Stuck on black loading screen after installing Seasons

by Guest Sun 12 Jan 2014, 18:44

Hello : )

I don't believe this is a redundant post as I have done research (which seems to result in being insufficient) thus inconveniencing you all is my last resort okay ^^!
I have bought the Sims 3 base game and Ambitions ep and have downloaded the following eps; island paradise, ITF, university life.
I play with CC (this is non-negotiable), and after attempting to install Seasons my game gets stuck on the 'black loading screen'. After which it crashes with an error message stating 'Sims 3 has stopped running'. The game was running smoothly (as smoothly as a sims game can run) before this. Does this verify that I don't have any bad cc? Also should mention I have kept the amount of cc to a minimum.

I run my game using Advanced System Care and Razer Game Booster. I've also dep'ed the necessary exe files. I have assigned more ram to my game using that 4gb_patch program. Before playing I always delete the recommended cache files. After crashing I don't get anything in my 'current game' folder too. The little seasons icon appears on the bottom of my game launcher as well.

I don't quite know where to move on from here (other than to buy a pc or a graphic card). I fear this may be a self-fulfilling prophecy in ending any possibility of playing Seasons. Yep.