If your computer has at least 3 GiB of RAM installed, follow the instructions on the Insufficient Memory Crashes article. If you have a 32-bit version of Windows, and additional step is required in order for The Sims 3 to use more than 2 GiB of virtual memory. Here are some of the applications known to work (in order from easiest to most difficult). If no, something else most likely caused the crash.Īpplications That Can Diagnose LAA Crashesīecause modifying an executable is no easy feat, the modification must be performed by an application. Behind Free virtual memory:, is it less than 200 Mb? If yes, LAA most likely caused the crash.Open an xcpt*.txt file with Notepad or your favorite text editor.To determine if the crash was caused by LAA:

The Sims 3 produces exception (xcpt*.txt and xcpt*.mdmp) files in the user's My Documents directory when it crashes. If your game is patched to 1.17/2.12/3.8/4.5/5.2/6.0 or newer, the necessary files are already large address aware so there is no reason to follow the instructions on this page. There are tools available that allow you to mod The Sims 3 executable(s) which allows the game to use up to 4 GiB (4,294,967,296 bytes) of virtual memory.

The Sims 3 can, under certain circumstances, reach this limit causing the game to crash to the desktop without warning. In layman's terms, this means the application cannot address more than 2 GiB (2,147,483,648 bytes) of virtual memory. 3 Applications That Can Enable the LAA bitĪll 32-bit applications (including The Sims 3) that run on Microsoft Windows, by default, have the large address aware (LAA) bit disabled.2.1 Applications That Can Diagnose LAA Crashes.

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