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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    What should I do from the recommendations because I removed the Origin in game and tried to update the Intel Graphic card and it was unsuccessful.

  • Phantomlover1717's avatar
    Phantomlover1717
    Hero+
    9 years ago

    @MiddleEarthFan1 did it end up working? If you have issues with installing the drivers for Intel, contact Intel or the store you bought the computer from. 

    Your drivers are from 8/4/2015, so there should be an update on them. 

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I keep getting this error message when I try to update the graphics card. Also, roughly around the same time this started doing *, I implemented a secondary screen, could that have done it?

    The driver being installed is not validated for this computer. Please obtained the appropriate driver from the computer manufacture.

    After saying yes, it takes me to this link: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/graphics-drivers/000005469.html

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    9 years ago

    I already put my dxdig on the first post.

  • HeroGirl0517's avatar
    HeroGirl0517
    8 years ago

    I'm having the same problem but I've tried all the things listed and still the sims 4 won't run. I'm pretty sure my pc meets requirements but her they are just to make sure.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I also tried all the advice found above and elsewhere on the net to no avail.  I eventually fixed the issue by checking "Disable full-screen optimisations" in the Compatibility properties tab in Explorer.  The file to change is TS4_x64.exe (or TS4.exe for 32-bit Windows, presumably...) in C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 4\Game\Bin.  Screenshot attached.

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    8 years ago

    Hi @FurryMittens

    thanks for that info. That's interesting and would explain why some people have luck running the game in windowed mode but not in full screen.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    What is odd is that this problem just developed overnight.  I've had The Sims 4 running happily for months until it suddenly stopped working a couple of weeks ago (my kids tell me).  Presumably a software update from EA or MS or Nvidia broke it.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    8 years ago

    I'm having the same problem, my Sims 4 worked just fine for a whole year but suddenly a few months ago it just kept giving me that same error and I haven't been able to fix it, no matter what I try. This is really frustrating. 

  • I tried doing this but I couldn't find "Disable full-screen optimisations." I tried every single suggestion but nothing is working for me. I've been trying to play for 4 hours already but nothing works! I'm deeply saddened, but do you guys have any other suggestions?
  • WinterHoney's avatar
    WinterHoney
    Seasoned Novice
    8 years ago

    Sorry to necro an old post, but I'm having this exact problem.  It started after Origin's most recent update and I've been unable to run the Sims 4 since.  I'm quite certain that my computer meets all system requirements and I've updated my AMD drivers.  I've also tried disabling the full-screen optimizations and have run a repair on the game.  Won't seem to run in either full-screen mode or windowed mode.

    Attached my dxdiag here.  Please help!

  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    Hero+
    8 years ago

    Here's a few more suggestions (in case you haven't already tried those) 

    please try the following things

    1. Turn off Origin In Game
    2. Uninstall and reinstall your graphics drivers
    3. Rollback to earlier graphics drivers
    4. Right click on the game in Origin and press repair game

    Test after each step

  • WinterHoney's avatar
    WinterHoney
    Seasoned Novice
    8 years ago

    Looks like I had to uninstall and reinstall my drivers.  Thank you so much!

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago
    The same thing happened to me and I just couldn't figure out how to solve the problem... I went to my game settings and made it 32-bit instead of 64-bit, and voila! It started working! Not sure if you've already tried this but you should, it might work.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    7 years ago

    @FurryMittens Thank you so so much!!! I had been looking for a solution for hours and yours worked, finally!!!