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    Seasons causing Macs to crash. Let's find a common denominator.

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    RachelPeddersRachelPedders Posts: 42
    in The Sims 3 Mac Discussion
    Since installing Seasons (like many of you), my game has started to crash. A lot.
    I'm a member of the Simblr Community on Tumblr and there are 2 Mac users on there that are playing Seasons with no problems whatsoever. So I think we need (as a group) to find out what could be causing these issues with Seasons/the 1.42 patch.

    The 1.42 patch didn't give me any problems, but Seasons does.
    My Specs are as follows:
    Mid-2011 iMac
    2.8GHz Intel Core i7 Quad Core
    AMD Radeon 6770m 512 MB
    12 GB RAM
    Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5

    I have tried reinstalling the entire game, playing without cc and even playing in a different Neighbourhood. The same thing happens no matter what.
    So, if you'd like, please post your Mac specs here and maybe we can come up with a solution. :)

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      char_ry2011char_ry2011 Posts: 146 New Member
      edited November 2012
      Path 1.42 worked great on my Mac, but once I installed seasons with it, thats when it started going down hill. Im on a new 27" iMac computer and with about 5-10 minutes of gameplay, it just crashes:


      Specs are as follow

      Processor:2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
      Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
      Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
      Software: OS X 10.8.2

      Idk what we should do, this is the best expansion out, yet Macs cant play it.
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      sassygray5sassygray5 Posts: 546 Member
      edited November 2012
      No probelem with 1.42, crashes with Seasons.

      MacBook Air
      Processor 1.8 GHz Intel Core i7
      Memory 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
      Graphics Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB
      Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.4 (11E53)
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      hmw33hmw33 Posts: 29
      edited November 2012
      No problems with Patch 1.42 for me either. My game would crash, but I could get up to 2 hours of game play without a problem.

      I don't have and CC.

      2.7 GHz Intel Core i5
      12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3
      AMD RadeonHD 6770M 512MB
      MAC OS X LION 10.7.5 (11G63)
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      jodiferousjodiferous Posts: 20 Member
      edited November 2012
      I don't know if I had a problem with the 1.42 update, other than getting the Oops screen on the launcher ap. But I am crashing every few minutes and 9/10 times in CAS

      Mac OS 10.8.2
      2.2 GHz Intell Core i7
      8gb Ram
      Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB/ AMD Radeon HD 6750M
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      BabyDanishBabyDanish Posts: 3 New Member
      edited November 2012
      Anyone know simmers who have been having success with Season on Macs? It might be helpful to find what those simmers have in common as well.
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      mnmric76mnmric76 Posts: 61 Member
      edited November 2012
      My game crash with season

      Late 2009 iMac

      processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
      memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
      ATI Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
      Software: Mac OS X 10.6.8
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      monikanelsonmonikanelson Posts: 7
      edited November 2012
      My Game crashes after 5-10 minutes of play with Seasons too. I save almost every time I do an action in an effort to maximize my play while I have the silly thing running!!

      My specs are as follows:

      Late 2009 iMac
      Processor 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
      Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
      Graphics ATI Radeon HD 4670 256 MB
      Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63)
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      sassygray5sassygray5 Posts: 546 Member
      edited November 2012
      Just now I was able to play for two hours with no crashing, but I got an error code 12 so didn't get to save at the end. Before playing I downloaded the latest software update on my mac, not sure if that did anything but it didn't crash today.
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      cscr22cscr22 Posts: 32 Member
      edited November 2012
      The game plays for 30-45 minutes, when I am in build mode go in and out of the game to save at least twice. After going into the game the it would freeze and the next thing you know I am looking at the Leopard on my desk top. I am starting to wonder if it is b/c I don't have Mountain Lion installed. After I installed the patch my game has been horrible. I am working with:

      Late 2007 IMAC Desktop
      Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
      Memory 3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
      Graphics ATI, Radeon HD 2600 Pro
      Software Mac OS X Snow Leopard
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      RachelPeddersRachelPedders Posts: 42
      edited November 2012
      Thanks for posting, everyone. :) I see that a lot of us have OS Lion installed. Is anyone running Seasons successfully under Mountain Lion?
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      SimNowSimNow Posts: 222 Member
      edited November 2012
      Mid 2011 iMac 27", Mac OS 10.7.3, Processor 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB, AMD Radeon HD 6970M 2048 MB, VRAM (Total): 2048 MB, Chipset Model: AMD Radeon HD 6970M Running Lion 10.7.4.

      I've got every expansion and stuff pack, plus quite a lot of store content. I really struggled to get the game running at all last night, but I changed my settings and now I can play for 30 - 40 mins at a time. Not great but better than nothing.

      These are my specs.

      [img]<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tabithaloves/8186828206/&quot; title="Screen Shot 2012-11-14 at 22.39.13 by Tabitha loves, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8208/8186828206_bf64fec319.jpg&quot; width="500" height="313" alt="Screen Shot 2012-11-14 at 22.39.13"></a>[/img]

      Oh I'm also trying overwatch to see if that helps.
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      256Iris256256Iris256 Posts: 170 Member
      edited November 2012
      So far no problems with the 1.42 patch (have only had time to play for an hour or so). Not yet bought seasons. My specs are:

      MacBook Pro mid 2012
      Software: OS X 10.8.2 (mountain lion)
      Processor: 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
      Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
      Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB
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      SS77SS77 Posts: 18 Member
      edited November 2012
      No problem with 1.42 patch, crashes within a few minutes after Seasons install. No CC, removed all store content, and deleted caches, didn't help. Specs:

      iMac 27"
      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard)
      2.93 GHz Intel Core i7
      16GB 1333 MHz DDR3
      ATI Radeon HD 5750

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      GBA91101Nver4getGBA91101Nver4get Posts: 4,965 Member
      edited November 2012
      RachelPedders wrote:
      Thanks for posting, everyone. :) I see that a lot of us have OS Lion installed. Is anyone running Seasons successfully under Mountain Lion?

      I have mountain lion but I don't have seasons yet. I'll be getting it on the 20th of this month ( so 5 days from today). It seems like of course the only posts we are getting is people who are having issues with the game. I would love to see some people who don't have issues with the game on a mac.
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      256Iris256256Iris256 Posts: 170 Member
      edited November 2012
      I expect to get Seasons on december 5th (national holiday, it's like christmas to you but our is the original celebration of it. :P ) so until then I cannot tell you if it works on my mountain lion..
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      extremeasaurextremeasaur Posts: 2,701 Member
      edited November 2012
      RachelPedders wrote:
      Thanks for posting, everyone. :) I see that a lot of us have OS Lion installed. Is anyone running Seasons successfully under Mountain Lion?

      I'm running on Mountain Lion, but I used the super-patch, after endless trouble after 5 minutes of play or any time at all in CAS.

      No CC, No Mods, either.

      Brand New 2012, iMac 16 GB RAM, 7i Core Processor
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      GetafeGetafe Posts: 72 Member
      edited November 2012
      My Sims keeps crashing on Supernatural with 1.42 installed (as I haven't had Seasons arrive yet)

      Mac Mini (Late 2012) - Mountain Lion OSX - 10.8.2
      2.6GHz (Turbo Boosts to 3.6GHz) i7 QUAD-CORE Processor (64-Bit)
      4GB RAM 1600MHz DDR3
      Intel HD Graphics 4000 (512MB VRAM)
      6MB L3 Cache
      1TB Hard Drive (5400 RPM)

      I know my graphics card isn't compatible but it isn't exactly a low spec one. And some people in this post are saying the Intel HD Graphics 3000 worked fine before the update to Seasons. Please EA fix something.
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      char_ry2011char_ry2011 Posts: 146 New Member
      edited November 2012
      Mine is on Mountain Lion and it runs terribly.
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      omgsanger101omgsanger101 Posts: 28 New Member
      edited November 2012
      I cant even get into my game. I try updating it and it wont let me update it.

      What expansion packs does everyone have? I heard if you uninstall supernatural you are able to play seasons but idk if that is true...
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      highwayrobberhighwayrobber Posts: 33 Member
      edited November 2012
      1.42 patch seemed to significantly slow down object load times and now with season i don't even get five minutes in without the exception raised error popping up.

      mid 2011 macbook pro
      2.3 ghz intel core i5
      4gb 1333 hmz ddr3
      intel hd graphics 3000 384 mb
      running lion
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      256Iris256256Iris256 Posts: 170 Member
      edited November 2012
      Getafe wrote:
      My Sims keeps crashing on Supernatural with 1.42 installed (as I haven't had Seasons arrive yet)

      Mac Mini (Late 2012) - Mountain Lion OSX - 10.8.2
      2.6GHz (Turbo Boosts to 3.6GHz) i7 QUAD-CORE Processor (64-Bit)
      4GB RAM 1600MHz DDR3
      Intel HD Graphics 4000 (512MB VRAM)
      6MB L3 Cache
      1TB Hard Drive (5400 RPM)

      I know my graphics card isn't compatible but it isn't exactly a low spec one. And some people in this post are saying the Intel HD Graphics 3000 worked fine before the update to Seasons. Please EA fix something.

      I have that graphics card and for me everything works fine (I have Ambitions, Generations, Pets, Showtime and Supernatural installed and some SP's)
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      GetafeGetafe Posts: 72 Member
      edited November 2012
      256Iris256 wrote:
      Getafe wrote:
      My Sims keeps crashing on Supernatural with 1.42 installed (as I haven't had Seasons arrive yet)

      Mac Mini (Late 2012) - Mountain Lion OSX - 10.8.2
      2.6GHz (Turbo Boosts to 3.6GHz) i7 QUAD-CORE Processor (64-Bit)
      4GB RAM 1600MHz DDR3
      Intel HD Graphics 4000 (512MB VRAM)
      6MB L3 Cache
      1TB Hard Drive (5400 RPM)

      I know my graphics card isn't compatible but it isn't exactly a low spec one. And some people in this post are saying the Intel HD Graphics 3000 worked fine before the update to Seasons. Please EA fix something.

      I have that graphics card and for me everything works fine (I have Ambitions, Generations, Pets, Showtime and Supernatural installed and some SP's)

      Thanks for telling me that, cause I do hope to be able to play Sims 3 on my Mac Mini one day! Hoping EA can fix something, must being something to do with the patch rather Seasons, caused dont have seasons yet
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      WrathofCathWrathofCath Posts: 4,419 Member
      edited November 2012
      I started having trouble trying to upload lots to the exchange within the last 2 weeks. No idea why. I have no CC and no mods, only stuff from EA. I did a complete uninstall and reinstall in order of when EPs and SPs came out on Wed. It took me ALL day. I put Seasons on last and was dying to try it. But if it started at all, it only stayed on for about 5 minutes before crashing. I wasn't even doing anything, just letting the sim do what she wanted and crash. I finally uninstalled just Season's and it's still a little glitchy. I'm hoping for a patch or something before I try to reinstall.

      I can't remember the year I got my imac, but it's specs are:

      Processor: 3.1 GHz Intel Core i5
      Memory: 4GB 1333MHz DDR3
      Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6970M
      VRAM 1024MB
      Software: OS X 10.6.8
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      Alyberry11Alyberry11 Posts: 15
      edited November 2012
      I'm having trouble as well- I currently have ambitions, generations, late night, pets, outdoor living and supernatural installed. I upgraded to the lastest patch (still waiting on Seasons) and whenever I go into CAS (on the stylist career so it happens a lot!), after about 2 minutes, the game will crash. This only started happening after I installed the latest patch 1.42. I'm hoping seasons will help once it's installed???

      My specs:
      Mac Pro OS X (mid 2010 series)
      Processor: 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
      Memory: 11 GB 1066 MHz DDR3
      Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 5770
      8 MB L3 Cache
      1TB Hard Drive (5400 RPM)
      version 10.6.8

      No CC, No Mods
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      anejmanejm Posts: 17 Member
      edited November 2012
      Before I got the game I read about a lot of people having problems, so before I installed it I followed the instructions on this thread: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/608998.page I also got the super-patch, and updated my game. I removed all of my CC and mods, and my game is great! Played for a couple of hours before I stopped (of my own will). I play on a 2009 MacBook Pro with snow leopard.
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