Hello,
I am having the same issues where my Mac suddenly crashes after playing it for 30-45 minutes or so. I have the 64 bit version and play via the EA app, I have tried playing in offline mode and the game seems to crash quicker than being in the normal online mode.
I have an account where I just play the sims and that only nothing else is running in the background and it isn't logged into Apple ID. I have also moved the sims 3 folder onto the desktop. I'm just trying to see if anything else would work to stop the game from crashing, is there a solution to this problem yet?
Here is what my Mac is running on:
Big Sur
iMac (mid 2014)
Processor: 1.4 GHz Dual-Core Inter Core i5
Memory: 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 5000 1536 MB
I used to play the 32 bit version before I updated my Mac, I had all the expansion packs and it never used to be a problem but since I'm playing the 64 bit version though the EA app it seems to crash a lot.
I hope this makes sense?
Thank you, looking forward to hearing from you 🙂
@hannahwhite99 Your Mac is under the minimum requirement for 64-bit Sims 3. That doesn't mean you can't play, as you've seen, but the game may not be stable.
What world(s) are you playing in, and what expansion packs do you currently have installed? Does it help to turn Lighting and Tree Detail (in the graphics options) down to the minimum settings? Please do so at the Main Menu, then quit to desktop before loading a save.
