My Mid-2011 iMac is crashing after about 5 minutes of gameplay. Prior to installing Seasons, my game ran like a dream. EA, please release a patch so that we Mac users can play Seasons too. :x
Im playing on a late 2010 Macbook Pro with Snow Leoppard 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and 4GB of memory. I played for about an hour and it worked fine. I didn't play long enough for a change in season though but was able to make a new family and enter the CAS screen
I have an iMac that I bought in early 2009. I am not having any problems with Seasons.
The most recent EP I have is Showtime. I once read that a number of Sims players suggest always doing a completely clean install everytime there is an EP. Uninstalling, cleaning out Preference folders and Cider preferences, etc. I was having problems with Showtime, remembered what I had read, Googled it and followed the instructions for a clean installation, and, when I tried my game, it was wonderful. I also noticed that the overall game play was better and ran smoother.
I picked up Seasons yesterday and just straight installed it. It crashed and crashed and gave the "Do you wish to debug" message. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, but it kept happening. I then just figured I would wait for a Patch, as I did not feel like doing the complete reinstall, but then it gave me the error message when I tried to play with just the Showtime EP! I decided to do the clean reinstall. It took a few hours, but it was TOTALLY worth it. The game is playing and plays better overall. Smoother and less laggy. I played for an hour without my Nraas mods, because I was scared to add them, but then the stupid memories started driving me crazy. I added my usual Nraas mods (I use about 10) and still no problems.
I really love this expansion. I have had three straight days of rain showers and thunder storms. Tomorrow is the first day of fall.
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After I get the game I'll let you know how it goes.
Crashes within 5 minutes
CAS is impossible!
The most recent EP I have is Showtime. I once read that a number of Sims players suggest always doing a completely clean install everytime there is an EP. Uninstalling, cleaning out Preference folders and Cider preferences, etc. I was having problems with Showtime, remembered what I had read, Googled it and followed the instructions for a clean installation, and, when I tried my game, it was wonderful. I also noticed that the overall game play was better and ran smoother.
I picked up Seasons yesterday and just straight installed it. It crashed and crashed and gave the "Do you wish to debug" message. I uninstalled it and reinstalled it, but it kept happening. I then just figured I would wait for a Patch, as I did not feel like doing the complete reinstall, but then it gave me the error message when I tried to play with just the Showtime EP! I decided to do the clean reinstall. It took a few hours, but it was TOTALLY worth it. The game is playing and plays better overall. Smoother and less laggy. I played for an hour without my Nraas mods, because I was scared to add them, but then the stupid memories started driving me crazy. I added my usual Nraas mods (I use about 10) and still no problems.
I really love this expansion. I have had three straight days of rain showers and thunder storms. Tomorrow is the first day of fall.
Hope this helps.