My sims 3 64 bit and metal keeps crashing minutes into playing a save

@lizziefeath  Please post the full specs of your Mac: everything under About This Mac except for the serial number.  Please also list the expansion and stuff packs you have installed.

Let me know what world(s) you're playing in as well and whether this happens in a new save in Sunset Valley.

Sorry about the late response, my game started working after I deleted some of the cache stuff but now it's doing it again. Here are my Mac specs: MacBook Air (13-inch, 2017) 

1.8 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5

8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Intel HD Graphics 6000 1536 MB

idk a lot ab tech so I hope that's what you needed lol. The expansions/stuff packs I have are world adventures, high loft, ambitions, late night, generations, pets, showtime, supernatural, seasons, university life, island paradise, and into the future. I have also noticed that the more into a save I get like progress-wise (the older the kids get or something) the quicker it is to shut off. I had to delete a save because the game shut down so quickly after opening that the save was unplayable.

oh also this happened in a starlight shores save and now in my sunset valley save.

@lizziefeath  The Pets expansion doesn't run well on integrated Intel graphics like yours.  In fact, your graphics chip is below the minimum requirement for 64-bit Sims 3, although that doesn't mean you can't play at all, as you're seeing.

If you don't need the content in your game, I'd suggest uninstalling Pets entirely.  You can do so by removing the EP05 folder from the "The Sims 3 Packs" folder, which in turn will be in either Applications or Users > your username > Applications.  You'd need to start a new save—removing an EP from a save that's already been exposed to it is a surefire way to corrupt the save.

If you do want to keep the pack, there's a mod-related way to severely limit the number of actual pets in the game.  It might take some experimenting to get things right; let me know if you're interested.

At the very least, I would suggest testing with Pets uninstalled to see how much of a difference it makes.  Please test in Sunset Valley first, since it's the most stable of the EA-made worlds.

I'll try running the game with pets uninstalled since I don't really use the features at all and I'll let you know if anymore problems occur. Thank you for your help!

Did that work for you?

@elimaximoff  If you need help with your game, please describe what you're seeing when you try to play, for example when the game crashes and whether you get an error message.  Please also list the full specs of your Mac: everything under About This Mac including the OS and except for the serial number.

Finally, please list the expansion and stuff packs you currently have installed and the world(s) in which you're trying to play.

Hey there, 

I have the same issue here... My save isn't that old but I have built my own house in Monte Vista which I'm trying to decorate etc. And especially when moving things from the family inventory to the house my game just suddenly crashes. It had crashed already before that occasionally but right now it's almost impossible to finish this house in build-mode...

I do have store content and the additional towns downloaded from the internet for free, so that could be a reason but it would hurt to have to remove them.

My addons are Pets, Late Night, World Adventures, Ambitions, Generations, Seasons, Supernatural, University Life, Island Paradise, Town Life Acc.

My specs: 

MacBook Air 2024, 15 inch

Apple M3, 16GB RAM

MacOS Sequoia 15.0.1.

I also have some NRAAS mods.

Thank u already D:

@Rominaroe  I can't help with a game that has any cracked content at all, sorry.  But if you're willing to remove that content, and you still get crashes, try placing the items first without rotating them, then picking them up again.

Hey again, I understand your saying... I tried building in my house now with no mods installed and it instantly crashed after placing some items. I couldn't even place one item after taking it out of the inventory... 

I also created a new sim in a different town like apaloosa plains and tried to build there for a few minutes and nothing happened. So maybe the specific save is the problem? I did move them from their old home to the one I built myself but I had no issues building it in the city-edit mode. It did crash a few times but not that bad. I'm lost :')