I've done the hotfix for this today and I am STILL receiving the "Failed To Launch Game" error. I even did a repair on the game as well. If I remove all CC from my game, I can play, but I'd really enjoy playing with all the CC I have downloaded.
Hey! Just wanted to chime in because I was dealing with the exact same issue and finally figured it out.
I tried literally everything first:
After all that, I figured out the problem was some CAS CC not being compatible with DX11. My script mods and Build/Buy CC were totally fine, and even some CAS worked, but certain files would crash the game before it could even launch.
To double check, I ran my CC through Sims 4 Studio batch fixes (DX11), and the files that wouldn’t batch fix were the exact ones causing the issue.
Try running your CAS CC through Sims 4 Studio—anything that fails the batch fix is probably not DX11 compatible and can stop your game from launching.
Hopefully this works for someone!
androgsam If you identify a culprit, please let me know what it is and I can run a test.
androgsam Could be they're just not working anymore and need updating.
turns out it was reshade hahaha, ive updated reshade now and i dont seem to be having any issues. thank you for suggesting this otherwise i wouldve never got it fixed!!
I just did the 50/50 with the CC since I know that is where my problem lies. I had 3 CC that cause me to have the same error as before.
With that, I decided to fully load up a household. That loaded up fine. I guess I'll have to see about those CC that aren't working and see exactly what is wrong.
Have you tried a fresh user folder and no reshade and it still doesn't load or is it still cc related ?
Hi androgsam
Have you tried 50/50 or just put in one mod, one cc to test ?
Okay, so I haven't updated the game today because I can't be bothered to go through this again.
But in case this helps somebody, this is what I did after my game failing to launch after the 17th March update (I play on Mac)
And I don't play with mods only CC.
1.) Fully exit the EA app.
2.) From your The Sims 4 folder Delete all files that say "cache." Localthumbcache, avatarcache, the cachestr folder. Create a copy of the The Sims 4 file and copy it on the desktop, then changing the name to The Sims 4 back up.
3.) Delete the original The Sims 4 file (make sure you have copied it first)
4.) Open the EA app. Then delete cache (On EA app -> Help ->App recovery ->Clear cache
5.) Open the game. As the EA file is empty a new The Sims 4 is created. Enable mods and then exit the game.
6.) Transfer each folder from your The Sims 4 back up copy, one by one into the new The Sims 4 folder. When it tells you there's already one with the same name, click replace. I replaced my Mod folder all at once and it still works.
7.) Before launching the game, I repaired it. And then it's been working fine since, all CC is in the game. I've been playing offline today though, don't want to go through this again lol
I've used this "trick" in previous messy updates and seems to work every time.
Hope this helps someone.
I have updated my game with the newest hotfix and still cannot play. I have also done a repair to the game.
I have removed all CC and Mods, which does allow me to play. If I just use mods, I can play. If I just use CC, I can play. But I cannot have CC and mods together, otherwise I get the "Fail to Launch" error.
I have also deleted all Last Exceptions and then tried to run. Still comes back with the "Fail to Launch" error. There is no new Last Exception created. I do instead see a new Last Crash.
(cm edit - merged thread to main thread)
been waiting for an update to finally play sims... updated my game and still this lovely message: "failed to launch game..." ive tried it with cc, then taking out just my ui cheats mod, then absolutely everything (all cc and mods) and still it cannot open, or at most itll open onto a black screen with a cyan spinning cursor then immediately crash then i get the failed to launch message. im tired of this malarkey now yall i just wanna play simsss.
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