Random Crash to Desktop
lordrichter:
Sometimes people who are running Windows 7 x64 run into problems with games, including Sims 3, because they are not large address aware and the computer has 4GB or more RAM. Sometimes setting the executable to be large address aware can fix random CTDs.
StormchaserOne:
http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php
1) Download and install CFF Explorer (http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php)
2) Run the program, click the folder icon or go to FILE >> OPEN and browse your PC for the Sims 3 exe (TS3.exe) usually found at C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin
Make a backup of your original exe just incase something goes wrong.
3) Click on File Header at the left, find characteristics at the right and click the "Click here" blue button.
4) Tick "App can handle >2GB address space
5) Ok that and save by clicking the disk icon or going to FILE >> SAVE. Overwrite the file when it asks you to.
This fixed the problem of me crashing. Thanks to Gohan2091 from Mod the Sims on spotting the problem.
mel:
the ntcore tricks didn't worked for me.... (I tried with ts3.exe as well as all the main exe in the 2 other extension bin folder, just in case.)
Win7 64 bits
9gb ram
Nvidia (bbbooo !!! I guess) GeForce GTX260 (with latest driver)
processor i7 920@2.67 GHz
Rainbow_Brite:
Quote from: minafairbrook on 2010 March 29, 23:57:35
I've searched this site's for a week or so trying to find an answer or solution for whats going on lately. I have the recent, I believe test version of awesomemod since the last patch and got it to run and not give me an error message at the beginning. Before that began everything was all good, and I liked the autosave feature and little config I made for the mod, everything worked great. All of a sudden my game would crash in a second to the desktop, no error message, no lag, nothing to explain it. I tried everything from deleting and re-installing awesomemod. Ive also used the modthesims framework helper, and have a "dashboard" thingy that shows if any of my mods/packages conflict.
Ive tried everything from changing the time which the auto save occurs to disabling it see if maybe the custom options i had chose were causing some kind of conflict. when i disabled that, it still happens. I pretty much do a save every 10 minutes or so just to be safe. I cant really say how far in between the crashes happen, possibly every 20 to 40 minutes if I dont save every 10 as odd as that sounds. possibly coincidence. Im still trying to browse through all the threads here for an answer, but Im having no luck. Sorry to have to ask, I know its a pain in the ass. :P
I was also having this issue with my game and it would continuously crash. It didn't matter if I played for 2 hours or 30 min, it would would still crash straight to my desktop. I first made sure that all of my drivers were up to date but that didn't keep the game from crashing. I looked around different forums for about a week, and I found a solution that seems to have helped a lot of people with their games. The tutorials that I was reading were all over the place and for different OS's, so I combined all of the information and posted it in a tutorial. You can find it here: http://ts3.tscexchange.com/index.php?topic=1889.0 It seems that the game was having issues with the DEP. I'm not a computer tech, so I was nervous to try it, but since I have edited the permissions in the DEP my game has been crash free. I also found this method on the TS3 forums under the technical help. Doing this seems to be touch and go since it will work for some people and not others but it's worth it try.
StormchaserOne:
Mel try using "C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 High-End Loft Stuff\Game\Bin\TS3SP01.exe" and create a shortcut.
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