Cannot load any household since the latest update

[andypuk1980]

I haven't played for a while but since the latest update I've been having some issues trying to load a household, I'm just getting an endless loading screen that after about 3 minutes pops up a critical exception from better exceptions mentioning "whims_service" as the posible cause. This is happening with all households on all save games.

I've updated most of the mods I can find that need updating but still no bueno, attaching a lastexception report if anyone can advise, I have a suspicion that it could be Nisa's Wicked Perversions which I've also updated but I might be missing something else.

lastException.txt

[Scorpio]

Think you have some broken garden/flower cc/mod and maybe a trashcan with no lid cc.

At least that's what some of your LE is reporting.

 

I suspect you have more than one broken mod/cc so it might take some time to find them all.

Sometimes it's just easier to use the 50/50 mod removal method to test for broken mods/cc.

 

Or start with updated script mods like WW, NWP, MCCC, BMD, ect., and test them first.

 

Then add a few others at a time and retest.

(Don't make any saves with mods/cc removed for testing, just exit when done).

 

Don't forget to delete your localthumbcache.package when you add/remove mods/cc.

 

You can find a broken mod list on EA forums but it doesn't include any NSFW stuff like WW.

https://forums.ea.com/discussions/the-sims-4-mods-and-custom-content-en/broken-and-updated-sims-4-mods-and-cc-1-117-aug-19-2025-game-update/12473785

 

Edited September 7, 2025 by Scorpio