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liam78945
2 years ago
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Sims 3 Does Not Launch After Installing Any Packs

Hello, I've been having an issue with my Sims 3, I would start the game through the EA App and the launcher appears. After pressing play, my screen would go black for a few seconds and then return t...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    2 years ago

    @liam78945  Try forcing the game to launch in windowed mode.  Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3, open Options.ini, search for fullscreen , and set it to 0 (zero).

    If that doesn't help, please try disabling all your packs in the launcher's Expansion & Stuff Packs tab.  I'd like to know whether the problem is the game trying to load these packs or the fact that they've been installed at all.

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puzzlezaddict
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2 years ago

@liam78945  Try forcing the game to launch in windowed mode.  Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3, open Options.ini, search for fullscreen , and set it to 0 (zero).

If that doesn't help, please try disabling all your packs in the launcher's Expansion & Stuff Packs tab.  I'd like to know whether the problem is the game trying to load these packs or the fact that they've been installed at all.

  • liam78945's avatar
    liam78945
    2 years ago

    I've set the full screen to (0), which has Solved the problem. 

    I have downloaded some packs and everything works great. I'll make sure to keep the game in windowed mode. 

    Thank you for your help :D 

    • puzzlezaddict's avatar
      puzzlezaddict
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      2 years ago

      @liam78945  You can also use Windowed Borderless Gaming, which is a free tool that works well with Sims 3; or the Smooth Patch and its Borderless mode.  Your system can definitely handle the Smooth Patch overall, and it also comes with an optional fps limiter that you may find useful.  Your GPU is certainly fast enough to generate wildly high and wildly unnecessary framerates if left uncapped, although the AMD Adrenalin fps limiter could work here too.

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