My game keeps crashing! Make it stop!!!
My game keeps crashing and I can't figure out why. I end up with error files but can't read them and the official sims discord is zero help at all. Yes, I'm looking at you, Gurus! What should I do?
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@HillyBeth - Okay, this is different. And that's odd, I'm pretty sure I've seen the specs of your computer several times now and I don't remember it only having 4 GB. I'm getting old and there are too many of you players ( :) ), maybe I have yours confused with someone else's. Isn't this the one with the 940M or 940MX card or was that a different system?
Anyway, the game will certainly run on 4 GB total, but on modern operating systems it won't run well for very long as things progress. Windows itself will be using up to half of that RAM to keep things running and the game will start "paging out" (using virtual memory) far too soon. TS3 is not stable when relying on virtual memory. And if you launch a single extra application like a web browser while the game is running, it's probably going to be game over for that session.
Bad CC or poorly performing mods can still be factors. But if "soon" for that new computer turns out to be later than you would like and assuming you indeed are running a 64-bit operating system and not a 32-bit version of Windows, you might want to get pricing on a RAM upgrade to 8 GB. It may not cost as much as you think these days.
Anyway, the game will certainly run on 4 GB total, but on modern operating systems it won't run well for very long as things progress. Windows itself will be using up to half of that RAM to keep things running and the game will start "paging out" (using virtual memory) far too soon. TS3 is not stable when relying on virtual memory. And if you launch a single extra application like a web browser while the game is running, it's probably going to be game over for that session.
Bad CC or poorly performing mods can still be factors. But if "soon" for that new computer turns out to be later than you would like and assuming you indeed are running a 64-bit operating system and not a 32-bit version of Windows, you might want to get pricing on a RAM upgrade to 8 GB. It may not cost as much as you think these days.
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