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Category: Main Games Simulation Games The Sims 4 EA (Origin)

The Sims 4

Downloaded from the EA App, formerly Origin.

Application Details:

Version: EA (Origin)
License: Free to use
URL: https://www.ea.com/games/the-s...
Votes: 2
Latest Rating: Silver
Latest Wine Version Tested: 6.6

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Test Results

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What works

The game itself runs fine, currently running it at max settings on Intel i5-4690K CPU @ 3.5 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 for gpu, 16gb DDR3 RAM.

What does not

Origin In-Game crashed the game.

Workarounds

Origin needs to be installed, disabling Origin In-Game, plus installing Visual C++ .dll/s using latest version of winetricks

winetricks vcrun2010 vcrun2013 vcrun2017 as mentioned in Alexandr Oleynikov's test. Also, as mentioned in his report, if Play is greyed out, terminate process, repair the game after restarting Origin.

What was not tested

Nothing.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

  • GPU: Nvidia
  • Driver: proprietary

Additional Comments

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Operating systemTest dateWine versionInstalls?Runs?Used
Workaround?
RatingSubmitter
ShowArch Linux x86_64Apr 18 20216.6Yes Yes NoSilverNobody 
ShowManjaro LinuxNov 16 20205.20-stagingYes Yes NoPlatinumSteven 
ShowKDE Neon 5.18Sep 12 20205.17No, but has workaround Yes YesSilverAlex Lowe 
ShowUbuntu 20.04 "Focal" (+ variants like Kubuntu)Aug 20 20205.0.2Yes Yes YesSilverTyson Roberts 
ShowFedora 32 x86_64Jul 21 20205.12-stagingYes No NoGarbageJonas Thiem 

Known Bugs

Bug # Description Status Resolution Other apps affected
44041 The Sims 4 instant-aborts claiming Origin doesn't run NEEDINFO View
52265 Sims 4 won't start NEEDINFO View

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