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Offline evicmax

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Sims 3 keeps crashing - Mac
« on: July 29, 2016, 10:54:42 AM »
So, about 2 or 3 minutes after loading my game file, my game crashes, every single time I try to play it. The screen blinks, and I get that "exception raised: unhandled page fault on write access to 0x0078a234 at address 0x00400007. Do you wish to debug it?" message (yes, that is the exact message). I tried deleting my cache files, but that didn't help. Should I try a factory reset? Or what else should I try?

Details - I use a 2011 macbook pro that works pretty well, usually. My game has no other problems except for this persistent crashing. I use Origin. EPs: I have seasons, world adventures, generations, late night, and ambitions. I travelled with my sim family to Egypt (my first time traveling in a long time and first time in this game file), which caused a lot of problems and more frequent crashes, but now the crashing is persistent. Any ideas?

Offline MrsFlynn

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Re: Sims 3 keeps crashing - Mac
« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2016, 11:40:17 AM »
The link below will give some troubleshooting tips on the problem.

Mac Exception Raised Unhandled page fault on read access
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Mac-Exception-Raised-Unhandled-page-fault-on-read-access-to/td-p/1851321
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Offline Candyd

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Re: Sims 3 keeps crashing - Mac
« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2016, 03:04:17 PM »
I'm afraid that the game is unstable by nature on Mac. This is because of Cider, which allows running the game on Mac, and allows only a ridiculously low 2 GB of memory for the game. You can't change anything about that unless if you make a dual boot with Windows using Bootcamp.
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/share/view/78782729
Running the game on Windows 8 or 10 will allow using twice as much memory, and will use much better drivers, which will make your game look prettier, especially if you've got the Pets addon.

 

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