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Anonymous
12 years ago

[Submitting a bug] The launcher or I don't know what keep crashing on MacOS.

Each time I launch The Sims 3 with MacOS, something seems to crash and I get a crash report.

Here's a text file containing the crash report I got. Maybe this will help you to fix this.

Strangely enough, the game DO launch. So... Basically, there's no problem. Only a minor annoying crash report popping up.

I'm playing the digital edition without any Expansion or Stuff Pack. My OS version is it the text file.

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    Anonymous
    12 years ago
    Hi

    You might be running out of memory, although normally when that happens the game will not launch. Try manually reseting your RAM while playing. See BluebellFlora's guide on how to do this: http://bluebellflora.com/the-sims-3-on-a-mac/resetting-ram-during-gameplay/

    I restart my computer before I play TS3. The memory used as seen in Activity Monitor is at about 3GB after the restart. If I open the Launcher it goes up to around 11 GB (that's all I've done - just opened the Launcher!). At this point I reset the RAM. Then I hit play and get through the opening sequence. I then press cmd-return to put the game in windowed mode from time to time while playing (and always before saving or using CAS). That way I can keep an eye on the memory and reset RAM if necessary. Being in windowed mode also allows you to close the game using force quit if it freezes up - it's better to crash the game than your whole computer.

    For general advice, information and tips on how to play TS3 on a Mac, read BluebellFlora's guide here:

    http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Links-to-Mac-help-threads-and-guides/m-p/749664#U749664


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