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fancyfeet711
6 months ago
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[OPEN] Game crashing when placing certain items (Intel Iris XE, DX9)

Product: The Sims 4 Platform:PC Which language are you playing the game in? English How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%) What is your current game version number? 1.109.185.1030 DX9...
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wasikm007
Seasoned Veteran
5 months ago

@crinrict Hello, I tried to see if I could replicate what they are experiencing because I also have a chip... here is my specs if that will help.

But I could not in any way get my game to crash using any of the cabinets.

The odd part in which I will submit a report, is like others are saying here... I too thought initially I was using -dx11, but somehow the game keeps reverting back to the dx9. I noticed this has been happening more than once. And as you can see my computer can handle the -dx11.

So when I first started testing the cabinets.. it was actually with dx9 with no issues, with dx11... all is working well there too. 

I also run a vanilla game with no Mods or Custom Content. All drivers are updated.

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crinrict
Hero+
5 months ago
@wasikm007 According to your DxDiag, you have a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660.

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    wasikm007
    Seasoned Veteran
    5 months ago
    @crinrict Thank you for letting me know. I was told I had a good gaming PC. and was really confident about my PC, until today. When I looked at the specs I gave, I saw "Chip". I know it's been a while... but back before HD came in, I always seemed to remember that Chip was not actually a solid graphics card. But today, it seems the terminology is all changed.

    If I am wrong, please correct me, as I would like to learn.
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      crinrict
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      5 months ago
      @wasikm007 Chip usually refers to onboard graphics while a graphics card is something separate. You don't have a chip (at least there's none shown in your DxDiag). It is possible that your processor also has a chip (I'm not that good at hardware related stuff) but it's not obviously listed.

      If you want to be sure if Sims uses the card, open config.log with a text editor and check
      === Graphics device info ===
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        wasikm007
        Seasoned Veteran
        5 months ago
        @crinrict Ok, so then I wasn't so far off then LOL. I remember in the Sims 2 days many were trying to play the more demanding EPs with an onboard chip Vs a graphics card and was wondering why they were having issues. So, when I saw chip where it reads
        "Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660
        Manufacturer: NVIDIA
        Chip type: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660"... I was really shocked. LOL. I am not used to seeing "Chip" by a graphics card.

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