Sims 4 refusing to open up after the November patch 2020

IDK whats going on but basically, I updated my game, removed all my cc and now the game doesn't open at all. It asks to run as admin and so I click ok and well it looks like it's about to open but nope, just goes back to origin. please help xd

Edit By Crinrict: Removed tag again cause made new thread

crinrict
5 years ago
Hi everyone

as this thread is becoming a bit of a collection of things, I made a new master for the Not opening issue.

There are quite a few issues so please use the ones your issue. That makes it easier to help. Do try the solutions already given in the threads:

If your game crashes, please use this thread: [CURRENT ISSUE] Game Crashes after November 2020 Patch ( If you are NOT on a Windows PC. Please use the threads listed in the first post for your platform)

You are booted back to the map and get an error code. More information about that can be found here: [FAQ] Map Reloading/ Error Codes

You have issues with something not working as expected in the game (aka a bug): Please post in the Bug forum - Create ONE thread per Issue you encounter. Check the compiled list before reporting: [READ FIRST] Compiled list of reported Issues

You get a Game is already running error message: Nov 2020 Patch Issues - Game won't Open says "already Running"

Your game doesn't start at all. You can't open it. You get no error Message:  [CURRENT ISSUE] Sims 4 doesn't start - No Error Message (Patch 1.68.154)

You get a VCRuntime Or MSVCP140.DLL Error. Please try suggestions here:  [CURRENT ISSUE] Execution cannot proceed because MSVCP140.DLL was not found

You get an Error Code 0xc000007b. Please post here: Error Code 0xc000007b Preventing Game Startup

You get an Error Message: Ordinal Not Found. Please try suggestions here:  TS4.exe - Ordinal Not Found

If you loose sound (without having disabled it), please post here: [CURRENT ISSUE] Muted Sounds

Your Game freezes/Clock freezes but it doesn't crash (probably related to crashing): [CURRENT ISSUE] Game time stops/ Game Freeze (Probably related to Game Crashes)

63 Replies

jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@TayloQT
Did you restart your computer?
TayloQT
5 years ago
multiple times, tried updating my drivers too but it did nothing xd
jpkarlsen
Hero (Retired)
5 years ago
@TayloQT
You wrote you removed CC but how about Mods? Also delete localthumbcache.package
TayloQT
5 years ago
I actually had taken everything from my mods folder and put it into a backup folder, now my mods folder is just empty
foxontherun7
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
This happened to me too. I don't have any CC or mods at all.
Edited to add that I have tried rebooting multiple times, repairing the game multiple times, deleting Origin cache files, and nothing works. I am so frustrated and sad, especially because I play it on a system that is well past the minimum requirements to run it.
alanmichael1
Seasoned Ace
5 years ago
If your PC says that
msvcp140.dll
is missing you need to manually download Microsoft Visual C++ 2019.
foxontherun7
Seasoned Rookie
5 years ago
I can't speak for the OP, but I don't have an error message about any files missing, the game just flat out doesn't load for me.
Shockseed
5 years ago
@TayloQTI have the same problem too
If I try to pick update/repair it redownloads my entire game, and I have checked many many MANY times that I already have it installed. It takes up lots og Gigabytes
Though I doubt this is a new issue since I've had to reinstall after every update, but I dont currently live at a place with good internet and it has a limit to how much I can use so I cant redownload it now 🤨
I found what I thought was a fix which basically revolved around making a new Origin games folder and it instantly verified all my files.... before redownloading itself again
LailaBarbosa
5 years ago
how can i do this?
Shockseed
5 years ago
Guess Ill have to reinstall the entire game.

Tried so many different things but nope.

If I press the "play" button origin closes for 1 second before repoening nothing happens.

If I use the Sims shortcut on my desktop it says im missing a .dll file in the core folder (Yes I did re-add the missing dll files. The desktop shortcut is still broken but the .exe itself now works (Kinda) look down below)

If I pick the repair option it will verify the files then start redownloading the entire game

If I run sims from the .exe itself it will go into origin and update the game. It says "Updating" on the download window and starts to download the entire game. Is the patch really 8 GB?? Every single piece of dlc I own is also queued right afterwards.
Kinda disgusting taking into account how much money I've spent on the game and I can't even get my game to work properly. I have had this error before in past updates, never found a solution so I just redownloaded and it worked but I can't redownload now as said
Updated Visual c, restarted, started as admin, moved the sims 4 folder around, deleting files in %Appdata%, tried to repair, tried to update, tried to reinstall origin, tried to remove my mods folder, tried to remove my saves folder, tried updating drivers, tried making a new Origin Games folder. Tried to look in taskmanager if Sims was already running (It was not). Absolutely nothing works at all