I have the Sims 4 on my laptop and for the past few months the game has been flickering. In CAS, build/buy mode, and in live mode. I keep my driver up to date and I've repaired my game multiple times, but it still flickers. I even took all of my cc and mods out but it still does it. How can I fix it? It's really starting to bug me.
@bpeddle321 It is possible the Dell drivers may be older then the drivers you have but there may be a problem with the newer drivers and your computer. While it is unusual to have to reinstall older drovers it does happen. It could be issues with newer drivers or the wrong drivers.
I've had the game for a couple of years.. Plus a lot of expansions. There is no new drive update for this computer. Already installed the assistant installer and it told me this. Also I reset settings to default.. Still no change.
Hm yes well game updates can cause problems for the game if the computer is not up to par (yours does not meet minimum requirements), I guess you should be happy that the game worked this far. I researched your processor and there are graphics updates from January at least if you change back to windows 8.1 or windows 7, is the upgrading a recent change you made?
I don't know if you can revert to a game version before the update, or if you can install a driver that is not made for your processor, so I cannot help you more, but maybe someone more techy has other ideas 🧙
(also, default does not necessary mean lowest settings, so you might want to just double check that)
EDIT: I updated it after doing more research on why it didn't work, but it still flashes. I also figured I'd add that it's been doing this since January 2017. My game kept booting me to the map screen so I did this trick I found on one of these forums of copying and pasting the Sims file to create a new one. I can't really explain it but that's basically what you do. Anyway after I did it one time it just started flickering when I clicked on the screen.
I do not really understand your problem? The other people in this post did not have a problem with installation but a flickering screen.. Did you find a fix that worked for you or are you still having a problem? 🙂
Nope, I did not find a solution yet. I explained my issue a little more here:
EDIT: I updated it after doing more research on why it didn't work, but it still flashes. I also figured I'd add that it's been doing this since January 2017. My game kept booting me to the map screen so I did this trick I found on one of these forums of copying and pasting the Sims file to create a new one. I can't really explain it but that's basically what you do. Anyway after I did it one time it just started flickering when I clicked on the screen.
Oh I'm sorry! Now I also understand your previous post. I got confused as other people with similar issues have been using your thread, and you were gone for a while so I didn't get you were the same person lol! Now I'm with you!
Well, it's still strange that the dxdiag cannot find your nvidia card. The problem could be that if a tool like dxdiag cannot find your graphics card, how can the game do it. But you checked that the game ran on the nvidia card, can you post a screenshot of you Nvidia control panel and the sims?
When you mean copying and pasting the Sims files, is this what you mean?
Make a backup; copy your The Sims 4-folder from C:\Users\Username\Documents\Electronic Arts to an external drive or somewhere else on your computer, for example your desktop.
Rename the The Sims 4-folder in C:\Users\Username\Documents\Electronic Arts to The Sims 4_backup
Start the game, make a new save, and see if the error is gone. (The game will have created a new The Sims 4-folder in your documents, this is supposed to happen)
If yes, continue
If no, post a reply telling us the error is still there
Start putting folders back in the new The Sims 4-folder. Observe! After every file/folder, start the game and make sure it still works, before putting in the next one.
Options.ini - your game settings
Saves - your old saves. The sub-folders are not needed. If putting these back causes problem, try putting one back at a time.
Screenshots
Custom music - if you have any
Tray - your library objects; like lots, rooms and sims
Mods - your mods and cc, might cause problems when putting back
If putting back one of the folders was problematic and you did not work it out, please post a reply and we'll see if we can find what your problem is!
Maybe you should try this again if you have not done it since a year ago. Also try changing graphics settings are set to low quality. You can change your settings a bit and see if it works, like enabling/disabling vsync/fullscreen mode.
I have my card running for The Sims (I went in and made sure of that. Yeah that's exactly what I did, and I've done it a few more times after the timeast year with no change.
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