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@suecorn13349 I've moved your post to the Sims 4 PC tech section.
What do you mean that when you say your game "goes back to The Sims 3"? When it crashes, do you get any error messages? Please post a screenshot or copy and paste the message(s) here.
- 6 years ago
Hi,
Thanks for your reply! I am still having problems! I did get an error message once, it said it was 'error 12', but I couldn't find out what that was, or how to fix it. In the end I deleted 'World Adventures' and then reloaded it hoping that would sort it, but it hasn't - aargh! The game crashes when I play 'World Adventures', or else it will not save the game and I lose the whole lot, not just the 'World Adventures' bit. I have four games, the base game is The Sims 3, then I have 'Nightlife', 'World Adventures' and finally 'Pets'.
I'd better tell you that I am not a tech wizard by any means, so I find technical issues difficult!
- puzzlezaddict6 years agoHero+
@suecorn13349 Just to clarify, if you've installed all of these packs on the same computer, then they're all active when you play. It doesn't matter which one you click on to launch the game, they're all active. So the issue may not be with World Adventures exactly, but the cumulative effect of all three packs. Of course, you can disable specific packs in the launcher if you have a Windows/Origin install, but if they're checked off, they're all present in-game.
World Adventures itself isn't particularly demanding, but the travel transitions can be. Is this when your game is crashing, when you send your sims traveling? If not, what's happening in-game when it crashes? How long can you play before it crashes? Is this just with one save, or with all of them? It's fine if you don't notice a pattern—the fact that the crashing is random would also be useful information.
Error 12 is an out-of-resources condition. It just means that Sims 3 ran out of something (usually memory, sometimes video memory, maybe something else) and couldn't keep running. The question then becomes why, and when, hence the above questions.
While this is going on, please be sure to delete the five cache files in your game folder in Documents. (The full path is Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3.) These files should be deleted regularly anyway, as they tend to clog up with stale data. When you're troubleshooting, as now, it's best to delete them every time you quit the game. For reference, the files are:
- CASPartCache.package
- compositorCache.package
- scriptCache.package
- simCompositorCache.package
- socialCache.package
Please also check the folder labeled CurrentGame, in the same file path, and delete anything you find there. This folder should always be empty unless Sims 3 is actually running, but sometimes its contents don't get removed after the game crashes.
- 6 years ago
Hi again,
I have deleted the five cache files as instructed. I also checked the Current Game folder, but it was empty.
I can send my Sims (usually a married couple) to a World Adventures location and play them there for maybe fifteen minutes or more (I haven't been watching the time!) and then, for no obvious reason, the game suddenly goes back to the base game and all of the World adventures play has disappeared. If I carry on playing the base game for a while and then want to save and exit the game it will not do either. The other evening I had to pull out the electric plug and shut my computer off that way as I couldn't get out of the game! The next day the whole time that I had played had disappeared.
The first time I had a problem was when I only sent ONE of a married couple on a World Adventure. The Sim played fine and returned to the base game, but if I remember correctly after I continued playing the base game for a while and then wanted to save and exit it wouldn't. When I send a couple on a World Adventure I have one play an adventure (for Visa points etc) and I have the other one buy books relevant to the specific location and read them. I then swap them and send the other on an adventure to earn Visa points etc. Is this causing problems?
I am now going to play, and will see what happens! I shall save the game before sending any Sims on World Adventures, just in case!
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