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Anonymous
13 years ago
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Error Code 12

Hey

I'm sure someone's had Error Code 12. I'm busy contacting EA about it and I'm just waiting for a reply. The whole thing with the Legacy Files won't work for me because I don't get Legacy file!!!

Will someone please help?! I'm really desperate...

  • Don't think the fixing is ever going to happen. That would mean a major code rewrite.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago
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    The problem is error code 12 once it happens it can lock the file. I have yet to understand this but it will not let you save at one time you could save the file to anotlher name using 'save as' it seems the memory overload keeps coming up with new conditions and has in some occoations made the file unsaveable. You can revert back to the backup file locateated ti the same folder. I have had occasion this would not work even though it is recommended. The way I underrstand it now is it is a memory overflow the problem unless they fix the memory overflow It will present several situations and simply reloading the old game will not correct the problem. which is what EA wants you to da since working with Adobe. I understand memory leaks of all sorts and they can be crazy on your system. Since EA does not attend to this matter because they are not as open to critizim as Adobe nor do they operate in the business world and depend on that reputation they have no rep to protect as does Adobe. They will never address the real cause and the only way to make them is flood Micosoft witlh complaints about EA and that it is not compatable with Windows 7 they have a loose partnership with Micosoft, but it affects the relations in the Xbox WII and PS communities the techs are not going to fix this. The best you can do is always keep a second set of saves in another location but be aware the file causing the memory over flow will continue to get memory over flow. The best solution is to make copies of the Sims you play export them and put them back in a new game once thet game crashes deleting the file causing the overflow. Sorry if I am ranting this error code 12 has made me mad for along time and EA's solutions are less than acceptable.Remember EA is only about making money and they are helpful only as long as they want to continue making money the CEO has said so publicly and he does not care about the games only making money. Not support. Error code 12 started with wold adventlures and continues down that road they will not go back and fix it although Pets has added with the latest patch a new approach to the problem. Your suggestion is as good as any it soulds good to me. 
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    The thing is: I only got the problem when I installed Late Night and Generations together!!!!

    I understand what you're on about. It's SO FRUSTRATING!!!!!! 

    There has gotta be a way for me to continue playing! I am NOT just going to give up because of this stupid problem....

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Let me see if I can guess what happened you visited China or Egypt you installed those games you saved it ok once or twice then on the next save it gave you an error code12. Then you could not get it to save again even if you deleted the corrupted file. 🙂 Just let me know if I am close on this one.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    That's almost exactly what happened!

    You see I hadn't been playing for 6 months as my dad's computer had been struck by lightning in January and to cut a long story short we only got it fixed in June. So knowing that it'd be working soon I ordered Late Night and Generations. AND THEN IT DIDN'T WORK!!

    It was like those games just triggered it. Before I'd been completely fine and I had been going to China, France and Egypt quite a lot. So...

    And even when I didn't go to any of the places I still got the ErrorCode 12. Suprisingly what happened was that I sent one of my girls to France, she had a superb holiday, she came back and it saved!!! Explain that please?

  • So Error Code 12 is something EA refuses to fix? What a load of, for lack of a cleaner word, manure!  😕mileymad: And if my predictions are correct, you said that it don't work on Windows 7? Great, now it seems that getting an Alienware PC may not do the trick either... 😕mileysad: Please let me know if I am wrong...

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I am not sure it is just a matter of they refuse to fix it. They believe the matter was fixed and settled about the time Highend Loft came out. One of the programmers said he had it fixed. He got full credit that the problem was fixed. His fix was suppost to fix error code 12 and 16. It did fix 16 but code 12 continues the problem is if you speak to a tech he believes the matter is fixed and EA will no longer accept responsibility for the error as it is offically fixed. What I hate is the marketing stragity of you must buy the next game. They have gone back to predatory marketing. If you do not purchase the next game in the cycle, your updates will not work. This happened when they update WA. I did not want to purchase WA and they forced you to by placing updates for WA in the next patch to fix Sims 3. This cycle is happening again with seasons. They took a major hit from the FTC for having these pactices in place. They attempted to correct the matter and then error code 12 and 16 began showing up. Error code 12 and 16 where said to be fixed but now they have gone back to the predatory practices in marketing. I just made a new complant to the FTC about this new practice of them forcing consumers to update to Season because the patches will not be backward compatable. Again. Until they fire the current CEO and Board this will never change and I do not see that happening since a company is based on profits. Until we can release our addiction to Sims. Which is also doubtful since there is no other game on the market that does what Sims does no one that is competing in the simulation field on the life cycle market. The market would disappear if some one would compete with EA.  EA is not a good company nor will they ever be since they are fully profit driven.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    So the error happens when I play too long with each hood? Well since I read your thread I see that it does work. :D

  • Rebs611's avatar
    Rebs611
    11 years ago

    I sarted getting Error Code 12 when  going to university.  It happened all of a sudden.  No new add-ons or anythng. I can save when it's the regular town, but when I send them to university I get the error message. Any suggestions, or do I have to uninstall and reinstall?

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    11 years ago

    Oh my god, just reading what I wrote. Come a long way from there 😕mileyembarrassed:

    @Rebs611 try doing a save as before you go to University. I've experienced the issue myself. Do NOT uninstall and reinstall. Please. 

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