Issues with traveling/Events or going to school
So for the past couple days I haven’t been able to follow mu sim to school, do any events, do anything to trigger events or even traveling with my sims. It causes my game to not be able to save, and I cannot control anything in the game, it won’t even let me access the pie menu. I have no mods installed please help 😭 I can’t keep losing my save file
Time Stops Running, but Animations Keep Going, Have to force exit the game
Im having an issue with my game currently that is essentially making it unplayable. My game is updated via steam, and Im currently playing on a steam deck. I have over 300GB of free space and meet the system requirements. Basically, my game will freeze between 12am and 5am sim time. The clock stops running, but idle animations continue (trees moving, sims moving their head etc). I can click into build mode, but I cannot click any objects. In live mode, I can move the camera. I can move my cursor but clicking anything does nothing. I have tried removing mods and CC, this does not fix the issue and the problem still occurs in a cc-free game. I have tried verifying game files in steam, deleting the localthumbcache, deleting all homeless sims with MCCC. I also tried moving this family to a new lot which was empty, and it still occurred on a completely empty lot. I want to just start a new save, but others with this issue note that it happens on all their saves. What else can I try, is this issue on the Sims teams radar? I've seen a few complaints about it online since the last update.
Save file won’t load – Sims freeze on load screen
Hi, I’m having a serious issue with one of my save files in The Sims 4. Whenever I try to load my main household, the game freezes on the loading screen — the plumbob spins, but nothing ever loads. I've waited 10+ minutes and it just stays stuck. This is what i've already tried: Removed all mods and cleared the cache (localthumbcache.package deleted) Tried to load older autosave versions of the same file (e.g., ver0, ver1) Created a new save — it works fine, but it doesn't include the progress from my original save, which is very important to me I did not install any new mods or content since the last time the game worked And also what's important: The save file itself doesn’t seem corrupted structurally — I’ve had someone check the file header and it looks valid (FBPD signature is present, non-zero content) I can open the game, access Gallery, and create new saves — only this household/save file won't load I’ve backed up the save file just in case. Is there any way to repair it or extract the household and lot with their full progress (skills, relationships, etc.)? Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions.
Corrupted file that doesn't exist
I just downloaded the Sims 4 onto my new PC. I transferred my mods file over too, which has been running fine on my mac. At first, I got a notification that there was a corrupted file. Okay, I deleted it. Error still pops up. I repair my game, reinstall my game, get rid of my mods file completely. It still shows up. The file does not exist anymore. How the hell do I fix this? Because I can't even open my Sims game anymore.
Sims 4 household taking too long to load
Recently, after the Sims 4 patch, my game has been acting up, specifically, it's taking a while to load Lemme explain after creating a new household, and I click to play, it'll take about 10 minutes to even show me the world menu after it finally shows i'll click a lot to play on and it won't even load up I've tried deleting mods, localthumbcache & 50/50 method nothings working i'm literally just thinking about quitting because before the update i just had to update some mods and delete some as well i can't pin-point the exact issue
Stuck on Vacation
So, I haven't posted in a hot minute. I rage quit playing since october, when I kept getting stuck when trying to send my sim home from vacation in China. I'm not sure what is happening, but it has taken the joy out of the game for me. It will get stuck on the loading screen where you can click on the things for points. Yes, I've tried not clicking it at all. It gets it almost all the way loaded then just.... doesn't finish. I can't switch families to play games in that neighborhood and it was my FAVORITE neighborhood. My only other option is to MAYBE save the neighborhood itself and make another copy? but I don't know if that will just recreate a corrupted file since one of my sims is stuck on a permanent vacation... help?Is there any new info on the Save Data bug?
June 12. 2025. I'm too afraid to play the Sims 4 because Ive been playing the same file since its release. Does anyone know if the save data bug is being investigated/ worked on? Will playing on another file only corrupt that one or will it corrupt them all??? I really want to buy the Enchanted by Nature expansion but I wont play right now thinking I could lose years of work. I was going to start a copy file of my current save so I can keep playing that one until the bug is fixed but I'm worried that it will corrupt them all anyways.
