Hello,
I recently purchased the Sims 3 game for my Dell PC and I have been having problems with the game crashing. I could play the game for about 10 minutes, then the monitor would turn black, yet me CPU would still be running, and the only way I could restart my computer was by unplugging the whole system and turning it back on. I have heard people have had problems with their video card on their computer being disabled... any additional ideas?
Thanks
System Configuration: Windows XP Internet Explorer 8.0
I found the solution!!!!! I tried almost everything there was out there from updating my drivers, getting rid of all my downloaded content, unintstalling the game and re installing it... but then I found this out. All you have to do is disable Data Excecution Prevention (DEP) for The Sims 3.
FOR WINDOWS:
Go To Start - Settings - Control panel and select System.
Click on the Advanced tab and in the preformance section click Settings.
Click the tab for Data execution prevention and click the option to [Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select]
go to browse then find where your game was installed and add TS3.EXE to the list. (The program may just be called TS3)
Make sure it is an EXE extention (right click, go to properties and it will tell you)
Try to add all versions that you have ( TS3, WA, HELS and Ambitions).
MAKE SURE YOU APPLY THE CHANGES AND REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM.
Was the problem that you had that the screen would go black for a plit second then come up all pixelated then return to the game. Mine kept doing that but after like the second time it happens the blue stats bar disappears and I can't even see where to save the game.
For Windows 7, goto Control Panel\System and Security on Side Bar click on Programs that will bring up System Properties then follow the rest of
Carrie1354 steps
" Click on the Advanced tab and in the preformance section click Settings. Click the tab for Data execution prevention and click the option to [Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select] go to browse then find where your game was installed and add TS3.EXE to the list. (The program may just be called TS3) Make sure it is an EXE extention (right click, go to properties and it will tell you) Try to add all versions that you have ( TS3, WA, HELS and Ambitions).
MAKE SURE YOU APPLY THE CHANGES AND REBOOT YOUR SYSTEM.
My sims wont even let me click on it,when I do get onto it its just a black screeen and sometimes it crashes shall I unstall and reinstall??????????!!!! :(
look for it by pressing start and look at the icons. it might be there. if not, press start, then documents, and then you will see electronic arts. This is if you have a pc, not a mac
Some people have reported crashing with Sims 3: Ambitions. It seems the expansion has an issue with the DEP (Data Execution Prevention) on your computer. Here's how to fix it. This will work for Windows XP (which I have) and hopefully others. If you don't have crashing, then don't bother with this.
Feel free to copy this and repost it on Sims forums or on other sites. I don't deserve the credit for this information; I'm just passing along some info I saw on another site.
1. Go to Control Panel/System/Advanced/Performance Settings.
2. Go to the Data Execution Prevention tab. Click on "Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select" and press "Add." You will now add your Sims game, expansions and Stuff Packs to the DEP exception list. Copy-and-paste these "C:" locations in the spot where it says "File Name."
Sims 3 base game:
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3.exe
World Adventures:
C:\Program Files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 World Adventures\Game\Bin\TS3EP01.exe
I have had the Sims 3 for 1 day, I can play in build mode with no problem as soon as it goes to play mode it crashes. It isnt my computer, it is a bran new gamer computer.
It is EA...they need programmers that have knowledge to program.
Alot of people are having major problems with sims 3.
I will go back to 2, it doesnt crash.
I had it crash to desktop straight after loading (about 20 seconds of actual ingame before the crash) and having had a similar problem on Fallout 3 that a modder on a forum had fixed, I decided to give it a go with this. It worked for me, maybe it will for you:
Go to "C:\Program files\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Ambitions\Game\Bin"
And find a program called "TS3EP02"
**Copy this file somewhere where you can find it again, we need to make a backup (for when EA releases an official patch)**
Right click the original file > "open with CFF explorer"
You now have a window open "CFF explorer - [TS3EEP02]
On the left, under "NT Headers", there should be a tab called "File Header" Click it.
Then click on the area, towards the right of the window, labelled "Click Here"
A "Chacteristics" box will open. Check the option "App can handle >2gb Address space"
Click ok
**MAKE SURE YOU HAVE DONE THE BACKUP AS I SAID EARLIER**
Close CFF explorer
save changes to original file.
Hopefully it will work for you too. :)
When EA releases a patch that fixes this, or if this didn't work for you, simply find the original copy you made (because you did do that didn't you?) and overwrite the modified file with the original copy. This will allow the patch to install (because it won't on a modified .exe) and will revert the changes we made above
Well that is interesting, sounds like the problem I have though There is no TS3EEP02 file hehe. My old computer with Vista 64 runs it just fine. My Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, ATI 5970 Crossfire with i7 X980 crash or closes (Same thing) when running in the game for about 20 second after selecting a Sims family.
