New Pc & Sims 3 crashing to desktop
Hi all, I just purchased a new pc. First new one in 11 years. I did a digital install of all my games ( since the pc tower doesn't have a disk drive ). But I am having a problem. The game will loa...
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Do a repair of the game
Reinstall VC++ 2005 x86
Reinstall DirectX
You say you went through and enabled game to recognize your graphics card - you don't need to do that anymore. I don't know why this myth keeps persisting.
An update years ago meant that if your graphics card isn't listed the game will automatically assume it's newer/better and default to high settings. You may have corrupted something changing that file, a wrong ' or > anywhere. So definitely do a repair on your game first through origin.
Let us know if it's still crashing after doing the above
Reinstall VC++ 2005 x86
Reinstall DirectX
You say you went through and enabled game to recognize your graphics card - you don't need to do that anymore. I don't know why this myth keeps persisting.
An update years ago meant that if your graphics card isn't listed the game will automatically assume it's newer/better and default to high settings. You may have corrupted something changing that file, a wrong ' or > anywhere. So definitely do a repair on your game first through origin.
Let us know if it's still crashing after doing the above
