Rucklia Let's get the game stable without GShade first, and then you can add it back and test again. GShade does cause problems from time to time even when it's supposed to be compatible.
There are alternatives though, including GShade options for DX11, and ReShade as well.
puzzlezaddict I want to give an update on what I’ve tried so far:
I uninstalled The Sims 4 completely.
I used DDU to fully remove my graphics drivers, then reinstalled the latest Nvidia driver.
After that, I reinstalled The Sims 4.
I tested the game first on DirectX 11, without GShade or mods.
I also made sure the game is set to always run with my dedicated Nvidia GPU (RTX 4060 Laptop), so it’s not using the integrated Intel graphics.
Despite all of this, I still get crashes (APPCRASH, c0000005) in TS4_x64.exe. This only started happening after the latest update, and I can reproduce it in my Innisgreen save even without mods or shaders installed.
At this point, it doesn’t look like the issue is with my drivers or system, but rather with the game itself after the patch. I’ll continue testing, but I wanted to report these results in case it helps narrow down the cause.
