Sims 3 can only use 800 MB of VRAM at any given time. And this is a real limit, not just a myth or rumor. I've benchmarked with the game open, running in build mode for an hour on ultra graphics at a 2560x1440 resolution. The VRAM usage immediately goes just over 800 MB (there's a bit extra in use ...

Ahh, there's no source code for Simler's mod, that's why its so difficult to work with it. I would love if Simler would apply his talents to NRAAS here so the fixes he found can be shared, but I guess he wants to keep the credit. That's his choice and its ok.

I couldn't tell you other mods I have installed over the last year that this has been happening, but Smooth Patch 2.0 might have been one of them. I DID go back to Smooth Patch 1 recently, with no change, until now.

Is it not the case that by doing the Steam repair thing, you have thus undone any changes made to the game files by the Smoothness Patch, either version? And then, maybe that was the culprit here? Just guessing, with not much other game file info to go on. That could be. I have not verified yet whe...

Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!! I think I fixed it. First I tried pulling out my Sims 3 documents folder and letting it generate a new one, but that caused more issues with missing store content. So I went back to the way it was. Then I decided to try letting Steam check its files and rebuild t...

This mod lets you change the script of an object with another one:

https://modthesims.info/d/592332/the-tr ... anger.html

When playing large or even very large worlds and many sims, houses, everything graphically goes into the graphic RAM, so yes I still think that less then 4 GB is maybe not enough for a very smooth play. But for the crash - we don't know what specs the OPs PC or Laptop has (only the graphic card). A...

Its a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 with 2gb video memory. I have the resolution set at 1920 x 1080, which is the native resolution of my monitor. Could that be a problem?

Yes my FPS is definitely capped at 60 with NVIDIA's tools. Interesting info about the Windows changes to full-screen mode.

Well this is interesting. I switched to windowed mode so I could watch Task Manager as it saved. It was around 2.1-2.3GB the whole time and saved just fine. So I went back to full-screen mode and played another hour, then tried to save. It crashed. I didn't try again yet in windowed mode.

I ran a package check thru S3 Dashboard and did not see anything unusual. I removed my skins and started a new game in another custom world, Storybrook County: https://www.mysimrealty.com/WORLDS_StorybrookCounty.html It *is* a large world but I have not had issues with it before. However, I didn't e...