More Awesome Than You!

I started getting this message, downloaded a new driver for my video card, and I still get this stop error.

I have an AMD Athlon 64, NVidia GeForce 6150 LE (256 MB memory), 1 GB ram, Windows XP Pro.

It happens when I have a Sim selected, tap "spacebar" to go to another Sim, on a lot with at least four Sims, with a meduim-sized house or larger. I pruned out the high CC, enormous lots, so I don't think that's an issue. I have no hacks, and very little custom content - mostly the Maxis stuff by MaxiodMonkey. I have all the EP's and SP's except Holiday SP.

It also happens if there's weather, a lot of Sims moving around, and I'm issuing commands or flipping between Sims. And I've tried going so slow my Legacy tenth gen will be born before his first gen ancestor gets a shower, potty break, and out the door to go to work. (Slight, slight exaggeration, but only slight. I'm a teensy bit frustrated.)

Sometimes it will happen on the teensiest lot, but only if there's a party with a metric shitton of Sims over.

Does anyone have any advice/workarounds/sympathy?
Mucho thanks.

Try the latest BETA drivers (http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_downloads_rel70betadriver.html).

If weather is the problem and you can't solve it with new drivers, try the Seasons & Weather Controller from www.simwardrobe.com.  You can then just turn the weather completely off on your legacy lot (but you can also create weather when your sim has a want to "see snow" etc.  However, if this is not acceptable in the challenge you are playing, I guess there are other ways of getting rid of the weather that are acceptable, just more fiddly.

You also mention having some CC from Maxoid Monkey.  I believe there was a problem with some of the things, I seem to remember an issue with the topiaries and the computer, so it might be worth checking this out.

Some (most?) of Monkey's objects have a very high poly count.  I flipped when I first saw the numbers in SimPE.   They're now disabled/dumped.

Thanks for the sites and advice, and a quick apology for not getting back to you sooner. I went away for the weekend to indulge in my other hobby - D&D. I'll test out your suggestions and see what happens.