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1a97b4da950a5443
Rising Newcomer
22 days ago

EA help has been utterly helpless

I bought the bundle the day it came out. Both of them don't work on my current laptop, only sims 2 works on my older laptop. Have been in contact with EA help two times, first time was told to wait for 24 hours, which I did. Second time, as per their suggestion, I updated nvidia app, uninstall (forced) then reinstalled ea app after clearing cache from ea app. That forced me to reboot my computer, which meant losing contact with the second agent. Now I don't even get the option to talk to another EA agent. They offered a refund. I want it to work, without having to go through all these extra steps. When will EA have it together. 

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    secretbug
    Seasoned Newcomer
    22 days ago

    Originally posted by NovicePie:

    If you have laptop with 2 GPU you need change your main GPU to internal(INTEL).
    For NVIDIA:
    NVIDIA control panel -> Manage 3D settings -> Program Settings -> Choose program The Sims and change main GPU to intel
    PS: It's work for me. Good luck

  • 1a97b4da950a5443  For Sims 1, please try reinstalling your 2015 and newer VC++ runtimes.  Open Windows Settings > Apps, scroll down to the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributables, and uninstall everything from 2015 and newer. Don't touch the older versions.

    Download the x86 and x64 versions (not the ARM version) of the 2022 runtimes from Microsoft:

    https://docs.microsoft.com/en-US/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170

    Install the runtimes, restart your computer, and try to play.

    If that doesn't help, please provide the information requested in the accepted solution of the master Sims 1 won't launch thread:

    The Sims 1 Crashes on Launch | EA Forums - 11850467

    For Sims 2, please post in the dedicated forum, and include a screenshot of any error message you see.

    The Sims 2 | EA Forums

    Since this thread is a multi-report, I'll lock it here.

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