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smw008
2 years ago
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Sims 4 Won't Launch on Steam (+ Seasons isn't showing in my DLC list)

I play Sims 4 on Steam and recently I can't open the game. I deleted everything in the mods folder except resouce.cfg and with other games I can still launch via Steam, but every time I try to open S...
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    smw008
    2 years ago

    I'm sorry I didn't respond, stuff in life came up and I didn't bother to respond, but I fixed it! 

    It wasn't a problem with the EA or Steam app, I just somehow deleted the EA App before this issue, so it wouldn't launch. 

    For the seasons DLC, I didn't get it to show in my Steam DLC list, but it still works, just only through EA.

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puzzlezaddict
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2 years ago

@smw008  You can't run Sims 4 without the EA App, at least in Windows.  Steam will call the App when you try to launch Sims 4.  So it's there somewhere even if you have no idea where.

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smw008
2 years ago

I don't play on Windows. I play on a Lenovo Laptop

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    puzzlezaddict
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    2 years ago

    @smw008  Lenovo is a manufacturer of laptops (and many other products).  These laptops have an installed operating system, usually Windows.  If you are playing Sims 4 on a computer, that computer runs Windows or macOS; it doesn't run in other OSs.  Since you don't have a Mac, your computer runs Windows.

    And again, if you're playing Sims 4, the EA App is installed somewhere on your computer.  Steam won't launch the game without it.

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      smw008
      2 years ago

      I'm sorry I didn't respond, stuff in life came up and I didn't bother to respond, but I fixed it! 

      It wasn't a problem with the EA or Steam app, I just somehow deleted the EA App before this issue, so it wouldn't launch. 

      For the seasons DLC, I didn't get it to show in my Steam DLC list, but it still works, just only through EA.

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