Re: Sims 3 64-bit crashing every 15 minutes

I tried to set up the register mod, but now as soon as I load the game it lags and crashes before I can even set up the mod. Where can I go from here? Thanks for your help

@amymar17  Remove Register for the moment, and add NRaas MasterController.  (The base mod alone is fine.)  Delete the five cache files in your Sims 3 user folder:

• CASPartCache.package
• compositorCache.package
• scriptCache.package
• simCompositorCache.package
• socialCache.package

Load your save and let the game clock run for a few sim-minutes, then pause.  Click on City Hall and select NRaas > MasterController > Town Options > Reset Everything.  The reset might take a few minutes to run, depending on the condition of the save and the speed of your hard drive.  When it's done, you'll get an on-screen notification; let the clock run a few more sim-minutes, then use "save as" to rename the save, so the original remains intact as a backup.  Then quit, delete the cache files again, add Register, and see if you can get far enough to change its settings.

If you're still getting crashes, whether after you change Register's settings or before you get far enough to do so, try playing while your computer is offline.  Restart the computer, sign into Origin, put it in offline mode, then disable wifi and/or disconnect the ethernet cable before launching the game.

I tried what you suggested with the Master Controller mod, but as soon as my town finished the reset, the game crashed straight away before I could save. I also restarted my laptop & tried offline, but the same problem occurred. What else could I try?

@amymar17  I guess you could try increasingly harsh interventions, e.g. using MC Total Annihilation to remove all pets.  (That makes me wince a little just writing it.)  But the issue may be the Pets expansion itself, not anything you can control while you have it installed.  It often doesn't run well, or at all, on your kind of hardware; some players report having no issues for a few days before suddenly getting a flood of crashes.

The problem is, your save will probably not be playable without Pets present.  So removing it would mean starting a new save.  Whether you want to go right to that or would prefer to keep trying to fix your existing save is your call.  You could also remove Pets and test on a new save, just to make sure the crashing is in fact related.

Uninstalling Pets is as simple as deleting its folder.  In either Applications or Users > your username > Applications, you'll have a Sims 3 app and a Sims 3 Packs folder.  Inside the packs folder, just delete the EP05 folder (Pets was the fifth expansion released), and you're done.  It's also a good idea to play in a clean Sims 3 user folder when you've removed a pack.  Move your existing folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts, open the launcher to spawn a clean folder, and copy over your Mods folder if you want; just don't add anything else.

So what is the possibility of being able to retain the Pets expansion? I will try out your advice but it saddens me to have wasted money on a pack that I can no longer use ☹️

@amymar17  There's still a possibility that whatever causes problems with the Pets pack can be fixed, or at least worked around enough to make it playable.  If you're up for testing, it's possible we can figure something out.  But it's also entirely possible that there is no workaround, at least none that can be implemented on the players' end, and that the only possible improvement would be from a potential game patch.

This is also complicated by the fact that I don't have an affected Mac to test with.  My laptop has a dedicated graphics card, as does the iMac I can "borrow" on occasion.  I don't want to put the burden of testing on you, and you're certainly not responsible for pursuing any of this, but if you'd like to experiment, I can keep making suggestions.

All of this is moot though if you play a new save without Pets and it crashes.  So regardless of what direction you'd like to go, that's the place to start.  Reinstalling a pack is easy too, so you're not losing anything except the few minutes it would take to redownload.

Thank you for your patience with my problems. I have u installed pets and currently testing out the game with a new save. For now I haven't experienced any crashes so it seems that it might have been the Pets expansion :/.