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@KoalaKevxo Sophos blocks Sims 4 by default, at least some of the time. Please change all the settings listed here:
https://crinrict.com/blog/2020/10/add-exceptions-to-anti-virus-programs.html#sophos
The reason you don't have a Sims 4 user folder is definitely that the game hasn't loaded yet. I asked because the presence of that folder a useful shorthand for how far the game has gone in the launching process, since the folder is created immediately. It's just a way to narrow down where in the process or launching things go wrong, and if you weren't running an antivirus known to conflict with Sims 4, I needed more info.
@roberta591 The graphics driver in the first dxdiag is a previous version provided by Dell. The one installed now is the current version from Dell. Why the old one wasn't WHQL and this one is, I don't know, but I would expect any driver issued directly by Dell to be suitable. More relevantly, the presence of a driver that happens to be missing the WHQL stamp is a very different situation from the absence of any driver at all.
Thanks so much, it looks like I need an admin password to change to Sophos settings.
I'm back in work Monday so will ask one of the IT guys to follow instructions on the link you provided and hopefully sorts it as can't wait to play 🙂
I shall update you & appreciate all the help!
- puzzlezaddict4 years agoHero+
@KoalaKevxo Personally, I'd be hesitant to ask someone from IT to change the security settings on a work computer, especially if it's just so I can run a game. But I don't know what the official policy on the matter is in your office; maybe it would be seen as a reasonable request.
Anyway, Sophos is known to conflict with Sims 4, and the symptoms you've described are exactly what happens when an antivirus prevents the game from running, so I'm not sure there's another way to get it working.