EA App won't show update available for Sims 4
When I tried to update the game with the most recent update it originally said it required 20GB of space to update and wouldn't update even though I had more than enough space available. I tried repa...
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@ooftrashcan Inside the Sims 4's program files, there's a file labeled installerdata.xml. It's inside __Installer, and if you didn't change the default install location in Origin, the full file path will be this:
Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\__Installer
Please open installerdata.xml in Notepad, look for the gameVersion, eight lines down, and let me know whether it says 1.92 or 1.96.
If the file does say 1.92, please let me know what antivirus you use.
@puzzlezaddict It says 1.96, but the GameVersion file in the Sims 4 documents folder still says 1.92
@ooftrashcan The version inside installerdata.xml is the correct version, or at least it should be. Do you see the infant life stage in CAS? If so, you're running a fully-updated game.
The gameversion.txt in Documents can be blocked from updating by an antivirus, and of course it only updates after you've launched the game again.
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