Black screening
Hi there,
I've recently set up the sims 3 on a new pc but I'm currently running into an issue where the game randomly black screens and also forces itself off of full screen and becomes windowed. I haven't found any way to recover it when this happens so I lose my progress. Apart from this the game seems to run perfectly. For context I did have a problem similar to this before except it seemed to just back screen when I was using edit town as my fps would go into the hundreds! After this I managed to cap my fps to 60 and I've been able to use edit town with no issues. I also run the game at almost max settings.
I've matched my graphics card, limited FPS, installed NRAAS errortrap & overwatch, and I've gotten the smooth patch. I think my specs should far exceed the game's requirements but still having issues. I've also downloaded some other mods including more NRAAS, randomsimfixes and nectar glass replacement by Icarus.
I have no idea what could be causing this now that my fps has been fixed. I've posted my deviceconfig below in case that helps. I'd greatly appreciate some steps or advice on what to do next!
Below is info from my deviceconfig if that helps.
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 4 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 4691 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 5855 RAM: 31912 Adjusted RAM: 31400 Cores: 12
=== Machine info ===
OS version: Windows 8 6.2.9200
OS prod type: 0
OS major ver: 6
OS minor ver: 2
OS SP major ver: 0
OS SP minor ver: 0
OS is 64Bit: 1
CPU: AuthenticAMD
Brand: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6-Core Processor
Family: 15
Model: 1
Cores: 12
HT: 0
x64: 0
Memory: 31912MB
Free memory: 24404MB
User: Admin2
Computer: DESKTOP-RS0VVNJ
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
Name (database): AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT Series [Found: 1, Matched: 1]
Vendor: ATI
Chipset: Vendor: 1002, Device: 747e, Board: 475d1da2, Chipset: 00c8
Driver: atidx9loader32.dll, Version: 32.0.21043.5001, GUID: D7B71EE2-373E-11CF-9B6D-6E3567C2ED35
Driver version: 5001
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 1024MB
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
=== Options ===
AnimationSmoothing 1
LightingQuality 3
GeneralReflections 3
TextureQuality 3
VisualEffects 3
TerrainQuality 1
EdgeSmoothing 3
ObjectHiding 1
AspectRatio 0
ForceSquarePixels 1
SimQuality 4
TreeQuality 4
DrawDistance 3
MaxActiveLots 4
NumMaxActiveLotOptions 6
AdvancedRendering 1
