Random Crash to Desktop
lordrichter:
Quote from: StormchaserOne on 2010 May 12, 09:01:21
Developers are currently working on a new patch. This will solve DEP Problems. One thing which is in common with crashes is inventory limit. EA will be adding a limit to how much can be in inventory. Also the DEP is crashing with Windows 32 and 64.
What makes you think this?
wizard_merlin:
Quote from: lordrichter on 2010 May 12, 23:06:56
Quote from: StormchaserOne on 2010 May 12, 09:01:21
Developers are currently working on a new patch. This will solve DEP Problems. One thing which is in common with crashes is inventory limit. EA will be adding a limit to how much can be in inventory. Also the DEP is crashing with Windows 32 and 64.
What makes you think this?
Given that EAxis released a patch just before WA to update the base game with new features needed for WA, it is probably a fair call that EAxis will also release a patch prior to the next EP, updating the base game to support the new EP.
As to whether the patch will fix the crashing problem, I would ask the same thing of StormChaserOne.
ItchyNScratchy:
Glad I found this thread. I'd put TS3 away a few months ago after I couldn't stand playing without AwesomeMod anymore. I've never been able to get AwesomeMod to work. I've read all the tutorials that I could find to see if I was doing something wrong, but I've never been able to figure out the problem. I place AwesomeMod in my game file (no other mods, or even ANY other CC, mind you), I start the game, and it crashes before it can even really begin loading. I tried troubleshooting this last year, but eventually gave up because I couldn't find an episode that anyone had that was similar to mine. When I take AwesomeMod out, the game runs fine. But it's hardly worth playing if I can't play every household without watching each one age to elder before I can even play 3 sim days. ::) So Sims 3 has just set dormant in my machine for a long time.
Short of looking like the lone, dumb idiot, I just never posted my issue here. I don't have Windows 7, so I'm sure that it's not necessarily just a Windows 7 issue. I have Vista 32-bit machine.
I'd love to play Sims 3 again--with AwesomeMod--but I just don't know how to make it work.
misscatfish:
Quote from: ItchyNScratchy on 2010 May 13, 18:11:08
I place AwesomeMod in my game file
To which "game file" are you referring? Do you have the necessary framework installed?
Quote from: ItchyNScratchy on 2010 May 13, 18:11:08
But it's hardly worth playing if I can't play every household without watching each one age to elder before I can even play 3 sim days.
You can play with aging turned off whether or not you have AM, but there are dozens of other good reasons to have it. You may find it worth your effort to lurk around a bit more for existing information.
ItchyNScratchy:
Quote from: misscatfish on 2010 May 13, 19:10:57
Quote from: ItchyNScratchy on 2010 May 13, 18:11:08
I place AwesomeMod in my game file
To which "game file" are you referring? Do you have the necessary framework installed?
Quote from: ItchyNScratchy on 2010 May 13, 18:11:08
But it's hardly worth playing if I can't play every household without watching each one age to elder before I can even play 3 sim days.
You can play with aging turned off whether or not you have AM, but there are dozens of other good reasons to have it. You may find it worth your effort to lurk around a bit more for existing information.
I've got the framework, I've got the d3dx9_31.dll in both the game/bins of WA and the base game. I have the Resource.cfg file in WA and base game. I tried taking it out of the base game and loading, that didn't work. So I just put it back in the base game file. I've got awesome mod in the Hacks portion of WA, and I also tried putting it in the base game hacks section to see if that would help. Nope, nothing, zilch. Checked the Dashboard from MTS, no incompatibilities, no issues showing up there. I've got absolutely no other content in my game, not even EAxis store junk. I've read tutorials, I've tried suggestions from other threads that I thought might help, but I can't figure out what piece of the puzzle I'm missing!
And as for lurking more, I've lurked and lurked and lurked my share, on here, on the Sims 3 site (that doesn't do much good), and on other Sims 3 forums. Unfortunately, most of the time when I can manage to stumble on a situation that I think might be relevant to my situation, I end up finding that there are replies such as, "look around more. You clearly failed." or "Lurk moar, use search." or "READ THE FAQ". It's quite hard to find answers amidst all of the folks replying calling folks n00bs. It's no wonder people can't find answers--they're having to weed through all of the name-calling. :D That's why I gave up with AwesomeMod last year. I didn't want to deal with being told to read and lurk more. I guess I'm a glutton for punishment.
I'm not someone who does a lot of talking--as you can see, I've been a member here for quite some time and the only time I ever post here anymore is when I'm at the end of my rope, google hasn't come through for me, and can't find the answer on my own. ;)
ETA: This is also something I've followed in the past. Just tried and it still doesn't work: http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Sims_3_Loading_Crashes
And now I can say that the game will now load about 1/3 of the way and doesn't progress. It also will not close without Ctrl/Alt/Del.
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