Variable Crashes
J. M. Pescado:
Running "slow" has two possible causes:
1. Everything in your computer has been forced into swapspace by TS3's RAM-eating, and as a result, the computer disk-thrashes.
2. Your computer is overheating, and modern computers will downclock themselves in response to heat buildup to avoid a fire, and thus will run slowly.
Based on the claim that restarting instantly fixes it, case 1 seems more likely, meaning your crashes are caused by TS3's memory leaks eating all your RAMs, finally running out, and crashing.
cwieberdink:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 December 08, 12:29:45
Running "slow" has two possible causes:
1. Everything in your computer has been forced into swapspace by TS3's RAM-eating, and as a result, the computer disk-thrashes.
2. Your computer is overheating, and modern computers will downclock themselves in response to heat buildup to avoid a fire, and thus will run slowly.
Based on the claim that restarting instantly fixes it, case 1 seems more likely, meaning your crashes are caused by TS3's memory leaks eating all your RAMs, finally running out, and crashing.
I'm quite certain MOAR RAMS is not my answer. I have 4 GB plus 1 GB on the dedicated card. I'll try rebooting though. :-\ For me, it happens EVERY SINGLE TIME I put the game in high speed.
ETA: I also forced vsync on my card and it made no difference.
The only thing that may be of note is that when I was installing, it did tell me my video card was not on the list of supported cards. It is an nVidia GeForce GT 220M 1 GB
J. M. Pescado:
I wasn't talking to you. YOU are on a Lappy. Your problem is clearly that your computer is melting down. Lappies have terrible heat dissipation and getting a powerful laptop is a recipe for a fire.
Slymenstra:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2009 December 08, 12:29:45
Running "slow" has two possible causes:
1. Everything in your computer has been forced into swapspace by TS3's RAM-eating, and as a result, the computer disk-thrashes.
2. Your computer is overheating, and modern computers will downclock themselves in response to heat buildup to avoid a fire, and thus will run slowly.
Based on the claim that restarting instantly fixes it, case 1 seems more likely, meaning your crashes are caused by TS3's memory leaks eating all your RAMs, finally running out, and crashing.
I have been monitoring my Ram while playing and I absolutely agree that this is what is happening. When I CTD my Ram is down in the double digits (45 - 90)! I think this is always why I get error 16s. I think it is almost out of Ram and hasn't CTD so I save and it barfs. I have 4 GB of Ram.
I watch my heat and that is in okay levels. It does get hotter when playing the Sims, but not out of the range that is acceptable. I also use the FPS limiter. I recommend watching your Ram, save often, and reboot often.
I guess I know what Santa is getting me for Christmas heh.
nanacake:
Quote from: slymenstra on 2009 December 08, 15:01:21
I guess I know what Santa is getting me for Christmas heh.
I'm curious to know. My desktop runs Windows XP which can only be maxed out at 4GB of ram and that apparently isn't enough for TS3? What a mess.
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