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Says that game is running but it isn't
I haven’t been able to play for months because whenever I try to open the game, I get the error shown in the screenshot, even though it’s not true that the game is running. In fact, when I press OK everything closes and it sends me back to the EA menu. I thought the problem might have been because my game was installed on an external hard drive, so I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both on my desktop and on the external drive (and I followed the correct procedure). Nothing worked. I also tried both without and with mods (only custom content, no gameplay mods), but that didn’t make any difference either. A while back I managed to open the game for the first time, but it wouldn’t let me enter a lot and only took me to CAS, and then it started showing issues, like the screen not fitting my computer display. The game then crashed. What can I do?Says that the game is running but it isn't
I haven’t been able to play for months because whenever I try to open the game, I get the error shown in the screenshot, even though it’s not true that the game is running. In fact, when I press OK everything closes and it sends me back to the EA menu. I thought the problem might have been because my game was installed on an external hard drive, so I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both on my desktop and on the external drive (and I followed the correct procedure). Nothing worked. I also tried both without and with mods (only custom content, no gameplay mods), but that didn’t make any difference either. A while back I managed to open the game for the first time, but it wouldn’t let me enter a lot and only took me to CAS, and then it started showing issues, like the screen not fitting my computer display. The game then crashed. What can I do?Says that game is running but it isn't
I haven’t been able to play for months because whenever I try to open the game, I get the error shown in the screenshot, even though it’s not true that the game is running. In fact, when I press OK everything closes and it sends me back to the EA menu. I thought the problem might have been because my game was installed on an external hard drive, so I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both on my desktop and on the external drive (and I followed the correct procedure). Nothing worked. I also tried both without and with mods (only custom content, no gameplay mods), but that didn’t make any difference either. A while back I managed to open the game for the first time, but it wouldn’t let me enter a lot and only took me to CAS, and then it started showing issues, like the screen not fitting my computer display. The game then crashed. What can I do?
can't open sims 4 due to error
I updated my game earlier on, when I tried to open it, it came up with an error to check my mods or repair the game. I tried to delete the mods (all hair and clothing) and my Mac came up with an error that said "The Finder can’t complete the operation because some data in “Twistedcat_Stella_Hair.package” can’t be read or written. (Error code -36)". I then repaired the game to see if that would make any difference but still coming up with the same error. I've tried to delete the mods folder and the localthumbcache as I've seen posted on here but both times came up with the same message as above. any tips would be appreciated
My 'The Sims 4 Packs' Folder Is Missing
Hello! So, I was playing the sims as normal but I can't find my packs folder. I've looked everywhere and tried anything. I am also on a different device (I usually use a MacBook, now I'm on an iMac.) then what I usually play on. I have tried everything but I still cannot find it. Please help!
First-person camera randomly stabilized
When using the Sims 4 first-person camera (Shift + Tab), the camera no longer tilts or sways at all. It stays perfectly level and stabilized during every animation (walking, standing, interacting, turning, etc.) Previously, there was subtle camera tilt/sway that followed the Sim’s movement, which made first-person feel fluid. Now the camera feels completely locked, as if all camera interpolation or tilt has been disabled. First person itself still works, but the camera no longer responds to any animation with tilt or sway. I was wondering why that is and how to get it back to being chaotic and unstable?
Lost sims 4 saves after updating Mac mini m4 to 26.2 Tahoe
Recently bought a M4 Mac mini and moved my Sims4 saves from the previous windows 11 install that I had been playing for many years. Every thing was fine and saving game progress was fine. I decided to do a system update in Sequoia the update finished but it was not actually an update to sequoia it was actually an upgrade to Tahoe 26.2 everything seemed fine until my wife launched the game the next day and had no option to load games so her saved games appear to be gone from the documents folder. I was told that the saves may have been moved to the iCloud Drive I checked and nothing appears to be there. I did nothing but choose update when I did this I did not select any options I was actually not given any to select anyway. Also, my desktop which had been completely empty now was covered in files but they were years old and from a Mac that I had not used for years and it was in my office at the school I used to work.
Game Crashing
I'm not sure I'm in the right place, but I was wondering if anyone is still having to issue of their game crashing when either randomly when they are playing or when they are saving. I haven't played since August when I did the update that made this a issue. I have continued updating my game, I just don't want to lose any of my gameplay. Again I don't know if I'm in the right place, I just haven't heard anything about this glitch in a while and haven seen any updates on it. I was wondering if it's been fixed and isn't a major problem anymore and was safe to play the game without having major anxiety about losing my progress.
Cannot Connect to the Gallery
For context I have a Macbook air M2 and im fully updated to Sequoia 15.5. For the past week (no its not because of the recent patch) i havent been able to access the gallery at all. It says "connection required" and when i click go online it just loads forever. Ive tried deleting and reinstalling ea and the sims, restarting my router, changing wifi and connecting to my hotspot, deleting all my cc and tray files, repairing my game, turning my firewall and antivirus off, going online and offline on the ea app, and deleting game cache.Sims 4 old back folder doesn't work
PLEASE HELP!!! I cleaned out my mods folder just to make sure I didn't have duplicate mods in the game. Once I was done, I couldn't find the Electronic Arts folder but my saves and mods were still in game. I ended up searching for the EA folder and two came up. It asked if I wanted to replace, I said yes and my entire game was wiped. I tried to use my back up sims 4 folder to add it back to the game and it's not working. Electronic Arts folder doesn't have the sims 4 folder and when I add it in it still doesn't load. I even renamed the folder so a new one could generate but it does not. The Electronic Arts folder has an "EA app" folder and in that folder an "ARD" folder and "machine. ini". When I click on the ARD folder there is a GEADesktop folder that doesn't open when I click on it. I've tried repairing the game, logging out of the app and restarting so a new The sims 4 folder can appear and nothing. That's the only thing that pops up.I can't enter the game when I enter and the screen is black.
Yes, when I press enter the game, then the screen turns off, then flashes, then it flickers, then it flickers, then it bounces in front of the game tab, but the window is white and freezes like that, I waited, but it was still like that, and I couldn't press close to exit.Won't Let Me Resize Objects
Hi, I just downloaded the game last night and it will not let me size up and down objects. I have a Mac laptop. I tried using the shift + [ ] keys with the object selected and nothing happens. I also tried the shift + ( ) keys for pc just to see if it would work. I even checked the keyboard settings on my laptop and my keyboard settings were already set to US and there is no UK option for keyboard settings on my laptop. I am officially at a loss as I have tried all of the troubleshooting for this issue that I could find. please help
Sims game wont launch after getting new pack
I recently bought businesses and hobbies. I downloaded the pack and tried to open my game, and an error code popped up, so I updated all of my mods, but a different error code popped up. I went through my mods again and now my game is stuck in a never-ending loading screen
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