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Screen Stuck on "Loading" In-Game

GracefellGracefell Posts: 150 Member
Hello everyone. Whenever I click edit-town, my screen will freeze on the "Loading" cycle. I was wondering how to fix this?

http://imgur.com/a/z7dqV
(Example Above)

I expect the culprit is that my computer's C-Drive usually only has 25 GB to 8 GB of free space (out of 111 GB). I've played fine with this before, so I'm unsure if that's the cause.

http://imgur.com/a/MeXkU
(Drives Screenshot)

Thank you for your help!

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  • igazorigazor Posts: 19,330 Member
    Yikes, yes that is at least part of the problem. Windows needs at least 20% free space in order to function properly. Some will say it's more of an absolute like 30 to 40 GB than a percentage of space. Even the Mac OS, as great as everything can be over in our little part of the world, can't function properly without enough space to work in.

    This C drive is too small to support Windows together with a full TS3 game install plus a user game folder as the saved games expand, content gets added, etc. Usually a C drive of that size is meant for Windows only plus perhaps a few system related things, maybe anti-virus, but not really additional programs. Is the E drive also internal? If so, as it was 930 GB to start with, that is where many programs should be installed and if you clear some space up the user My Docments folder can be redirected there in its entirely. If E is an external, then that won't work out and you are, at the moment, kind of stuck with too small a drive to work with very easily.
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  • GracefellGracefell Posts: 150 Member
    edited July 2017
    http://imgur.com/a/w6UI1

    @Izagor
    Hi Izagor! Sorry for the delay, weighed my options and tried a few things, and managed to get this much free space (image above). Should this be enough? If I still have crashes, what would still be the problem?

    Thank you so much!
  • Dusty_BootsDusty_Boots Posts: 236 Member
    Gracefell wrote: »
    Hello everyone. Whenever I click edit-town, my screen will freeze on the "Loading" cycle. I was wondering how to fix this?

    http://imgur.com/a/z7dqV
    (Example Above)
    ...

    Sorry to jump in here but... In this screenshot it appears that you have a Steam TS3 & an Origin TS3 running at the same time, which generally does not go well. Is that how you normally have things, both versions of TS3 running at once or was that a one time accident? Just having them both installed at the same time can cause problems with Content and Tools.
  • GracefellGracefell Posts: 150 Member
    @Dusty_Boots No, I only have Sims installed on Origin----the other Sim icon below is the launcher. Thanks anyway though! (Great avatar btw C: I love Fallout)
  • Dusty_BootsDusty_Boots Posts: 236 Member
    Gracefell wrote: »
    @Dusty_Boots No, I only have Sims installed on Origin----the other Sim icon below is the launcher. Thanks anyway though! (Great avatar btw C: I love Fallout)

    haha! Thanks - I adore the Fallout series and really liked the quirky humor in FO:NV. Sorry that suggestion of mine didn't work out. That scenario of dual installations spikes after a big Steam sale.

    My next guess is that the Edit Town tool is freezing because of low resource availability. That, and CAS, can really eat up some cycles when in use. Looking at that Tasbar in the pic, you do seem to have a lot going on in the background. Do you always run Steam & Origin at the same time? Maybe its a conflict, both trying to access the same resource.
  • JoshuaSims0JoshuaSims0 Posts: 207 Member
    1. Restart the game
    2. Restart origin.
    3. Restart your computer
  • igazorigazor Posts: 19,330 Member
    edited July 2017
    1. Restart the game
    2. Restart origin.
    3. Restart your computer
    Hi there. I know you are trying to help, but is there a way you could maybe restrain yourself from posting this on various TS3 support threads, especially where tech responders have already answered? Yes, restarting will help get past simpler issues but it is not always going to solve the problem, especially where we've already identified other more serious things that might be wrong. :)
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  • Dusty_BootsDusty_Boots Posts: 236 Member
    @Gracefell - hmm, I don't mean to stalk your posts but I see you've had this issue before. Anybody can lose track of an older thread. Heck, I've gotta think hard what I had for dinner last night! :D There was a lot of good advice given there, did any of it work out for you at that time?

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