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    Really Annoyed with The sims 4!

    SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
    in PC / Mac - Bugs & Gameplay Issues
    Its practically unplayable! None of the sims will move or do as I say, Idk what to do. I have soo many mods tho... I found out that poses were stopping my sims from doing anything, but now my sims are just staring at each other. Please help :(

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      luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,629 Member
      Did you reset the gameplay folder after pulling that mod out?
      1. Move (not copy) Saves, Tray, Mods, Screenshots, and Custom Music folders and the Options.ini file to your desktop. Delete the Scratch subfolder from inside Saves.
      2. Delete the rest of the The Sims 4 folder from your Documents > Electronic Arts folder.
      3. Start the game, and exit the game. Now you have a fresh Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder.
      4. Copy all the folders and the file back and start the game again.

      Also, do you still have mods in the Mods folder? Have you tried pulling the whole folder out to see if something that's left there is interfering?
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      stilljustme2stilljustme2 Posts: 25,082 Member
      What @luthienrisng said -- sounds like you've still got a mod conflict other than the pose mod. That's why it's important to check all mods/CC after every patch.
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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      Did you reset the gameplay folder after pulling that mod out?
      1. Move (not copy) Saves, Tray, Mods, Screenshots, and Custom Music folders and the Options.ini file to your desktop. Delete the Scratch subfolder from inside Saves.
      2. Delete the rest of the The Sims 4 folder from your Documents > Electronic Arts folder.
      3. Start the game, and exit the game. Now you have a fresh Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder.
      4. Copy all the folders and the file back and start the game again.

      Also, do you still have mods in the Mods folder? Have you tried pulling the whole folder out to see if something that's left there is interfering?

      I'm worried im gonna mess everything up, is there any alternatives?

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      toddlercuddler91toddlercuddler91 Posts: 274 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      Did you reset the gameplay folder after pulling that mod out?
      1. Move (not copy) Saves, Tray, Mods, Screenshots, and Custom Music folders and the Options.ini file to your desktop. Delete the Scratch subfolder from inside Saves.
      2. Delete the rest of the The Sims 4 folder from your Documents > Electronic Arts folder.
      3. Start the game, and exit the game. Now you have a fresh Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder.
      4. Copy all the folders and the file back and start the game again.

      So that's how you clear your cache! It sounds complicated, but thank you for the explanation.
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      luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,629 Member
      edited January 2016
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      Did you reset the gameplay folder after pulling that mod out?
      1. Move (not copy) Saves, Tray, Mods, Screenshots, and Custom Music folders and the Options.ini file to your desktop. Delete the Scratch subfolder from inside Saves.
      2. Delete the rest of the The Sims 4 folder from your Documents > Electronic Arts folder.
      3. Start the game, and exit the game. Now you have a fresh Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder.
      4. Copy all the folders and the file back and start the game again.

      Also, do you still have mods in the Mods folder? Have you tried pulling the whole folder out to see if something that's left there is interfering?

      I'm worried im gonna mess everything up, is there any alternatives?

      Follow the instructions for the first part, and nothing will mess up.

      Don't "save" when you're checking to see if pulling out mods works, or only "save as" something you call "test save"; just open a save, try things, and exit. If it's worked, add mods back in gradually, doing the same thing but not saving over your main save, until you've figured out the culprit mods/CC.
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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      Did you reset the gameplay folder after pulling that mod out?
      1. Move (not copy) Saves, Tray, Mods, Screenshots, and Custom Music folders and the Options.ini file to your desktop. Delete the Scratch subfolder from inside Saves.
      2. Delete the rest of the The Sims 4 folder from your Documents > Electronic Arts folder.
      3. Start the game, and exit the game. Now you have a fresh Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder.
      4. Copy all the folders and the file back and start the game again.

      Also, do you still have mods in the Mods folder? Have you tried pulling the whole folder out to see if something that's left there is interfering?

      I will try this now

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      SucomSucom Posts: 1,709 Member
      For a while my sims were standing idle, doing nothing at all until I directed them and it happened to me after switching autonomy off and back on. I think it stopped after I began playing a different household. I have no mods in my game at all.
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      jackjack_kjackjack_k Posts: 8,601 Member
      A lot of mods and CC were outdated with the last patch.
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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      edited January 2016
      luthienrising wrote: »
      Did you reset the gameplay folder after pulling that mod out?
      1. Move (not copy) Saves, Tray, Mods, Screenshots, and Custom Music folders and the Options.ini file to your desktop. Delete the Scratch subfolder from inside Saves.
      2. Delete the rest of the The Sims 4 folder from your Documents > Electronic Arts folder.
      3. Start the game, and exit the game. Now you have a fresh Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 folder.
      4. Copy all the folders and the file back and start the game again.

      Also, do you still have mods in the Mods folder? Have you tried pulling the whole folder out to see if something that's left there is interfering?

      I did it but forgot all about the options.ini! Do I have to re do it?

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      toddlercuddler91toddlercuddler91 Posts: 274 Member
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.
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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      No I mean the action completely disappears :(

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      luthienrisingluthienrising Posts: 37,629 Member
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.
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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Well I don't have any mods other than cas cc, and for some reason my sims wont cook or do certain things (the action deletes itself)

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      fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Well I don't have any mods other than cas cc, and for some reason my sims wont cook or do certain things (the action deletes itself)

      A lot of CC was broken with the last patch too. Not just mods.
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      jimmysnanjimmysnan Posts: 8,303 Member
      I have had the same problem check out my post here http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/867944/game-acting-up#dates there may be some answers in there for you.
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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Now the task bar keeps going up and down and the actions keep going away? it wont let me do anything!

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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      fullspiral wrote: »
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Well I don't have any mods other than cas cc, and for some reason my sims wont cook or do certain things (the action deletes itself)

      A lot of CC was broken with the last patch too. Not just mods.

      Ugh I really hate ea

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      Orchid13Orchid13 Posts: 8,823 Member
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      fullspiral wrote: »
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Well I don't have any mods other than cas cc, and for some reason my sims wont cook or do certain things (the action deletes itself)

      A lot of CC was broken with the last patch too. Not just mods.

      Ugh I really hate ea

      Join the club :)

      I had to install a mod just so the game could be playable
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      fullspiralfullspiral Posts: 14,717 Member
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      fullspiral wrote: »
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Well I don't have any mods other than cas cc, and for some reason my sims wont cook or do certain things (the action deletes itself)

      A lot of CC was broken with the last patch too. Not just mods.

      Ugh I really hate ea

      It's not EA. They are building a game lol. It's our choice to add mods and cc and our responsibility to maintain and look after it.
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,616 Member
      Did you try repairing the game after resetting your folders? I have a vanilla game and don't have this problem. But I know other simmers have it to but not too sure if it's caused by mods or CC.
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      rosemowrosemow Posts: 163,605 Member
      edited January 2016
      Hello,
      Move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and test to see if that helps the issues. If it does help, then put your mods/CC back into the newly generated mods folder one by one or in batches and testing after each one to see which is the cause of the problem.

      If the issues remain, shut down your computer completely. Start the computer again, then launch the game and see if that helps.

      Repairing the game may help. To do that, right click on the sims 4 picture in Origin and click repair.
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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      fullspiral wrote: »
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      fullspiral wrote: »
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Well I don't have any mods other than cas cc, and for some reason my sims wont cook or do certain things (the action deletes itself)

      A lot of CC was broken with the last patch too. Not just mods.

      Ugh I really hate ea

      It's not EA. They are building a game lol. It's our choice to add mods and cc and our responsibility to maintain and look after it.

      Its not just that. Its the culling as well.

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      SimmerSparklezzzSimmerSparklezzz Posts: 875 Member
      Orchid13 wrote: »
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      fullspiral wrote: »
      SimmerSparklezzz wrote: »
      luthienrising wrote: »
      toddlercuddler91 wrote: »
      Sims do sometimes give the impression they're idling, because they're slow-witted. I say them "Go hug your friend". I wait 15 seconds/minutes, and I find them somewhere else, idling or whatnot. I have to repeat them things more than once sometimes before they do what I'm asking them.

      If specific mods aren't causing the problem, you might just be hitting lag from what your hardware can handle. If you don't end up identifying stuff in the Mods folder that's an issue, and if the cache clearing doesn't help, post again and there might be more things we can try.

      Well I don't have any mods other than cas cc, and for some reason my sims wont cook or do certain things (the action deletes itself)

      A lot of CC was broken with the last patch too. Not just mods.

      Ugh I really hate ea

      Join the club :)

      I had to install a mod just so the game could be playable

      Same

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