Variable Crashes
cwieberdink:
I'm having random CTDs also. My laptop is not even warm. I am in a tomb, and my sims bladder is about to asplode. I can play about 30-45 seconds right now without a crash. Only mods I have in are Awesomemod and the body sliders, which have not been used yet. I do not get error messages. I have 2.2.8 WA with a purchased copy of TS3.
CC is mostly store stuff, with a few clothes and hair from TSR.
UPDATE: It seems to be consistently happening at speed 3 or 4.
dolldrms:
Quote from: cwieberdink on 2009 December 08, 00:48:38
I am in a tomb
The above 5 words caught my attention because of something I discovered last night. When Pescado first brought up the fpslimiter, I thought it was geared towards newer graphic cards than my Nvidia 8500GT. I did check fps in game and ran around 24, so didn't worry about it.
Last night I happened to think that I had not checked fps since installing WA and decided to do so. What I found in a foreign destination was that I had about 24 fps while in base camp, fishing, some routine action. In travelling to a tomb, or elsewhere, I saw spikes up to 55 fps and much to my shock that while inside a tomb the fps went nuts. The number jumped up to 96 to 105!
I have no clue as to why the fps changed so dramatically while inside a tomb but it doesn't really matter. Since I have an Nvidia card, I got out of the game and forced VSync on for TS3. I went back into game and found it then ran at a steady 28fps. I can't say with certainty that this would be cause for your CTD but don't think it would hurt to check your fps, if you haven't already done so.
cwieberdink:
Thanks for the tip. I will look at that for sure! It is still happening at high speed now that my sims have returned from vacation, when they go to sleep and the speed changes to 3, I have just a few seconds before it crashes.
EDIT: After reading more about the fpslimiter, I think that may be the issue, d/l now. I have a fancy new laptop with a 1 gb dedicated video card that is probably turning into molten plastic as I try to play.
Another edit: fpslimiter did not help. They slept at speed 3 for a little longer, then, CTD just like has been happening.
gethane:
fps limiter didn't help my ctd either. My dh had me download something to monitor my heat and its not showing anything out of bounds. Prior to WA/WA patch, I had no problems.
ShortyBoo:
I'm getting random CTD too. I'm at the point now where I have to save every 5 minutes. Whenever I don't because it hadn't crashed in awhile, it will then crash and I'll lose an hours' worth of play. There doesn't seem to be anything in common with the times when it's happened. I never had any crashes before WA, but now it will CTD anywhere from 10 minutes to 3 hours after starting the game. My sims can be standing around, working on skills, on a trip, it doesn't seem to make a difference. But before the game crashes, it does sort of lag for a bit, so I'm thinking it has to do with RAM. I have 3 GB, but after quitting TS3, even if it doesn't CTD, my whole computer runs a bit slow until I restart. I'm going to try turning off DEP for TS3 and see if it helps.
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