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welzerocci
New Novice
7 months ago
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Sims 4 won't open for me + sister, using steam and EA app, no mods/no packs

Okay, I've never had so much of an issue with the sims 4 that I've had to come here, I don't know what info to give or anything like that, so I'm just going to try to explain as best as I can. I've ...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    7 months ago

    @welzerocci  Yes, that's what I wanted.  Please remove ReShade and everything related to it, and repair the game.  If you're not sure what belongs to ReShade, delete the entire Bin folder here:

    D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\The Sims 4\Game\Bin

    The repair option in Steam is called "verify integrity of the game files," and it should be somewhere under Properties, maybe in Local Files.  (It's moved around a bit, apparently.)

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welzerocci
New Novice
7 months ago

@puzzlezaddict Alright, I've tried all of that and am still unable to run the game. Here's the info you asked about in the last paragraph, I hope I'm adding this in the way you wanted.

Source
The Sims™ 4

Summary
Stopped working

Date
‎1/‎1/‎2025 8:46 AM

Status
Report sent

Description
Faulting Application Path: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\The Sims 4\Game\Bin\TS4_Launcher_x64.exe

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: BEX64
Application Name: TS4_Launcher_x64.exe
Application Version: 1.111.102.1030
Application Timestamp: 673676e2
Fault Module Name: ReShade64-Screenshot-By-seri14._unloaded
Fault Module Version: 14.0.2.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 67134e86
Exception Offset: 0000000000022040
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 0000000000000008
OS Version: 10.0.26100.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: ec32
Additional Information 2: ec320a33a3fded637e5124907097bb70
Additional Information 3: 8068
Additional Information 4: 806844daf3c99a3fb07a66f671954bcc

Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: d808cbbdc4559d18c6f1d020384308fa (1653331375023130874)

puzzlezaddict's avatar
puzzlezaddict
Hero+
7 months ago

@welzerocci  Yes, that's what I wanted.  Please remove ReShade and everything related to it, and repair the game.  If you're not sure what belongs to ReShade, delete the entire Bin folder here:

D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\The Sims 4\Game\Bin

The repair option in Steam is called "verify integrity of the game files," and it should be somewhere under Properties, maybe in Local Files.  (It's moved around a bit, apparently.)

  • welzerocci's avatar
    welzerocci
    New Novice
    7 months ago

    @puzzlezaddict Oh my god, I completely forgot I had that !!! Thank you so much, my game is working now. I may bother about my sister's laptop in the coming day or two if anything goes wrong with hers, but mine is completely fixed !!!

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