Game not launching
I've tried the clean folder approach and it's not working for me. I not only can't get past the black screen, I can't even force the app to generate a new folder. Repairing in the EA app doesn't help. The game I guess won't launch far enough to generate a new folder?
At this point I am completely baffled. I have, and I am not exaggerating, tried EVERYTHING multiple times:
- Deleted every single mod.
- Moved the Sims 4 folder to the desktop.
- Fully deleted the Sims 4 folder (I'm coming back to the game so there wasn't anything in there I really wanted to salvage)
- Restarted my computer.
- Checked graphics drivers.
- Checked the AMD app (built in driver like tool for the graphics card).
- Tried to launch from the EA app, the desktop icon, the icon pinned to the start menu, the shortcut in the program files, and tried to run as administrator from all of them as well.
- Uninstalled and reinstalled the game and all expansion packs.
- Repaired the game within the EA app.
- Fully uninstalled the EA app and the game, then reinstalled from total scratch.
- Fully quit OneDrive.
- Disabled all screen overlays from EA and Discord.
- Disconnected an external hard drive in case it was looking for some old folder.
- Fully turned off antivirus software.
I'm at a loss. I like to consider myself pretty tech savvy and good at troubleshooting, but there's nothing left to try here. I guess I have to wait for a patch, but I'm not gonna lie I'm pretty annoyed about this.
