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Anonymous
12 years ago

Game keeps crashing

Hi, so I have a problem with my game crashing. I have Sims 3 pets, seasons and late night. I also have CC but I don't think that's the problem. My game keeps crashing constantly. I can play it for ...
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crinrict's avatar
crinrict
Hero+
12 years ago

Your graphics drivers are from 2009 (= very outdated) and you have no disc space left on your drive c.

On which drive do you have your windows installed ? The game ? Your user files ?

The specs are also rather low with under 2 GB of RAM and a graphic chip.

Just restart your game every 2 hours if you can play that long.

XP is also no longer supported by Microsoft which makes it a security risk. 

If you have the means, I would consider getting something new.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    12 years ago

    I have it on the disk E and F. I though that the driver might be the problem because my computer DID started to be really slow but I wanted to see if there's anything to do. You reccomend buying a new laptop?

    (sorry if my English is bad, I'm from Croatia)

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      12 years ago

      yes I will give you a second reccomendation to get a new computer since microsoft is no longer running XP. You will also need a new computer if you want to play the sims 4.  I would try to find a windows 8 computer not windows 8.1 since there are video issues microsoft needs to fix in 8.1

      See microsoft web about XP

      http://www.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/xp/end-of-xp-support.aspx

      • crinrict's avatar
        crinrict
        Hero+
        12 years ago

        E is almost out of space too so if you have your OS on that (as well as the user files from SIms) that could be a reason for crashing too.

        And yes, I would reccomend a new machine. These are my recommondations. More is always better. It depends on what you're using your computer otherwise but for gaming, I think desktops are better since you get stronger machines for less money but that all depends on your budget.

        Processor: i5 or i7 with at least 2.5 Ghz (don't get an i3, they have overheating issues)

        RAM: at least 6-12 GB RAM, the game can't handle more than 4 but it's always good to have some spare for the graphics card, the OS and other stuff.  It depends on the Windows edition how much RAM it can handle. 

        Graphics Card: Very important. Get something that is green across the board on here: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements

        Operating System: A 64 bit system is a must

        Hard Drive: at least 500 GB

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