The Sims 3 64-Bit Keeps Crashing on Mac
Can any help me figure out why my sims 3 64-bit keeps crashing? Here are my computer specs: macOS Monterey Version 12.5 MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015) Processor 2.9 GHz Dual-Core Int...
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@puzzlezaddict Isla Paradiso is the World. And yes it was every save but different versions of the same game. A fair few un-routable sims, in the 90ish mark for vehicles removed (not sure what is normal?). Only a couple of error traps now and then.
That was the only game I did have going apart from a test one that saved fine but I maybe played that for a sim week in Bridgeport.
I am currently playing a new Isla Paradiso game that now just keeps crashing within a few minutes of starting. I have removed all custom content and reinstalled and uninstalled and it is still happening.
Loading Sims initial game (start up): 580-600MB
Loading the games: 770MB - 1.4GB
Does the graphic size or sim aging normally impact anything? (or any other game play items).
I read world adventures can use up a lot which I had in the first game not the second game. That and the inventories but cleared all those out too.
That was the only game I did have going apart from a test one that saved fine but I maybe played that for a sim week in Bridgeport.
I am currently playing a new Isla Paradiso game that now just keeps crashing within a few minutes of starting. I have removed all custom content and reinstalled and uninstalled and it is still happening.
Loading Sims initial game (start up): 580-600MB
Loading the games: 770MB - 1.4GB
Does the graphic size or sim aging normally impact anything? (or any other game play items).
I read world adventures can use up a lot which I had in the first game not the second game. That and the inventories but cleared all those out too.
@SamCollings Isla Paradiso is the most unstable of the EA-made worlds, so much so that its unedited version causes problems on pretty much any system sooner or later, and usually sooner. A player created an edited save that addresses most of the issues and uploaded it for others to use:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/811253/removing-ip-lag
You could try ciane's save, or you could copy her edits into your own save and see whether it helps. She does go somewhat overboard, at least relative to what high-end systems can handle, for example I don't think you'd need to remove the fog around the hidden islands. But this at least gives you an idea of the problems the world has and what you might do about them.
Overall, you should be able to play on ultra graphics settings, even in IP. It's worth turning down water and high-detail lots a bit since those are the most demanding on the game engine, but on your hardware, there might not be much benefit to lowering any other settings. Your graphics card would simply render more frames per second, at least up to a point, as each individual frame required fewer resources to render.
One other thing that might help is disabling automatic graphics switching while you play. Here's how:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202043
Be sure to only play with the laptop plugged in as well.
World Adventures is actually one of the mildest expansions in terms of the demands it places on the game. The travel transition is fragile and breaks easily, and each world that gets simulated increases the size of the save file, but the presence of WA itself doesn't really cause issues. So go ahead and add it back if you want. If you'd like your sims to travel, just add NRaas Traveler.
I would also add Register regardless of your other decisions. IP the expansion brings resorts, and with that come resort workers, sometimes far too many of them. (I once saw the number get into the thousands in someone else's save.) Register should keep a lid on things, hopefully.
Sims aging shouldn't cause crashing or other performance issues, and nor should your sims having a few items in their inventories. A few hundred items could be a problem, so just keep the number manageable.
For the new save, try using MasterController to give Linda Scott a few days off from work (NRaas > MC > Sim > Intermediate > Career > Days Off). She starts out pregnant but without any days off, and she doesn't have a valid work outfit, so the game can hang or even crash when she tries to spin into her work outfit. Other guides will tell you to delete the Scotts, but that's not necessary; the problem will be resolved once she has the baby.
