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Genre(s): Simulation
Developer: The Sims Studio
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Release Date: 5 Sep, 2014
Language(s): English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese
Operating system(s):
Features:
Single-playerAbout The Game
System Requirements
MINIMUM SPECS:
OS: Windows XP (SP3), Windows Vista (SP2), Windows 7 (SP1), Windows 8, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
CPU: 1.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, AMD Athlon 64 Dual-Core 4000+ or equivalent (For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.0 GHz AMD Turion 64 X2 TL-62 or equivalent)
RAM: At least 2 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: At least 14 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games
VIDEO: 128 MB of Video RAM and support for Pixel Shader 3.0. Supported Video Cards: NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better, ATI Radeon X1300 or better, Intel GMA X4500 or better
DIRECTX: DirectX 9.0c compatible
SOUND CARD: DirectX 9.0c Compatible
INPUT: Keyboard and Mouse
ONLINE REQUIREMENTS: Internet connection required for product activation.
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
OS: 64 Bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10
PROCESSOR: Intel core i5 or faster, AMD Athlon X4
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better
MEMORY: 4 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 18 GB of Hard Drive space
Included DLCs/Packs/Addons
DOWNLOAD LINKS:
Troubleshooting Guide:
Don't forget to read the last paragraph!
Unable to start: The contents of your user data directory were created by a newer version of The Sims 4 and cannot be loaded. Please update your game via Origin to play.
There are only two safe solutions - deleting "Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4" folder (you will lose all saves, mods, options, etc.) or updating your game. Don't listen to people who tell you to delete "GameVersion.txt" or "Default.ini" file, they are idiots.
You can update the game in many ways. If you want to stick to SCENE releases - if there's an update available, install it; if the new version is released as a whole game, reinstall the game. If you're fine with repacks/other releases then you can find them in the second post of this thread.
An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions
or
Origin seems to be running. No communication with Orange is possible
Close Origin and make sure the game is not running. Add "Game\Bin" and "Game\Bin_LE" to anti-virus exception list, block "TS4.exe" and "TS4_x64.exe" in your firewall. If that doesn't help reboot your PC. And if that still doesn't help remove virtual network adapters if you have any. The game connects to the *****/Origin on port 3216 so it's something with your network.
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000009a)
or
The code execution cannot proceed because OrangeEmu.dll/OrangeEmu64.dll/anadius64.dll/anadius32.dll was not found
or
TS4.exe/TS4_x64.exe is missing
Add "Game\Bin" and "Game\Bin_LE" folder to your anti-virus exception list and restore missing dll/exe from quarantine.
Origin is currently not running. [d3382ced:984c6a38:00000000:00000000]
Allow loopback/localhost/127.0.0.1 connection for the game exe in your firewall. If you can't find that option, allow all internet connection.
If you're using a VPN it may mess with the ***** too, try disabling it.
Hello
If you're using normal (64-bit) version of the game:
"Game\Bin\OrangeEmu64.dll" has some anti-tampering protection that gets triggered and you need to replace it with a version without that protection (you can also follow the steps for Legacy Edition below but this solution is better). Grab that file from the It Takes Two CODEX *****. That .dll alone can be found in "***** only" link in post below.
If you're using Legacy Edition (32-bit):
Don’t start the game in virtual machine (cloud PCs like Shadow count as virtual machine!) nor in Sandboxie (and the like).
Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program > Turn Windows features on or off > uncheck Hyper-V. Uncheck Windows Sandbox if it's present too. Reboot your PC twice (important!) and check if the game works.
In Windows Defender Security Centre open:
1. Device Security > Core isolation details and disable Memory Integrity.
2. App & Browser Control > Exploit protection settings > Program Settings > Add program to customize > Add by program name, type "TS4.exe" (or "TS4_x64.exe" if you want to run the 64-bit version) and press Add. In the next window check Override System Settings for Control flow guard (CFG) and Force randomization for images (Mandatory ASLR), and keep them off. Click Apply and reboot your PC.
To automate step 2 you can run this as admin:
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If that doesn't help, disable virtualization in BIOS/(U)EFI.
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc0000142)
or
MSVCR100.dll/MSVCP100.dll/MSVCR120.dll/MSVCP120.dll/MSVCP140.dll/VCRUNTIME140.dll/api-ms-win-crt-*.dll missing
or
Initialization error at start up. [135dec40:3fbbecd0:00000064:000000]
Uninstall any Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2010, 2013, 2015, 2015-2017 and 2015-2019 you can find (both x86 and x64). Reboot PC. Install VC Redists (both x86 and x64) from those links:
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If that doesn't help uninstall VC Redist again, reboot PC, delete "MSVCP120.dll", "MSVCR120.dll", "MSVCP140.dll", "VCRUNTIME140.dll" and similar files (like "MSVCP120_<something>.dll") from "C:\Windows\System32" and "C:\Windows\SysWOW64", reboot PC again and finally install VC Redist from those links back. Don't use crappy shit like Revo uninstaller because it only messes things up.
The application was unable to start correctly (0xc000007b)
Enable .NET Framework. Go to Control Panel > Uninstall a program > Turn Windows features on or off > check any .NET Framework you see. After that reinstall VC (see above).
Initialization error at start up. [135dec40:90f690cf:00000075:495f32a0]
Download language files.
Initialization error at start up. [135dec40:69731fb6:00000068:00000000]
Reboot PC.
Initialization error at start up. [135dec40:29f00e76:00000084:18a1dd51]
Remove mods and CC from Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Mods.
If that doesn't help try the solution for error "[ed35e0ea:29f00e76:00000000:18a1dd51]" listed below.
The Sims 4™ is already running [ed35e0ea:29f00e76:00000000:18a1dd51]
or when nothing happens when you run the game
In Windows Defender Security Centre open Virus & threat protection > Manage ransomware protection. Either turn it off completely or click on Allow an app through Controlled folder access > Add an allowed app and select Game\Bin\TS4_x64.exe (or Game\Bin_LE\TS4.exe if you want to run the Legacy Edition).
Right click on Documents > Properties > Security and make sure your account has full access to that folder. If that doesn't help, create new Windows user and use it to play the game.
Can't run The Sims 4 with the video card in this system. [0e6d1221:1df4e8dc:80010000:00000000]
or black screen
or just crash
If you have RivaTuner Statistics Server, activate Custom Direct3d support. If you don't, or it doesn't help, open Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 4\Options.ini and change the value of windowedfullscreen to 1. If that still doesn't help, change values of:
resolutionwidth to 800
resolutionheight to 600
fullscreen to 0
Infinite loading screen
This is mostly caused by bad mods/cache but sometimes because of bad graphics card drivers. Download the newest ones and perform a clean installation!
If you're getting a different/no error message
or suggested solution didn't work
Go to "Documents\Electronic Arts" and move "The Sims 4" folder to desktop. This will start the game fresh, you can move "saves" back later. If that doesn't solve the problem, run the validator (You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now.) and post the result here.
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