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4 months ago
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Gray overlay over homescreen

Everytime I try to open the game I get the Readers Reward pop up and then when I close it leaves the screen stuck with a Gray overlay on top.

I literally played yesterday and it wasn't happening, I've changed nothing.

  • @stormyhale  Try playing in windowed mode.  Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4, open Options.ini, search for fullscreen , and set it to 0 (zero).

    If that doesn't help, do you actually want to engage with the event?  If not, there's a way to disable it entirely.  In Options.ini, search for onlineaccess and set it to 0 (zero), then delete accountDataDB.package, also in the Sims 4 folder.  This should prevent the Reaper event from showing at all.  If/when you want to reverse this, set onlineaccess to 1, or enable Online Social Features, in Options > Game Options > Other.

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  • @stormyhale  Try playing in windowed mode.  Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4, open Options.ini, search for fullscreen , and set it to 0 (zero).

    If that doesn't help, do you actually want to engage with the event?  If not, there's a way to disable it entirely.  In Options.ini, search for onlineaccess and set it to 0 (zero), then delete accountDataDB.package, also in the Sims 4 folder.  This should prevent the Reaper event from showing at all.  If/when you want to reverse this, set onlineaccess to 1, or enable Online Social Features, in Options > Game Options > Other.

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