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CapuccinoMachin
10 months ago

Re: "Not Currently Playble" or "This game hasn't released yet" Error on EA app

The sims is a sort of on-and-off game for me, the last time I played was in December last year. I tried to boot up the game this time, and I got the error message: "This game hasn't released yet". I've googled multiple solutions, but a majority of similar problems seem to be related to other games, apart from one affecting a Mac user. As far as I know, I seem to be the only one with this affecting The Sims 4 on Windows.

Things I have tried:

  • Removing all my mods
  • Changing the date
  • Opening the game in offline mode (didn't even do anything)
  • Ending all background tasks and re-opening the EA app
  • Repairing and reinstalling the game
  • Repairing and reinstalling the EA app
  • Restarting my PC

The only thing I have yet to try is creating a new admin profile and launching the game from there (as suggested by this guy: LINK ), because frankly, I don't want to go through the whole effort just to play a game I boot up every six or so months. There doesn't seem to be any similar issues from very recent either, the most recent cases seem to be from around September last year, which is before my last play session. I really don't understand how this is even a problem, it's clear to see that this game released almost 10 years ago, what could be wrong behind the scenes that makes this not the case?

For anyone curious, clicking "Go to the Game Hub" doesn't open anything, it just stays on the same screen.

I am using Windows 10.

Post made - July 22, 2024

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  • CapuccinoMachin's avatar
    CapuccinoMachin
    10 months ago

    Happy to announce that as of just a couple minutes ago, I was finally able to play The Sims 4. However, I can't figure out how that happened and just have to conclude that it was some sort of recent update, so sorry that I can't provide some insight to the possible solution to anyone left in the dark on this issue. Here's what happened for me, though:

    • I haven't attempted to open the game in the last, 72-ish hours (give or take)
    • I suffered a blue screen earlier today, forcing me to restart before my next attempt to relaunch the game (blue screen unrelated to the sims)
    • I already had all of my mods moved removed and the game re-installed before restarting.
    • I remembered the house idea I had 2 weeks ago and wanted to try it again to see if it would work (and it did this time!)

    Has anyone else had their games working again? I hope so, and if not, may the EA devs have mercy on your soul.

    Post made - August 5, 2024

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