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Game Pulling Mods/Saves from Onedrive Instead of External Hard Drive
To start I have already checked the guide for missing saves/mods etc. and while that helped me figure out the problem is, I still don't know how to fix it. I loaded my game for the first time in a while (maybe March) after updating both the game and my mods. But the game had none of my saves loaded. I removed the mod folder completely and tried again, still no saves, but I noticed the game was still saying I have mods installed. After investigation I realized that it is trying to pull from my one drive, which I actively do not use. I don't pay for OneDrive and the free version does not have enough space to hold all my game files/mods/saves. I don't understand why it is trying to use OneDrive, when I've never used it. Can someone please help me figure out how to make the game pull from the Electronic Arts folder on my external drive?Solved24Views0likes3Comments[CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 Unable to Start, Game Data Missing or Damaged
Overview jump to: Workarounds Unable to start: Cannot start because game data is missing or damaged. If you have Mods installed please remove them and try again. If not, please repair or reinstall the game via Origin. [de4ee14f:29f00e76:00000000:4b0d852b] [Ignore the mention of Origin; this error message has not been updated.] This error can be caused by outdated or incompatible mods or custom content, as indicated in the text. So the first and simplest step is to remove your Mods folder and try again. If this works, great, you can now sort through your mods and cc to find the source of the error. You may want to use the 50/50 method if you have a lot of content to test. You can also check out @luthienrising's current "Broken/Obsolete and Updated Sims 4 Mods" thread, pinned to the top of the Game and Mod/CC Issues forum. This error can also be caused by a corrupt install of Sims 4, or the game being blocked from accessing the user folder. If the problem is not mods or cc, some testing may be required to identify the cause. Workarounds The idea here is to first narrow down the source of the problem, then identify and fix it. Please try these workarounds in order—they're listed from least to most time-consuming. jump to: Repair the game jump to: Pause OneDrive syncing jump to: Clean user folder jump to: New admin Windows account jump to: Reinstalling the game Some of these may be not be a convenient fix given your current setup. Where applicable, these sections also list alternate approaches, for example how to try to resolve a problem in your current Windows account when Sims 4 will only work in the new account. However, it's important to test each workaround as written in order to confirm or eliminate each potential source of error. Repair the game If the game's program files become corrupted, a repair may fix the problem. First, clear the EA App's cache: https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/faq/clear-cache-to-fix-problems-with-your-games/ If you've installed through the EA App, open its game library, click Sims 4, and select Manage > Repair. For a Steam install, open your Steam library, right-click the Sims 4 tile, and select Properties > Local files > Verify the integrity of the game files. ↑ Pause OneDrive syncing OneDrive can lock up the Sims 4 user folder, or any folder it's automatically syncing, for various reasons. The easiest way to diagnose this is to temporarily pause syncing. Right-click the cloud icon in the lower-right corner of the screen to see the option: If this helps, the underlying issue is OneDrive, and you may want or need to adjust your settings accordingly. You can choose which folders to sync, stop OneDrive from syncing your Sims 4 folder or all of Documents automatically, or get rid of OneDrive entirely. Please see this guide, specifically the "I don't want OneDrive to sync my files" and "I want to get rid of OneDrive" sections, for further help: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/CURRENT-ISSUE-Sims-4-saves-user-content-disappearing-PC/m-p/12475370 ↑ Clean user folder Testing with a clean user folder, otherwise known as a factory reset, means temporarily removing all user data. This ensures that nothing from your existing folder is preventing Sims 4 from loading. Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop. If it copies instead of moving, or you get an error when trying to move it, please see the OneDrive section above. Otherwise, when you launch the game, if it launches, a clean folder will spawn with no content. Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game. Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just see whether you can get far enough to start a new save. If this works, you can start moving your content from the old Sims 4 folder to the new one, testing each time to make sure the game still loads. In each case, please move the files only, not the folder they're in, for example move the individual Tray files, not the entire Tray folder. Where the game has created a new file or folder, it's best to use that rather than your old copy. For further reading about the contents of the user folder and what you might want to preserve, please see this: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/user-files-explained/ While moving over your data, if and when you see the "already running" error again, you'll know that one of the files you just moved is the problem, and you can split and retest that batch until you find out which one. For mods and custom content, the 50/50 method can make the process much more efficient. A single file or folder that prevents the game from launching is not recoverable; you'll need to delete it, or in the case of mods or cc, find an updated, compatible version. ↑ New admin Windows account It's possible that the problem is caused by a setting or broken permissions in your main Windows account, and the fastest way to test this theory is to create a new account. It must have admin rights (not a standard user account), and it must be local, as in, not connected to your Microsoft account. To create a new account, open Windows Settings > Accounts > Family & other users, click "Add someone else to this PC" (under Other users, not Your family), click "I don't have this person's sign-in information," then "Add a user without a Microsoft account." Choose the username and password, answer some security questions, and you'll see the new account. Click it and select "Change account type" to make it an Administrator account if it's not already. It should say "Administrator - Local account" when you're done: Click ctrl-alt-delete, select Switch user, and sign into the new account. Then open the EA App (and Steam or the Epic launcher if applicable) and try to launch Sims 4. You shouldn't need to reinstall anything. Your saves and other user data won't be available, but that's fine for the purpose of this test. If Sims 4 works in the new account, it means the problem is contained to your old account. You can simply continue playing in the new account if you want. For any saves or other user data you'd like to transfer to the new account, sign into the old account again and copy the relevant files to C:\Users\Public. This folder is accessible from all user accounts; you can grab the files from there once you're in the new account. If you would like to continue playing in the old account, here are additional steps you can take: Confirm that the Documents directory is in the correct location Reset permissons on Documents Run a malware scan ↑ Reinstalling the game If the above workarounds don't help, a simple uninstall/reinstall may not fix the problem either. Instead, please clean-uninstall Sims 4 and the EA App. (It should not be necessary to uninstall Steam or the Epic launcher if you happen to use either one, but the EA App should be removed in any case.) You will not lose access to any DLC you own. For Sims 4: Put aside your Sims 4 folder in Documents\Electronic Arts and rename it to something that doesn't include the words "Sims 4." Download Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine) from here. Launch Revo, select Sims 4 from the list, and click Uninstall. Cancel the system restore point; you don't need it and it occupies extra space. Once the game is uninstalled, select "Moderate" under "scanning modes," and click Scan. Review the list, in case there's something you want to save; otherwise, click Select All, and then Delete. Close Revo, and restart your computer. For the EA App: Launch Revo, select the App, and click Uninstall. Cancel the system restore point. The EA App may open a window. Click Uninstall, then in the Revo window, click Moderate under Scanning modes, and click Scan. Revo will present a list of registry entries. Click Select All, then Delete: you don't need or want to preserve these entries. For the leftover files and folders, click Select All, review the list and deselect anything you'd like to keep (this is unlikely, but it's worth checking), click Delete, and you're done. Close Revo, and restart your computer. Install the EA App, then create a new folder into which you'll install Sims 4. The folder should be on the root level of the drive of your choice, for example C:\Games is fine, but not C:\Program Files\Games. If you use a third-party antivirus, disable it before reinstalling the EA App, and don't reenable it until you've tried to launch Sims 4 at least once. As long as you don't do anything else while reinstalling, your computer should be safe. If the game works, set exceptions for TS4_DX9_x64.exe (if you've set Sims 4 to use DirectX 9) and/or TS4_x64.exe (for DX11) as well as EADesktop.exe. Test the game once before restoring any user data as well. If it works, you can slowly add back your saves and other data from the old Sims 4 folder, the one you renamed prior to uninstalling the game. If and when Sims 4 stops loading again, remove the last group of files you added, and split and test progressively smaller batches until you find the culprit. Where the game has created a new file or folder, it's best to use that rather than your old copy. For further reading about the content of the user folder and what you might want to preserve, please see this: https://sims4.crinrict.com/eng/2014/09/user-files-explained/ ↑ If none of these workarounds fixes the problem, try the suggestions in this thread for a distinct but related error: [CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 already running | EA Forums - 11818313 If nothing there helps either, please post in this thread asking for further help. Let me know whether Sims 4 ever ran in the new Windows account, even temporarily. Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to your post. Click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop. From there, you can attach it using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons.39KViews4likes528CommentsScreen blank with duplicate popups in live mode
My game loads fine, and I can get to the home screen. When I load up any save, the screen will be the same color as the loading screen but pop ups like the thought bubbles duplicate and when i move my mouse to change the camera view the duplicates get dragged across the screen. I did not have any mods or CC installed when this issue first started. I have cleared my cache, temporarily removed my tray, and recovered saves and none of these have resolved my issue. Even with a new save these issues are present. Here are two screenshots of my issue. I am unsure if there being ghosts there or not in the household is part of the issue, but when attempting new saves without ghosts the issue still arises. I am completely lost on what the root cause might be since I have gone through everything else I know to do. Please help!9Views0likes1CommentGame won't launch/load and get a white screen.
When I try to launch the Sims 4 from the EA app the screen will flicker and then I get a white screen with the blue loading circle. I've tried repairing the game. I've removed mods. I've even completely uninstalled and reinstalled the game and this is still an issue where I can't play the game. Please help! Thanks in advance!9Views0likes1Comment[READ FIRST] Unrecognized video card
The unrecognized video card error appears when the graphics card that is running Sims 4 is not in the game’s database. You can confirm that your card is not recognized by reading the config.log file, which is located inside Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4. The [Found: 0] value means the card is not in the database. Solution This error is generally not harmful: a capable card should run the game whether it's recognized or not. However, if you'd like to address the error, it's now possible to add an edited version of graphicscards.sgr as an override. The September 3 patch added a folder in Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4 labeled ConfigOverride. If you place a copy of graphicscards.sgr in this folder, its data will override the data in the original version. The original graphicscards.sgr is within the game's program files. Unless you changed the default install location in Origin, the full file path will be: Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin You can make a copy of your own version of this file and play with it if you want. (Make sure the file saves with an .sgr extension, not .txt.) Or you can download a prepared file with a number of additional graphics cards from here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g3hbuTRoi1DEl6JM71liKwSVxmK5aP0q/view?usp=share_link Choose "Save file" when your browser asks, then move the file from your Downloads folder to ConfigOverride. Launch the game once, quit, open config.log again, and you should see that your card is now found: If you follow these instructions and your card is not found: Your card may not be in the provided .txt file. We would like to keep this file updated, adding new GPUs as they’re released. If yours isn’t in the file, please post the above section of config.log in this thread so we can add your card’s name and device ID.50KViews16likes250Comments[CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 Failed to Launch Game
Overview Failed to launch game An error on our end caused the launch to fail. Try again a little later. Please ONLY use this thread if your game actually fails to launch. If the game does open, no matter how briefly, and then crashes, and only then do you see the "failed to launch game" error, please create your own thread. Provide a dxdiag and a lastexception with your post. How to do so is covered in this reply: [START HERE] Crashing/Back to Map/Endless loading (Patch 117.221) | EA Forums - 12512130 This is currently something of a catch-all error, caused by a variety of issues. And the game may in fact start but crash immediately after launch. Trying to relaunch the game immediately after it's crashed can cause the error as well. While troubleshooting this issue, each time the game fails to load, make sure the EA App is closed (exit out of it; don't just X out the window), and open the Task Manager and end the EABackgroundServices entry in the background processes list. Alternately, restart your computer. Workarounds jump to: Remove mods jump to: Clean user folder jump to: Set exceptions in antivirus jump to: Change OneDrive settings jump to: Update graphics driver jump to: Perform a clean boot jump to: Uncommon causes jump to: New admin Windows account These workarounds are listed in order of how frequently they cause this issue. So to avoid wasting time on steps that are unlikely to help you, it would be best to try the suggestions in order. Before proceeding, please repair the game. If you've installed through the EA App, open the App library and click Sims 4 > Manage > Repair. For a Steam install, open your Steam library, right-click the Sims 4 tile, and select Properties > Installed files > Verify integrity of the game files. Remove mods The most common cause of this error is a broken mod, and the most efficient way to find out if that's your issue is to remove the entire Mods folder, and delete localthumbcache.package, in the same Sims 4 folder. This doesn't mean playing without mods—if it helps, you can test your mods and cc until you find the broken file or files, then restore the rest. If it doesn't help, move on to the next steps. While testing, use the new Mods folder the game created when you launched it without mods. Transfer individual files or subfolders rather than the entire Mods folder, and use the fresh Resource.cfg file rather than your old one as well. ↑ Clean user folder If removing only the Mods folder doesn't help, remove or rename (these have the same effect) the entire Sims 4 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts. If it copies instead of moving, or you get an error when trying to move it, stop here and see the OneDrive section below. Otherwise, when you launch the game, if it launches, a clean folder will spawn with no content. (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you've moved but temporarily unread by the game.) Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just see whether you can get far enough to start a new save and play in live mode for a bit. If this works, you can start moving your content from the old Sims 4 folder to the new one. Start by testing your mods and custom content, if you have any. Use the new Mods folder and Resource.cfg file the game creates rather than your old ones. Test your mods and cc in batches, or use the 50/50 method described here if you have a lot of files to sort through: https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Finding_Problem_Custom_Content#The_50.25_Method Once you're done with your Mods folder, you can transfer the contents of saves, Tray (saved households and builds), Screenshots and Recorded Videos if you care about those, and Options.ini if you don't want to redo all your in-game options. The rest can be discarded; the game will regenerate the files and folders as necessary. ↑ Set exceptions in your antivirus Your antivirus blocking the game from starting can cause this issue as well. Look for any recent actions involving Sims 4 or the EA App, and set exceptions/exclusions as necessary. The exceptions should be for TS4_x64, TS4_DX9_x64, and TS4_Launcher_x64, or the Bin folder they're in; set one for EADesktop.exe as well while you're there. If you use Memory Boost (still in beta and opt-in only), set an exception for TS4_x64_fpb.exe. This article has instructions for Windows Defender and a couple of common third-party programs: https://crinrict.com/blog/2020/10/add-exceptions-to-anti-virus-programs.html If your antivirus isn't covered, consult the publisher's online documentation for instructions. A search for "[antivirus name] set exception" will probably find a user manual. ↑ Change OneDrive settings If OneDrive is running on your computer, whether you use it or not, it can block Sims 4's access to Documents and cause this error. First, try pausing syncing. Right-click the cloud icon in the lower-right corner of the screen, or sometimes hidden in the Tray (^ icon), to see the option: If this helps, the underlying issue is OneDrive, and you may want or need to adjust your settings accordingly. You can choose which folders to sync, stop OneDrive from syncing your Sims 4 folder or all of Documents automatically, or get rid of OneDrive entirely. Please see this guide, specifically the "I don't want OneDrive to sync my files" and "I want to get rid of OneDrive" sections, for further help: [CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 saves/user content disappearing (PC) | EA Forums - 11838402 ↑ Update your graphics driver Some users have fixed this issue by updating an old graphics driver. If you know how to do this on your own, go right ahead. To find the current driver version and date, click Windows key-X, select the Device Manager, expand Display adapters, right-click the name of your GPU (the dedicated card, usually Nvidia/AMD, if your computer has two), and select Properties > Driver. If you update through the Device Manager, which has an Update button in the menu, you will probably get a slightly older driver than the most current one. This is fine for testing purposes, and this driver may still fix the issue; just understand that you won't necessarily be up-to-date, and you may be told you already have the current version when you do not. To get the most current version, go to the driver downloads page hosted by the manufacturer of your GPU. If you don't know how to do this, or you'd like help or confirmation before proceeding, or trying to install the driver you've downloaded throws an error, please reply to this thread. Include a dxdiag. Click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop. From there, you can attach it to a reply using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons. ↑ Clean Boot A clean boot is the process of temporarily disabling all nonessential services on your computer, including some that may start with Windows and perpetually run silently in the background. (It is NOT a clean install of Windows; I am not suggesting you erase your data.) The idea is to see whether any background process is interfering with Sims 4. Here's how to perform a clean boot: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd The one service to leave enabled is the EABackgroundService, which the EA App needs in order to run. Disable the rest as described. When you reboot your computer, go through the Task Manager's background processes list shutting down any service that doesn't absolutely need to be running, for example anything from MSI Afterburner to RGB software might still be enabled. If you accidentally kill a critical process and it doesn't restart on its own, just reboot your computer again. Don't open anything other than Sims 4 and the EA App while testing, not even a browser window. If this helps, you can selectively reenable services until you find the culprit, then either leave that disabled or (if it belongs to an app you want to keep using) let me know what it is so we can try to fix the underlying issue. If the game freezes or crashes in a clean boot, please try again, except with your computer offline. You can sign into the EA App and put it in offline mode, then disable wifi and/or disconnect the ethernet cable before pressing Play. Uncommon causes These have been the underlying cause for a few uses but don't appear to be major contributors. Still, if any apply to you, try the suggestions. Disable Game Mode and Game Bar: Both of these settings are under Windows Settings > Gaming. DirectX 9 mode: Sims 4 now defaults to DirectX 11 mode on most computers. To force DX9 mode in the EA App, open the App game library, click Sims 4 > Manage > View properties, add -dx9 to the box, and save. If you play through Steam, open your library, right-click Sims 4, select Properties > General, and add -dx9 to the Launch Options box. Windows insider build: For certain other EA games, a couple of updates to the Windows beta build can trigger this error. I haven't seen this apply to Sims 4 yet, but if you're running the insider build, please see the accepted solution of this thread. Conflicting software: For other games (not Sims 4 as far as I've seen), MSI Afterburner or RivaTuner Statistics Server can trigger the error. You can close all unnecessary apps in the Task Manager; be sure to check the background processes list as well. ↑ New admin Windows account It's possible that the problem is caused by a setting or broken permissions in your main Windows account, and the fastest way to test this theory is to create a new account. It must have admin rights (not a standard user account), and it must be local, as in, not connected to your Microsoft account. The account name can only contain letters from the Roman alphabet and numbers, no special characters, accents, or anything else that isn't standard. To create a new account, open Windows Settings > Accounts > Family & other users, click "Add someone else to this PC" (under Other users, not Your family), click "I don't have this person's sign-in information," then "Add a user without a Microsoft account." Choose the username and password, answer some security questions, and you'll see the new account. Click it and select "Change account type" to make it an Administrator account if it's not already. It should say "Administrator - Local account" when you're done: Click ctrl-alt-delete, select Switch user, and sign into the new account. Then open the EA App (and Steam or the Epic launcher if applicable) and try to launch Sims 4. You shouldn't need to reinstall anything. Your saves and other user data won't be available, but that's fine for the purpose of this test. If Sims 4 works in the new account, it means the problem is contained to your old account. You can simply continue playing in the new account if you want. For any saves or other user data you'd like to transfer to the new account, sign into the old account again and copy the relevant files to C:\Users\Public. This folder is accessible from all user accounts; you can grab the files from there once you're in the new account. If you'd like help fixing your old account, please see below. ↑ If nothing else in this guide helps or applies to you, OR if Sims 4 only works the new admin Windows account but you'd like to play in your old account, try the other steps listed in this thread, which is for a distinct but sometimes related issue: [CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 Unable to Start, Already Running | EA Forums - 11818313 If those don't help either, please reply to this thread. Let me know whether the new Windows account worked. If it did not, please provide a dxdiag. Click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop. From there, you can attach it to a reply using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons. ↑38KViews42likes734CommentsChange Language from CZ/PL/RU to English
Im trying to install the sims 4 but i only have polish, czech and russian available, i have been looking everywhere to see if theres a solution but i still havent found one, does anyone know how to solve this issue?14Adavid17 hours agoSeasoned Newcomer23Views0likes1CommentRandom Crashing
Hi, the last few days my Sims 4 game keeps crashing at random times. It started on the 13th where it crashed at 16:23, 16:57 and 17:09, on the 14th there were crashes at 11:47, 12:26, 13:15, 13:43 and 14:14 and today I've had crashes at 9:44, 9:54, 9:59, 10:23, 10:28 and 11:25. As you can see it's not letting me play for long. I had no problems with it before the 13th, I've tried without mods and still experience crashing. I've also tried repairing the game which hasn't helped. The game will load in fine but after playing for a short time it will just switch off. I bought 3 expansion packs on 12th but had no problems playing with them installed that day. Please help me sort this out, I've only recently started playing the Sims 4. I've attached a DxDiag.Khala-Oakeage21 hours agoSeasoned Novice108Views1like8CommentsMemory Boost Technical Issues and Feedback Thread
Sul Sul Simmers! With today's base game update, we've announced a new feature called Memory Boost on an opt-in basis for PC/Windows players that will be available starting September 23rd. If you're interested in enabling this feature, please see the patch notes here for instructions. If you're reporting a bug or technical issue you believe is related to Memory Boost, please use the following template: Platform: Which language are you playing the game in? How often does the bug occur? What is your current game version number? What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? What happens when the bug occurs? What do you expect to see? Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? To help us better understand the technical aspects of the issues, we would also appreciate if you could provide additional information to us as well: Press the Windows key and type "Dxdiag" into the search bar. Click on "Dxdiag.exe" or press enter. When the DirectX Diagnostic Tool opens, click on "Save All Information". Save the .txt file to your desktop for easy access. Attach to your post here. And finally, any screenshots, video footage, or save files (please send the link to TheSimsDirect, additional instructions here: [INFORMATION] How to Send User Files to The Sims 4 Team) you can share of issues occurring are of great value to us as well. We look forward to your feedback and working together to enhance your Simming experience!EA_Solaire22 hours agoCommunity Manager7KViews6likes103Comments- alisamizell3222 hours agoNewcomer25Views0likes1Comment
The Sims 4 save doesn't appear in Resume but works in Load Game
Hello. I have an issue with The Sims 4. One of my save files does not appear in the "Resume" menu, but it does appear in "Load Game" and I can play it without any problems. I have already removed all mods, deleted the localthumbcache.package file, used "Save As", and restarted the game, but the issue remains. It only affects this specific save. This has been happening to me ever since they updated it last time. Could you please help me?ncsnsrdiuie622 hours agoSeasoned Newcomer48Views0likes5CommentsGame Crashing Every 5-15 Minutes
ever since the latest update my game has been crashing between every 5-15 minutes. a good stretch, i’ll get 30 minutes. i play on a laptop and have never had this issue previously. is anyone else having this problem? it’s been happening for days.hey_moon8722 hours agoSeasoned Newcomer217Views7likes11CommentsGame won't open with folders
I can't add folders into my mods folder and it's making it super difficult to play. Anytime I add a folder the game simply won't open, but if I put the mods in said folder directly into the mods folder it'll open? I'm trying to organize my mods so I can do the 50/50 method easier but this is making it impossible. I also don't have an error file (or at least I can't find it) since the game just won't open.EMax4ever22 hours agoSeasoned Newcomer57Views0likes5CommentsAll but one of my packs are missing from the electronic arts app.
I uninstalled my sims game along with the electronic arts app from my computer a year or so ago.. I have only ever had one account! and now I log in a long while later and there is nothing but one add on there.. what the heck then I go to my purchasing history and nothing I had many of the packs and now nothing is there and I have paid for them all... but also I can find proof for some but its been many years I don't know how much far I can go back this should be retrievable the ai bot assistant wont direct me to a live agent or EA representative.14Views0likes0Commentsmemory boost option gone since months
hello, the memory boost option is gone from my settings since months, it used to work fine and one day it just disappeared i clean reinstalled my windows a couple of times including 3 weeks ago, so i doubt than any game files are corrupted because i had to reinstall every program and game anyways, for this reason i also rule out a mod issue dx11 is activated, it always activates by default, i never manually clicked the dx9 switchVCWhittman1 day agoSeasoned Vanguard89Views0likes5CommentsMy Sims 4 Game Constantly Crashes
Ever since the recent update I had tried to add a lot from My Gallery, but it had caused the game to crash. It is frustrating because even though I had cleaned up the Sims 4 folder from my File Explorer from my laptop and I had even added a new folder for it to be transferred to my desktop. Also, I had restarted my computer several times and I had even uninstalled the game and repaired it several times but the game had continued to crash even with a brand new file in the Sims 4. This issue has been going on for the past several days. Please help me fix it. Thank you.Solvedar051919932 days agoSeasoned Novice163Views2likes6Commentsgame crashes
my game crashes at the same time without fail. it's done this before and i would create a new save and it would be fine for a bit then crash again. everytime i can play the game for a bit then it crashes with no warning always at the same time.KSMJ132 days agoSeasoned Novice58Views0likes3CommentsGame crashing after 1.124 Update every 20(ish) mins
Hello there! I need some advice please if anyone can help. Ever since the 1.124 update released the game suddenly closes itself from anywhere between 3 to 20 minutes? maybe less? maybe a little more sometimes?, I do not have any mods or CC, just a bunch of expansion packs, but I can run the game on ultra graphics and it runs smoothly and loads fast. Here are my PC specs: Processor 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700KF (3.60 GHz) Installed RAM 32.0 GB (31.8 GB usable) Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (8 GB) Storage 1.08 TB of 2.73 TB used System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor Please see attached crash logs: (if more are needed I have more)150Views1like7CommentsSims game keeps crashing
I am a frequent PC player that does not use any CC or mods but for the past two days I have been playing my game and it keeps freezing for 1-2 seconds and then crashes and I am not sure why. I then started saving more often to not loose progress but when i save my game it crashes mid save like 90% of the time.LilGMoneyx232 days agoNew Novice34Views0likes1Comment
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