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ju3t_6e_6ea91e's avatar
2 years ago

can not open the sims4 after eaapp prepared the game

Product: The EA app
Platform:PC
Error Report ID (learn how to create an Error Report ID in the sticky post) f1c1202a-2942-4adc-af7e-a89c9871e0b5
Which client functionality are you experiencing this bug with? Launch Game
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 21.12.2023 till now
Summarize your bug After clicking the game start button, EA App displays a message indicating that the game is being prepared. However, after the prompt window closes, the game fails to launch. When the game preparation window closes, the taskbar icon flashes as a notification.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? open the sims4 in eaapp
What happens when the bug occurs? When the game preparation window closes, the taskbar icon flashes as a notification.
What do you expect to see? open my game TAT

After clicking the game start button, EA App displays a message indicating that the game is being prepared. However, after the prompt window closes, the game fails to launch. When the game preparation window closes, the taskbar icon flashes as a notification.

3 Replies

  • @ju3t_6e_6ea91e  As a test, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you launch the game, if it launches, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just let me know whether you can get far enough to start a new save and play in live mode for a bit.

    If that doesn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

  • ju3t_6e_6ea91e's avatar
    ju3t_6e_6ea91e
    2 years ago

    Thank you for your help! I opened and played the game successfully with my old Electronic Arts folder yesterday.  But today I failed opening again, even in a clear user folder. 

    here is my DxDiag report.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    2 years ago

    @ju3t_6e_6ea91e  Your dxdiag does show one Sims 4 error, but not one that should prevent the game from running.  So it's more likely that Sims 4 is being blocked instead of crashing as it launches.  For that, do you use a third-party antivirus, and if so, does it help to set exceptions for TS4_x64.exe and EADesktop.exe?

    You may need to (temporarily) disable the antivirus, repair the game in the EA App (My game library > Sims 4 > Manage > Repair), then reenable the antivirus and set the exceptions without launching the game in between.  The idea here is that the antivirus could block the repair too, or if you try to play right after, it could block Sims 4 after the repair but before you've set the exceptions.

    If that doesn't help, is OneDrive running on this computer, and does it help to pause syncing?  You can see the option by right-clicking the cloud icon in the lower-right corner of the screen.