Game freezes when collecting scrap and mining.

[Esther1981]

Ok, I did a search but found nothing, if I overlooked it, I'm sorry. Here is my issue: I started a new game in UC, but it was way too laggy, so I collected my Halliwell family, and moved them to SV. I started working with Paige, trying to max all the skills I can. Her LTW is descendant of Da Vinci, so she has maxed sculpting and inventing. And  a ton more of course. Trying to get the scrap one quickly, I blew up the plane sculpture in front of the army base. She collected one piece, than the game froze. I couldn't recover, so I had to force a shut down during which it said the sims 3 quit working. I reopened it, and tried again, it did the same thing. So I decided to try again and didn't blow it up, but she went to the junkyard to collect, she was able to dig through 2 piles fine but when she went for the last one, it froze again and I had to force shut down. So I decided to forget about it! She went on with her life, sculpting, and was able to do everything else just fine. However today, I decided to mine, with 2 miners I bought at the consignment store. The first one went fine, but the second one froze the game again and I had to force shut down. I have a ton of store content, but no outside CC, even though some of the hairstyles are weird looking and make people invisible if I use it, I run no mods, have all the EP's and all the SP's. Any ideas on why it keeps freezing and how to get it to stop freezing?

[KRae]

Large amounts of scrap in inventory will freeze or lag a game horribly. When blowing up the jet sculpture at the base, it's safest to collect a small amount at a time and sell it through inventory. Use the funds you receive to buy scrap at the workbench.

[Esther1981]

So it's the scraps fault? Actually it kinda makes sense, when it froze while mining, she had just gotten some scrap. So I guess no more collecting scrap or mining.  It has got to be something kinda new because I used to blow things up without it freezing.

I'm going to try a factory reset. I just hope I can remember which items she's wearing and what she has in the home. I know for a fact she has the glass blowing thing. Maybe re-downloading all the store items will also fix the other weirdness about invisible sims while wearing certain hairstyles. 

[Trip]

You can still collect scrap; the lag should go away once you move it to the inventing table or really anywhere that isn't a sim's inventory.

Though for the invisible hairstyles, I'd recommend a factory reset and then reinstalling your stuff. I've never heard of the issue and don't have a better recommendation beyond that.

[Esther1981]

I was able to get the plane blown up, and I did 1 at a time. It worked, but than I tried to get her to make many floor hygenatiors (sp?) and it froze again. I'm about ready to give up on inventing, even though she's not level 10 in the career.

[KRae]

How much scrap do you have in the bench? Too much there will actually slow things down too. Does it freeze when you click on the bench?

[Esther1981]

She had 181 until she blew the plane up. Than she picked up 1 (500 units) at a time and put them in the bench so it has 1681 in there now. Yes it did freeze a few times when I clicked the bench, but it would only freeze for like 15 seconds. When I was finally able to click it I told her to make many floor hygenatiors. She got about half way done with the first before it froze and I had to force shut down again.

[KRae]

Sorry, I'm out of ideas. I hope someone else can help.

[Esther1981]

Well, I solved my problem. Kinda. I sold the old bench, bought a new one and it said the scrap was put in the family inventory. I went to buy mode and sold that. The new one was working good, but than it froze again. So I decided I'd had enough. I re-loaded it, cheated her to level 10 of the career and than had her get the painting career. Is there any other skills I should know about being wonky??

Wow, I'm pretty upset right now. I sent her to the library to level up her handiness and it froze. I'm thinking, I did a factory reset the other night and copied the file over, maybe something is wrong in that save file. I'm going to attempt it again in the fresh folder, erasing all of the files in my saves folder. I'm going to have her start with inventing and handiness. Makes me mad though, I spent hours on that woman!!!

[Esther1981]

Last night I did another factory reset, only thing I copied to it was my store content. I started a new game in Isla Paridiso. First thing I did was start inventing. He was doing great, level 7 of the skill. I decided to buy the plane sculpture to blow up, and the game froze AGAIN. So it's not a corrupted file, I think it's stupid, but at least this time I only wasted a few hours on him, not weeks like I did with Paige.

[KRae]

Try picking up and selling the scrap a little at a time. Don't keep more than about 200 scrap in the bench at once.

[Esther1981]

I reloaded the game to the save before I blew the plane up (thank goodness for save as!!) and have been keeping about 150 in it and it's doing fine (fingers crossed!). He's level 10 in the skill and level 6 in the career. Do you know which patch or EP/SP broke it? When Ambitions first came out I was able to blow things up with no problem, and keep thousands of scrap in the bench. I'm on patch 1.66 I haven't updated to 1.67 yet.