I tried using kbin a while back but found no apps that supported it.

If only it was installed on my ps5… although I do not know that it is keyboard and mouse compatible there.

Text from my wife just now:

The Sims keeps locking up. I appreciate that you went above and beyond, but it’s done. Stick a fork in it.

Text from my wife just now:

The Sims keeps locking up. I appreciate that you went above and beyond, but it’s done. Stick a fork in it.

I have it running and saving finally. I installed through lutris. From another thread I was going support:

I installed to /home/user_name/Games/the-sims-4/drive_c/users/windows_user/Games/The Sims 4/Game/Bin/TS4_x64.exe and it is saving, it is launching. I will let you know how it is doing once my wife has played a bit. Thank you very much for helping me with this.

I am going to dig into what you wrote because it looks like there is a lot of amazingly useful things in it. I really appreciate your help with this. And my wife is currently making a sim.

I have heard that from other people, but have seen on protondb there are as many that can play it as the cannot. I think I have it working finally is lutris, after almost a month of trying different things.

I installed to /home/user_name/Games/the-sims-4/drive_c/users/windows_user/Games/The Sims 4/Game/Bin/TS4_x64.exe and it is saving, it is launching. I will let you know how it is doing once my wife has played a bit. Thank you very much for helping me with this.

The steam version is from steam, downloaded from steam and installed via steam. I have tried running it with multiple versions of Proton and Proton-GE to varying degrees of success. It either runs at a single digit frame rate, crashes on start up, or if it manage to get it running okay, it also cannot save.

The version I have installed currently is the fitgirl repack. I downloaded before we started troubleshooting, I had downloaded and installed it on a previous install of mint (I had to wipe that and install again due to me encrypting the home folder and that causing issues. Since then I redownloaded the sims4 FG repack. I installed it for the first time on this install of mint yesterday. Having the same issue with saving as I had on the last install of mint. That time however I used a guide from reddit that was very convoluted compared to how I installed it yesterday.

The current install of TS4 is in /home/user_name/Games/the-sims-4-lutris/drive_c/Program Files/The Sims 4/Game/Bin/TS4_x64.exe I do not see a way to set the save folder. This was installed via Lutris, and I used this install location because the default when installing was Z:\Games\The Sims 4, but doing so fails. Which is why I have it in c:.

I am wondering if I create the directory first if that will work.

Edit: read your post more carefully and see you gave me your path for install. I used that same path (roughly) still it is using c:\users\user_name\

Installation takes like 2+ hours, so it is working currently.

I had previously downloaded it. But I also get this error when I am able to get the Steam version running.

I had some time before game and got it to load. But I am getting the cannot save error again, which prevents me from actually entering the game.

I downloaded the file, but did not have a chance to open it yet.

Thanks, I run two d&d games today. I will try it when I get home.

I went to bed while it installed, woke up and it finally completed. When I launch either via the icon within lutris or the script in the desktop it gives me a language selection dialog, the sims 4 icon appears in the tray, I select the language and that is all it does. I am out hiking with my dog, I will copy the script contents when I get home.

I did that too, then i discovered i could log two computers into EverQuest and dual box.

There was no option for X:, and there was no program files in Z:, however C:\program files appears to be installing, 45 minutes to completion.

Firstly, THANK YOU for the lengthy support write up. I have been trying to make time to try some of your suggestions.

Firstly, I have been trying to run it with PROTON_USE_WINE3D=1 %command% --skip launcher thinking that was one command but having read your comment I realize there are two items in that. So I tried --skip launcher having read a lot of the issues with the game on Linux is the EA launcher. It almost started then I got a crash.

I also tried launching with mangohud and your command for that added to the skip launcher, that totally crashed Steam. I have been unable to download DXVK_HUD, I tried sudo apt install DXVK_HUD and searched software manager.

After mangohud crashed stream I had to restart the computer to get steam to open again.

I went back to PROTON_USE_WINE3D=1 %command% --skip launcher which has worked before, but that is what gave low frame rate, it launched but low frame rate. It also said it was unable to save.

I am trying different versions of proton ge, none of them are working, mostly giving the error screenshot I added above. And despite the skip launcher it still launches the EA launcher, which sometimes forces me to log in, other times it loads the game, and still others it opens the launcher fully and wants me to launch the game from there.

Everyone seems to agree, the problem is the EA launcher, and while I have the fitgirl repack, that removes the launcher, I cannot get it to install.

I managed to get the fitgirl repack installed through another suggestion, and it ran great… except it was unable to save. I thought maybe because it created the directory on install ands I needed to quit and restart. I could not get the game to launch again. The drive has been wiped with a fresh mint install (different issue, I chose to encrypt the home directory and it was causing issues).

So the laptop will play games!

I receive this error while running the setup.exe through lutris.

I also tried installing the version you can download through lutris which seems to only be a simsync app that never connects to anything.

Edit to add:

Mint Cinnamon

Sims 4, and I have tried every version of Proton, I have tried proton ge or whatever it is, I have tried every suggestion in the sims 4 protondb entry.

I have tried the suggestions in my thread about it. (I think there was one I still need to try, actually)

I have the fitgirl repack, I have tried via steam, I have tried the .exe from EA.

I have been trying to get the sims to work on my wife’s Linux laptop. I can either get it to run at 3-4fps, or I can get it to run without the ability to save anything.

I have Steam deck and with every game I have tried on it so far working, I thought it would be the same with a laptop. Boy was I wrong.