@VSheriff There are numerous reports that trying to place a household that includes a pet. It would be useful to know whether your crashes in particular are due to the pet or to something else. And please attach the deviceconfig mentioned above as well, so we can see your hardware and settings.
@VSheriff To attach a deviceconfig, open Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3, find the file on the list, and move or copy it to your desktop. (It doesn't matter, the game will make a new one.) You'll neeed to manually open the folders; the file won't show up in a search. You can open the file with TextEdit and delete your user and computer names, about 25 lines down, but there's nothing else in that file that can identify you. Then you can attach it to a post by cliking the Browse button below the text field and selecting the file.
