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Angie1244
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28 days ago

My sims 3 crashes after 30 minutes playing on my macbook air

Hi! 

Recently I bought Sims 3 base game that came with 2 packs: Late Night and High-End Loft Stuff. I started playing at sims 3 when I was 12 on a Windows laptop. Right now I'm 26 and I'm trying to play on my macbook Air 2012. EA added the Metal version, after asking them, and, yesterday, after 30 minutes playing, Sims 3 crashed and quit unexpectedly.  I don't know what to do because this error is ruining my experience and I would like to find a good solution.

I watched many videos Sims 3 recognizing the CPU but these are designed for windows users. I didn't find anything related for my macbook Air. 

Here there's a picture with my macbook version, which is 12.7.5

Thx for helping me in advanced!

 

3 Replies

  • Angie1244​  Your Mac's graphics chip is actually under the minimum requirement for Sims 3.  That doesn't mean you can't play, but performance may not be great no matter what you do.

    Having said that, it helps on your class of hardware to turn lighting and tree detail down to the minimum settings.  It may also be best to play in Sunset Valley rather than Bridgeport, as the latter has some issues that are not necessarily fatal but can push the game over the edge when it's already struggling.  If you're bored of SV, Riverview is free on the Sims 3 Store site as long as you're registered there.

    Separately, please remove the image you've provided, as it contains your laptop's serial number.  That should never be shared in public.

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    Angie1244
    Rising Newcomer
    26 days ago

    Thank you so much for your kind answer! Yeah, I decided to play directly on Sunset Valley after a deep research. Is it a good idea to play both at the same time or only focus in one of the two worlds? Thx again!

  • Angie1244​  You can have as many saves in as many different worlds as you like, and switch among them whenever you want.  Your unloaded saves or worlds have no impact on the one you're playing.

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