Re: Sims 3 won’t save after building
@lillucyj Build/Buy is more demanding that live play in some ways, so it's possible the game is running out of resources when you're building. This could be related to memory or to some other value, so please take a look at the game's memory use in the Task Manager. Make sure the TM is displaying RAM in absolute values, not percentages; you can right-click on the header to switch. Put the game in windowed mode, and you'll be able to alt-tab back and forth between Sims 3 and the TM.
Please let me know what memory use is once your save loads and has been running for a few sim-minutes, when you first enter Build mode and it's fully loaded, and when you're trying to save.
It's also possible there's some other issue not related to your current save. As a test, please start a new save, build something, and see whether you can save afterwards. There's no need to spend much time on it; the point is to see whether the saving in build mode itself is the issue, or there's something going on with your save.
Please also undo the compatibility setting; it's not necessary and can get in the way of troubleshooting. And Sims 3 can already use close to 4 GB memory on its own, without any help; that was fixed in a patch in 2010.
