Re: [Mac] OS X El Capitan and The Sims 4

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OS X El Capitan, The Sims 4 and NVIDIA graphics cards

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OS X El Capitan has now been officially released. The game is working great for some, however if you are experiencing a problem please feel free to post the issue here. Please make sure to include the following information:

 

  • Mac specs. (model, year, processor, RAM, graphics). You can find the information by following these instructions.
  • Have you upgraded from a previous version of OS X or did you do a clean install?
  • Which Expansion/Game/Stuff Packs do you have installed?

Any issues raised will be posted in the second post on this thread.

 

Edit 17.02.16 - Changed the thread title to reflect the NVIDIA GPU issue affecting a lot of Mac users since upgrading to El Capitan.

 


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Re: [Mac] OS X El Capitan and The Sims 4

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Reported issues:

 

Late 2012 21" iMac - Model Identifier 13,1 - Model No. A1418

Late 2012 27" iMac - Model Identifier 13,2 - Model No. A1419

Late 2013 21" iMac - Model Identifier 14,1 - Model No. A1418

Late 2012 15" MacBook Pro - Model Identifier 9,1 - Model No. A1286 (650M 512 MB)

 

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512Mb

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 512 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 MB

 

Game crashes/freezes and graphics glitch horribly. Reported in the stickied El Capitan thread on the officials.

 

 

Edit - a possible fix may be to update your drivers manually through NVIDIA's site. I've written a guide on how to do this here - http://bluebellflora.com/manually-update-nvidia-geforce-graphics-drivers-in-os-x/ Thanks to @SimGuruModSquad over on the officials for this suggestion Standard smile

 


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Re: [Mac] OS X El Capitan and The Sims 4

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Reported issues:

 

Late 2012 21" iMac - Model Identifier 13,1 - Model No. A1418

Late 2012 27" iMac - Model Identifier 13,2 - Model No. A1419

Late 2013 21" iMac - Model Identifier 14,1 - Model No. A1418

Late 2012 15" MacBook Pro - Model Identifier 9,1 - Model No. A1286 (650M 512 MB)

 

NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M 512Mb

NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 512 MB
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M 512 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 1024 MB

NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M 1024 MB

 

Game crashes/freezes and graphics glitch horribly. Reported in the stickied El Capitan thread on the officials.

 

 

Edit - a possible fix may be to update your drivers manually through NVIDIA's site. I've written a guide on how to do this here - http://bluebellflora.com/manually-update-nvidia-geforce-graphics-drivers-in-os-x/ Thanks to @SimGuruModSquad over on the officials for this suggestion Standard smile

 


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Re: [Mac] OS X El Capitan and The Sims 4

★ Novice
Me to i have the same problem

Hey fix the problem in sim 4 in OS X El Capitan for Mac is Crashing all the Time !!!!!
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@Flashingking2056

 

Please can you confirm which Mac you have? And EPs/SPs/GPs.


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★★ Novice

Origin not downloading sims 4!!
i have tried everything !
nothing worked, i got the highest laptop and most powerful macbook 2013, and a high speed internet.

PLEASE HELP 

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★ Novice

Sims was working till the first El Capitan OS, then i update it and never works again, i buy Sims 3 hoping that works but nothing, someone knows if origin will update or something?? Frown

 

MacBook Pro 13" Mid 2012

2.9 GHZ Intel Core i7 - 8gb RAM Mhz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB

1TB HDD

 

 

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@imichelle89

 

What exactly is happening? Any error messages? How far into the loading process do you get?

 

Have you tried repairing Sims 4 in Origin (right click on the game in your Games Library and select Repair Game).

 

Have you moved your Sims 3 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and then tried launching the game again?


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Unknow error on sims 3 (already moved the folder and nothing)

Sims4 blinks but doesnt work!

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★★★★★ Newbie

I downloaded The Sims 4 on my iMac late 2013, i5, 12 gb of ram, and a nvidia geforce gt 755M 1 gb and it wont let me start the game. I don't know why, I've clearly past the recommend specs and i have OS X El Capitan v. 10.11.1 Beta (15B22c).   

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Re: [Mac] OS X El Capitan and The Sims 4

Hi @CHRIST911TheOne ,

 

Why haven't upgraded to the full version of El Cap.
The beta version is not supported, but the final version!

I don't work for EA, but I‘m the helping hands for Sims on Mac, Simpsons players …Ich arbeite NICHT für EA. Bin aber seit mehr als 20 Jahren mit EA/Maxis Spiele verbunden. Ich liebe das Mobile Gaming, besonders die Simpsons Springfield …

Die Simpsons Springfield -  Zeigt her euer Springfield

Die Sims 2 - Meine Stories


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