I have been playing the sims 3 for a long time and in all my years of playing, this has never happened, until today. I was playing a specific save game that I've been playing for a long time and when i logged on this morning it was gone. There are the save files in the save folder, but it won't show up in game. I'm very upset and want it back. I have an Alienware M16 gaming laptop. I can attach a file of my dxdiag and a picture of my save file as well.
ladykyera999 It's possible, but that still seems very high for OneDrive in any configuration. Regardless, your computer has enough memory to accommodate this high resource use, so if you don't want to look into that part further, you can let it go.
I DO still need to know how much memory Sims 3 uses specifically, both when you've first loaded your save and when you've been playing it, in live mode, for around 20 minutes. And again, you're showing me the Performance section, which is not where you need to look. The icons on the left are for different sections, one of them being Processes—that lists the memory usage of every app and process running at the moment, as well as other resource use.
Ok so do you want a picture of the percentages at the top for sims 3 or what?
This is the stats of when it first loads I'll post another in 20 minutes.
Here is the readout for 20 minutes of gameplay.
ladykyera999 Yes, that's what I wanted, although you could just list the values (1,735.4 and 1,817.1 MB) in the future. The point here is that in this save at least, you're nowhere near the danger zone in terms of RAM use. And your computer has enough memory installed that it's unlikely you'd be using it all while playing.
Do you notice a pattern of the Error 12s? As I mentioned, it's an out of resources condition, and the resource in question is usually memory, but not always. If you get the error after spending a lot of time in CAS or Build/Buy, that might be the problem. Both use extra resources that the game doesn't completely release when you go back to live mode.
I honestly don't remember which save had the error 12. I also don't remember if I was in CAS or build/buy for a long time. I doubt it. It usually just occurs when I try to exit the game. I usually hit save and quit but that hasn't been working. I either get an error 12 or 16.
ladykyera999 Not to be a broken record here, but Error 16 is often related to OneDrive, and it's not going to stop happening unless you deal with OneDrive.
Separately, I would strongly suggest using Save, then Quit > Without Saving, as two distinct steps. The problem is that if the save doesn't work, the game will go straight to quitting, not giving you a chance to try to save again or otherwise preserve your work. If you use Save and it fails, you get a chance to respond.
So I did add the sims 3 folder to my device by right clicking and picking "always keep on this device" but I still keep getting error 16. I have been using save as... and then quit because that is the only thing that works. Otherwise if I just try save it'll give me an error.
ladykyera999 Then it sounds like you'll either have to force OneDrive to stop syncing the contents of Documents, or else get rid of it completely. For the latter option, don't just uninstall it; use one of the methods listed in this guide:
[Read First] Running Sims 3 in Windows | EA Forums - 8323446
Ok I will try to make it not sync my sims 3 files. I need to keep one drive because I use it for college. Thank you for all your help. If I have any more questions I will post on this thread or I can direct message you whichever you prefer.
