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crinrict's avatar
1 year ago
Status:
Under Investigation

Time/Sim freezes while environment still moves

There is currently an issue in MCCC that is causing a freezing like this if you have auto-marriages turned on.

If you encounter this is with ANY mods in your game, then this is not your thread. Please head over to the ​ The Sims 4 Mods & Custom Content​ forum and post there for help or ask at the MCCC Discord.

This is a very specific bug symptom so please only post here if you see all of the below in your game.

There are many similar issues, so this should be kept to this issue only. 

This can either be an extreme lag or a total freeze.

Symptoms in the game

  • Time stand still although there can be a delay where time moves for a but when part of UI is frozen
  • You can't click on anything
  • Sims move but do interactions endlessly
  • Environment moves
  • If you have multiple household members, you can't switch between them.
  • Going to the map in this state can lead to endless loading
  • You can still switch to build mode but only delete one item.
  • Not all households are affected. Unsure what causes it.

Unsure/More info needed

  • It start happening at a specific time
  • Computer starts to use up a lot of the resources

Not this issue

  • Sims don't respond to commands, standing around doing nothing

 

190 Comments

  • Ever since the recent update my game cannot go a few minutes without freezing. With and without mods. Time continues to move at normal sim time, but I cannot fast forward, select another sim. I am able to get through asking about the Capp Family in this week challenge and then the game does that. 

  • I keep hitting a bug where time will freeze but Sims and environment still move and I still have complete camera controls. I tried going to build mode in the meantime but then it deleted all windows and doors from the first level of the house. Sometimes I'll save it and it'll take about 2 minutes on average to save the game, but then it'll fix it once the save is complete. I had a Sim in labor when the bug hit which means I couldn't save it, couldn't enter build mode, or anything. So I had to force close and pray that I had remembered to save recently. I've already checked that it's not any of my mods or cc. It's making the game feel unplayable at this point until it's fixed.

  • JasmineNL's avatar
    JasmineNL
    New Spectator
    16 days ago

    UPDATE: It has been over two months i haven't been able to play this game. I officially removed all of my broken cc but now another problem appeared; my mods dont work anymore. The bug doesnt happen without the mods but now i cant get my mods back on at all everything i do, they just dont show in the startup thingy and yes i have them turned on, yes i repaired the game YES i did everything. The sims keeps having problems over and over it has been two months and i am sick of this

  • Ozone118's avatar
    Ozone118
    New Spectator
    14 days ago

    Apparently my solution still bugged after a long playthrough. But it was indeed MCCC thanks for the heads up ! 

  • twentybiteen's avatar
    twentybiteen
    Seasoned Newcomer
    14 days ago

    I'm having a really annoying issue where my game "freezes" at 5:59am gametime when my sims are sleeping. I put freezing in quotes because the setting will still move as if everything is on 3x speed, but I can't interact with the sims, I can't click on much of anything, I can't pause, and I can't exit the game. I have to force quit with Task Manager. I tried repairing through the EA app and it's not working.

    All my mods are removed, to make sure this wasn't a mod issue.

  • LivMc05's avatar
    LivMc05
    New Spectator
    12 hours ago

    While in the game, every couple of minutes the game pauses not with the pause button but with the actual clock, the sims keep moving on the spot and they still talk but I can't click anything.  Usually when this used to happen occasionally I could fix it by saving the game.  However now the game won't save at all no matter what I try.  I even quit and restarted the game to see if the issue was lag from playing but even if I try and save as soon as the game has loaded it still won't save and I have let it try and save for hours with no success.  

  • LivMc05's avatar
    LivMc05
    New Spectator
    6 hours ago

    crinrict​ the second one is close to what is happening. Do you know of anything to fix it. I can’t play the game without it fixed cause I can’t save. 

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    4 hours ago

    It's usually something blocking the game for processing properly.

    Can you try if it fixes itself if you play another household for a while.

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