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Re: The sims 4 keeps closing and showing a error code on Event Viewer

@ttd15  That error is an access violation and is too generic to be of much use: it can be caused by anything from bad mods or custom content to hardware issues.  So it's necessary to narrow things down a bit first.

When does Sims 4 crash: when it's loading; when you try to load one save, or all saves; when you've been playing for a while in one save, or all saves?  If you've only tested one save, please start a new one for comparison's sake.  If you use mods and custom content, please test without them, as in, move the Mods folder to the desktop and delete localthumbcache.package.  You don't need to save your progress.

Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

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  • ttd15's avatar
    ttd15
    3 years ago

    It varies, sometimes its when I first load the game. Other times is after playing for like 5 to 10 minutes. It happens on all saves. I tried on a lot of families. I don´t use any mod or custom content. Just the base game and the expansion Get To Work. 

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    ttd15
    3 years ago

    I followed the steps but It didnt work. Keeps closing and showing the same crash log on event viewer. I can play CSGO, Rainbow six siege and The division 2 fine, no crashes. 

  • @ttd15  As a test, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just start a new save and let me know how it runs.

    If you get another crash, please post a new dxdiag.  Please also let me know what antivirus you use, if any.

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    ttd15
    3 years ago

    Sorry for the delay, was out of town for a while. It still crashed. Here is the dxdiag. I don´t use antivirus.

  • @ttd15  I see a few generic Windows errors in your dxdiag, so it's a good idea to run a couple of basic checks of your Windows system files:

    • Hit Windows key-X
    • Choose either “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator),” whichever option is offered
    • Inside the window that appears, copy and paste “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” without quotes, and enter
    • The system will start validating soon. If it throws an error, please list it here
    • After it reaches 100%, hit Windows key-X again
    • Again, choose “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator)”
    • Inside the window, copy and paste “sfc /scannow” without quotes, and enter
    • Post the message you receive here

    Restart your computer, hit Windows key-i, select Update & Security, and click the box to check for updates.  If any install, restart again afterwards.

    Other than that, there's nothing obvious in your dxdiag, just more access violations.  So it might take some experimenting to figure this out.  To that end, please try playing in a clean boot.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd

    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, go through the Task Manager's background processes list shutting down anything that doesn't need to be running, for example anything from MSI Afterburner to RGB software might still be active.  If you accidentally kill the wrong process and it doesn't restart on its own, just reboot your computer again.

    Please also put the EA App in offline mode before launching Sims 4.  This won't affect gameplay other than cutting off access to the Gallery.

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    ttd15
    3 years ago

    The message from sfc was this:

    Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

    No problem or error on the first command.

    When I played the game on the clean boot it work like a charm. No crashes for over 4 hours of playing. But how to I figure it out what program is causing it?

  • @ttd15  Start selectively reenabling services, i.e. reversing the clean boot a few services at a time, until the game starts crashing again.  Since the crashes tend to happen fairly quickly, it shouldn't take that long to sort through the default services and everything else you normally run alongside Sims 4.

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