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Nysta8
3 years ago
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Sims 4 won't start, it just opens Epic Games (Mac)

Hello, So I've been searching around a bit and already tried several things, but here's the gist of it: -I just recently installed Sims 4 on my Macbook via Origin -No mods or anything, just the ba...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    3 years ago

    @Nysta8  Can you remove Sims 4 from your Epic account?  Now that you've claimed it, the Epic version of Sims 4 is likely overriding your previous copy, and the only ways around that would be to remove the Epic version or unlink your accounts.

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puzzlezaddict
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3 years ago

@Nysta8  Can you remove Sims 4 from your Epic account?  Now that you've claimed it, the Epic version of Sims 4 is likely overriding your previous copy, and the only ways around that would be to remove the Epic version or unlink your accounts.

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    Nysta8
    3 years ago

    I already said I made a new account on epic so that I wouldn't have one, so no, that will not work. I did originally have it on there and saw that option as a possible solution - it just didn't end up doing anything.

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    Nysta8
    3 years ago

    Okay, I feel a little stupid now. While I did use my EA account with a new Epic Games account on this Macbook, I still used that same EA account on a Windows Computer where I had Sims installed via Epic Games. Also creating a new EA account did the trick.

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