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Game Crashes when Cat Interacts with Vacuum Robot
The game crashes when cats interact with the vacuum robot.
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Endless Update Looping
Origin tells me I should be updating my game. After updating, it tells me again to update although I just did that .. this loop is endless.
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Game/Time is freezing (Patch 1.68)
EA is aware of the issue and working on it Problem My game suddenly completely freezes and I can’t do anything. After a while it even crashes. The animations go on. Cause There are several causes for this issue Father Winter doesn’t appear at Winterfest/ Endless Generation of Father Winter Routing issues with Platform Other unknown causees Symptoms About 1: Typically this issue comes with any of the following symptoms You had a winterfest and Father Winter never showed. The game/clock freezes (Info: If your Sim freezes but time goes on then you most likely have a deadlock between Sims…
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[MAC] Endless loading screen when trying to load a savegame (Patch 1.68.156)
Problem I updated my game to Patch 1.68.156/1.34 and now I can’t load my savegames anymore. It loads forever. I started a new save and after creating a Sim and I should be picking a lot for him, all I see is an empty world screen It looks like this is a Mac only issue. Solution Repair your game through Origin. If this doesn’t help, check if all your mods/cc are still compatible with the game. AHQ Thread Please click me too on this thread if you’re affected by the issue WORKAROUND] 11.17.20 patch – game won’t stop loading [CURRENT…
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Screenshots not saving/ Can’t activate Mods/CC
Anti virus programs that come with ransom protection often block Sims to make changes to the user folder. This can lead to all sorts of problems.
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Changing the options doesn’t stick
Tips you can try if changes in the options don't stick and reset themselves.
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Unclickable screen areas/ Mouse cursor doesn’t change
Problem Certain areas in my game don’t react anymore. For example I can’t load an existing game or changes in CAS are not possible anymore The mouse cursor in my game stays a windows cursor and doesn’t change to a Sims cursor Der Mauszeiger in meinem Spiel bleibt ein Windows-Zeiger und ändert sich nicht in den Sims-Zeiger. Cause This issue is often caused by background programs that cause an overlay. Solution Turn these programs off while you play The following programs are known to cause issues Discord Nvidia GeForce Experience Origin In Game Windows Norifications Video programs Further Reading Mouse…
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Gallery Newsfeed stays empty
Problem There are no entries in my gallery newsfeed when I choose the tab News in the gallery. The List stays empty. I also get a LastUIException. Cause Unclear, probably some kind of caching error. Solution Close the game Navigate to your windows documents folder (Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4) Delete the following file: notify.glob The file should re-generate on the next game start and you’ll also see the newsfeed again.
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White/Red/Black Checkered Sims with Question Marks/ Missing Textures
The past patches Origin has failed to properly patch many games leading to incomplete installations. Suggestions what you can try to solve this.
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[CC BEDS] Error Code: 102:20ece5dd
Problem When trying to load a certain household I get the following error message: The game failed to load. Error Code: 102:20ece5dd:2d42e9e1. It is recommended that you relaunch the game. Cause The Cause for this error seem to be (pre-patch) CC beds. You can run into errors, especially if you use them in dorms. It’s possible that only double beds are affected. Solution Remove all CC beds from your game and check with S4Studio if they already have a batch fix for to solved the issue. CC beds that were created after Patch 1.58.63 should probably be fine. Further Reading
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