More Awesome Than You!
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
2024 March 29, 15:36:04

Login with username, password and session length
Search:     Advanced search
540270 Posts in 18066 Topics by 6511 Members
Latest Member: zheng
* Home Help Search Login Register
+  More Awesome Than You!
|-+  Awesomeware
| |-+  Armoire of Invincibility
| | |-+  AwesomeMod!
| | | |-+  Random Crash to Desktop
0 Members and 1 Chinese Bot are viewing this topic. « previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 5 THANKS THIS IS GREAT Print
Author Topic: Random Crash to Desktop  (Read 72999 times)
eyme
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 8



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #25 on: 2010 April 18, 06:25:07 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Well, now I'm just going to wait until the real AM comes out than the tester version because there is no way in fuck I'm blaming it on my Windows 7 64-bit @ 2.20GHZ 4.0GB RAM LOL .
Logged
Silent Dreamer
Feckless Fool
*
Posts: 269



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #26 on: 2010 April 18, 07:00:13 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Well, now I'm just going to wait until the real AM comes out than the tester version because there is no way in fuck I'm blaming it on my Windows 7 64-bit @ 2.20GHZ 4.0GB RAM LOL .

Erm, it is out. FOJ just neglected to change the post.
Logged

The stupid threshold has reached critical mass! Brain explosions imminent!
eyme
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 8



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #27 on: 2010 April 18, 07:50:41 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Erm, it is out. FOJ just neglected to change the post.

Well, I still win.
« Last Edit: 2010 April 18, 08:19:46 by eyme » Logged
wizard_merlin
Pinheaded Pissant
***
Posts: 1023



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #28 on: 2010 April 18, 08:41:19 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Erm, it is out. FOJ just neglected to change the post.

Well, I still win.

Win what?
Logged

I am not a complete idiot, some of the parts are missing.
eyme
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 8



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #29 on: 2010 April 18, 08:54:57 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Win what?
I win the conversation even though he/she made me look like a dumb ass, it is called sarcasm.
Logged
StormchaserOne
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 47


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #30 on: 2010 April 18, 23:20:34 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Eyme you have 4GB you should not experience a crash it is those with over 4GB of memory.
Logged
lordrichter
Dimwitted Dunce
*
Posts: 190



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #31 on: 2010 April 19, 02:09:44 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

I would suggest that anyone running 64bit Windows with more than 3GB of RAM go ahead and set the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE flag in the application, particularly if they are having a CTD problem.

Sims 3 does not seem to use more than 2GB of RAM, whether that flag is set or not, but setting it does not do harm and may correct compatibility issues because Windows 64bit handles memory above 3GB differently than Windows 32bit.
Logged

Danger: Chaotic Neutral Human Wizard, 4th Level
eyme
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 8



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #32 on: 2010 April 19, 03:27:18 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Eyme you have 4GB you should not experience a crash it is those with over 4GB of memory.
Well, I do have problems! I think it was a bug in the AM because when I deleted it, my computer started working. I think I'll just wait until they update AM again and fix the bugs.

I would suggest that anyone running 64bit Windows with more than 3GB of RAM go ahead and set the IMAGE_FILE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE flag in the application, particularly if they are having a CTD problem.

Sims 3 does not seem to use more than 2GB of RAM, whether that flag is set or not, but setting it does not do harm and may correct compatibility issues because Windows 64bit handles memory above 3GB differently than Windows 32bit.

Okay, I'll try that.
Logged
StormchaserOne
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 47


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #33 on: 2010 April 20, 01:46:28 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Eyme it is not AM causing the crash it is the game itself.  I played every EA Game and ONLY SIMS 3 crashes.
Logged
Miao
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 31

ISTP/INTP


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #34 on: 2010 April 22, 16:24:28 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

I've experienced odd crashes when placing fireplaces after the new patch. It throws an "ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000010" exception that apparently also occurs with Spore, according to Google searches.

It's hard to describe what caused this crash, because it happens with only one fireplace (the "Washington" one), and only on one spot in my Sims' house, but doesn't always crash the first time I place it. I used the last fact to my advantage and circumvented the problem, but I'm worried about deeper problems in my game. I do decrapify regularly, by the way.


« Last Edit: 2010 April 22, 16:53:43 by Miao » Logged

Traits: Unflirty, Loner, Frugal, Neurotic, No Sense of Humor, Good, Perfectionist.
Loves: spaghetti, indie, and lilac.
Menaceman
Horrible Halfwit
**
Posts: 361



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #35 on: 2010 April 26, 21:48:43 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Has anybody come across the game locking up randomly when using the speed keys? Since I updated to the newest AM the game will occassionally freeze when I switch between speeds which then forces me to shut down my game from Task Manager. The rest of my computer is fine, it's not like my whole machine locks up, just the game.
Trees and plants still sway in the breeze and visual effects such as stink lines still animate but the game and time do not progress and nothing can be clicked on.

I'm going to redownload AM to make sure I really do have the latest version but I thought I'd just ask in the mean time.
Logged
Solowren
Senator
*
Posts: 2176


A flock of crapped nerds


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #36 on: 2010 April 26, 22:02:51 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Has anybody come across the game locking up randomly when using the speed keys? Since I updated to the newest AM the game will occassionally freeze when I switch between speeds which then forces me to shut down my game from Task Manager. The rest of my computer is fine, it's not like my whole machine locks up, just the game.
Trees and plants still sway in the breeze and visual effects such as stink lines still animate but the game and time do not progress and nothing can be clicked on.

I'm going to redownload AM to make sure I really do have the latest version but I thought I'd just ask in the mean time.

That has happened to me a few times. It can usually be resolved by just waiting it out. I've come to assume it's just the game loading something. Only twice have I given up waiting it out and forced it to quit.
Logged

Naples
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 18


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #37 on: 2010 April 26, 22:47:37 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Has anybody come across the game locking up randomly when using the speed keys? Since I updated to the newest AM the game will occassionally freeze when I switch between speeds which then forces me to shut down my game from Task Manager. The rest of my computer is fine, it's not like my whole machine locks up, just the game.
Trees and plants still sway in the breeze and visual effects such as stink lines still animate but the game and time do not progress and nothing can be clicked on.

I'm going to redownload AM to make sure I really do have the latest version but I thought I'd just ask in the mean time.

That has happened to me a few times. It can usually be resolved by just waiting it out. I've come to assume it's just the game loading something. Only twice have I given up waiting it out and forced it to quit.

The same thing has been happening to me as well. Only a few times has it unfroze by it's self.
Logged

How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg. Abraham Lincoln
Magwitch
Blathering Buffoon
*
Posts: 54


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #38 on: 2010 April 27, 09:01:46 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.
Logged
Freezerburn
Dimwitted Dunce
*
Posts: 176


I haet F-ly retarded snowflaek


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #39 on: 2010 April 27, 10:02:46 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.

Yea, me too. This never happened to me before I installed the test AM. It really pissed me off to play for about three hours and suddenly I need to shut it using Task Manager.
Logged


ISTJ                       
Imma Ee Ass Elle
Don't Abuse The Search Box!
J. M. Pescado
Fat Obstreperous Jerk
El Presidente
*****
Posts: 26281



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #40 on: 2010 April 27, 10:54:37 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

People have reported this without AwesomeMod, so it's at least partly EA-induced.
Logged

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I cannot accept, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those I had to kill because they pissed me off.
lordrichter
Dimwitted Dunce
*
Posts: 190



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #41 on: 2010 April 27, 14:45:37 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.

Logged

Danger: Chaotic Neutral Human Wizard, 4th Level
Baronetess
spaceface
Retarded Reprobate
****
Posts: 1389


Lost in Middle-earth


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #42 on: 2010 April 27, 16:55:18 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.
Logged

More F than you
rhodaloo
Lipless Loser
***
Posts: 612



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #43 on: 2010 April 27, 18:28:55 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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. 
Logged
Jasumi
Asinine Airhead

Posts: 18


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #44 on: 2010 April 27, 20:06:56 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.
Logged
lordrichter
Dimwitted Dunce
*
Posts: 190



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #45 on: 2010 April 27, 20:24:35 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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?
Logged

Danger: Chaotic Neutral Human Wizard, 4th Level
Rainbow_Brite
Blathering Buffoon
*
Posts: 58



View Profile WWW
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #46 on: 2010 April 28, 02:47:26 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.
« Last Edit: 2010 April 28, 02:54:27 by Rainbow_Brite » Logged

lordrichter
Dimwitted Dunce
*
Posts: 190



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #47 on: 2010 April 28, 13:04:13 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

Do I also need to do this with the WA and HELS .exe files?

Yes.
Logged

Danger: Chaotic Neutral Human Wizard, 4th Level
Tangie
Exasperating Eyesore
*
Posts: 236


INFJ


View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #48 on: 2010 April 29, 00:07:17 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.
Logged
lordrichter
Dimwitted Dunce
*
Posts: 190



View Profile
Re: Random Crash to Desktop
« Reply #49 on: 2010 April 29, 00:39:07 »
THANKS THIS IS GREAT

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.

Logged

Danger: Chaotic Neutral Human Wizard, 4th Level
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 5 Print 
« previous next »
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!
Page created in 0.1 seconds with 21 queries.