THIS IS.... emergency patch ..... I think # 5?

EA's spaghetti code is truly coming back to haunt them

One thing fixes, another 4 breaks

So many are getting error codes on top of error codes

Like critical failure error codes

Saves are getting corrupted or deleted

Game crashes and failed saves

Infinite load screens between traveling, or CAS, or ...... just to get to the main menu

Like. This is insane

I was chatting with a friend from Pax Dei and we were comparing how smooth this Alpha Early Access was running compared to AAA(A) titles from other dev companies like ???

How come these guys are doing it right and these other multi-million dollar companies can't find their butts from their own servers

Pax Dei lacks content, sure. But it's playable and a smooth experience at that

I was in an event over the weekend with 70 people in a small room

SEVENTY.

IT'S IN ALPHA

hello???

Meanwhile trying to load a save on the sims and my game stutters into oblivion

Yes, I took out mods. Yes, I reinstalled from the ground up. But even people without any mods ever are experiencing these issues

So I finally finagled it enough to get it to work

I had to transplant the Sims I cared about into a new save, new house, new everything but same Sims

I backed up my saves folder

I didn't want to lose the Sims (my save they were from is 100% corrupted at this point and we're just trying to salvage what we can from it) because they are 30 years into a 700 year challenge lmao

30 isn't a lot but it's been HaRd OKay??

Before I load the game each time, I back up my saves

Because honestly, this game can't be trusted

A new patch will mean more broken mods and PROBABLY more broken game in general

The last patch didn't fix what was promised and now I can't enter CAS sometimes

It's a genuine hit or miss. Sometimes I can, sometimes I get infinite loading screens

But I'm not kidding or exaggerating when I say I literally haven't been able to play in a month thanks to this damned update they did

Me angy

I just want to play with my pixelated barbies ffs

I'm turning updates off until I know it's "safe"

I mean it's not safe right now anyways, but it's more okay than 3 weeks ago and who knows what will break this time

OOF