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Hey guys, I’ve got an issue where it’s driving me absolutely bonkers. I got a fitgirl Sims 4 repack, and it crashes without showing anything in the logs by itself. I install the game using wine, and launch it via Steam using all sorts of proton. Now I’ve downloaded the latest version, and the installer won’t even budge past 0.0%. Questions:

Any way to get a detailed log, in order to understand what is going wrong?
Anyone have any experience with this?

Hardware: NVIDIA 2060, Ryzen 5600x. I tried it on PopOS first, and then tried it on nobara just in case the issue was because of an old kernel. It didn’t help.

Thank you!

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[-] melmi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 9 months ago

Sims 4 is free, and there's a DLC unlocker that lets you get all the DLCs in your legit copy. You might have better success installing the EA app in Proton/wine, logging in a throwaway account, and then installing the official base game.

I also recommend Lutris instead of Steam for non-Steam games, I've found it easier to work with and it can also automatically add links back to Steam if you like having all your game in one place.

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