Well I had this issue since forever. I couldn't play around CAW for more than 5 mins. I also had a similar problem with the game. The game would exit to desktop with no warning at all. The only diff is that CAW was givning me an error about corrupted memory or something. The workaround for the game itself is everywere from here to MTS, so i'm not going to get into details for that.
Well since the CAW was giving me a memory error , i figured to try the same thing that fixes the game. And gues what... It works like a charm. CAW apparently , as the game did, cannot recognise my 8Gigs of ram.... Step by step now
1. Download and install CFF Explorer:
http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php
2. Go to : C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create a World Tool and find the CAW.exe file and copy it somewere safe .This is your backup.
3.Run CFF explorer as administrator(right click on it, don't double click)
4.File>Open and navigate to the adress above and select the CAW.exe file
5.Click on File Header at the left, find characteristics at the right and click the "Click here" blue button.
6.Tick "App can handle >2GB address space
7.Ok that and save by clicking the disk icon or going to FILE >> SAVE
8.Overwrite the file when it asks you to.
DONE!Now your CAW will not crash any more
Don't forget that you need to do this everytime you download CAW after a patch of EP/SP installation
Many thanks to MTS for the original tutorial for the same game issue
UPDATE:
CAW.exe file can be found here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create A World Tool
IMPORTANT NOTE: Be aware that after pets and pets patch. CAW is crashing more often, especially when painting, even if you have used this fix. At least with the fix it will not crash ALL the time. Just remeber to save regularly when painting.
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please help
Agreed.
oh just worked it out!Thank you so much for the help
EDIT: I think I figured it out (I certainly hope I didn't mess anything up!) Clicking on the .exe file does not give me all the drop down options. Instead I opened simply CAW (filetype: application) and all the options I saw in a screen shot were there.
You did not run as administrator. You just opened it.
Updated with pics for more clear instructions
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@Matinakaivagos- How much RAM you have?
(Posi RAM exeis?)
Φυσικά και έκανα αποδοχή φιλίας! Μπορούμε να επικοινωνήσουμε για οτιδήποτε!
um this is the CAW folder in your documets. These are your user files. You need to go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create A World Tool to find the file i showed you and NOT your documents folder
ETA:Ok i see your windows is in Greek, so i'll try to nivigate you there in case you are getting confused. However I've been using english windows for years so i might not get the name exactly right
Εναρξη->Υπολογιστης->Δισκος C:->προγραμματα (x86)->Electronic Arts->the sims 3 create a world tool->εκει θα βρεις το αρχειο CAW που σου εδειξα
Thank you for this exellent tips. My CAW is working again and I can work on my world.
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