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@puzzlezaddict Thanks for your response, I tried your recommendations but I still experienced crashing very shortly into game play. I have already been considering this, but do you recommend I install the Windows partition to play? Though my computer specs are below the minimum for the 64-bit update, do you think I will still experience these problems running Windows?
@Akosantwi79 If you Bootcamped your Mac and installed the game in Windows, it might run okay, but it's entirely possible it wouldn't perform any better than what you're seeing now. Different players can have widely different experiences, for sure. However, your hardware is pretty weak for the Windows version of the game as well, and many people with similar processors and graphics chips struggle to play at all.
Besides, you'd want to have at least 100 GB free to devote to the Windows partition, plus at least 30 GB free on the Mac side once you've uninstalled Sims 3. (I'd prefer more, but it's not strictly necessary.) And you'd need to buy a Windows 10 product key, which, last I checked, is about $110 for the cheapest legitimate option.
If you'd like to troubleshoot a bit more on the Mac side, please do this:
- Move your entire Sims 3 folder out of Documents > Electronic Arts and onto your desktop.
- Load the game to the Main Menu, switch to windowed mode (cmd-enter), turn ALL the graphics settings to the minimum, and quit.
- Do not add any content at all: no saves, no mods or cc, etc.
- Reload, and start a one sim, no pet household in Sunset Valley.
- Keep track of any freezes/spinning cursors/crashes, and let me know when they happen.
Please also list the packs you currently have installed.