Sims 3 University Life "serious error"
Playing on Mac. When a graduating sim tries to go home to Sunset Valley, I get this message and have to force quit. My sim who didn't graduate goes home to Bridgeport and no issues. I went through s...
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I cannot thank you enough for all this.
I did all the mod stuff and tried a few times but still the same issue. I've got a save that's right before the loading screen comes on to go back home, but I think that's too close to the travel maybe. I need to go back in and do one a bit sooner. Tomorrow. Or maybe in a couple days. I'm weary!
I'm going to create a new Sunset Valley family and send someone to university and see what happens. MAYBE, just maybe part of the problem is her trying to go home and there are so many sims in the house it's having trouble? I also want to see if it's a Sunset Valley problem in general since Bridgeport appears to work okay. I don't want to risk losing any of my other Sunset Valley families though.
Thank you again and I will be in touch soon to possibly send you a copy of the save.
@14c697a6e1d69acb I haven't heard any association between the "serious error" messages and a full or overstuffed household. The "serious error" usually means corruption to that world that goes beyond the game's ability to repair, but there are sometimes ways to work around it. It's definitely not a problem with Sunset Valley, just the instance of SV in your save.
If you do want me to poke at your save, let me know whenever you're ready.
Hello again!
EDIT: After posting this, I went back in and put all my settings to minimum. My Sim made it home!!!! Was it perhaps a RAM issue? My laptop isn’t exactly made for gaming.
So I started a whole new family. The kid went to university for 2 terms and didn't graduate. The third time he graduated, and every time he tries to come home, the game crashes. It's not the error message as with the other family, the game just closes. So the connection is graduation back to SV for some reason. I tried having him attend graduation and not attend. He never invited anyone. I guess it's time for me to send you the save file. ☹️@14c697a6e1d69acb The transition back home is definitely a problem in the 64-bit Mac version, not just for you but for a number of players. Lowering the settings to the minimum can help because it lowers the stress on the game engine, but that only makes a difference if the homeworld is intact enough to load at all. I hope that's the case for your current save, but if not, you may need to revert to a backup save from before your sim traveled this most recent time.
Or, if you want, you can send me the save to test myself.
