[PLEASE READ] Save Game Corruption
Please read the first post carefully and post in the thread that reflects your issue best. Go in order from top to bottom if you see multiple of the symptoms. The top ones are more specialized as the bottom ones. Please feel free to use this thread for general discussion of the issue, but note that this thread is NOT being tracked by Maxis any longer. The threads linked below are being actively investigated. Please follow them for any updates. Problem The save game starts to disintegrate itself. Lots start to get deleted, causing endless loading, loading into empty lots or Error Codes 800/801. Where to post It seems that in order to better track the causes for this issue, separate threads are needed. You do not need to repost any info you already posted here. There are currently different issues so please use either of these going forward. Make sure to read through the first post of each to be sure you’re posting in the correct thread. If you get a White screen after loading into world with an R-rental, please use this thread: White Screen when loading world (Patch 1.109.207) If your save is corrupting and you have a lot of r-rentals in your save game, please use this thread: [FR] Corrupted Lots/Houses disappear in saves with lots of rental units If you get Load Error 800 or 801, please use this thread Load Error Code 800/801 If your game shows all the neighboring lots as default/empty instead of the correct lot, use this thread: Neighboring Houses show as Default/Empty | EA Forums - 11903590 If you downloaded a specific lot from the gallery and that gives you endless loading/crashing when leaving the lot or trying to load into it, please use this thread: Endless Loading/Crashing when trying to load a certain lot (broken object(s). Please be aware that this issue isn't a corrupted save game. It's a corrupt lot. If you downloaded a few random lots from the gallery and you start to get endless loading with them, please use this thread: Placing lots from the gallery freezes game/endless loading If you're buildings are disappearing but the furniture is still there, use this thread: Floating furniture and building completely gone If you’re buildings are disappearing/reverts to base, you have exclamation marks or lamas on the map or the houses are different on the map and in the game (even after loading into the lot), please use this thread: Houses/Lots Disappear Troubleshooting The issue is really hard to pinpoint but there are a few things that can accelerated the issue. This issue is not mod caused but it can be influenced by mods and cheats, especially if you create lots of Residential Rental units in your save game. Save Game Size. The issue usually typically happens on larger save games. There are a few factors that contribute to save game size that you can keep an eye on Lots of huge houses with lots of objects: Try to keep those down. Consider using empty houses for set decoration if you don't play certain lots but want houses to make it look nicer Photos Sims take ingame. Try to only keep the photos you really like and that contribute to your gameplay. Delete everything else. Photos take up a lot of space in the save. Lots of Sims. The game creates Sims at abundance. Delete the ones you don't use from time to time. Usually there's nothing you can do once it starts happening. Update 2025/04/24 by Crinrict This is currently not on the laundry list yet but Maxis listed it as something that needs extended investigation Laundry List - April 24th, 2025 | EA Forums - 12111206
Sims do not collect dishes/dishes not recognized by a dishwasher
I built a new house in Nordhaven. There is some crazy thing goin on with dishes. Either sims are unable to clean them up (shows up as no bin/sink), or they are picking them one by one. Dishwasher also doesn't recognize nearby dishes, occasionally only when dish is right on top of it. This is so annoying and i can't find the reason why. Changed position of dishwasher, made kitchen and dining as one big room instead of 2 separate.Houses/Lots Disappear
Issue The save game starts to disintegrate itself. Lots start to get deleted, causing endless loading, loading into empty lots. This issue has been around since the very beginning so it’s not tied to any packs. This issue possibly has a lot of different causes and hence is hard to pinpoint. There more info you have, the better. Information to provide Your platform Mod usage (Never, Removed, Yes) This is important info, not mod blaming. Before and after save games. Please DM the link to EA_Cade Similar Issues Please check out this thread for more specialized cases of this issue. Only use this thread if you don't get an Error Code 800/801 and don't use a lot of R-Rentals. : [PLEASE READ] Save Game Corruption Symptoms When you load into the house, the house disappears and when you try to leave ,you get endless loading You get endless loading in all houses in one neighborhood When the houses start to disappear, the whole world is covered in orange/green exclamation marks Some lots are replaced by llama pictures of the map (possibly also incomplete installation - repair your game first)No aparece el rancho de caballos
Compre el pack de expansión Rancho de Caballos i aparentemente funcionaba bien. Pero cuando intenté participar en una competición me di cuenta de que en mi juego no aparece el rancho central donde se realizan las competiciones. He borrado el caché, también el documento localthumbcache.package dentro de la carpeta del ordenador (MAC), he reiniciado, restaurado y actualizado el juego pero sigue ocurriendo lo mismos. ¿Alguien sabe que más puedo hacer? Adjunto una foto para que veáis como veo yo el pueblo de la expansión y que no tengo acceso al Rancho de competiciones.Situational and NPC outfits generating with random hats
Playing on Mac, this seems to have started with the July 1st 2025 update. Suddenly sims such as hired caterers as well as with situational outfits like wedding outfits and hospital patients are wearing random hats with the regularly generated outfit. I do not have a screenshot of all of the instances but for example, the caterer at my sims wedding was wearing a beanie and the groom was wearing a graduation cap. What I do have a screenshot of is a patient at the hospital during an active work day in the doctor career, she changed into the gown and also a clown hat (which is funny but I know is not intentional). She is also one of my sims so I know it's not part of any of her outfits so that is not a factor. I do have mods installed (better build buy, ui cheats, and mccc), not sure why any of those would be causing this suddenly since it has never been an issue prior to this update but can of course test without them if need be.
Clothes Changing
I have been noticing that when I play with my current family and my female sim changes outfits every so often, it changes into one of the premade outfits from CAS from the werewolf pack. It started not long after the last update. At first, I thought maybe I put the outfit in her wardrobe and forgot about it, and I ignored it and carried on. When I noticed 3 out of 5 of her everyday outfits were the same premade outfit, 2 out of 5 formal outfits, and 1 out of 5 formal outfits. This premade outfit made it into every outfit category at least once, but sometimes more. I changed all of her outfits, and just to be safe, made sure no premade werewolf outfits were used. I logged on today and played for about 2 hours, and her outfit changed to the premade one again.Launcher crashes when I open the downloads tab in Sims 3
Game launcher crashes when I open the downloads tab in Sims 3, maybe someone has ideas how to fix this problem. I play in Mac. I uninstalled everything and then reinstalled but unfortunately it didn't help. I bought a new world - Roaring Heights Gold Edition but I can't download it in my game when launcher crashes.
[LD] Reaper: Only 3 souls to reap but I need 4
During the reaper career during the emergency at club eternity, there are only 3 dead sims but the game is asking to collect 4 souls. I cannot find another dead sim anywhere in the building or around the lot/town Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit bug report at AHQBusiness Panel Doesn't Show Owned Businesses
Recently, I am now unable to fill vacancies or properly manage the lot I purchase. After purchasing lot, I can open the ‘owned business’ panel, but to fill vacancy you must return home. Once on home lot, the ‘owned business panel’ no longer shows my rental unit. When looking at world map, when hovering over new rental I just purchased, it does show I own. The only time I’m successful in getting the ‘owned business panel’ to identify that I own property, is after clicking the build/buy mode while on rental lot and returning to live mode. Therefore, all I can do is buy the lot, and change the rental agreement. I cannot however find tenants or collect rent. I play sims 4 on Xbox. Please help! Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit bug report at AHQ Archived thread had around 18 me toos
Photos/Paintings turning black/blank (1.102.190/1.82)
My pictures are black after I load back into my game on console. Edit By Crinrict: Adjusted Title fit migrated bug report: [ARCHIVED] Photos/Paintings turning black (1.102.190/1.82) | EA Forums - 11628056 Archived thread had around 37 me toos EDIT by crinrict The photos get removed from your save game with this bug. There is NO way to recover them other than loading a backup. Even if Maxis fixes the bug that they disappear you will not have them back as the information is just not there anymore. Instructions on how to recover a backup can be found here: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/recover-backup-save-game/ Instructions how to fix your photos if the screenshot still existing (not for console) https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2025/04/custom-photos-in-game-fix-for-black-photos/ Make sure your photos are safe If you take photos you really care about, put them in a room and upload that to the gallery/library. They should stay save that way although there are also mixed reports for those After you took pictures you really care about, save your game. To me it looks like that the pictures aren't properly saved to your game if you click save & Exit. Click save first, then exit without saving.
