Random Crash to Desktop
lordrichter:
I think that resetting the world is an extreme measure. A measure taken right before, if not after, deleting the save game and starting over.
However, my opinion is simply the distrust of anything as major as resetting the world. How can you tell if everything is OK after the reset?
Rainbow_Brite:
Quote from: StormchaserOne on 2010 April 07, 00:16:37
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.
I followed these directions step-by-step for the base game. Do I also need to do this with the WA and HELS .exe files? I noticed that my graphics card had an update so I thought that the new crashes that were occurring were due to an outdated driver. Even after I updated the driver, I'm still experiencing crashes but they are far less frequent. I thought changing the settings in the DEP fixed my game because after I made those changes, I didn't have any crashes for quite some time. I'm hoping this method will solve my problem completely. I am also running the 3booter and FPS_Limiter if that matters. When I changed the settings for the DEP, I also included those files along with TS3, WA and HELS .exe files. I don't know if it is/was necessary to do so, but I just wanted to make sure that I didn't miss anything.
lordrichter:
Quote from: Rainbow_Brite on 2010 April 28, 02:47:26
Do I also need to do this with the WA and HELS .exe files?
Yes.
Tangie:
Quote from: lordrichter on 2010 April 27, 20:24:35
I think that resetting the world is an extreme measure. A measure taken right before, if not after, deleting the save game and starting over.
However, my opinion is simply the distrust of anything as major as resetting the world. How can you tell if everything is OK after the reset?
I'm playing another user created world and just experienced my game freezing 3 times after a few minutes of play, and having to end the game via task manager on Sunday (I think it was Sunday, whatever). It would consistently hang up whether or not I gave the sims commands or not. So after the third time I restarted I paused and went to edit town view, then entered "radar all" in the console, but there was just no way I was going to go around looking at every single sim in my 'hood to see if I could find who was stuck in some action that couldn't be completed. I had a whole lot of sims walking and driving here and there and everywhere. No way, way too time consuming! So I entered "reset world" in the console. It functions the same way as "reset <sim name>, meaning all it seems to do is that it magically transports everyone home. The only price I paid was that my sim would have gotten a promotion at work, but since I had to do this 30 minutes before the end of his shift, he immediately left work to go home (he was the only sim that wasn't magically transported there) and did not get promoted. He got promoted the next day though, of course. So in my experience nothing drastic happens to your game. I was able to play it without problems of any kind after doing this.
lordrichter:
Well, for starters, any Sim in transit somewhere or hiding in a rabbit hole is unlikely to be a problem, so you can ignore them. Likewise, any Sim in a house that you are not playing (where none are running in high res) is unlikely to be a problem.
Start by checking your own Sims and any Sims in other households that might be running Supreme Commander, then check all the Sims out and about in the world on foot in the vicinity of your active Sims.
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