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xarabank
10 months ago
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My sims 3 keeps crashing on my m3 MacBook Air

The sims 3 keeps crashing no matter what I do after a few minutes it crashes i tried everything from erasing all my save files, no mods but nothing.

what should I do

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    10 months ago

    @xarabank  It sounds like you've proven your imported sim is the issue, and I'm not sure whether you can fix them.  One thing you can try is saving them to the library, in a folder with no mods or custom content present, then using that new library copy.  It's not a definitive fix but does clean some data off the sim.

    If that alone doesn't help, repeat the process, except change the sim's outfits and hair (every CAS item) and their lifetime wish first.

    If that doesn't help either, do the above, except save them within CAS.  There's a Save button (folder icon) on the user interface, and using it creates a file in SavedSims, which you can transfer to a new folder.  This removes even more data, including skills learned, so you may not like the results, but at least you'd have something resembling your original sim.

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    10 months ago

    @xarabank  Since you've erased most of your data already, please trash the Sims 3 folder in Documents > Electronic Arts, so you're truly starting with a blank slate.  Try a new save in Sunset Valley.

    If it crashes, empty out the CurrentGame folder, inside this same Sims 3 folder, and try again, except this time with your computer offline.  You can put the EA App in offline mode, then disable wifi before pressing Play.

  • xarabank's avatar
    xarabank
    10 months ago

    Ok so i tried with a clean sim it seems to work well but when i tried importing my sim saved on my sims 3 site it started crashing is this a continous issue when importing sims

    any suggestions?

    (also i managed to find this in my sims 3 files about the crash that happened with imported sim errors maybe that might  help but not knowing code doesn't help)

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    10 months ago

    @xarabank  It sounds like you've proven your imported sim is the issue, and I'm not sure whether you can fix them.  One thing you can try is saving them to the library, in a folder with no mods or custom content present, then using that new library copy.  It's not a definitive fix but does clean some data off the sim.

    If that alone doesn't help, repeat the process, except change the sim's outfits and hair (every CAS item) and their lifetime wish first.

    If that doesn't help either, do the above, except save them within CAS.  There's a Save button (folder icon) on the user interface, and using it creates a file in SavedSims, which you can transfer to a new folder.  This removes even more data, including skills learned, so you may not like the results, but at least you'd have something resembling your original sim.

  • xarabank's avatar
    xarabank
    10 months ago

    It looks like it seemed to work thanks soooo much may God be with you 

    you're a life saver! :D

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