Game crash

A Game Crash can occur when something goes wrong to the game. In this process, the player will return to Windows and Mac OS X.

The Sims
The game can crash and if it does, it will usually display the program error message such as "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down" (Windows 95/98) or "Sims has stopped working" (Windows Vista/7)

The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories
When The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories crashes, the message "The application has crashed. The application will now terminate." will be displayed, clicking OK will usually close The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories.

The Sims 3 and The Sims Medieval
No message is displayed when The Sims 3 and The Sims Medieval has crashed. The file "xcpt computer_name yy-mm-d hh-mm-ss.txt" will be created.

In The Sims 3 Late Night (6.0), the game would crash if the player places a new lot in Bridgeport,medits it and does back to edit town. This was fixed in 6.1 and Outdoor Living.

Game Freeze
On the console versions, the game will freeze. When It freezes, it will usually stop working and repeat the same sound. For example, in The Urbz: Sims in the City, the game will repeat a sound when it freezes. The game may freeze is the disc is removed in PS2 games. In the case of GBA/DS/3DS games, removed from the slot.

On DS games such as The Sims 2, removing the card will produce the message "The DS Card has been removed." but some games such as The Urbz: Sims in the City will just freeze with a repeating sound.

In The Urbz: Sims in the City for DS, performing glitches such as the Gator glitch and traveling on a Time Machine with a Pet will freeze the game.

In the DS version of The Sims 2, some users reported of the game randomly freezing.