Crashing/Blue Screen Error
I’ve spent 2 days scrolling through the forum, trying to see if there’s something wrong inside my pc, redownloading, repairing and nothing has helped the crashing. I’ve never had this issue running a...
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ManicPot8to A memory leak wouldn't cause a BlueScreen, and game crashes are an entirely different matter. Those can definitely be Sims 4's fault, but when you're getting BSODs, that's the first and most important problem to address.
What world(s) and lot(s) are you using, and does the game run better in a base game world? I'm not saying you can't use the rest of your content, only that this is a useful test. Please try with fresh sims and a blank or default EA-made lot, nothing from the Gallery or your own library.
There have been a few different known bugs that cause blatant excessive memory use, not necessarily a "leak" in the strictest sense, and thse have been patched rather quickly. That's not to say that there isn't a more subtle issue right now, only that it's not a persistent ongoing single issue so much as a somewhat common symptom with various and often unrelated causes.
I was playing in Innisgreen (the newest world) on a lot designed as a home business, running it as a daycare with unsupervised infants and toddlers. I noticed that when a sim is flagged to leave mid-interaction, the game forcibly resets them, even if they’re actively engaged. After this happened a few times, the game froze completely and had to be force-closed.
I’m already running tests in a fresh save on a clean lot in Newcrest(anticipated that suggestion). While the behavior isn’t as severe, RAM usage is still unusually high, even when the game is idling and the sim isn’t being directed. I've been at this about an hour slowly adding things to the lot). The biggest spikes consistently occur during interactions with infants and toddlers.
