I think my game keeps crashing also because of pets but even for the households that don't have it the game still crashes or freezes. I have tried uninstalling and repairing in Origin, updating my computer and Origin, resetting Origin by downloading the Reset Origin tool, and I have even entered safe mode to give it a try but that was even worse - the game wouldn't launch at all. If anyone has any other ideas or tips that would be great!
@ambshep123 Try turning lighting and tree detail down to the minimum settings. Be sure to change the settings at the Main Menu and quit to desktop before loading a save.
If that doesn't help, try playing in windowed mode. Use cmd-return (enter) to switch at the Main Menu or once a save has loaded.
If that doesn't help either, please attach your deviceconfig.log to a post. It's in Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3. You'll need to manually open the folders; the file won't show up in a search. You can delete your user and computer names, about 25 lines down, but there's nothing else in that file that can identify you.
