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xsdemon
Seasoned Newcomer
3 months ago

Sims 4 opening but immediately freezing

Hi yall so this has been going on for a long time now so I finally decided to ask here.  I have both the EA app and steam, both of which have sims 4 downloaded and are directly connected (this is som...
  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    3 months ago

    xsdemon  Please try the suggestion here (post 17):

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/PC/Sims-4-Crashing-Freezing-Lag-Surface-Pro-7/m-p/13477590#M270800

    If that doesn't help, try forcing the game to launch in windowed mode.  Go into Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4, open Options.ini, search for fullscreen , and set it to 0 (zero).

    If that doesn't help either, please provide a dxdiag.  Hit Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop.  From there, you can attach it to a reply using the camera (Insert Media) icon included with the other formatting buttons.