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Anonymous
13 years ago
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Sims 3 Seasons crashes to desktop on PC, with issues SIMILAR TO the already reported Mac issues.

I've noticed a lot of Mac players complaining about only getting 5-10 minutes of gameplay in the Sims 3: Seasons, but I'd like to clarify that not only Mac players have this issue! I run The Sims 3 ...
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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    As of right now, my game has not crashed since the 1.47 update. I will mark this as solved, and would recommend that everyone else create their own threads for their specific issues. Good luck to you all!

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Anonymous
13 years ago

As a computer technician I wanted to let you know there has been a lot of discussion about Windows 8 not truly being compatable with a lot of programs and applications.  For some reason it's not integrating with a lot of legacy software.

This may indeed be part of your problem.

I also noticed that even with the release of Win 8 full support for Win 7 remains.  This may be because 8's main modification seems to be to interact with touch screen computers.

If it is possible for you to downgrade to Win 7, this may resolve your Sims 3 issues.

Good Luck.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    I have Windows 7 and it is still doing the same thing.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      13 years ago

      HELLO. 

        I am one of the many Mac users that are having issues with the sims 3 game. WHEN WILL YOU MAKE A FIX FOR US! we all feel like we are wasting money buying your games. for instance when a horse walks onto the same lot as my sims... my game either crashes or freezes!  I spent ALOT of money buying The base game, latenight, pets, generations and showtime....and its upsetting that i cant play it. i took off the horses check mark and they still appear.... FIX THIS PLEASE. 

      Sincerley a very upset customer.

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    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Funny you should mention that. I did actually try running The Sims 3 on my Windows 7 partition (keeping it there for software just in case things go AWOL), but I do know for a fact that it's not Windows 8 causing the problems, as it worked just fine up until Seasons was installed (still on Windows 8) and the problem persists in Windows 7. 

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      13 years ago

      I have been able to run it on my laptop with WIndows 8 but I have not been able to play it for more than 10 minutes since installing it on my Mac. I had NO issues with my laptop.

  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    13 years ago

    Game still crashes even on win 7. I exceed the requirements for the game. Issue didn't start until I installed seasons. Ive gone as far as to completely wipe sims and save files off my laptop and reinstall to no avail. ☹️

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      13 years ago

      Something else that I tried (once again, another solid hour of gameplay -- and I was able to save and quit on my own accord!):

      1) Run the game in Windowed Mode (this didn't work initially until I did step 2)

      2) Set compatibility for Windows XP (Service Pack 3, Service Pack 2 WILL NOT WORK)

      3) Create a new save game. Was my previous save corrupted? I have no idea. But it seemed to work.

      4) Run as Administrator (I left this part off initially. Sorry.)

      I'm about to start up my game again to see how it runs. I could see my game trying to crash at 10 minute intervals, but the game continued to play as normal. I'll edit this post with my second run results.

      EDIT: Sorry folks, it appears that the length of time my game ran for was once again just a fluke. I really hope there's a patch out soon that will fix this. In the meantime, I'll keep playing with things and try to find a solution. Feel free to try the things listed above, though. They may work for you.

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    vintagebrb1934
    13 years ago

    I have a windows 7 and I still have problems.

  • bobdude11's avatar
    bobdude11
    13 years ago

     To those that do: Please do not use Windows 8 as the reason for the failure. Other games run just fine in Windows 8. I have been a PC and IT technician for over 20 years and this is an answer that is a fall back when the root cause/reason for the continued crashes are NOT known.

     For the record, I JUST purchased the BASE Sims 3 game and I have yet to even get in to play it. It continuously crashes at the intro. No warning, no reason, just lock and crash.

     The only step I have yet to take is to set it for Windows XP compatibility. If that works, then the OS requirement should be you can only be running Windows XP. Simply put, Windows 8 is NOT the problem.

     Lest you think I am attacking EA and it's representatives, I am currently running Battlefield 3, BF 2, BF 2142, Command and Conquer 3 Red Alert, C&C 4, C&C 3, etc. - all run beuatifully, all run without crashes.

     Sims 3 doesn't run at all for me and I exceed the recommended specs by orders of magnitude.

    To the EA support folks: Please work with the dev team and actually find the ROOT cause and solve that. That should be their number one priority. If I cannot get this to run, I will be forced to demand a refund of my money.

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