Analysis - freezing/crashing when trying to check into a resort
There seems to be a lot of freezing/crashing when trying to check into a resort happening. Not everyone has this problem. This thread is to try to find out the common factors of people with this problem. This is a link to the fix crinrict has posted for this issue: http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2013/06/game-freezes-when-checking-into-resort.html NOTE: A version of Overwatch has now been released that fixes this problem. So if you use mods you need to update Overwatch now. ( July 3 2013) If those of us who do have problems with this could answer these questions and provide additional relevant information it may help us work this out. 1. Are you using any Custom Content or mods (If so, please remove all mods. I need it tested on a vanilla game or EA will say it's mod). 2. Which Patch Level are you at ? 3. Did you start a new game or are you playing an existing ones ? 4. Did you transfer an existing Sim over or are they new/Pre-Made ? 5. What town are you currently playing ? EA or Custom ? 6. What is your Operating System (Mac, XP, Vista, Win 7) ? 7. Do you have the download or DVD Version of the game ? 8. Are you reporting for the Uni-World, Home-World or WA-World ? And some extra questions please: 1. Which resort(s) are a problem for you 2. Are all Sims affected? Or is it just a certain one? 3. What career/job does your problem Sim have? 4. Does changing career get rid of the issue? 5. Is your whole household affected? Also other households if you change the active household? 6. What skills do your affected sims have (including collecting and consigning)? 7. Are you using a new or pre made sim?7.9KViews0likes127Comments
The Sims 3 and Intel 12th Gen CPU's - Workaround inside
Well the sims 3 and i9 12th gen don’t get on 😂 apparently the sims team are on it to make it work. The only way I know is I tried playing it today. The launcher loaded up pressed play and nothing no sims 3 intro or anything so had a look on EA and someone had the same problem and the EA bot said they knew of the problem and they were trying to sort it out.5.2KViews1like51Comments
UPDATED 8/20: Crash can occur when uninstalling Lucky Palms
**UPDATE 8/20/12** A fix for the Clearstory Window that can not be CAS-styled will be shipping in the Seasons patch. You do not need to purchase Seasons to get this fix, you just need to download the patch (which you'll want anyway, it adds swimming to base game! ;-)) This fix will patch the catalog version of the window to include a preset so that it is properly CAS-styable. **UPDATE 7/31/12** If you purchase/download Lucky Palms after 12pm PST 7/31 you will not experience the uninstall crash. The issue that was leading to the crash has been resolved and the Lucky Palms world updated on The Sims 3 Store. Because uninstalling Lucky Palms can lead to the crash we do not recommend you update Lucky Palms if you already have it installed. If you do choose to update please back-up your saved games before doing so and be sure to remove ALL Lucky Palms objects (which will require individually selecting each asset in the Launcher for uninstall) Uninstalling Lucky Palms will remove any saved games in that world, so it is very important that you back up your Saves if you choose to uninstall. Please see the bottom of this post ("To Fully Uninstall Lucky Palms and All related objects") for steps to uninstall Lucky Palms and all of it's objects. In addition to fixing the crash the updated version of Lucky Palms contains a fix for the Clearstory Window that was not CAS-stylable. We are working on a way to bring this fix to the community that will not require an uninstall of Lucky Palms, so please be patient. Again, we do not recommend you uninstall Lucky Palms since it can lead to a crash. **Original Message** We have discovered an issue that can occur when uninstalling Lucky Palms. If you uninstall Lucky Palms an error can occur that causes the launcher to crash on start-up. We are working on a fix for this issue. In the meantime, if you plan to uninstall Lucky Palms please remove the World and be sure to uninstall the Heavenly Bells Slanted Columns individually via the Launcher (see steps below) If you have uninstalled Lucky Palms and you are encountering a crash please delete the DCCache folder found here: Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 This will remove all installed content, but it will resolve the crash and you will be able to reinstall content via the launcher. If you have any questions please post here and we will do our best to help. To uninstall Lucky Palms: 1. Got to the Installed Content tab in the Launcher. 2. Search for the Heavenly Bells Slanted Column and select these assets – there are 3 - individually in the Launcher. http://www.thesims3.com/content/global/images/forumimages%20/sims3launcher_LPPost.JPG 3. Find and select the check box for the Lucky Palms world as seen below. http://www.thesims3.com/content/global/images/forumimages%20/sims3launcher_LPPost2.JPG 4. Select the Uninstall button and wait for the uninstall success confirmation dialogue. To Fully Uninstall Lucky Palms and All related objects: 1. Go to Electronic Arts/ The Sims 3 and search for the Saves folder. 2. Move or Copy the Saves folder to your desktop. 3. Open the launcher and select Lucky Palms and the following objects to uninstall: • Weather Blocker • Wind Turbine (3 versions all same name) • Dustin ’Rocks • Trashcan • Desert Arms military Base • The Wong Way Bistro Chair • Desert Diner • Athletic Announcement Sign • Prickly Pear Cactus • Prickly Pear Cactus with Fuchsia Flowers • Prickly Pear Cactus with Yellow Flowers • Prickly Pear Cactus with Orange Flowers • Pier Piece l • Pier Piece ll • Pier Piece lll • Pier Piece lV • Clearstory 3-Tier Window • Yucca Plant with Blossoms • Yucca Plant without Blossoms • Desert Debris • Desert Oasis Hot Tub • Mesquite Tree • Mesquite Shrubbery • Area-52 Test Labs • Goody’s Groceries • Sahara Corporate Headquarters • Custer’s Cattle Guard • Modern Mailbox • Small Dustin’Rocks • Heavenly Bells Slanted Column (3 versions with same name) • Silver Swallow Day Spa • The Warehouse • The Solitary Novel • City Hall • Local Law Enforcement • Contemporary Curtains by Dave • Lucky Llamas Stadium • Mysterious Modern Masterpiece • Palm Royal • Desert Palm Tree • The fortunate Fool’s Suit • Wishing Well • The Sun’s Garden • Brittlebrush Academy • Sectional Cement Fence • Clearstory Rectangular Window • Joshua Tree • The Wong Way Bistro Table • Lucky Eight Ball Dress • Imagine That! Theater • 7 (Casino Venue) (Gold Version only) • Nectar is Necessary Bar (Gold Version only) • Casino Column (3 Versions same name) (Gold Version only) • Nectar is Necessary Barstool (Gold Version only) • Triple Riches Slots O’Jackpots Slot Machine (Gold Version only) • Hit’em harder Blackjack Table (Gold Version only) • Simoleans in Love Fountain (Gold Version only) • The Lucky Simolean Casino Sign (Gold Version only) • The Window to Prosperity (Gold Version only) • The Not-So-Modern Wall Sculpture (Gold Version only) • Lucky’n’Love-seat (Gold Version only) 4. Remove the older Version of Lucky Palms from the Downloads folder (if applicable). 5. Download the updated version of Lucky Palms from the Store. 6. Install Lucky Palms. 7. Place the Saves folder back into Electronic Arts/ The Sims 3.3.7KViews0likes19Comments
Sims 3 and the new EA Desktop app..
Downloaded and installed the new EA Desktop app as prompted, but it refuses to load my Sms 3 game. I get as far as the splash screen, then it promptly exits to the desktop. Non of the usual solutions made any difference, so I had to uninstall the EA Desktop thingy and reinstall Origin, and my Sims 3 game load just fine. Anyone else having this issue?2.6KViews1like35CommentsCAW crashing on high end computers? Solution now obsolete,latest CAW has it active by default
Well I had this issue since forever. I couldn't play around CAW for more than 5 mins. I also had a similar problem with the game. The game would exit to desktop with no warning at all. The only diff is that CAW was givning me an error about corrupted memory or something. The workaround for the game itself is everywere from here to MTS, so i'm not going to get into details for that. Well since the CAW was giving me a memory error , i figured to try the same thing that fixes the game. And gues what... It works like a charm. CAW apparently , as the game did, cannot recognise my 8Gigs of ram.... Step by step now 1. Download and install CFF Explorer: http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php 2. Go to : C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create a World Tool and find the CAW.exe file and copy it somewere safe .This is your backup. 3.Run CFF explorer as administrator(right click on it, don't double click) 4.File>Open and navigate to the adress above and select the CAW.exe file 5.Click on File Header at the left, find characteristics at the right and click the "Click here" blue button. 6.Tick "App can handle >2GB address space 7.Ok that and save by clicking the disk icon or going to FILE >> SAVE 8.Overwrite the file when it asks you to. DONE!Now your CAW will not crash any more Don't forget that you need to do this everytime you download CAW after a patch of EP/SP installation Many thanks to MTS for the original tutorial for the same game issue UPDATE: CAW.exe file can be found here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create A World Tool IMPORTANT NOTE: Be aware that after pets and pets patch. CAW is crashing more often, especially when painting, even if you have used this fix. At least with the fix it will not crash ALL the time. Just remeber to save regularly when painting.2.1KViews0likes26Comments
Only Testing-Adding Lots When EIG Will Only Crash (from Store Limit)
*Test for adding lots when EIG crashes from World Size and Store Stuff limit... Hi :D I would suggest to do this only for extreme cases. :) *This isn't about how much Store Stuff you have installed while using EIG- It's about BOTH how much Store is installed AND how many lots Which Use a lot of Store Stuff in them Together. If you have a lot of Store Stuff installed but not USED in the lots or you don't have many built lots with Store stuff in them- you won't have a problem in EIG. A little back story? or tl;dr I ran into a problem when my World got big. Once I added many built lots to my world, adding more lots would make EIG crash. Not only crashing when saving, EIG would not let me place any new lots; Open EIG- Bang! -It'd crash. I searched all over for a way around this problem. What I found was suggestions of cutting back on Store stuff; editing game files such as 4GB Patch; editing the DCCache to increase the save size; deleting cache files (of course; saving more; Using a batch file to start EIG; DEP for game exes; Edit my GraphicsCard/Rules.sgr files; etc… Pretty much all I could find was telling me to not use much Store and reduce the world size. Best thing- not to use any Store Stuff or upload lots for people to add to an empty world. Made me sad because that was what I wanted; A large world with a lot of the Store stuff, especially the PC stuff and themed to my world. Why buy the Store if we can’t use it? For a time I gave up; Nothing was working to allow me to finish my world. I decided to make my world smaller. This made me think of all the worlds I had backed up and restarted and how I could and did move layers. Layers are fun and easy to move around in the same world files now that I understand them more; If there is only one layer in an old world save, we can move all our other layers from the newer to the old world. Once I found I didn’t have to use S3pe to read all the layers, it wasn’t much work- unless I was redoing my world to make it smaller. Ah, but there’s the rub. Moving layers such as trees, runs into its own problems- which got me to thinking about the lots folder. I can move the lots layer/folder with S3pe but then it kinda messes up all the lots. I don’t want to do that; mainly because I’d still have to redo each lot. Which lead me to think about placed lots, they’re not only saved on the lots layer but their information is in the Lots folder… Saved in the Lots folder… hmm… So, I moved lot information from one save to another, and it works! As long as the lot is the same number in the layer of the world it can be changed in the lots folder; Nice, right? No S3pe, no hex numbers, just moving lot files. If this was something a lot of people knew but didn’t tell me (like no one sharing the upload unlimiting program in 2010), then it’s sad that no one helped when asked… .........Okay, Enough blah, blah stuff................tl;dr ;) Let me try and explain the convoluted steps I do to get my lots past the size/Store limit… (the first time it seems complicated but it's not, just tedious). :) 1.Download the EIG batch Here – follow instructions to extract it to your desktop and its use. 2.Delete cache files in The Sims 3 & CAW CAW Sims 3 3.Backup your CAW World file you plan on testing- the World Folder and .world file 4.Clean out your CAW folders to make it easier to work. Move your backups/world files you’re not using to Documents or Desktop. One World Kept 5.Open CAW/Open world 6.If you don’t have a Lots layer, make one now. Name it Lots, name it Testing Lots, name it whatever you need to remember. 7.Rename the 10 lots you need to add in EIG (move them to Lots layer if you just made it). This will be the quick and easy way to test. (do this by clicking on your lot and hitting the space bar- the option to show in layers will show up- click on it). Your lot will be highlighted, if not click on an open area on your layer box and it will show. Rename it on the Layers and not in the property box. Choose Lot Lot in Layer 8.Save/Close CAW …Delete cache files in The Sims 3 & CAW again (cause I like too) 9.Open CAW/World folder in Documents *Make a New Folder- Call it Test A *Copy your World folder and .world file and paste them into Test A folder New Folder 10.Open Test A folder, Open the World Folder- inside there’s two Folder-Layers & Lots *Open the Layers Folder and delete all layers but your Global Layer and Lots layer *Open the Lots folder and delete all lots but the renamed lots *Go back to Test A folder which holds your test world files… 11.Drag the .world file into the Batch file on your desktop (having read the batch instructions) 12.Go into Edit Town and add lots slowly*and Move Slowly.* It's your partial world files, it can be delicate. (Don’t be scared at what you see, it should change to normal unless you enter a lot… XD ) 13.When done, move view low to ground cause I like it. XD 14.Save then Quit 15.Go to Test A/Lots folder- Copy all lots 16.Open your main World Folder/Lots Folder: Delete only the renamed old lots (the one’s you just placed)- - then paste new lots 17.Open CAW; Open your Main World to check on the lots 18.Delete Test A folder ..... So, this is how I added about 50 lots, redid lots that were missing stuff, built later, new Expansions/Store lots, or had to be added later. :shock: I’m also able to add Sims to a world with only the lots and Global layers… and place them into the main file. The world won’t load to add Sims so I had to test because I was curious and maybe for future use/knowledge. Testing comments? Who's got time to try it? *I know this isn't only me. Everywhere but one I read there are problems with Store installed and world lots/EIG crashing. Not using EIG with Store installed but having a certain amount of Built lots in the world and trying to add more. I can use EIG with all the Store installed when my world has only a few placed built lots... That's not the problem. *If your computer can't run CAW and EIG without much Store (1GB) then I don't think you should try this. Be careful... I take no responsibility if you didn't back up your world files. :shock:1.9KViews1like26Comments
Game Crashes - Your Personal Experiences.
Whenever my game crashes I use the Crash Log Analyzer to see what (most likely) the issue was, and 9/10 times it was a 'ran out of memory' issue. That answer can be caused by many things though, in my case (I play in borderless window) when I would switch the window to another program a few times and then tried to save the game, it would almost always crash. So now when I play, I just don't switch windows or tab to another program and haven't had any crashes. But for others the answer isn't so easy to find. I asked this question on Twitter and Reddit - you can read the responses if you'd like, and I wanted to ask the same thing here just to see if game crashing is an issue for you and when it happens and if you know a specific reason why it's happening. https://twitter.com/AstroX14242/status/1542274200697982976 https://www.reddit.com/r/Sims3/comments/vnr9wd/how_often_does_your_game_crash/1.5KViews1like52Comments
Can't reload World from menu
Can't reload World from menu after first time playing. I'm play testing my world and after I save and try to reload I get this message; Cannot load this save game. It may have been saved with expansion pack data that is no longer present on this system. I have WA installed and it runs just fine when my sims go there in game. I've uninstalled my world, took out all WA objects, renamed, and reinstalled. and I get the same thing. I'm not using any CC or Mods. I hope someone has some ideas, Thanks Edit: This issue arises when you save the world in Caw with a punctuation mark. Example: My World, version 3.61.3KViews0likes8Comments
Queen Hatshepsut's Temple crashes?
Hi, I have a recurring problem with a completing the Queen Hatshepsut questline in Egypt which sends you to the temple. Every time I enter the lot, the game will crash to desktop within just a minute or two of playing. I have not had similar problems with other lots or worlds, even large-scale tombs with elaborate decorations and so on. What might be causing this, and what could I do about it?1KViews1like7Comments
I recently had a new computer built with Windows 11 and now Sims 3 won't Launch
Hi, I have been slowly trying to reinstall my programs and I now reached the Sims 3 and Expansions. I decided to first just install the base game only to see if it would Run. I used the original disk version of the game. It installed just fine and the launcher opened but when I pushed the play button nothing happened. I then downloaded and installed DX Redist June 2010 to see if that would help it had no effect. The launcher once again opened but nothing further happened when the play button was pushed even though all expansions worked fine on my previous Windows 10 System. I fear this is a sign my Hardware is now too new to support Sims 3. Here are my current system specs if anyone has any ideas on how to get it to Run. System Model: Z690 Extreme BIOS: 13.02 (type: UEFI) Processor: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700K (20 CPUs), ~3.6GHz Memory: 32768MB RAM Available OS Memory: 32526MB RAM Page File: 11737MB used, 22836MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 12 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled Miracast: Available, with HDCP Microsoft Graphics Hybrid: Not Supported DirectX Database Version: 1.4.6 DxDiag Version: 10.00.22621.0001 64bit Unicode PS: I also noticed that the Launcher won't download Game Update patches either, the Update now button is Greyed out and it says my game is up to date even though I know it isn't. Does anyone have any other suggestions. If Sims 3 is no longer playable for me I may have to Drag out my ancient Windows XP Laptop and install my Sims 2 Disks. Even Sims 2 is leaps and bounds better than 4 is my humble opinion!283Views1like4Comments
The Sims 3 and Intel 12th Gen CPU's - Workaround inside
Well the sims 3 and i9 12th gen don’t get on 😂 apparently the sims team are on it to make it work. The only way I know is I tried playing it today. The launcher loaded up pressed play and nothing no sims 3 intro or anything so had a look on EA and someone had the same problem and the EA bot said they knew of the problem and they were trying to sort it out.Sims 3 and the new EA Desktop app..
Downloaded and installed the new EA Desktop app as prompted, but it refuses to load my Sms 3 game. I get as far as the splash screen, then it promptly exits to the desktop. Non of the usual solutions made any difference, so I had to uninstall the EA Desktop thingy and reinstall Origin, and my Sims 3 game load just fine. Anyone else having this issue?