Sims 2 Crashing – FIXED!

marasims:

Hey penguins, wanted to follow up with my previous post about my Sims 2 crashing and the tricks I used to get it working again! Since applying them, I haven’t had one crash or purple flashing since! (At this point, I have played the game several hours, switched households multiple times and loaded a ton of lots to make sure the issues are gone)

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Tip#1: Make sure to check that your Graphics Card is listed in the Video Cards.sgr files in your Sims 2 installation folder! If not, use the Graphics Rules Maker , add your GPU to the list and double-check that it HAS been added there (I had problems with this and had to do it manually in the end!). Make sure to copy the new Graphics Rules AND Video Cards files to both folders in the installation location (Config and CSConfig).

Tip #2: Make sure that you have to correct texture memory amount assigned for your game! If you haven’t already, run DxDiag on your computer ( https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028644/windows-open-and-run-dxdiagexe ) , click “Save all info” on the bottom and save it on your desktop. Open and check your Display Memory under “Display Devices”. That Display Memory is the amount you need to change for your Graphic Rules-files. See Leefish post for more info: http://www.leefish.nl/mybb/showthread.php?tid=7909

Tip #3: If you have applied the “4 gig patch”, make sure that it is working properly. 
Check your Documents > EA Games > The Sims 2 > Logs folder and
open a file called “COMPUTERNAME-config-log”.

If the memory under “Machine info” (top of the list) is anything less than 4000MB (mine says 4096 MB), the patch hasn’t been fully applied. Jessa shows in this VIDEO how to download AND fix the patch: https://youtu.be/-0iwuLZyjMg

Tip #4: Especially if you are playing on Windows 10, make sure to do the Memory Allocation Fix that Jessa shows in the video above! You NEED this! This fix also helps Windows 7 users!!

Tip #5: (Not sure if this is necessary after applying #4, but I did it before I fixed the memory leak issue and didn’t have any crashes after that either) Make sure your Virtual Memory amount is set high enough in Control Panel > System > Advanced settings > Advanced tab > Performance settings > Advanced > Virtual Memory. Set the custom amount for your main drive to be 25,000-30,000 and click “Set”.
=== Thanks so much to Gina for this tip!===

Check out Jessa’s post on ModTheSims for more links and important information: http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=610641

I’m listing here all the tricks I did both for you guys and for myself aswell, in case I need to go through this whole thing again at some point in the future (after switching Graphics Cards, which thankfully won’t happen in a few years!). Hopefully it’ll be useful and helpful for you guys!

Special thanks to Jessa, Gina and everyone on Leefish forums for all the useful information and tips on how to fix the graphical problems!

Now, on to more Sims 2 livestreams!!!