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Re: Game won't launch via Sims 3 Launcher - Activation?

So I installed the 24.12.1 driver update which when installing appearing in Adrenaline as a Install(Repair).

I checked Windows Defender and advanced firewall settings and it is set to allow everything from EA.

So I closed out of AMD adrenaline and windows defender to start EA and TS3.

Sims starts up fine now...randomly. But now the game is crashing in the exact same spot as yesterday. Any further suggestions I can try?

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    @sammy4eva  It's important to do a clean uninstall and reinstall of the driver, not just a regular install.  So please do that.

  • sammy4eva's avatar
    sammy4eva
    Rising Rookie
    2 months ago

    I googled how to do so, and uninstalled both drivers from Device Manager, went to the site and reinstalled with a computer restart.

    Unfortunately I'm still seeing the activation error.

    By the way, happy new year : )

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    2 months ago

    @sammy4eva  Again, please use Display Driver Uninstaller as described in the link I posted earlier.  I'm not being difficult here; it's actually important that you use DDU and not any other method.

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