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xarabank
4 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 (mac specs in image)
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    4 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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xarabank
4 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
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4 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
    4 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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