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Honey-Gumdrops
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2 years ago

Cannot get game to launch since latest automatic update in the EA app for Sims 4

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My issue is about only 2 days old, after the most recent automatic game update.

Cannot get game to launch. It states "preparing" but goes back to EA main app page,

No error code, simply will NOT launch! What is going on?

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  • @Honey-Gumdrops  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/

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