[SOLVED] (Self solved) Stuck verifying Sims 4, cannot open the game
Product: The Sims 4, EA App Platform: MacOS Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? I don't know, I cannot open the app What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? None What happens when the bug occurs? Cannot open the Sims 4 app What do you expect to see? Sims 4 app opening Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? Yes Please describe the patch or change you made. Getting EA app (Don't know if this caused it though) Yesterday I opened Origin after a long time, and updated it to the EA app. I updated Sims 4, as the last time I played was 2023, and opened the game to the " Verifying 'The Sims 4' " popup. This normally comes, but this time it is much slower than usual, and when the bar gets to the end it stays there and never opens (if you leave it on long enough it eventually goes away and the app stops responding). I don't know what caused this or how to fix it. Find attached a screen recording of this happening in real time. EDIT: I have solved it myself, it seems the issue lied with where the Sims 4 application was located, which it had to be in the normal applications drawer, not in the library application folder with root privileges.
I really don't have a mods folder
I have gone through finder and searched "mods" and nothing pops up anywhere. I have an Electronic Arts folder but inside is a folder called EA app which just contains random EA stuff. I have triple checked, repaired the game, removed then re-added the mod option in game, played some sims and still nothing. Also, the Electronic Arts folder I do have, was just floating loose previously and was not in the documents folder, so I had to move it there. Maybe that messed it up? I can try deleting and re-installing the game, but I'd like other options first.I can't install any custom content PLEASE
I have been struggling with this for about a year now. At some point, my Documents folder somehow made it into the cloud. I redownloaded it from the cloud along with everything in it, but it's been weird ever since. No matter what I do, including repairing the game, the files from my saves, cc, and all of that are disconnected from the game. I could go to my Documents folder, then to the Sims, and then to mods and see my files, but the files won't show up in my game. After a lot of research, trial, and error, I ended up uninstalling the Sims 4 and deleting all of the related files, including the Sims 4 file from my Electronic Arts folder. I've reinstalled it now, and there is no Sims 4 to be found in my Electronic Arts folder or anywhere, for that matter. I can open and play the game from Finder. I just see the game file and cannot access anything else. When I first downloaded The Sims 4, it was on Origin. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I just want MCCC and UI Cheats back please!!!!!!! (my other cc would be nice too)
June patch broke my game
I was trying to look for a way to contact EA and this seems like the only way I've seen. If there is something else I need to be doing please let me know! I never have reported bugs or anything of the sort in the past because I didn't feel it was necessary, but this is pretty bad lol.. The UI on the top of the screen specifically has been giving me trouble for quite some time but it was always semi readable but this was impossible to decipher. Before I logged off of the sims (the time before last) the game started severely lagging so I saved and closed out of it with minimal issues. When I opened up my game again the UI was glitched a lot more than it was previously. I thought that I could maybe get by without paying attention to it but when I went into build mode and exited from it the ui on both the top and bottom screen completely disappeared. Only UI remaining was the top right. I couldn't see a way to fix this so I saved and exited my game. Hopefully this can get fixed soon. I apologize for this being so wordy I figured a detailed description would be most helpful. Thank you for reading!
Cannot Connect to the Gallery
For context I have a Macbook air M2 and im fully updated to Sequoia 15.5. For the past week (no its not because of the recent patch) i havent been able to access the gallery at all. It says "connection required" and when i click go online it just loads forever. Ive tried deleting and reinstalling ea and the sims, restarting my router, changing wifi and connecting to my hotspot, deleting all my cc and tray files, repairing my game, turning my firewall and antivirus off, going online and offline on the ea app, and deleting game cache.
Expansion/Game/Stuff Packs Not Showing Up
Recently, I realized Sims 4 took up a lot of space on my MacBook, so I put the whole game onto a Macintosh backup hard drive. Now, whenever I play Sims, none of my packs show up in the game, even though I have enabled them. It also does the same for custom content, even if I have pressed allow cc and script mods in the game and have restarted it many times. I'm not sure if I messed up my terminal or not, but I have tried everything and nothing works. Please let me know if anyone can help!
Keyboard and mouse
Is there a way to make the game compatible with playing with a controller on the mac? It makes things a lot easier than playing the game with a keyboard and mouse. I tried playing through steam but it says the sims 4 isn't compatible with my mac because I know steam lets me play with my controller with the sims 4 but my pc overheats so I'm unable to play the game on that.
Frequent freezing
I have all of the packs. No mods. After the recent updates with bug fixes, by game frequently freezes. I ended up starting an entirely new game to see if that changed anything, but it did not. It happens while doing all random activities, nothing in particular that I have noticed sets it off. Also while building in my new game, I now have windows frequently disappearing from my house, as well as the inability to change the fence around my stairs to a half wall. It would not let me place the half wall until after I completely exited the game and restarted my computer and game. It is very frustrating. I also do frequent "repairs" to see if that helps but it does not. Please help!
