August 2015 - last edited August 2015 by Bluebellflora
I recently put Sims 3 on my macbook air along with the following expansion/stuff packs:
Island Paradise
Seasons
Pets
Generations
University
Showtime
Ambitions
World Adventures
Late Night
High-End Loft
I had just the base game installed before but i uninstalled it after it kept crashing. Now every time i press play on origin the launcher pops up and i press play on there but nothing happens. I was able to get on before and it will either freeze or crash. Idk what to do. Please Help.
About My Mac:
OS X Yosemite
Version 10.10.2
13-inch, Early 2014
1.4 GHz Intel Core i5
4GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Intel HD Graphics 50001536MB
August 2015 - last edited August 2015
The simple answer is that your Mac just can't handle all those EPs installed. The Sims 3 is a very intense, resource hungry game, especially on Macs due to EA having used Cider to make it 'compatible' in OS X. Pets and Seasons are especially demanding. Showtime isn't much better either.
MacBook Airs are not designed for gaming, they are not really powerful enough. And whilst you may be able to play the base game on all low settings, with memories turned off, when you start adding in EPs and/or up your graphics settings the game will just give up.
You should also update Yosemite to 10.10.5, the latest release.
August 2015
I am having the same issue, but with the base game only. On a Mac that literally arrived in the mail yesterday.
August 2015
If you have a brand new Mac your problem is most likely incompatible graphics.
What Mac do you have? If you have a Mac with any of the following graphics the game is not compatible:
You can try the workaround here, using the relevant details for your graphics card.
August 2015
I just bought an Macbook Air, but it does appear to have the Intel HD Graphics 6000. What would you suggest?
August 2015
Trying the workaround in the link I posted in my previous post. Your game will not play unless you can get the game to recognise your graphics card.
August 2015 - last edited August 2015
@Bluebellflora
Okay, so i uninstalled most of my expansions now i just have late night, ambitions and generations. It worked but crashed in cas. I'm not good with laptop and have no idea whats wrong.
August 2015
So it's kind of working! Ok, you need to now regularly purge RAM during gameplay. I think you will probably always have problems because your MBA isn't powerful enough for the game but at least we can try and minimise the frequency
August 2015 - last edited August 2015
i read the article and i tried it it said 'command not found' so i installed what it said and it still dosent work. im very frustrated and on the verge of giving up... :/
is there an app i can get thatll purge ram for me?
August 2015
Yep - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/memory-clean-monitor-free/id451444120?mt=12