Hm, well I installed all of the custom stairs and such using the scriptorium, ran my game and played a test lot with a sim for a few hours, there wasn't any crashing and neither was there when I controlled that sim to visit multiple community lots. I also didn't encounter any crashing error message after placing a handful of lots in the neighborhood (after the 25 minute mark). It seems to be running fine now. >_>

Ah, I also deleted the neighborhood manager file aswell

Edit:

*sigh*

The game crashed when I sent the sim to a different community lot in a different neighborhood after leaving one in its current hood.

*headdesk x30,000,000,000,000*

I guess I should search for some more faulty crap in the program files.



Edit:

I.give.up.

I dunno, this might be another stupid question but.....


I don't have the scriptorium installed, could that be part of the issue. ?

I really don't know what else to say, I've tested and stated what I've done in the previous post. Obviously it was neither that was screwing with the ci.

Yes I'm absolutely positive the crashes have nothing to do with the lots, they were NEVER corrupted to begin with and there's nothing wrong with ANY of the cc that I had installed.

It doesn't really matter if I delete the cache files or not.

I kind of disagree with the ' memory crash thing' at this point, honestly. Maybe I shouldn't use the clean installer anymore and use a different program to clean house, perhaps I won't have any issues.

Yes, it crashes while loading lots, while controlling a sim on any lot, or just building hoods. It never crashes while loading the start up page. Like I've mentioned before, sometimes after particularly navigating in a neighborhood for about 25 minutes, it will suddenly crash, or whether I'm placing a hood or entering a community or residential lot. Sometimes it will crash after only two minutes.  Ah, I also tested earlier without all of my custom neighborhoods installed, so it's not any of them thats causing issues. ( I just wanted to be sure)

Edit:
Hmm, why would it suddenly be having a hard time loading a lot of files, out of the clear blue sky ? (it seems). I've been using the Clean Installer for years prior to now without any issues.

*sigh*

Here's what Ive tried so far:

I've ran the game without the LotCatalog (haven't tried that previously). There was no crash when opening the clean installer in either the downloads or LotCatalog (which just contained defaults) section afterwards.

Then I ran the game without the Downloads folder and left the LotCatalog inside, the first error message appeared again while scanning the LotCatalog in the Clean Installer.

I installed all of the Lots, one by one, WITHOUT the CC that it came with, I still received the first error message in the LotCatalog section of the Clean Installer.

What I've concluded so far:

- The game will RANDOMLY pick out lots and attach the first error messages to them, while loading the LotCatalog in the Clean Installer.

- The particular lots wont show up in the LotCatalog (not within the documents file) even though I've installed them before and had no issues when the cc was installed.

- Whichever new lot that REPLACES the removed lots (which i install afterwards) that was assigned a lot number causes the error message.

- When I remove ALL the lot numbers that have the "system out of memory" message ATTATCHED, I will recieve the SECOND longer error message in the Clean Installer.

This has happened three times with small folders of lots that I've installed in my game before. It doesn't matter which collection of lots I install first, when ALL of them are within the game without the cc it came with I get the first error message. I've individually installed each lot with each small folder , a few at a time, to see if the error message was caused by ONE of them, but there wasn't.  (sorry if I may be repeating myself >_>)

I'm still having the problem and still seeing the two error messages.

A few days ago I just started over. Then I only installed some lots, right now I only have around 7,000 cc in my downloads folder. I don't think it ever was a "quantity" issue.

Hm, so basically it's a memory issue. That's what it all boils down to.?

Is there any way at all I can increase the memory of the game. ?

@ancienthighway

Okay, so I found that the game runs fine with 85% of the CC. I've enterted a handful of lots (with and without cc) and it didn't crash while loading or while navigating on that lot. Afterwards I opened the Clean Installer and I didn't receive the previous main error messages, whether it was scanning the Lotcatalog or the Downloads folder.

Ah, well i do have multiple hoods with themes. How can I go about 'purging'?

It says I have 26.4 Gb ( 28,378,460,783)

And ive generally ran my game without any cc, no crash.

@caffinatedjoy. I already tried the 50/50 method a couple times and I already had stated that I pulled my downloads folder out, everything works fine. I've gone through the wiki sims 'Game Help' thing already also.

I have a 64 bit system (Windows 7) btw. How do i find the file size.? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Er. There isn't anything wrong with the lots i currently have installed, I always look at what comes packaged In the file before I install them. Most of these lots came from ModTheSims, actually. I've rarely had an issue with lots from there anyways. Whatever possible cc that is making it crash, it isn't showing up anywhere. Like I've said before, I've already tried splitting my files into multiple sections and have looked through them to find out what is making my game act this way, which took days. I really would like to play my game again, but I'm becoming very pessimistic at this point. How can I find and resolve this issue by now. ? Is there anything else I can try ?

Okay, so I've tried the program and everything. Unfortunatley, my game is still crashing. When I entered one of my neighborhoods I clicked on two lots that didn't have any CC, then I exited them. No issues. Then I clicked on a random lot that had CC. It crashed at about seven minutes into loading that particular lot. Should I undo what I've done to my game so far.?

Yep, it runs smoothly.

I really didn't have much at the time, perhaps around 25,000 -  30,0000 packages. No hacks at the time, I believe. Most hair, acc, some clothes and neighborhood decor.

My game currently doesn't lag much, ever since I got my new comp. it's actually running better than it ever has. My last comp really couldn't handle the game anymore after a number of years.

Also, the majority of those lots that are installed have either very little to no cc installed.

If I am indeed having a memory issue, then what can I do to resolve the issue. ? And what can I do about the second error message ? 'Objects not set to referance"

I have all EP's installed, except for Apartment Life.

At one point all of the lots I currently have in my game worked fine and I didn't get any error message in the clean installer. I don't know why I would be having issues with certain ones if I've played them before. They technically aren't 'new'. I have taken my downloads folder out and ran the clean installer in the lotcatalog section earlier and didn't recieve any error messages, I really don't think it's a lot at this point.