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EA_Cade
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7 months ago

DirectX 11 Technical Issues and Feedback Thread

Sul Sul Simmers! With today's base game update, we've enabled DirectX 11 (DX11) for PC/Windows players using either NVIDIA and AMD GPU’s. For Intel or other GPU users interested in enabling thi...
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TheSimsDirect
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7 months ago
@deblake60

Can you try this:

- Look for where the game files are located. It might be in C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin\ or somewhere similar
- Right-click on TS4_Launcher_x64 and select Properties.
- Click on the Compatibility tab and check the box for "Run this program as an administrator".
- Then click the Apply button, and then the OK button.
- Then try launching again.
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deblake60
7 months ago

I tried that. I keep getting that "The requested operation require elevation". My game was fine yesterday.

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