Sims 3 64 bit keeps crashing
For the first two weeks or so of playing the sims 3 64 bit version, I had no problems with the game lagging or crashing. However, lately it has been crashing more and more, with today seeing a total ...
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@CatCrackerz When you're playing in fullscreen mode, using an aspect ratio supported by your screen, either its native resolution or a supported scaled res, should give slightly better performance than other options. However, if you were using the default 1024x768 res, that involves many fewer pixels than whatever higher res you're using now. Fewer pixels means less work for the graphics card, which can mean less crashing if the graphics rendering is the underlying issue.
Windowed resolution can improve performance, or at least decrease the rate of crashing, although it doesn't always. Two of the reasons it can help are the lower resolution it often involves and the fact that an unsupported resolution doesn't matter anymore: playing at a 4:3 aspect ratio wouldn't matter because the system doesn't need to resize the game window.
If you'd like to test, try using one of the reduced 16:10 resolutions and see how it goes. Without knowing your exact model Mac, I can't check that they're all supported, but at least most of them should be.
@puzzlezaddict I was able to play a bit more before the game crashed. This time, I noticed something. When I first loaded up the game, Rainflower Ivy had an error, and the game caught that. Then he kept having constant errors. Then Helen Hall started having a lot of errors. In about ten minutes, I was getting about 5 notifications every second about a sim error, and then my game crashed. No lagging or anything, but there were a lot of error messages. I don't know what this means for my game, if it's a corrupted save or something, but I figured it was important. I tried looking up what this all meant, since I am new to mods, so any ideas?
@CatCrackerz As much as I'd like to help, I don't have any particular skill for reading scripterrors, so I'd suggest you post on the NRaas site. You'll have to make an account, but then you can upload the scripterrors (in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3) by dragging and dropping the files into a post. The people there should be able to tell you what the errors mean, and hopefully what interventions might help.
@puzzlezaddict this may seem like a dumb question, but how do I post on nraas's website? Also, I found out that I can reliably get my game to crash if I hold an object (live or build/buy mode) and I try to turn the camera. Is this common??
@CatCrackerz I haven't heard of that error, but that doesn't mean it's unknown. I'm not sure I've ever done that exact thing; I'll need to try it out sometime.
For the NRaas site, create an account, click Board Index in the upper left corner of whichever page you've landed on, and choose the section where you want to post. ErrorTrap is probably the best option if ET is throwing the scripterrors, which it probably is, but it's not a big deal if you pick the "wrong" section.
