Game crash: Difference between revisions

There are many possible ways that the game can crash. Performing someSome glitches can cause the game to crash or freeze.

Custom Contentcontent that is not from EA (IE, ModTheSims, Simmergirl, etc.) can cause issues if they are incompatibile, even Maxis{{Vgversion|TS}}{{Vgversion|TS2}}/EA{{Vgversion|TS3}} content can have issues. As of ''[[The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff and ]]''/''The Sims 3: Design & High-Tech Stuff'', players are advised to disable Customcustom Contentcontent when they install an update or a new version of ''The Sims 3''.

Loading content saved in a later version may cause an older game to crash. For example, content made in a ''[[The Sims 2: Seasons|Seasons]]'' game can crash a ''[[The Sims 2: Pets|Pets]]'' game. Likewise, lots made in ''[[The Sims 3: Generations]]'' can crash ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night]]'' when placed.

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.

No message is displayed when ''[[The Sims 3]]'' and ''[[The Sims Medieval]]'' has crashedcrashes. The file "xcpt computer_name yy-mm-d hh-mm-ss.txt" will be created, although a program error message may show up in some cases, such as when a pre-made Sim in the Create-a-Sim menu depends on custom content that isn't present in the game.

In ''[[The Sims 3: Late Night]]'' (6.0), the game would crash if the player places a new lot in Bridgeport, edits it and goes back to Edit Town. This was fixed in 6.1 and ''Outdoor Living''.

Placing a lot made in a later version or newer game can cause an older version of ''The Sims 3'' to crash. For example, placing a Lotlot made in ''Generations'' will crash ''Late Night'' (Ifif it does not have the Generations update).

On the console versions, the game will freeze. When Itit 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. In some games, a sound may not be played even if sound was playing before the freeze. The game may freeze is the disc is removed in PS2 games. In the case of GBA/DS/3DS games, if the Card/Game Pak removed from the slot. The game may also freeze if the disc is dirty and unreadable.

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