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10 months ago
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Why every time I open Sims, it closes the game and won't let me play?

Lately I have been wanting to play sims, but the problem is everytime I press on EA and play game, it starts up the loading screen, gets to the words "The Sims 4", and closes the tab! I have reset EA, reset my computer, moved all my CC to downloads instead of Mods to see if CC was the problem, it was not, shut down my computer, updated the game, and reset the game multiple times, what can I do now?

  • @holakate  If you haven't already, and I'm not completely sure from your description, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just let me know whether you can get far enough to start a new save and play in live mode for a bit.

    If that doesn't or didn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a reply.

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

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  • @holakate  If you haven't already, and I'm not completely sure from your description, please try playing in a clean user folder.  Move the entire Sims 4 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, and when you launch the game, a clean folder will spawn with no content.  (Your saves and other content will be intact in the folder you moved but temporarily not read by the game.)  Don't add anything to the new folder yet; just let me know whether you can get far enough to start a new save and play in live mode for a bit.

    If that doesn't or didn't help, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a reply.

    https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

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    holakate
    10 months ago

    Thank you, the moving Sims to desktop worked, but I'm wondering what do to if I want to play with my CC in game?

  • @holakate  You'll need to test your custom content, and mods too, to see what's broken and in need of updating or removing.  Start here for a list of known-broken content:

    https://answers.ea.com/t5/Mods-CC-Issues/Broken-Obsolete-and-Updated-Sims-4-Mods-1-110-October-22-2024/td-p/14181798

    For anything not on that list, you'll need to test it yourself.  If you have a lot of files to sort through, the 50/50 method can make the process much more efficient:

    https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Finding_Problem_Custom_Content#The_50.25_Method

    Once you've done that, you can move over the contents of saves, Tray (saved households and builds), and Screenshots and Recorded Videos if you care about those.  The other files and folders can be discarded, although you may want to keep accountDataDB.package if you're only partway through one week's Reaper rewards tasks.  Any week you've completed is tied to your account, not this file.

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