Re: Sims 3 Crashes
@globlintoss What world(s) are you playing in, and does the game run better in Sunset Valley? You don't need to play there forever, just long enough to see whether you get the same crashing.
Did you confirm via the cheat fps on that the framerate limit you've set is actually working in-game? Please let me know either way—the Control Panel setting is sometimes ignored.
Additionally, are you playing at a resolution with a 16:10 aspect ratio, for example 2560x1600 (your screen's native resolution) or 1920x1200? Please change the resolution if necessary.
If the game still crashes in SV, and this isn't an fps or resolution issue, please try playing in a clean boot:
The one service to leave enabled is the EABackgroundService, which the EA App needs in order to run. Disable the rest as described.
When you reboot your computer, go through the Task Manager's background processes list shutting down any service that doesn't absolutely need to be running, for example anything from MSI Afterburner to RGB software might still be enabled. If you accidentally kill a critical process and it doesn't restart on its own, just reboot your computer again.
Don't open anything other than Sims 3 and the EA App while testing, not even a browser window.
If that doesn't help, please repeat the test, except with your computer offline. You can sign into the EA App and put it in offline mode, then disable wifi and/or disconnect the ethernet cable before pressing Play.
The clean boot isn't meant to be a long-term solution, only a useful test. If it helps, you can selectively reenable services until you find the one that's causing the problem with Sims 3. If this does help, I'd like to know which service as well, for future reference.
