Game Fails to Launch: White Flickering Screen
Like many players, The Sims 4 will not launch after the recent update (HP Victus Laptop). When I try to launch the game, I recieve a flickering back and white screen before it freezes to white. I hav...
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doniwhite Did you try all of these?
- HELP! The Sims 4 crashes during launch or in the main menu | EA Forums - 12048779
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- Disable the Intel iGPU
- Put the laptop in night mode
None of these works for everyone, but something almost always does, so keep trying the workarounds until you find one that lets you play.
According to your dxdiag, Omen Command Center has been crashing, so I'd suggest killing it in the Task Manager (likely in the background processes list) before you try to open the game. Disable Game Mode and Game Bar, both under Windows Settings > Gaming, as well.
