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10 years ago

Sims 3 Keeps crashing on mac while travelling

I seem to be having some trouble playing the sims 3. I got the full set with all expansion and stuff packs, except sweet treats and outdoor. Basically the game loads up without a problem but whenever I try to send my sims abroad or to university it the loading screen starts to slow then pick up with the loading bar halfway and then it completely stops all together! I wait for a few minutes and nothing happens. Sometimes I even get the error message about debugging it. I do the usual things like empty caches and use a memory cleaner to free it up but it doesn't work. I got it all through Origin on my macbook pro. My macbook uses OS Yosemite version 10 and intel core i5 2.4 GHz with a 1tb hard drive and 8gb of ram and a NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 256 MB graphics which I think meet the basic requirements to run the sims 3 on a macbook. So I don't know what is happening. Does anybody know what I can do to resolve this. I really want to go forward with this game but I cant.

@Bluebellflora please and thank you in advance

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14 Replies

nham23
10 years ago
Well after a day or so of re-installing the sims 3 on my windows side with everything there from here working, mainly the saves. But now this is where the fun starts. It all loads up well but then when it comes to the loading screen for going home, it quits! I get the message saying it's stopped working and must exit. Why I can't even save the bloody game after it loads!! So so much for that!! I've tried all I can there too. Lower settings, less programs etc and the damm thing still wont work! Great just great this is!
Bluebellflora
Hero+
10 years ago
@nham23

Hmm. And this is happening with the same saved game? Can you try a completely new clean game and see if it happens? I wonder if something in your game has borked and is causing this.
nham23
10 years ago
I did try to create a new sim but low and behold just as I got to the clothing part of CAS the whole program stopped again with the same error message saying so and so has stopped working. I've even tried this without custom content and this still happens.
Bluebellflora
Hero+
10 years ago
@nham23

Is this in Windows? It must be your graphics card, it's just not powerful enough for the game with the packs you have installed ☹️