December 2018
Product: The Sims 4
Platform:PC
Which language are you playing the game in? English
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
What is your current game version number? 1.48.94.1020
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? holiday celebration pack
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Starting with the tutorial (never played sims before) when you enter the game after finishing the sims.
What happens when the bug occurs? You cannot enter the house. It's invisible and there' nothing showing in its place. When you travel to a nearby house you can see it but, when you click travel home it disappears.
What do you expect to see? The actual house at its right place.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Never used.
Did this issue appear after a specific patch or change you made to your system? No
Another of the connected problems is that the tutorial doesn't work till the end. The tutorial stops working after the greetings of Alex (the sim) and it won't budge forward. The game didn't save after yesterdays playing (brand new). Yesterday, the first time I turned it on, the only problem was the tutorial (bearable) now I cannot save the game because every time it restarts itself or even enters the house (tried with and without the tutorial both ways didn't work).
December 2018
Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199
You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files and make a backup.
After renaming, repair your game by right clicking on the game in Origin.
Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.
The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.
Good Luck
Crin
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January 2019 - last edited January 2019
Moving this to tech issues for further troubleshooting and info
Might be related to this: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/INFO-REQUEST-Houses-Lots-disappear/m-p/4620279 but sounds more extreme.
Good Luck
Crin
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