EDIT: sorry,found the solution

Andra Allen asked this and got the answer (both on pg 4 I think),I would just like to ask can I zoom out at least a bit (my circle tool disappears when I zoom out a lot) or do I have to leave it on EA's default zoom?

Hi! I have problem with saving world from EIG. It crashes to the desktop at the last moment and windows says that there is an error with TS3W.exe and something with MSVCR80.dll (i've tried to reinstall Framewor, but it didn't help). Crash log analyzer says I need to have 4+ GB RAM, but i already have 8GB, it should be enought . I've found that there is no problem when i create new world and save it, so it's something with my world. Can anyone help me to find out what is the problem and check my world in other computer? It's 107 Mb in .rar https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgpjs9qcdicblth/City.rar the settings file, I've forgot it and here is all the custom stuff I have for CAW- airport and riverport
I've tried all the things written in the first post, but it continues to crash(
My system: Intel core i5 3.30 GHz, Nvidia GeForce 560 Ti 2048. I've got 8Gb RAM, 24Gb of virtual memory (8 on system, 8 on game and 8 on program HDD)

Last edited by Birget : 12th Dec 2012 at 08:53 AM.

Are you using LAA?

Info and links in first post

Yes, i'm using LAA. And i'veread and tried thigs written in the first post before writing.

If it matters I'm on Win 7x64 SP1
The Eig worked after update to 1.42, but stopped saving a few days ago

Last edited by Birget : 12th Dec 2012 at 10:16 AM.

I'm having the same problem. I've updated to 1.42.130 in game and I've got CAW 1.18.56. No LAA. I've only just started with CAW so it's a clean install and the world I'm editing is SunsetValley_Lite.

I can open the world fine, edit it in CAW, and go into EIG okay. The problem occurs after I save in EIG. After I save, I can no longer open the same world in EIG again. It doesn't matter if I've made no edits. The act of saving in EIG seems to corrupt the world so I can no longer EIG again, even though CAW will still open the file.

EDIT #1: I've just tried with RiverView_Lite, no edits made, and I get the same problem. I also tried with a blank, brand new flat, blank map -- and it DIDN'T CRASH! Hallelujah? It was totally unedited though. Maybe all I need to do is add some lots or roads to get it to crap out again...

EDIT #2: Added a lot, a road, and a Butterfly Dome on my new, blank map and it crashed after saving in and trying to reopen in EIG...

Edit #3: Reinstalled my game, all EPs, and started completely clean without CC. Reinstalled CAW, too. Still crashing when I try to reopen worlds in EIG that were saved in EIG. I give up!

I also can't install any of these worlds into my game after export. The launcher will tell me they've installed correctly but they don't show up under the installed lots tab or in game. I've been able to install other people's worlds, however.

I'm using Windows 7, 6GB RAM, and an Nvidia GTX 275.

Last edited by cenovis : 17th Dec 2012 at 04:13 AM.

Hi there,

My EIG doesn't work. Every time I click it, the world screen will go black as if it's about to load and the cursor will change to the TS3 cursor, but after a few seconds it'll just change back to what it's like in regular CAW. Is this about the 1.42 patch not letting CAW read the new exe file? My game is already patched to 1.42, so with the link you have here, would I still have to patch again even though my game isn't going from 1.39 to 1.42? I'm a bit confused...

Thanks

Last edited by xteenah : 17th Dec 2012 at 07:38 PM.

Are any of you still having problems? I've not been able to answer for a few weeks! Could you all please post your gameversion and EIG versions if you are having difficulty, and test with a clean set of Sims 3 and CAW user files, and no CAW CC.

I don't know if this is anything that can be helped but I've tried every way of troubleshooting possible, removed CC, done clean installs etc, LAA'd the game and CAW, de-LAA'd the game and CAW, DEP'd and without DEP, however I have a persistant error of Edit in Game not even loading to the seasons loading screen and just crashing affecting all worlds I've created, even brand new worlds with no road etc. After the Crash to Desktop there is an xcpt log that reads:

Computer name: [blanked out]
Computer DNS name: [blanked out]
Username: [blanked out]
EA_PLATFORM: Windows on X86
OS name: Windows XP
OS Version Number: 5.1.2600
Debugger present: No
CPU count: 4
processor type: X86
Processor level: 6
Processor revision: 5898
Memory load: 96%
Total Physical Memory: 4094MB
Available physical memory: 143MB
Total page file memory: 10119MB
Available page file memory: 2162mb
Total virtual memory: 4095Mb
Free virtual memory: 158Mb

[Application Info]
Language: C++
Compiler: Microsoft Visual C++ compiler, version 1400
App path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Art\The Sims 3\Game\Bin\TS3W.exe
App Version: 0.2.0.190

[Exception Info]
date: 2012-12-31
time: 11.16.38
type: ACCESS_VIOLATION writing address 0x00000000
address: 0x729e537a
"C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e183b_8.0.50727.6195_none_d09154e044272b9a\MSVCR80.dll":0x0001:0x0001437a

The actual game works fine, just EIG is refusing to load, was wondering if there was any fix for this

Last edited by Boy_Wonder : 31st Dec 2012 at 02:27 PM.

Boy_Wonder, does it work if you use this batch file?
http://modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=453161

Have you tried it with a fresh set of user files for both the game and CAW, and with no custom content installed? What is your Sims 3 gameversion and your CAW gameversion? List the gameversion for each EP and Sp, too.

Not tried the batch file

In answer to questions -
Fresh set of user files for both the game and CAW - yep, even to the point of reinstalling, deleting everything left behind out before reinstalling
Sims 3 game version, CAW gameversion etc - unsure let me check that
Edit: CAW version: - 1.18.5.019037
Base game version: - 1.42.130.019017
WA - 2.0.86.002017
HELS - 3.0.38.004017
Ambitions - 4.0.87.006017
Generations- 8.0.152.011017
Late Night - 6.0.81.009017
Master suite - 11.0.84.014017
TLS - 9.0.73.012017
FLS -5.0.44.008017
Showtime - 12.0.273.015017
Seasons - 16.0.0136.019017
Outdoor Living Stuff - 7.0.55.010017
Supernatural - 15.0.135.018017
Pets - 10.0.96.013017
Diesel - 14.0.48.017017

((not in install order just order I found their files)

Also batch file didn't work, it just silently CTD'd

Last edited by Boy_Wonder : 1st Jan 2013 at 11:21 AM.

Your EPs aren't patched, which may not be the problem but it's worth trying anyway, as some people have reported CAW problems with unpatched EPs.
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...elp:Patch_Table

Also, could you tell me your computer specs?
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...lp:System_Specs

Is there any way of patching each EP without reinstall everything? I ran superpatcher but the numbers haven't changed

I'll get system specs ASAP (though it did previously run CAW and EIG quite happily until recently)

System Specs below:

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System Information
------------------
Time of this report: 1/3/2013, 11:09:56
Machine name: ROBINSPC
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6002) Service Pack 2 (6002.vistasp2_gdr.120824-0336)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: FUJITSU SIEMENS
System Model: Amilo Desktop PI3745A
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8200 @ 2.33GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.3GHz
Memory: 4094MB RAM
Page File: 4155MB used, 5970MB available
Windows Dir: C:\Windows
DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
DxDiag Version: 7.00.6002.18107 32bit Unicode

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Display Devices
---------------
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GT 120
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce GT 120
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0646&SUBSYS_9630174B&REV_A1
Display Memory: 2797 MB
Dedicated Memory: 1005 MB
Shared Memory: 1791 MB
Current Mode: 1768 x 992 (32 bit) (30Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um
Driver Version: 9.18.0013.0697 (English)
DDI Version: 10
BGRA Supported: Yes
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 10/10/2012 21:23:48, 18252136 bytes

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Sound Devices
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Description: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_0888&SUBSYS_1462504C&REV_1001
Manufacturer ID: 1
Product ID: 100
Type: WDM
Driver Name: RTKVHD64.sys
Driver Version: 6.00.0001.5854 (English)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
WHQL Logo'd: n/a
Date and Size: 5/15/2009 15:26:48, 1756448 bytes

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 321.0 GB
Total Space: 841.6 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: ST310005 28AS SCSI Disk Device

Last edited by Boy_Wonder : 3rd Jan 2013 at 01:36 PM.

So I've been working on a world for awhile now, and when I'm in EIG it crashes, I've tried all of the work arounds to fix the game which work but than non of my custom content shows up in EIG which would be fine but I've used a ton of it in my world. So I exported my world and started building my lots in game, and low and behold my game crashes. My sister was able to play the game no problem, however she wasn't using my world. I do have a some custom content which seems to be conflicting with itself, and since there skylights which I've used quite a bit I can't exactly fix it with going lot by lot. I do wonder if it's because of the amount of objects on each lot, my computer was bought last June and is pretty powerful though. Thanks for the help, if you need any other info let me know.

Boy_Wonder, the wiki seems to be down for me at the moment, but no, you don't have to reinstall to patch the EPs. There are links in the patch table I linked to previously- you just have to look at 2010/ 2011 patch tables to see them. Then, download them and apply them. backup first as always; when the wiki works again I'll be able to look to see if your graphics card is supported!

ruffdog24, the CC not showing up in EIG is normal- it's a known issue, you just need to build the lots in-game and then add them in EIG. If the world is crashing in-game also, then check that you don't have CC attached to the world in the Sims3pack itself- check it with CUSTARD.
http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=390235
If thee is CC in the Sims3Pack then remove your DCBackup folder temporarily, and export the world again. Also, what are your system specs? Are you fully patched? Post your Gameversions, as Boy_Wonder did.

I patched fully up, and the oddness is up until very recently (as in up until the back end of December when this problem started) everything worked fine, fully patched, all expansion packs and everything.

From what I've found browsing system requirements on the sims 3 forum the graphics card should be supported

Windows Supported Video Cards
-----------------------------

NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) series
FX5900 or greater
G 100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150
GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 275, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295
* Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100
cards are not supported

Last edited by Boy_Wonder : 4th Jan 2013 at 04:13 PM.

System Information
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name AJBENSON-HP
System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
System Model h8-1214
System Type x64-based PC
Processor AMD FX(tm)-6100 Six-Core Processor, 3300 Mhz, 3 Core(s), 6 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date AMI Ang_713, 12/29/2011
SMBIOS Version 2.7
Windows Directory C:\Windows
System Directory C:\Windows\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name AJBenson-HP\AJ Benson
Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 10.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 9.97 GB
Available Physical Memory 8.18 GB
Total Virtual Memory 19.9 GB
Available Virtual Memory 16.7 GB
Page File Space 9.97 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Display
Name HP Remote Graphics Driver
PNP Device ID ROOT\DISPLAY\0000
Adapter Type Not Available, (Standard system devices) compatible
Adapter Description HP Remote Graphics Driver
Adapter RAM Not Available
Installed Drivers Not Available
Driver Version 6.0.1.0
INF File oem123.inf (hprg_device section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries 4294967296
Resolution 1920 x 1080 x 60 hertz
Bits/Pixel 32
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\hprg.sys (5.4.5.0, 11.30 KB (11,576 bytes), 5/24/2012 5:21 PM)

Name AMD Radeon HD 7450
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_677B&SUBSYS_24961462&REV_00\4&2534E90F&0&0010
Adapter Type ATI display adapter (0x677B), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. compatible
Adapter Description AMD Radeon HD 7450
Adapter RAM 1.00 GB (1,073,741,824 bytes)
Installed Drivers aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver Version 8.960.11.1000
INF File oem132.inf (ati2mtag_NI section)
Color Planes Not Available
Color Table Entries Not Available
Resolution Not Available
Bits/Pixel Not Available
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Memory Address 0xFEA20000-0xFEA3FFFF
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IRQ Channel IRQ 4294967293
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Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atikmpag.sys (8.14.1.6261, 331.50 KB (339,456 bytes), 4/26/2012 3:32 AM)

Sound
Name AMD High Definition Audio Device
Manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices
Status OK
PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_1002&DEV_AA01&SUBSYS_00AA0100&REV_1002\5&19B849D9&0&0001
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\atihdw76.sys (7.12.0.7702, 226.02 KB (231,440 bytes), 2/14/2012 5:27 PM)

Name IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
Manufacturer IDT
Status OK
PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76C7&SUBSYS_103C2AC8&REV_1001\4&1D190335&0&0001
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\stwrt64.sys (6.10.6395.0, 524.00 KB (536,576 bytes), 3/23/2012 2:59 PM)

Name Bluetooth Hands-free Audio
Manufacturer Broadcom
Status OK
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CD/DVD
Drive E:
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PNP Device ID IDE\CDROMHP_CDDVDW_TS-H653TN_____________________H6GA____\5&9C37333&0&0.1.0
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys (6.1.7601.17514, 144.00 KB (147,456 bytes), 11/20/2010 7:23 PM)

Oh ok so does CC attatched to the world mean that I've used some CC in the world and if I deleted it or it became corrupt then EIG will crash? Sorry trying to wrap my head around it.
My game is fully patched. I'm currently running custard through it and it was corrupt, so now I'm trying to fix it only problem is I'm not sure where or how to start I've got it open in S3PE. Thanks for your help Simsample. I was starting to feel cursed, my sister was able to play for three hours last night and I hop on to work on my world and it crashes or I give up for a bit on my world and I start using CAS go to exit to play with the sim and it gets stuck processing... wasn't even in my world

@Boy_Wonder- According to Ellacharmed's charts, your card isn't strong enough for the later EPs, so that could be why you are having trouble loading EIG. Every EP adds to the overhead that the game commands, so this could be why it's stopped working recently.
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...em_Requirements

@ruffdog24- your graphics card has 'No' across the board:
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...em_Requirements
Meaning there must be some incompatibility with that and the Sims 3. That could explain some of your problems. From what I've seen, building does seem particularly memory intensive in CAW (possible because the game has to store every action so that you can 'undo' it). So perhaps saving often and rebooting the game periodically would help you.

For the CC, remember that worlds will always show up in red ('corrupt') in CUSTARD, that is not a problem. But it's not desirable to have items packed in with the Sims3Pack. This may explain what I mean:
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/po...21.page#9875970
Using CC shouldn't be a problem though, but remember that if you have a lot of CC you are increasing the game overhead. Also, faulty CC can cause the game to use excessive resources:
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title...ackage_File_Lag

Alright sounds good thanks so much simsample, since I use Photoshop almost everyday and it needs an Intel graphics card if I want to use the 3D programming, any suggestions on which one I should keep an eye out for? As well as what I could do until I get the correct graphics card? You also might of saved my life lol I was starting to feel cursed the game always crashes when I play/ build and my sister wants to kill me when the game crashes when she plays.

The link I gave before shows the table of all cards which work well with the game; that is updated by Ellacharmed frequently to deal with newer cards. So that's the best info we have on that.

You could always ask in the 'Computer&Software Help' forum if you need advice on specific hardware (click Help at the top of the page).

Didn't even see the link, sorry about that, be a bit of a long and busy week, which sadly just started.
Thanks so much though.

No problem, it's easy for me to link to things but a lot harder for you to have to read them all!

Hahah that's true and genrally the stuff I need to figure out has a huge learning curve... After Effects and Adobe Flash being just the tip of the iceberg

I have my EIG back now, I have to keep a different sims 3 folder just called Sims 3 CAW to switch in - for some reason just removing the CC related folders wasn't getting it to twig "oh wait no CC"

I've done most of what the suggestions are on this thread from what little I know of the program but it seems I'm going to lose 3 hours of land sculpting, painting, and routing no matter what I do. Thanks EA games for creating such a great product. I hope the person in the EA company that has yet to update this program gets kicked in the nuts.

No, skip kicking them in the nuts, just cut them off with a rusty knife.

You simply have to EXPORT the "Sims(Steam)" registry values, and simply remove the "(Steam)", from all the contained entries...

RUN: regedit

Located in... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\

Then, "INSTALL" the edited registry entry by double-clicking it, after you have saved the edited file.

Original SAMPLE registry for "Steam" users... (Win-xp)
NOTE: My game is installed on drive (E...
BOLD items are what was changed.
{Do not use MY edits... These are simply to show you WHAT to edit...}


This is the EDITED file... {Removed the "(Steam)" word.}
NOTE: My game is installed on drive (E...