Re: Sims 3 64-bit keeps crashing
@Silver3970 The relevant mods for overall game stability are ErrorTrap, Overwatch, and MasterController; Traffic is also helpful in Bridgeport. They're all from NRaas, and while I can't link mod download pages directly, google should know exactly what you're looking for.
ErrorTrap will do its job without any player interference and doesn't really have any player options. Overwatch and Traffic will both work on default settings as well, although you can tweak them to your liking. MasterController doesn't do anything unless you run a command, but it's quite useful for reseting stuck sims or broken objects. For NRaas mod commands, you can always click City Hall or an in-game computer and select NRaas > mod name > etc.
The elevator issues are addressed to some extent by Overwatch, which will reset elevators during its nightly cleanup. This happens by default at 5 am in urban worlds, including Bridgeport, but feel free to change the time if you want. (NRaas > Overwatch > Settings > Set Alarm Hour) The cleanup covers everything from vehicles and stereos to various kinds of sim data that can get corrupted.
At least in the beginning, you may want to disable its auto reset of stuck sims (NRaas > OW > Settings > Stuck Check Auto-Reset > False; but leave Stuck Check itself set to True), so you can instead find them and figure out why they're stuck. When Overwatch finds a stuck sim, it will give you a notification, and you can click on the portrait in the notification to center on the affected sim. If sims keep getting stuck in the same location, you'll know where you need to do some editing.
For NPC areas in apartments, the main issue is that resident sims appear behind the NPC-only doors and then can't use those doors to get out and become stuck. There are a few different approaches, one of which is to put the NPC areas on an upper floor, so residents won't ever appear within those rooms. There are lots of tutorials available that explain how to build or edit apartments in Sims 3 much better than I could, but the basic premise is that you remove the NPC room markers and doors and make the area public or part of the lobby.
It's also a good idea to run a MasterController Town Reset (NRaas > MC > Town Options > Reset Everything) every few sim-weeks, or if you notice the game slowing down. This does literally reset everything in the world, so it can take a few minutes to run. You can exempt the active household from a reset (NRaas > MC > Settings > Include Active Lot in Reset Everything > False) if you don't want your own sims affected.
It may take some time to find all the problem locations and edit them to your liking, but it can also be kind of a fun project to remodel the world as you see fit.
If you have questions about any of this, please feel free to ask. Or you could ask on the NRaas site, where there are still a number of active players who know a lot about the mods and also a lot about Bridgeport. So if you're not sure what to do about a particular location, someone may have useful insight to offer.
