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Error Code 12 HELP.
Serabee
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I tried to save my game after spending forever reworking my Sim's outfits, and I get this error. I've been looking online for answers but I don't understand what I'm supposed to do. I saw a link to this-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWGGYziGMOc
But have no clue what RAM is. Also, I REALLY REALLY want to be able to actually save before restarting anything. Is that possible? I also have absolutely no mods or CC, though I do have some Maxis store items.
EDIT- Well nevermind needing help before I go to bed, my game crashed and I am SO MAD right now. People are so hard on Sims 4 but I don't have ANYWHERE near the problems I have with Sims 3 with it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWGGYziGMOcBut have no clue what RAM is. Also, I REALLY REALLY want to be able to actually save before restarting anything. Is that possible? I also have absolutely no mods or CC, though I do have some Maxis store items.
EDIT- Well nevermind needing help before I go to bed, my game crashed and I am SO MAD right now. People are so hard on Sims 4 but I don't have ANYWHERE near the problems I have with Sims 3 with it.
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RAM is computer memory. That's where data in use lives while a program is running. Our active worlds and all of their sims load up into RAM before we can begin playing the game, as does a fair amount of the game's content. And our saves unload back down from RAM onto our hard drives, in the Saves folder, upon doing a Save or SaveAs.
An Error12 is an Out of Memory condition. There are two common causes. One is that your computer doesn't have enough memory (RAM) to run all that you are throwing at it (the game plus anything else you have running) together with your operating system, whether it be Windows or Mac OS X.
The other cause is when you do have plenty of RAM installed but the game reaches for more than it can actually use. TS3 can only use just less than 4 GB total on Windows (2 GB on Mac) before losing its mind. There is no way to improve on the limit, but there are steps you can take to reduce its usage per game session. Not staying in CAS too long or not opening many CAS sessions in rapid succession without saving in between is a good start. Once an Error12 actually does happen, it is very rare to be able to recover from one and get a usable save out of things. Chances are at that point your current session since its last successful save is toast.
A weak dedicated graphics card, or not having one at all, will also add much stress to RAM usage.
If you would like a diagnosis of your current system and what you might be able to do to help avoid Error12s, please run a dxdiag report and paste the results by sections into several responses to this thread. It will be far too long to fit into one post. Also please tell us how many EPs you are running and which ones. If you are on the Mac version of the game, please say so as that would require a different conversation.
http://help.ea.com/en/article/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information
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But, thanks for the information. I'm glad I didn't try the advice in the video XD And I THINK I may've figured out what happened last night. I have a bad habit of leaving Sims running in the background and then having, like, a million tabs open online and all that. I've had issues before with my laptop saying it's running low on memory because I have too much stuff open. Yesterday was no exception, but I think the reason it did end up saving was that I closed everything else. I'm guessing that's the problem, if that makes sense.
It could be that your laptop has 4 Gb of Ram. In my opinion that laptops and desktop computers should have 8 Gb of ram. Yeah having tabs in background don't help things. Even on my desktop I occasionally crash in Sims 3. The downsize is that since Sims 3 is a 32 bit application it very limited to began with.