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    The patch to fix the patch borked my game (Nov 17)

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    ShuffleJShuffleJ Posts: 273 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    Hey everyone,

    Today's patch to fix the patch seems to have broken my game - I've been stuck on the spinning plumbob screen for 15 minutes. I've restarted both Origin and my computer several times. I'm on a Mac and have gads of mods. I'm assuming it's a conflict with the mods, but want to check first and see if anyone has a solution. Thanks!! <3

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      GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,579 Member
      Yeah, I just closed my game for the day and saw the word update. Oi!
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      SimsChica2013SimsChica2013 Posts: 75 Member
      I'm hearing that a lot of people on Twitter are experiencing the same issue. This is insane. I don't understand why there are so many issues coming from these updates.
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      catloverplayercatloverplayer Posts: 93,395 Member
      PriestessBizarre wrote: »
      There was a patch today? I'm on auto update as far as I know, I'll go and check what my game is doing (I'm on PC).

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      afternoonbaboonafternoonbaboon Posts: 252 Member
      edited November 2020
      Origin won't even let me open the game unless I update!! Also on a Mac. I'll update this post when I open the game after I install the hotfix.

      Edit: 2 days later and now we're having issues. It was fine, and now it's not. Every time I travel it's an endless loading screen. I've taken mods out, repaired my game (which took five minutes for some odd reason) and I'm still having the issue. Ugh.
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      ShuffleJShuffleJ Posts: 273 Member
      RESOLVED: Repair Game in the Origin Sims 4 game settings got me to the map. Hopefully that was the last of the problems.
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      afternoonbaboonafternoonbaboon Posts: 252 Member
      ShuffleJ wrote: »
      RESOLVED: Repair Game in the Origin Sims 4 game settings got me to the map. Hopefully that was the last of the problems.

      Thanks for letting us know!
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      HopeyStarrHopeyStarr Posts: 1,276 Member
      I didn't even know there was a patch today. I've been so afraid to update my game...
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      lisamwittlisamwitt Posts: 5,096 Member
      edited November 2020
      I wasn't even having the crashing problem, my game has been playing fine. I installed the update today and now it's stuck on an infinite loading screen. Needless to say, I'm not happy.
      ShuffleJ wrote: »
      RESOLVED: Repair Game in the Origin Sims 4 game settings got me to the map. Hopefully that was the last of the problems.
      About to try that...
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      AnmirlaAnmirla Posts: 3,836 Member
      I didn't seem to have any problems before, but after this patch for the patch, entering game was "laggy" for lack of a better term. I was able to enter game, but I don't recall it ever hesitating like this. It only added a few extra minutes, but it left me paranoid. :#
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      drakharisdrakharis Posts: 1,478 Member
      SimsChica2013 wrote: »
      I'm hearing that a lot of people on Twitter are experiencing the same issue. This is insane. I don't understand why there are so many issues coming from these updates.

      1. the developers I believe are still working from home during the Pandemic making it harder for them to do their job.
      2. EA doesn't give the developers time the need to create anything. It's not just the Sims but other games they make as well. They care more about making money rather than creating good games.
      3. Usually those of us who occult players are hit the hardest.
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      AteezinWonderlandAteezinWonderland Posts: 96 Member
      I practically ran to update this patch, only to find that it’s waiting for approval for consoles.

      I know it’s a Microsoft/Sony thing but “UGH!”

      Forget free the babies, free my Sims from this patch!
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      CarimeAnn_22CarimeAnn_22 Posts: 2 New Member
      This is so annoying. I had no problems before today's update, and now I've restarted my game 3 times, and it's still just sitting with the spinning Plumbob 15 minutes later....... grrr.
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      HopeyStarrHopeyStarr Posts: 1,276 Member
      The replies on twitter are also complaining about an infinite loading screen.

      What a shame. Something else is broken.
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      Akl500PAkl500P Posts: 2,986 Member
      If you have infinite loading repair your game. Sim guru nick said on Twitter that can fix it. It seems to based on most replies.
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      bixtersbixters Posts: 2,299 Member
      edited November 2020
      It looks like the patch broke something else in the game. I'm sorry you all have to go through this again, it sounds really frustrating. I don't know what's going on with this game anymore :(
      I guess I'll be playing other games for a while....
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      EdithVEdithV Posts: 859 Member
      How do you avoid the update? When I open origin it’ll update automatically is there a way to stop this?
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      lisamwittlisamwitt Posts: 5,096 Member
      @ShuffleJ Repairing my game worked, it always does when things like this happen. For some reason I always forget it exists though, so thanks for mentioning it.
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      luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,628 Member
      EdithV wrote: »
      How do you avoid the update? When I open origin it’ll update automatically is there a way to stop this?

      Don't worry about avoiding the update. If you hit the loading screen problem after the update, repair the game in Origin.
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      EdithVEdithV Posts: 859 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      EdithV wrote: »
      How do you avoid the update? When I open origin it’ll update automatically is there a way to stop this?

      Don't worry about avoiding the update. If you hit the loading screen problem after the update, repair the game in Origin.

      I would prefer to avoid it for now, is there a way?
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      luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,628 Member
      EdithV wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      EdithV wrote: »
      How do you avoid the update? When I open origin it’ll update automatically is there a way to stop this?

      Don't worry about avoiding the update. If you hit the loading screen problem after the update, repair the game in Origin.

      I would prefer to avoid it for now, is there a way?

      You can play offline I think to avoid it? Honestly, I'm not sure. But if it's time you're concerned about it's a really small patch.
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      Colorist40Colorist40 Posts: 7,103 Member
      EdithV wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      EdithV wrote: »
      How do you avoid the update? When I open origin it’ll update automatically is there a way to stop this?

      Don't worry about avoiding the update. If you hit the loading screen problem after the update, repair the game in Origin.

      I would prefer to avoid it for now, is there a way?

      You could play in offline mode


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      EdithVEdithV Posts: 859 Member
      Colorist40 wrote: »
      EdithV wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      EdithV wrote: »
      How do you avoid the update? When I open origin it’ll update automatically is there a way to stop this?

      Don't worry about avoiding the update. If you hit the loading screen problem after the update, repair the game in Origin.

      I would prefer to avoid it for now, is there a way?

      You could play in offline mode


      If I turn off my computer WiFi will that allow me to open origin without the patch updating
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