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12 years ago
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Sims 3 crashing back to desktop within a hour of play

To anyone that can help me! Haha...here goes:

I have Windows 8 and I have TS3 + Pets, University, and Showtime: Katy Perry. I used to have those plus World Adventures, Late Night and Ambitions installed, but I began uninstalling EP by EP thinking it'd help my crashing issue. No such luck. And I can't bring myself to uninstall any more EPs. Anyway, I can play now for roughly a hour or two before my game crashes back to the desktop saying "The Sims 3 has stopped working." I've changed the compatibility to Windows XP and I've lowered the graphics settings in game. I don't have any custom content or modifications installed. 

I do want to say that my game began crashing a lot more frequently after I expanded my sim family to four members plus a pet. Gameplay, while remaining tolerable, slowed after my household went from one sim and a pet to two sims and a pet. Each child after that slowed gameplay dramatically. Again, I can only play for a hour or two before it crashes. If you're a techie, respond to me (please?) and I'll post my DxDiag for you to analyze. 

Happy Simming!

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