Green bar get 99% full, then stops. HELP!
I'm struggling with this same problem, and cannot seem to find a solution. I tried the fix suggested earlier in this post, but it didn't work for me. Is there anyone out there who could suggest some...
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Thanks. I tried what you said and the game did not like that. XD I had forgotten I had done it, but the day the game stopped working I did my monthly backup of my system and I can't believe it, but one of the last saves before it stopped working is in there! I only lost three hours of playtime. I can't tell you how relieved I am. It was a manual backup too and I didn't do the whole system, but thankfully I guess I threw the Sims folder in there.
Thank you so much for your help, I can't believe how quickly and thoroughly you tried to help me out. Hopefully someone else with the same problem can successfully recover their game this way.
I will definitely do what you say about lowering the RAM usage. I built an awesome machine, but maybe I was expecting it to handle more than I should have. And I'll certainly be making backups frequently. I haven't been playing that long, but I did a lot and it hadn't occurred to me that my game may corrupt for no apparent reason.
@22950010288090 I'm so glad to hear you found a backup. Three hours lost is nothing compared to having to start all over again.
I doubt you're asking too much of your monster system. No matter how much RAM it has, TS3 will still only be able to use ~3.7 GB before crashing or throwing an Error 12. Your graphics card is also not at fault; it was built for games that have working fps limiters. Of all the potential issues, this is the one you really do need to address. An overworked GPU can burn itself out and even damage the motherboard, so limiting your in-game frame rates is a must. For Nvidia cards, you can try the built-in Control Panel and then Inspector (free download); for AMD cards, start with RivaTuner Statistics Server (also free). If you need help with the setup for any of these tools, just let me know.
Thank you! I'll see what I can do about that.
