Memory issues
AlexanderMorgan:
A very common problem with the sims 3 is that it crashes to the desktop whenever its usage of ram/virtual memory goes over 2 GB. That happens when you have played too long and lots of sim people have been loaded into the RAM and/or lots of textures have been loaded into the RAM. That can also happen immediately if you play on a lot with a 5 story house with lots and lots of objects, all with different textures and 30 people on the lot. Now i've found a way to avoid that horrible crash with CFF Explorer by making the .exe file use well over 2GB of RAM and these crashes no longer occur while playing. However, if i try to save they still DO happen. Again the issue is that lots of virtual memory has been spent. So i was wondering: What if i empty all the loaded memory and THEN save? It's logical that the game wouldn't crash then. Just like emptying your browsers cache. So is there any command or way to do this ingame prior to saving? Or is this theoretically impossible?
Chandria:
Over on Microsoft's site, there are the commands to make your OS Large Address Aware.
If you have up to 4G of ram (which I think should be the mimimum to play Sims3),
there's a utility over on MTS that will make the game Large Address Aware without violating the EA's TOS.
A bit of searching on both sites will help keep your game from crashing from memory shortages.
You simply need to remember to turn off LAA before you add another EP/SP and/or patch your game, then turn it back on before you play.
jezzer:
The Patch Downloader tool at MTS also includes an option to set your game to LAA.
Claeric:
Quote from: Chandria on 2010 September 21, 12:59:59
Over on Microsoft's site, there are the commands to make your OS Large Address Aware.
If you have up to 4G of ram (which I think should be the mimimum to play Sims3),
there's a utility over on MTS that will make the game Large Address Aware without violating the EA's TOS.
A bit of searching on both sites will help keep your game from crashing from memory shortages.
You simply need to remember to turn off LAA before you add another EP/SP and/or patch your game, then turn it back on before you play.
Quote from: jeromycraig on 2010 September 21, 16:35:48
The Patch Downloader tool at MTS also includes an option to set your game to LAA.
durp durp hurp durp
Quote from: FIRST DAMN POST
Now i've found a way to avoid that horrible crash with CFF Explorer by making the .exe file use well over 2GB of RAM and these crashes no longer occur while playing.
jezzer:
That'll teach me to SKIM.
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