Sims 3 64-bit "quit unexpectedly' Mac
Hi, I have a few expansion packs installed with my sims 3 and after loading my save, the game just disappears and I get an error saying that the sims 3 quit unexpectedly. My specs are as follows:...
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@puzzlezaddict A some way unrelated question, but are there other expansion packs, that can lead to the same kind of issues? In relation to whether there is any I should avoid installing, so my game won't crash?🙂
@Sarah_Ulmer There are no other expansion packs that cause quite the same issues, at least not as far as anyone has reported in the four months the 64-bit version has been available. The world of Isla Paradiso runs quite poorly, as it does in the 32-bit version, but the features of the Island Paradise pack work fine in any world with deep enough water, and the world of IP can be edited as well. Other than that, the current issues are either fixable or not typically severe enough to cause frequent crashing.
I was a bit vague on the effects of the mods because I don't know how far you'd need to go in removing animals in order to get the game stable again. Some people really don't want to lose their current sims, so even playing without any pets is preferable to starting a new save without the Pets EP installed. Since that's not the case for you, I can only say that it's possible that inactive animals, whether strays or wild horses or pets owned by unplayed households, are the major issue here. If that's the case, then you could conceivably eliminate the inactive animals and play with a few pets in your own household.
But I don't know whether that's the case. I don't have an affected Mac to test with myself, and most players with this problem just uninstall Pets and move on, disappointed as they might be. If the issue is having a pet in the active household, then there's no real way around that, although you might get lucky and find that short-haired pets work better than long-haired ones, or that only horses are a problem. If you're willing to put in the time to experiment, there are a lot of things to test.
- @puzzlezaddict thanks! I ended up uninstalling Pets, and now my game works the way it should. To circle back to the thing about the other expansion packs. Is there still no fix for swimming in open water? or is it still a problem among everyone, because EA has not yet with a patch for it?
Because I would like to install Island Paradise, but if I can't make my sims swim in the ocean, then it's probably not worth it🙂
@Sarah_Ulmer There is currently no fix for the missing open water options. I still hope EA will patch it, but I don't have any information on when or even if that will happen.
Sims can use dive spots, live on houseboats, and run resorts, and I believe the lifeguard career works, so the pack's features aren't completely useless. It is a demanding expansion though, not nearly as much as Pets but perhaps enough to question whether the trade-off is worth it.
- @puzzlezaddict Okay! thank you so much🙂
