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LilSmallPotato
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20 days ago
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Crashes after 2-5 minutes in live mode

I never had a crashing issue before today, the last time I played was 5 days ago, and from that time to now, I haven't added anything new to my game. I'm on an older patch (1.112.519.1020) solely bec...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    20 days ago

    LilSmallPotato​  Most of the Sims 4 errors in your dxdiag are breakpoint errors, which have multiple causes, one of which is an issue with the graphics driver.  Your Nvidia driver is newer than your version of the game, and while the difference isn't large, it's possible that the driver isn't compatible.  So try reverting to an older driver.  You'll need to clean-uninstall your current one, as described here:

    https://crinrict.com/blog/2019/02/clean-re-install-of-graphics-drivers-with-display-driver-uninstaller-ddu.html

    Try a slightly older driver, which you can get here:

    https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

    Make sure you choose Game Ready Driver as the category so you can go as far back as possible.  That may not be necessary, but it's easy to start with the oldest-available version (February 13 in this case) and update from there.  In contrast, any time you want to try an older driver than the one you currently have, you'll need to use DDU to remove it first.

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
20 days ago

LilSmallPotato​  Most of the Sims 4 errors in your dxdiag are breakpoint errors, which have multiple causes, one of which is an issue with the graphics driver.  Your Nvidia driver is newer than your version of the game, and while the difference isn't large, it's possible that the driver isn't compatible.  So try reverting to an older driver.  You'll need to clean-uninstall your current one, as described here:

https://crinrict.com/blog/2019/02/clean-re-install-of-graphics-drivers-with-display-driver-uninstaller-ddu.html

Try a slightly older driver, which you can get here:

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/drivers/

Make sure you choose Game Ready Driver as the category so you can go as far back as possible.  That may not be necessary, but it's easy to start with the oldest-available version (February 13 in this case) and update from there.  In contrast, any time you want to try an older driver than the one you currently have, you'll need to use DDU to remove it first.

  • LilSmallPotato's avatar
    LilSmallPotato
    Seasoned Rookie
    19 days ago

    thank you so much for looking into it <33 i already have the ddu, but if it's a version incompatibility issue I think i'll just need to get over myself and update my sims 4 and all my mods T*T. after i do i'll check in here again and share if it solved my problem :D

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