So, despite the challenge of having to save more frequently than usual in order to not lose things with my constant crashes, Holly Thyme is going to build her dynasty! It will probably take a gazillion more time to do this but I am nothing if not persistent, (read: stubborn), so wish me luck.
@Joria, I've been experiencing incessant crashing, too! Do you have any idea what's causing it? I'm practically crying over it over here.
I've been debugging, defragging, restarting, and following every guideline I can find on this site and others to try to stop it, but nothing seems to work.
And I've lost so much play time. It crashes at least 2 out of 3 times that I save, even if they're one right after the other.
(Sorry, this is off-topic for this discussion. I just want to make sure you see it.)