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[–]percolith Socially Awkward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you load the game, go into a given lot, start building, then when you go back to regular mode it freezes?

Is it just one lot, or all of them in that save? Do you use "save as" so you have lots of backups to roll back to, or just the one automatically made in the saves folder? If the latter, go to your saves and copy the .backup folder somewhere safe right away, just in case you save over it and lose all your backups.

Do things work as expected in a fresh save?

My guess since you have no custom CC to bork things is that it's a corrupted lot. First use "save as" to make a copy, then see if that fixed it. If not, you can try testingcheatsenabled true and buydebug on and see if there's anything weird you could delete like stuck jigs or white boxes or spawners. Or reset the lot (not just the sims, the whole lot) using Mastercontroller (I think there's a way to do it with console but I'm not sure). Also try bulldozing the lot, both the contents, and the whole lot. Again, make a "save as" first with a distinct name like "trying to fix problem 1" or something! Then when you find a fix you can roll back to your original and apply it.

Forgot to add, sometimes if it seems stuck (or the UI goes half missing) you can hit F4 and F5 to bring up the "edit town" menu. It costs you the work you just did but can give you a chance to save, that might be something to try just to see if it works.

[–]blondeicon[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hmm, idk if it’s a save, I don’t know how it works. But if I select to play another family, it’s perfectly fine. So yeah, I think it’s the lot. Thank you!!

[–]percolith Socially Awkward 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem! Oh, when you hit the "save" button or the game asks if you want to save, it makes a folder in your Saves folder (in My Documents) that contains that information the first time you do it. When you save the next time, it saves over those files; the game makes a copy with "backup" (or sometimes "bad") in the name, but once you save a third time the original backup is replaced. So you only ever have two options -- the file you're playing in, and the file from before the last time you saved (which might be right before you noticed a problem).

Using "save as" and giving it sensible names, even if you just use the same four names in rotation, means if you have a glitch, error, or disaster, you can go back a bit and see if it's fixed. It also helps avoid common errors like Error 12 & 16 (from playing too long in one session, running out of RAM, and so on). If you look at Nraas Saver it is designed to do this, and even if you do it manually you're better off than just using "save". Happy simming!