I've dealt with this plenty of times before, so I'm pretty well rounded on how to pin point what's causing my game to crash but this time around I just can not. I've done 50/50 method. Thought I pinpointed it down, and now it just seems to crash randomly no matter what? It doesn't however seem to crash with only mods, so it seems to be CC. CAS cc seems fine, but as soon as I include Build/Buy CC this is where I run into crashes. I've tried to narrow it down, with no success. I thought I narrowed it down to one folder, but now it's just crashing regardless. Nothing specifically triggers it it'll just spontaneously crash a few minutes into gameplay. Tray Importer isn't showing me anything alarming. It's multiple households. I've tried repairing game, moving Sims 4 folder to desktop and slowly introducing my saves etc, restarting computer, deleting localthumbcache, and deleting options and redoing them. No lag, or anything. Game runs absolutely beautifully - just spontaneous crashing. This just started up recently.. I want to say since the food update but now I can't quite remember..Can anyone help me? This is 2 years of gameplay and most of the worlds are customized. I'd be so heartbroken losing this.

@glasswiiitch Thanks. Turn on vsync in the game options and see if it helps.

Stumped on what CC/Mod is causing game to crash?

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Bluebellflora
Hero+
2 years ago
@glasswiiitch

Could it be the BB CC you’re using is too much for your Mac to handle? For example, alpha CC can be incredibly greedy with machine resources when it has an extremely high poly count. Maybe some BB CC items are conflicting with each other?
glasswiiitch
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
Possibly, I have maybe only a handful of alpha CC to be honest. I mainly collect maxis match. Would there be any way to figure out if my Mac just can't handle it? it Seems to run smoothly.
Bluebellflora
Hero+
2 years ago
@glasswiiitch

Please can you provide more information about your Mac. Instructions on how to do so and what to provide here - http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-Mac/READ-FIRST-Sims-4-Mac-Help-Guides-and-Troubleshooting/m-p/4612396/highlight/true#M162

A screenshot of your in-game graphics options would be helpful too.
glasswiiitch
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
For sure,
MacBook Pro 16. inch 2023.
Chip: Apple M2 Pro
Memory: 16 GB
macOS: Ventura 13.4
Graphics:
Apple M2 Pro:
Chipset Model: Apple M2 Pro
Type: GPU
Bus: Built-In
Total Number of Cores: 19
Vendor: Apple (0x106b)
Metal Support: Metal 3
Displays:
Color LCD:
Display Type: Built-in Liquid Retina XDR Display
Resolution: 3456 x 2234 Retina
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Automatically Adjust Brightness: No
Connection Type: Internal
File attached is my in game settings.
Hopefully I got everything.
Bluebellflora
Hero+
2 years ago
@glasswiiitch

Thanks. Turn on vsync in the game options and see if it helps.
glasswiiitch
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
Oh my gosh, this fixed it thank you. I was going insane. aha.
May I ask you what this option does?
Bluebellflora
Hero+
2 years ago
@glasswiiitch

It reduces screen tearing by syncing the display with the graphics chip, in a nutshell, marrying up refresh rates with frame rates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_tearing#Vertical_synchronization

Having it disabled became a known issue when the first silicon Mac was released https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/-WORKAROUND-game-Mac-freezes-on-Mac-with-M1-chip/td-p/9717611
glasswiiitch
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
So, it seemed to be working fine for about 24 hrs, now we're crashing again,
Bluebellflora
Hero+
2 years ago
@glasswiiitch

How often? Is it happening in both windowed mode and fullscreen?
glasswiiitch
Rising Rookie
2 years ago
It'll happen about 5-10 mins into gameplay. I only play on windowed.

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