Random Crash to Desktop
J. M. Pescado:
People have reported this without AwesomeMod, so it's at least partly EA-induced.
lordrichter:
Quote from: Magwitch on 2010 April 27, 09:01:46
I also occasionally get the random freezing (with animations and sounds carrying on). When this happens, I usually have to quit the game via the task manager. I'm not sure the issue is AwesomeMod related, though. Some people think it's to do with a sim getting stuck somewhere in the neighbourhood.
I am one of the ones who thinks it is because a Sim gets stuck somewhere trying to perform a task that cannot be completed. Pausing the game from the keyboard, which could take some time, and then finding the offending Sim and doing a resetsim, or canceling the action, has fixed this whenever I have seen it. It can be time consuming to fix if the Sim is not part of the active household. Much easier to exit and enter from a prior save and hope conditions do not repeat.
It is usually a routing fail or a key object locked or in use that causes the problem, coupled with a rapidly repeating desire to perform the failing action. In some cases, I have not been able to identify the Sim in trouble to see what they are doing.
spaceface:
I have now used the SFF Explorer to increase RAM use as well as the DEP thing that Rainbow Brite linked to. I still have crashes to desktop, only much less frequently.
rhodaloo:
My personal computer geek did the DEP thing for me, but I'm still having the random crashes to desktop. It seems to happen less frequently when start my game through the rebooter. The only drawback to that is the game is in full screen mode, not the windowed mode.
Jasumi:
Quote from: lordrichter on 2010 April 27, 14:45:37
Quote from: Magwitch on 2010 April 27, 09:01:46
I also occasionally get the random freezing (with animations and sounds carrying on). When this happens, I usually have to quit the game via the task manager. I'm not sure the issue is AwesomeMod related, though. Some people think it's to do with a sim getting stuck somewhere in the neighbourhood.
I am one of the ones who thinks it is because a Sim gets stuck somewhere trying to perform a task that cannot be completed. Pausing the game from the keyboard, which could take some time, and then finding the offending Sim and doing a resetsim, or canceling the action, has fixed this whenever I have seen it. It can be time consuming to fix if the Sim is not part of the active household. Much easier to exit and enter from a prior save and hope conditions do not repeat.
It is usually a routing fail or a key object locked or in use that causes the problem, coupled with a rapidly repeating desire to perform the failing action. In some cases, I have not been able to identify the Sim in trouble to see what they are doing.
If you're having difficulty locating the offending sim, you could also use the "reset world" cheat. It will immediately fix your issue, but it will also reset all activity in the neighborhood.
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