Game crash

For information about Crashes to desktops, see Crash To Desktop.

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.

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  Crash dialog in The Sims 2 and The Sims Stories