What's this error file?

Game stops working is a game crash. Maybe @igazor knows what those mean

What world are you playing? Some worlds are messed up. I get "Game Stops Working"when I have been in build/buy mode too long and the game runs out of memory. I also sometimes get this if it snows heavy . Are you saving frequently. if you don't save frequently, the game may run out of memory and crash or won't be able to save

"phoebebebe13;c-16485873" wrote:
Game stops working is a game crash. Maybe @igazor knows what those mean

What world are you playing? Some worlds are messed up. I get "Game Stops Working"when I have been in build/buy mode too long and the game runs out of memory. I also sometimes get this if it snows heavy . Are you saving frequently. if you don't save frequently, the game may run out of memory and crash or won't be able to save

Oh I've been holding a party all through the night. Yes I usually save my game 3 to 4 times a sim day. Just before getting this error, I didn't get any message. The game quit itself automatically. But I'm sure my computer spec is enough to run all expansion packs. I'm playing in Isla Paradiso edited version so I don't have any lagging in game. I reloaded the game and the bonfire party is finished at noon. My other sim already went to rescue sims in the ocean as a lifeguard and the party was still going on..at home.

If the game stops working, it's a crash and you won't get notice. I have not done a bonfire or am I playing IP. I'm not sure if you have game corruption or there is an issue with the bon fire or Ip. @igazor may know and will chime in when he comes on the forum. There maybe a mod to fix this?

"phoebebebe13;c-16485927" wrote:
If the game stops working, it's a crash and you won't get notice. I have not done a bonfire or am I playing IP. I'm not sure if you have game corruption or there is an issue with the bon fire or Ip. @igazor may know and will chime in when he comes on the forum. There maybe a mod to fix this?

Thank you so much.:)

Your very welcome :)

Whenever the game crashes, whether it be silently or with lots of on-screen messages about TS3 has stopped working, you will get two xcpt files -- a crash log and a memory dump. That's what the two files mentioned in the OP are. You can just delete those. Usually upon analyzing them, like 99% of the time, the only thing they tell us is that the game crashed (which by then we would have already known).

Are you playing on a Mac now? I can't remember. The Mac version of the game has a much smaller ram limit compared to Windows. How long had the game been running before crashing?

Sometimes, the game will crash on me around the 5+ hour mark if I have it running that long. That's just the game hitting its ram limit. I reduced the amount of CC/mods I had installed and that helped in my experience. Note: I had 5GB of third-party content installed before reducing it down to just below 1GB. Rarely will it crash soon after launch on me... but if you pop in and out of CAS a lot like me, that alone will eat up ram usage.

Saving often is a good habit to make of course but it's not going to clear ram usage. The best method for clearing ram is to simply quit and then launch again. Annoying maybe but if you're going to play for a few hours, it might prevent some crashing. If you're crashing often, there might be a reason why. Otherwise, this game is not perfect and will crash every now and then but constantly crashing is not normal.

If you're using the Origin version of the game on Windows, there is a Crash Log Analyzer but it's not going to always be able to analyze things. There are two versions, patch 1.67 and blew + patch 1.69. These can be found on MTS but will only work for the Origin version of the game on Windows I believe.

Was pretty sure the OP was running the Windows version of the game.

I've never really understood the affection so many players have for the Crash Log Analyzers. I mean, I understand the intent, but for the most part with some few exceptions, the correct version of CLA for one's patch level (1.67 vs. 1.69) essentially tells us things like "you have custom content," and "your system was out of usable resources" (either RAM or video memory). Or just "your game crashed." Not in so many words, but I've been led to believe that they rarely reveal more information than that.

Maybe I've been missing something?

Oh, I've only used it once or twice myself years ago but if the OP wanted at least some kind of reading out of it :/ *shrugs*

The reason I asked about Mac is that I remember reading they ended up giving up their PC laptop to a family member and got a Mac after that... but I could be remembering wrong.

What I should have said was, I believe they are running the Windows version of the game on Mac hardware through Bootcamp, same as all of us cool kids do I am. :)