My Sims 4 Crashes and returns to the EA App
So whenever I try to play Sims 4 the game launches and the logo animation plays, but when the animation stops and starts loading in the screen with that same logo it crashes and goes back to the EA A...
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Hey @puzzlezaddict , thanks for your help. I had already tried this and it didn't work, however I tried it again after your response just to make sure and the game still crashes so I ran the dxdiag and I'll post it here for you to evaluate, I only removed the Machine name and ID from it.
Tank you for your help!
@XXArghorXX Please force the game to open 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, ttry playing in a clean boot:
The one service to leave enabled is the EABackgroundService, which the EA App needs in order to run. Disable the rest as described.
When you reboot your computer, go through the Task Manager's background processes list shutting down any service that doesn't absolutely need to be running, for example anything from MSI Afterburner to RGB software might still be enabled. If you accidentally kill a critical process and it doesn't restart on its own, just reboot your computer again.
Don't open anything other than Sims 4 and the EA App while testing, not even a browser window.
If that doesn't help either, let me know what drive Sims 4 is installed on, and if possible, uninstall it and reinstall on a different drive. I'd suggest using Revo Uninstaller (the free version is fine), to be thorough; rename the Sims 4 folder you moved out of Documents first so that Revo doesn't delete your user data too. Drives E and F are exFAT, so ideally you'd reinstall the game on D, if it's not there already. If it is currently on D, please clear some space on C and install it there.
C currently has room for Sims 4, but space will be tight if you own most of the DLC. It would be best to leave at least 25 GB free after Sims 4 installs. The EA App will tell you the download size before you start, if you want to see how much space you'll need to clear.
Hey @puzzlezaddict, thanks for all your help. I've been opening the game on windowed mode but still the same result. I also did the cleanboot but the EA app itself was unable to even start the game, it got stuck in the "preparing your game" bar and never even moved from there for like half an hour so I gave up on the clean boot.
As for uninstalling and reinstalling the game I honestly don't feel like doing it for a 6th time. Previously I uninstalled and reinstalled the game in the C drive and the problem persisted so I don't think the problem is in the drive the game is installed in.If you have any more suggestions I would be happy to read them.
@XXArghorXX When you tried the clean boot, did you leave the EABackgroundService enabled? And did you in fact use the clean boot method rather than booting into safe mode? Both are common mistakes to make, and both would explain why the App didn't launch the game.
Just as a random test, you can also try launching Sims 4 while your computer is offline. Sign into the EA App and put it in offline mode, then disconnect from the internet before pressing Play.
I understand not wanting to reinstall, but you've already tried most of the usual troubleshooting steps. Still, if this is too much of a hassle, and the above doesn't work, I can make some suggestions that aren't so intensive. One would be to try playing in a new admin Windows account, a local one (not linked to your Microsoft account). That should only take a couple of minutes to set up.
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