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3 years ago

Can't launch Sims 4 on EA app

Product: The EA app
Platform:PC
Error Report ID (learn how to create an Error Report ID in the sticky post) 24ab2db1-4765-451a-9f41-c3eeeb02fcd3
Which client functionality are you experiencing this bug with? Launch Game
When did this happen? (dd.mm.yy hh:mm) 27.05.23 6:34 PM
Summarize your bug I can't launch The Sims 4. If I click on the game, EA app just open and that's all. I tried to uninstall Sims, run it as administrator, restart app, clear cache, ending the EA and EA Background Service processes in the task manager, but nothing changes. It's like an endless loop, when I click "play" EA app just reloads.
How often does the bug occur? Every time (100%)
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Just try to launch Sims 4 on EA app. I don't know, maybe I'm the only one with this bug, or it only happens with the Sims 4.
What happens when the bug occurs? When I click "play" EA app just reloads.
What do you expect to see? I expect to see me playing Sims 4 😭

I can't launch The Sims 4. If I click on the game, EA app just open and that's all. I tried to uninstall Sims, run it as administrator, restart app, clear cache, ending the EA and EA Background Service processes in the task manager, but nothing changes. It's like an endless loop, when I click "play" EA app just reloads. 

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  • @tears_for_tearss  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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