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faremaiden33
9 months ago
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Sims 4 Crashing since Last Update

So ever since my game updated with the 09/18 update it has constantly been crashing. I've never had this problem before. I do play on a laptop, but I've had this laptop for over a year now and have n...
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    puzzlezaddict
    9 months ago

    @faremaiden33  Yes, you did it correctly.  Please force Sims 4 to use DirectX 11 mode; DX9 often doesn't work on graphics chips like the one in your laptop.  Open the EA App game library, click Sims 4 > Manage > View properties, and add -dx11 in the command line box.

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puzzlezaddict
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9 months ago

@faremaiden33  Yes, you did it correctly.  Please force Sims 4 to use DirectX 11 mode; DX9 often doesn't work on graphics chips like the one in your laptop.  Open the EA App game library, click Sims 4 > Manage > View properties, and add -dx11 in the command line box.

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    faremaiden33
    8 months ago

    Thank you so much! I did what you said and I have been testing my game these past few days. Not a single crash!! 

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