Re: Sims 3 Crashes to Desktop with No Error Message!
@tbluitt2326 If OneDrive is set to launch at startup, it could be throwing errors even without an account to access. Go to Settings > Apps > Startup and disable it, no sign in required.
To check RAM use, you can put TS3 in windowed mode on the fly without minimizing it; the option is with all the other graphics settings. If it's not going over 3 GB, then you're fine in the vanilla version, but you'll still need to check when you go back to your existing game folder and saves. And you're right, playing in SV is only a limited test, but it's still good to get a baselline reading for memory use. Then you can try SV with all your mods and cc, then your current save. No need to play for several hours this time—30 minutes should be enough to see RAM stabilize. If it's too high in your current save, or if it keeps rising for longer than half an hour, you can suspect a temporary spike as the cause of the crashes.
An SSD doesn't prevent crashes or make the game more stable overall. What it does is cut down on the time needed to save as well as load anything, from the game itself and your save to CAS, Build/Buy catalogs, Edit Town, and travel transitions. I'm thrilled with how quickly things load on my SSD and would probably be very frustrated waiting around for an HDD, but it's more a quality of life improvement than anything else. Still, that might be worth it to you.
Having said all that, I asked someone about a couple of items in your dxdiag,
and given the nature of the TS3 errors, it's a good idea to run a couple of cleanup routines on your computer. Here's how:
- Hit Windows key-X
- Choose either “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Command prompt (Administrator),” whichever option is offered
- Inside the window that appears, copy and paste “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” without quotes into the window, and enter
- The system will start validating soon. If it throws an error, please list it here
- After it reaches 100%, hit Windows key-X again
- Again, choose “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Command prompt (Administrator)”
- Inside the window, copy and paste “sfc /scannow” without quotes into the window, and enter
- Post the message you receive here
If everything is fine, then definitely have a look at the memory use in your current save, and let me know what you see.
If you get any crashes without RAM use going anywhere near the ~3.7 GB limit, try a clean boot, just to see if there are any background apps interfering with TS3.
I know it's hard to test with a game that doesn't crash reliably, but maybe it's best to just play normally for awhile and not worry about what's happening behind the scenes, other than memory use. If it crashes with a clean boot, that's helpful to know; if it doesn't crash after several play sessions, that's also helpful, and in the meantime, you've been enjoying your game.
