the way just stays on the loading screen. I really hope they fix this before the weekend, preferably today. lol
This is exactly what's happening to me too... I've tried to troubleshoot in so many ways. WTF EA?!
I had to experience my sim dying three times yesterday because of this bug and not being able to save 💀
It's wild that people who do not use cc or mods have broken games from the update! It's one thing to have cc and mods installed (like I do) and experience issues, but it's ridiculous that people who don't use them at all are having major issues after the update. So far I've been fortunate and have not encountered any breaks in my game despite having cc/mods, but I suppose that luck could change at any moment...
I don't play with mods or cc and my game is completely broken too. I can load the game and open save files/start a new save no issue, and can play/pause the game, but everything else won't work. I can't open the gallery, relationships/needs or anything on that panel, can't even access the menu once in game to save or return to main menu, I've had to force quit several times and replay the same 3 in game hours over again.
Tried it again this morning and now I can open the character values and I have this bug where the values show for teens but they're constantly changing. I can also open the help centre, and click on manage worlds but it just stays on the same screen and doesn't go anywhere.
The Sims 4 is so unplayable with each new pack/update it needs a good overhaul, but it's like they don't care as long as they can keep getting us to fork out money for a new pack/kit.
Sorry about the brightness I don't know what happened there 😂
I am having this exact issue!! I do not have mods.
This is the exact same as me :/
My Sim grew up and there is now no longer the option to choose traits for them. Unfortunately this is the least of the problems since the update. The update has ruined the game completely, making it unplayable. It freezes when I go into build mode or edit Sim mode. When the game freezes there is also no longer the option to save the game or exit the game so I have to force the game to close from the task manager. I have tried repairing the game but it makes no difference.
Do you have mods?
Having the same issue— can’t even save, can’t click on inventory or check my sims work tab, relationships tab, or even save
Same here :( I really hope they fix this asap 😭
I wasn't having any issues until just now. The needs panel goes away, I can't open the settings menu, everything freezes and I have to force close the game.
I am experiencing something similar, I cannot save or travel because even after waiting over an hour "game loading is in progress". The game is unplayable.
This us exactly what I’m experiencing
Exactly what happened to me :( i cant enter build mode because it says the same thing. My sim just stands in one place and wont move or do anything i ask her to😴 Hope they will fix it soon
I can still save and travel in my game but I'm not sure if I should be doing that considering the broken base. My game still runs fine... don't know if that's good or bad.
Has anyone found any fixes for this issue? has EA said anything, or will we just have to sit back and wait...
Seems like we can only sit back and wait, like usual they're just ripping all of us off. No decency at all at their headquarters...
They really messed up. Going deep into the base of a 10-year-old game and making changes is risky for my game. I wonder what could go wrong. ....... The game is a hot mess, even if you can play and save, which I still can.
Same. I can play, but several things are broken and the game crashes randomly. I have to save every few minutes. Once it crashed and I lost 20 hours of real time, play time despite having saved many times.
You cannot accept invitations from NPCs. Billpay doesn't show up/isn't available, work-from-home careers wont let you do tasks, home items keep disappearing. You cannot use some of the fishing locations in the island living pack. Building and moving sims can break the lots. When you build and try to save the lot to your library, landscape items disappear. One of my sims is married but is "currently working on the single and loving it lifestyle".
I have no mods, tried the "repair" option on the EA app (computer). I have tried to demo lots, evict residents, travel from lot to reset, debug cheats... I genuinely am upset that they haven't repaired the existing bugs riddling our existing packs... EA is greedy and just wants slop to be steadily fed to the masses. I have to keep reminding myself that game developers are not the problem. The only solution is to stop buying the packs.. which I loathe as a solution, because I have been playing the sims for 20 years.. :(
