Will Not Launch on Steam Deck
Hi, I’ve had Sims 4 on my steam deck for a while and recently it won’t even launch it just stays on the Steam loading icon, and then force closes back to the play button. I haven’t changed any of the...
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SarizGoldPetals I'm not sure you're seeing exactly the same issue as is covered in this thread:
The game wont launch on Steam Deck | EA Forums - 13106083
But please try the workaround anyway.
If that doesn't help, do you use mods or custom content? A number of mods broke with the recent patch, so you'd need to test without this content at least once.
Separately, the game would be running in DirectX 11 mode anyway; that's been the default for almost all systems for a while now. If you want to try DirectX 9 mode, use the -dx9 command line argument. It did help a couple of Steam Deck users months ago even if it shouldn't be necessary in general.
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