"igazor;c-17919468" wrote:
The 64-bit versions of Windows can run both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. That is why we have a "regular" Program Files folder (for 64-bit) and a Program Files (x86) folder (for 32-bit), Windows knows which are which, puts our applications in the correct places, and handles them each the correct way when they are installed. Some day way, way in the future we expect that the 64-bit versions of Windows will no longer run 32-bit applications without some kind of emulator but I'm pretty sure the computers being designed and put into use today will have long since reached the ends of their life spans before that happens and by that time we might even be talking about 128-bit versions of things.
The macOS has been 64-bit only for a very long time and as of two current operating systems ago no longer runs 32-bit apps if one upgrades the OS or buys a new Mac with a newer one already installed. The new as of 2020 64-bit Mac version was a way to get users on Catalina and higher to be able to run the game at all. That version of the game is full of other issues though, and currently not worthy of feeling jealous of. Not sure EA is going to address the remaining issues on that one, but those of us who use Macs or both systems interchangeably are watching and hoping.
There have been no discussions from EA whatsoever about a 64-bit version of the game for Windows.
To see your Task Manager, right-click on your Task Bar and select Task Manager or use Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Of course, the game has to be in Windowed mode to be able to do that. If you get percentages of usage on the Processes tab, right click on the column and change the Resource Values for Memory to Values instead of Percentages -- you want to be able to see MB/GBs of usage, not just percentages.
To focus on a few of the non-mod suggestions of the page I linked to for a moment, the following are known to reduce RAM usage and increase stability for just about all players of the game and are worth trying if you have not already done so:
-- Play offline, meaning not logged in at the Launcher or in-game levels
-- Disallow the in-game TS3 store shopping experience from the Game Options
-- Disallow the hidden object startup game
-- Disallow scrapbook memories or use a mod to control them
On the fans, you want them to ramp up if the laptop is getting warm/hot. It's when computers do not dissipate heat properly that overheating and damage occurs. As you mentioned usage in bed, I hope that you are keeping that laptop on a "hard" surface rather on soft or fuzzy surfaces like bed linen. You might want to invest in a laptop cooling pad. But hopefully you can determine what it is that is causing the game to work so hard, apparently so early on in its sessions.
Sorry, I'm just now seeing this. I had to take a mental break from fixing the game because I got frustrated. I just wanted to say thank you so much! Hopefully I can figure this out as well
