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    Crashes since installing Late Night

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    YsaanYsaan Posts: 10
    in The Sims 3 Help & Technical Discussion
    OK so has anyone else experienced crashes since installing late night?
    Not to mention that my launcher now comes up saying that it isnt responding and then closes and the game starts anyway.
    I have added the game to the data execution prevention list and no luck.
    My graphics card is up to date.
    Everything worked perfectly yesterday before installing Late Night.
    Anyone have any suggestions?
    :cry:

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      crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,775 Member
      edited October 2010
      Did you add all the base game/expansion exes to DEP (including the one from Late Night) ?
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      YsaanYsaan Posts: 10
      edited October 2010
      yep as I have had problems with other expansion packs so everytime I get a new one its the first thing I do
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      crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,775 Member
      edited October 2010
      Did you remove all your cc and mods (if any) ?

      Are you on the new EADM ?
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      YsaanYsaan Posts: 10
      edited October 2010
      No I didnt remove any of my cc because I have never had an issue with it before causing problems with new expansions.
      The mods i removed but it didnt make any difference.
      EADM has jsut decided to update itself but I'm not convinced this will fix the problem.
      Do you have late night installed at all?

      So i am currently just waiting to see what happens after thisw EADM update
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      jaywhittjaywhitt Posts: 662 New Member
      edited October 2010
      My Late Night copy does not crash at all.
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      YsaanYsaan Posts: 10
      edited October 2010
      oh dont tell me that!
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      YsaanYsaan Posts: 10
      edited October 2010
      Downloaded the update for EADM and like i thought it made no difference the game is still crashing :(
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      StorixStorix Posts: 5,093
      edited October 2010
      EA always release THE SIMS 3 with bugs and gliches which crashes the game. There is nothing you can do. You have to wait until 1st patch for LN. Sorry.
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      crinrictcrinrict Posts: 18,775 Member
      edited October 2010
      Ysaan wrote:
      No I didnt remove any of my cc because I have never had an issue with it before causing problems with new expansions.
      The mods i removed but it didnt make any difference.
      EADM has jsut decided to update itself but I'm not convinced this will fix the problem.
      Do you have late night installed at all?

      So i am currently just waiting to see what happens after thisw EADM update

      I don't have it yet. Release date here is not before the 28th (although some people already have it). I preorder through amazon cause it was a lot cheaper for me that way.

      Remove the cc and see if that makes a difference. There is faulty stuff out there and just cause it worked before, does not mean it has to now.
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      kdluvshersimskdluvshersims Posts: 291 Member
      edited October 2010
      Please Help!!

      I have installed Late Night and cannot start a new game. I get a CTD whenever I start. I can get into CAS and I can pick out a place for my sim to live. However when I pick the check mark to start playing no warning, nothing, just a CTD and an error dump. I have reinstalled LN, (& cleaned the registry in between), dumped the cache files ( I do this all the time anyway), and have looked up the info at MTS about crash analyzer. ( Heck I even joined but I am running on just as few hours sleep and am feeling a bit groggy atm).

      With my initial install I got the message that when I launched the game my launcher wasn't responding properly but it continued onto the game anyway. I thought maybe the install went a little wonky so hence the re-install.

      Crash Data:

      Application: Sims3
      BuildTime: 2010-09-20-1926
      BuildUser: codebuilder
      BuildHost: SIMS-BUILD125
      BuildConfig: Release
      BuldVersion: 0.2.0.125
      CommandlineKxxxx
      EA_PLATFORM: Windows on X86
      OS name: Windows Vista
      OS version number: 6.1.7600
      OS service pack:
      Debugger present: no
      CPU count: 8
      Processor type: x86
      Processor level: 6
      Processor revision: 6661
      Memory load: 38%
      Total physical memory: 6142 Mb
      Available physical memory: 3760 Mb
      Total page file memory: 12283 Mb
      Available page file memory: 9432 Mb
      Total virtual memory: 4095 Mb
      Free virtual memory: 2787 Mb

      [Application info]
      Language: C++
      Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, version 1400
      App path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Late Night\Game\Bin\TS3EP03.exe
      App version: 0.2.0.125

      [Exception info]
      date: 2010-10-26
      time: 06.53.00
      type: ACCESS_VIOLATION reading address 0x00000000
      address: 0x007d1869 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Late Night\Game\Bin\TS3EP03.exe":0x0001:0x003d0869


      [Instruction data]
      007d17e9 => DasmX86Dll.dll not found. --thought this info might help

      KD

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      kdluvshersimskdluvshersims Posts: 291 Member
      edited October 2010
      Part two

      Sorry that the above post was incomplete the forums were giving me grief. I wanted to give some basic info on my comp also:

      running an i7 930
      Win 7 OS (64-bit)
      6 G RAM
      Sapphire (Radeon) 5770 (1 G VRAM)

      My EADM updated itself twice over the past two weeeks, plus I have all of the latest drivers, security and operating updates, EXCEPT for CCC. My system is stable with version 10.3 and I would prefer to keep it there.

      I have ALL Stuff Packs and Expansions Packs. I run NO non-EA custom content PLUS I do not download from the exchange. I do howevewr have a TON of Store content. I am religious about keeping my game ship-shape so I am rather confuzzled on this CTD situation.

      PLEASE HELP!!!
      I want to play my game

      KD
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      CampMasterCampMaster Posts: 60
      edited October 2010
      kdluvshersims, I have exactly the same issue (game works fine until I want to play) - same CTD.

      Sigh. Here's hoping the patch comes soon ...

      edit:

      I got Bridgeport to work. The game plunks down the Ambitions buildings (Fire Station, Salon, Consignment Store) on open lots in town ... by moving the fire station to another open lot I removed the crash on startup ... seems like it works now!
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      bob007bob007 Posts: 10,062 Member
      edited October 2010
      kdluvshersims - check out the threads about laa (large address aware). This seems to help people with 64 bit systems and 4 gig or more of memory.
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      kdluvshersimskdluvshersims Posts: 291 Member
      edited October 2010
      *****7

      Thank you for the advice. I (finally) was able to download and use the crash analyzer and it is saying that none of my crashes were due to DEP or LAA. I do realize that this is only one tool and no tool is perfect. In fact the crash analyzer has no clue as to why my game is crashing (lovely). However it did say, but not specify, that each of the crashes came with a warning(?).

      Would you please explain to me why I would need LAA. (I'm trying to understand) Even before late night the few crashes I had did not seem to have memory issues. (The analyzer also checked those files too). I appreciate you chiming in as I think your advice on the forums is worth listening to.

      @CampMaster-Sorry to hear you are having the same issues. Have you checked to see if it is a memory or CC issue? If you have come across anythingpertinent please let all of know. Good Luck!

      KD
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      jaywhittjaywhitt Posts: 662 New Member
      edited October 2010
      Am I the only lucky one here?
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      kdluvshersimskdluvshersims Posts: 291 Member
      edited October 2010
      CampMaster

      What did you do to get it to work? Reinstall, DEP, LAA, Pray, sacrifice a live chcken? (Can you tell I'm a little desparate?) All joking aside can you tell me what you did to get your game going?

      Thanks
      KD
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      kdluvshersimskdluvshersims Posts: 291 Member
      edited October 2010
      Yea a double post. Cause today just hasn't been frustrating enough.
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      CampMasterCampMaster Posts: 60
      edited October 2010
      kdluvshersims :

      All I did was the following:

      - Start a new game in Bridgeport
      - Go to Edit Town
      - Remove the "Community Fire Department" that the game auto-plants at 357 4th Avenue (a 40x30 lot) (using the bulldoze tool - DO NOT remove the lot, just the building!)
      - Set the lot to "Residential"
      - Set 34 1st Avenue (30x30 lot) to Community/Fire Station
      - Place "Community Fire Department" from Community lots picker on 34 1st Ave
      - Save game to start from it in the future
      - Play

      This is step by step EXACTLY WHAT I DID and Bridgeport now functions flawlessly for me.

      FWIW, I'm running XP SP2 ...

      I hope this helps, though!
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      simaidan117simaidan117 Posts: 42 New Member
      edited October 2010
      i dont have late night yet it doesnt come out till the 29th hear, but i have all other ts3 games and since i have installed fast lane stuff this has been happening to me... any one know whats causing that one?
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      FreynasFreynas Posts: 1,289 New Member
      edited October 2010
      I have exactly the same problem. I already uninstall all the patterns I got from the exchange, no ccs, and even tried CampMaster’s suggestion, and still not able to make my game work. I’ll appreciate any help anyone can give us.
      Thanks.
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      kdluvshersimskdluvshersims Posts: 291 Member
      edited October 2010
      CampMaster

      You are my Hero!!! It worked perfectly for me. Thank You so very much!!!! What a joy to be able to play!!! Can you tell I'm a little excited!?!

      KD
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      sgiese314sgiese314 Posts: 5
      edited October 2010
      pardon my technical ignorance but can someone define

      "- Save game to start from it in the future "

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      sgiese314sgiese314 Posts: 5
      edited October 2010
      well i try "save" and even "save and quit" after doing EXACTLY what you guys said, and it crashes to the desktop each time.
      my heart is broken!
      help..
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      CampMasterCampMaster Posts: 60
      edited October 2010
      sgiese314,

      this step refers to saving the town you just modified (Using save game from the game menu accessible through clicking the "..." button in the lower left corner) so you can use it to start games in Bridgeport later, without having to go through all these modification steps again.

      Hope this helps!

      @KD: I'm happy my solution worked for you. Enjoy!

      EDIT: sgiese314 - did you start subsequent Bridgeport games from your newly created save ? If so, then I'm afraid I have no idea how to resolve this other than the lame "wait for the official patch" answer :(
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      sgiese314sgiese314 Posts: 5
      edited October 2010
      no i doubt i do, because i cant get it to save from square one. it crashes before it saves...
      i never thought a game would get me to such frustration and joy and heartbreak and love but the sims does.....
      :(
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