@Bluebellflora I've updated to Monterey 12.6.1
Here are my Mac specifics (attached). I just had my laptop sent to AppleCare about a lil over a month ago for aesthetic clean-up (keyboard, screen) and it came back beginning of November working just fine. I can tell they replaced the entire keyboard, audio, screen, back cover of the screen, but not the bottom of my computer that's screwed in because that's the only part that still has dents.
I already play the game on the lowest available graphic settings. I haven't added any new content since August of this year. Haven't bought any packs, kits, nothing since August. This problem just started.
I've tried playing on a clean sims 4 folder but it won't really load well past the tutorial stage, and I'm not sure if it's my saves that are the issue. They haven't had any mods or CC in them for over 6 months and I cleared my cache folder. I don't know how any of my save files could get corrupted. I really hope they aren't because I love the saves I have and my last 5 saves of my most recent game file were all when the crashing was occurring.
@smolxbeanx
Ah you have one of the fanless MacBooks. It’s most probably getting far too hot due to the strains the game is putting on the hardware. Over time the parts degrade but this can happen much more quickly if using this model for something as intense as running the game as it has no fan to cool itself down. Instead the operating system throttles power to prevent overheating. This would account for the freezing and crashing. The dual core Intel chip is very underpowered and not designed for any form of gaming.
Why do you think the saves are a problem if you started with a new clean folder? The idea is that none of your user content such as saves etc is loaded. The game should be like new. Did you move your saves into the new folder and try to play those rather than a new clean save?
Yeah, I usually have a fan i use under it anyways, and it has helped. If the parts are damaged like you're saying, it's weird is now it's like overfrying quickly when I just got it repaired versus over the last 2-3 years I've had this laptop. To be clear, I don't mean that I think the saves are the issue, moreso I meant I don't think they should be corrupted. What also doesn't make sense to me is that this freezing and crashing is just starting after I just got my laptop repaired and they should've inspected the parts inside for damage and replaced those as well, and that in the last few weeks I've had periods where this wasn't an issue. Truly this issue started after I exited the household I was playing and tried to start a new scenario.
I can't find the report but I'm starting to think it's not an issue with the computer, because when I played the game in a different save file the freezing wasn't happening. I was able to play the gameplay of the other save files, but when I returned to the one I'd been playing I was able to access CAS and manage the worlds, but once gameplay began I made it through maybe 15 seconds before my game froze again. My last few saves of that particular save file were all in the last 24 hours, after the problem occurred. I'm afraid that save file is corrupted. Is there any way to save it?
