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5ctdk3cagz7m
Seasoned Rookie
11 months ago

Managed to fix my problem where it crashes during launch after update

So I tried everything possible and that was recommended to do. But what worked for me, is to go to settings on your pc and then to display-graphic. From there you should scroll down till you see The Sims 4. Ones you see it, click on it and a button for ''alternative'' should appear. Click on it, and you will see what graphic perfromance the game is running on, whether it is Nividia or Intel for instance. For me it said that my game was running on Nividia, so I thought to myself maybe this graphic setting is causing it to crash. I then changed and set it to run on my Intel UHD Graphic. From then, I went on to launch the game to see if it made a difference, and it definitely did. My game is finally booting again and working as normal. I went back to settings to change to my dedicated graphic card (Nividia) to try and to see if the problem is still there. I tried launching the game with this setting, and it worked again. 

Try this method and see if it works for you too. If you have any questions, do ask.

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  • Samadhi_Oleks  You may have told the game to open in windowed mode at some point.  To change it back, open Options > Game Options > Graphics and choose Fullscreen or Windowed Fullscreen.

    If this doesn't work, did you tell Steam to launch the game in windowed mode?  You'd do it like this (the Steam section of the guide), except you'd add -w instead of -dx11 (for DirectX 11):

    DirectX 11 (DX11) for The Sims 4 - A Step-by-Step Guide | EA Forums - 11811172

    If you did add the -w command, remove it so the game can switch back to fullscreen when you tell it to do so.

  • Samadhi_Oleks's avatar
    Samadhi_Oleks
    Seasoned Novice
    7 months ago

    Im very very very appreciate 🙏 Thanks so so so much ❤️

  • Thank you so much!! I was so frustrated cuz I have a laptop that is MORE than capable of playing games...I have a rtx 4060. I switched graphics and Bam!! 

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    OceanRose73
    Seasoned Newcomer
    3 months ago

    Omg thank you!!! I could not play for over a month and I tried this fix and it worked!!! I freakin love you friend!!  Thank you!!

  • xElyana's avatar
    xElyana
    Seasoned Newcomer
    2 months ago

    WOW!! After trying literally everything, this worked. The game willl run with my intel one. And now when I put it on Nvidia it gives an error. But now I know at least where the problem is, so I hope I can fix that now too. Thank you so much!!!

  • zavacky1's avatar
    zavacky1
    Rising Newcomer
    12 days ago

    I did this, and the game plays (slowly) on my intel graphic card, but it does the flickering when I choose my Nvidia card. It is updated... Any suggestions.

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