Game wont launch!!
I've repaired the game, cleared the cache, restarted, took out mod and updated them but my game still wont launch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
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snekjk Do you use a third-party antivirus? If so, please check it for any Sims 4-related actions, and let me know what you find.
The Sims 4 errors in your dxdiag are pretty generic—they can happen because of anything from bad mods or custom content to a hardware problem. (I'm not saying your hardware has a problem, only that access violations really are that generic.) So if your antivirus isn't the issue here, another test would be to try playing in a new admin Windows account. Make it local, as in, don't link it to your Microsoft account or any email address. You'll be able to (try to) launch the game without reinstalling anything.
Actually, I got it to work! It turns out it was something with my graphics API. I checked the Event Viewer to see if I could find any Sims 4 crash logs. In a specific part of my log, I found Exception code: 0xc0000005, Faulting module: TS4_x64.exe. I did some research and discovered that it was likely an issue related to permissions. So to combat this, I first tried forcing the Sims into Direct X 11 by going through Steam and making it launch with code -ForceD3D11. It turns out that fixed the issue.
