[MAC] Game crashes suddenly

Hi

Is this a new problem - has it worked in the past? If it is a new problem, have you changed anything in your setup since the last time it worked? What is your patch level?

Unfortunately a lot of TS3 players encounter problems when playing the game on their Mac. These can include crashing and freezing. A lot of these issues can be avoided or at least improved by the following measures.

Firstly, manually reset your RAM while playing. See BluebellFlora's guide on how to do this: http://bluebellflora.com/the-sims-3-on-a-mac/resetting-ram-during-gameplay/

I restart my computer before I play TS3. The memory used as seen in Activity Monitor is at about 3GB after the restart. If I open the Launcher it goes up to around 11 GB (that's all I've done - just opened the Launcher!). At this point I reset the RAM. Then I hit play and get through the opening sequence. I then press cmd-return to put the game in windowed mode from time to time while playing (and always before saving or using CAS). That way I can keep an eye on the memory and reset RAM if necessary. Being in windowed mode also allows you to close the game using force quit if it freezes up - it's better to crash the game than your whole computer.

Second tip is to save frequently. I save at least once per sim day. Use the option to Save or Save As, rather than the combined Save and Quit.

Make sure you are patched up to date. The 1.63 patch included fixes for Mac simmers that did actually improve the stability of the game on our operating systems, so it is well worth updating.

For general advice, information and tips on how to play TS3 on a Mac, read BluebellFlora's guide here:

http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Links-to-Mac-help-threads-and-guides/m-p/749664#U749664

Caspin

OK. What is your patch level, how many TS3 expansions do you have installed and how much RAM does your computer have?

Click on the Apple logo at the top left hand side, then choose "About This Mac". It will give you some basic info including "Memory", which will tell you how many GB RAM you have installed.

@crispinwall, if OP has at least 4 GB I can't see how the base game and 2 stuff packs would crash the game unless op has been saving a while and is playing with origin "The Ram Hog" on.  I wonder if the new patch and origin update is attacking mac users too??

This is what EA states about minimum reqirements for Mac. Since you only have the base game and 2 sttuff packs I wonder if your problem is Origin

FOR MAC OS X

• Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
• Intel Core Duo Processor
• 2 GB RAM
• ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
• At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
• This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.

ORIGIN REQUIREMENTS FOR MAC The Origin client needs to be able to run on your system in order for you to play The Sims 3.

• 150MB of available disk space
• OS X 10.6.8 minimum
• Intel Core 2 Duo processor

@crispinwall. Thank you and interesting. Now I see why Mac users may have more probelms.