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vladnc
5 years ago
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Build Your Bundle is no longer available in game after the latest Sims 4 update

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? 1.68.154.1020 What e...
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    vladnc
    5 years ago

    So, I installed Origin and Sims 4 on the laptop. It worked fine. After a bit more troubleshooting on the desktop, I found the culprit: it was the Fraps FPS counter software:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraps

    Fraps is a very lightweight and accurate FPS counter software, and a lot of people still use it, even though it hasn't been updated since 2013.

    With Fraps running before starting the game (I always keep Fraps running), the Origin In-Game overlay stops working completely, for some reason. I've been using Fraps for years without issues, but after the latest Origin and Sims 4 updates it seems Fraps is no longer compatible with Origin In-Game, at least for Sims 4.

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vladnc
5 years ago

So, I installed Origin and Sims 4 on the laptop. It worked fine. After a bit more troubleshooting on the desktop, I found the culprit: it was the Fraps FPS counter software:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraps

Fraps is a very lightweight and accurate FPS counter software, and a lot of people still use it, even though it hasn't been updated since 2013.

With Fraps running before starting the game (I always keep Fraps running), the Origin In-Game overlay stops working completely, for some reason. I've been using Fraps for years without issues, but after the latest Origin and Sims 4 updates it seems Fraps is no longer compatible with Origin In-Game, at least for Sims 4.

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puzzlezaddict
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5 years ago

@vladnc  Thanks for the update.  I've marked the Fraps info as the solution, in case anyone else is looking for it.

I doubt EA will care that Fraps doesn't work with Origin in-game anymore, since Fraps is not being updated and Origin will be replaced by the EA Desktop App soon.  But it's definitely useful information for troubleshooting purposes.

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