why does the sims 3 keep crashing
Hi,
I have a iMac 27 inch, Mid 2010, Processor 2.8GHz Intel COre i5
8 GB 1333 HHZ DDR3 RAM,
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB Graphic card and with OS X Lion 10.7.4 installed.
I play the Sims 3 with World Adventure, Ambitions, Late NIght, Generations, and stuff packs: Fats Lane, Design and High Tech, Outdoor Living, and Town live installed.
My problem is that when I'm playing the Sims, it tends to quit after 20 minutes or so - either it quits and raise an exception error or when I try to save it, it comes up with error code 12. I've tried everything and, including cleaning up the caches and removing the bad saves from the folders but the game just won't work properly. A lot of the time it crashes after I go to wardrobe, have a party or go to a venue. I've already upgraded my RAM form 4GB to 8, which helped initially but now the problem is practically as before.
I no longer use The Sims 3 Launcher as each time I downloaded an update, the game would refuse to play and I ended up de-installing and re-installing - something that I've done so often I'm beginning to wonder if that isn't part of EA game plan!
Do you have any ideas on what the problem is and any possible solutions?
Regards
B.