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I have also been having this problem.
I have a brand new high-end PC and have just started playing Sims 4 again. I don't have any custom content yet, and I have noticed that after a while, the game just closes with no errors. There seems to be no pattern to it. It would be helpful if it gave an error before closing so I would know at least where to look to solve it.
I have lost quite a few hours play time from this happening. Would be helpful if there was an auto-save facility so that I didn't have to remember to save every few sim days manually.
Is there an error log that would be produced even though it gives me no error message?
EDIT: I have attached a dxdiag file if that helps at all.
@hotluck644 Edit: I'm looking at the dxdiag now; I'll get back to you on that in a couple minutes, and you can ignore the other stuff for now.
Certain errors would show up in a dxdiag, and the overall info in one can be useful for a variety of reasons. It's also helpful to attach one to a post when you want help troubleshooting, so people can see your hardware, drivers, etc.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
If you want to look for a specific error from a specific time, the Reliability Monitor should list any crash or warning. Hit Windows key-R and enter "perfmon /rel" without quotes, and you'll see a chart of errors and updates with a column for each day. Today is all the way on the right.
For any error you see, you can click "View technical details" to get more information. One important detail though is that the timestamp on the initial chart reflects when the issue was logged, not necessarily when it happened; you'd need to look in the technical details to make sure you have the correct time. The Reliability Monitor also only updates every hour or two, so you may not immediately see the error that caused a crash. But you can always check back a bit later.
If you want to see everything, right now, you can check the Event Viewer (Windows key-R, "eventvwr") for errors. The informational entries can be ignored, and there are quite a lot of them, so be ready to scroll. For the actual errors, you can double-click on one to get more info.
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