

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.

