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Windows 11 and Sims 4
Nh6650
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Has anyone installed windows 11 yet and does Sims4 run on it ?. I'm downloading it now and am just wondering if my game will be ok.
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Nh6650
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Just a curious question, but why wouldn’t it run? An update doesn’t change your computers specs afaik.
I don't know!. It just came to my mind and I actually paused the download to wait for answers. I did a search to see if people had problems with running the game and a few said they had. Obviously I don't know if they had mods installed etc but I got worried.
But hopefully it will be fine as my laptop specs are more than adequate to run the game. Thanks.
Thanks.
Ok. That's good to know. Thanks
Of course, updates don't change hardware specifications, but they can affect driver and software compatibility.
One of the reasons I've held off for now, is due to CPU performance issues if you have a Ryzen chip, which is what I have. I believe it's been fixed now, but I was also there when Windows 10 first launched, it was a mess and I didn't have a good time lol. I'm gonna stick with 10 for a little while, just so that they can iron out as many issues as possible, then I'll update.
As far as I'm aware, Windows 11 is built upon the same foundation as Windows 10, so most things should run just fine.
No, it doesn't change the computer specs, but changes to an operating system can create conflicts - much like how when the game is patched, some mods won't run properly because something in the coding of the game changed how it interacts with the mod. Same with an OS - sometimes the OS coding will interact poorly with a game's coding and they just won't work together.
Luckily, so far in my experience with Sims 4 and Win11, they're working together just fine, unless Win11 is what's causing the icons for my control menu bar (where you enter build mode, go to manage worlds, open the gallery, change which level of the building you're in you're looking at and so on.) The last two times we've gotten a patch, the icons have changed, First, only the gallery icon changed, but now they're pretty much all screwed up and it's hard to tell which function is where sometimes. Has anyone else encountered this? Could that be Win11 or is it something people who are still on Win10 are encountering? Or is this just something weird that's specific to me?
Certain software and OSs don't work together, is the the short and dirty answer. Much like @Lyssandri said. Yes, your hardware parts don't change, but for the same reasons new software can be fickle on old OSs, old software on new OSs aren't necessarily compatible.
The Sims 4 will have to support continued compatibility with Windows 11, but since it is new they certainly will.
Apparently.