I've had issues since I first got it to work, which it didn't work for awhile after after I got my new laptop (I can't remember the exact fix) it's never worked perfectly, it would still crash on occasion, after doing the empty task fix it began to work better, still an occasional crash. Now lately it seems to be crashing way too often, sometimes as soon as I load a neighborhood upon starting up the game, it will be pink soup. Today, whenever I try to buy a particular item from the catalogue, it will crash, I've tried the same object a few times, with 2 different families, only to end up with the same result, when just yesterday I had no issues with the object (it's the antique camera but buyable, I can't remember where I got it from)

The most recent error log:

exception time: 01/09/2025, at 21:46:30.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 16596 (0x000040d4).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Users\aaaaa\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe
Application/module version name: The Sims 2 EP9
Application/module version: 1.17.0.66
System version: Windows NT 6.0
System memory: 4096 Megabytes total, 4096 Megabytes free.
Application/module configuration: ReleaseSRT


Extra Exception Data:

Shutdown: 0
HostName: DESKTOP-6HHJ567
MemoryUsage: 1255316K
Neighborhood Name: Cera
Neighborhood Prefix: N006
Lot Name: Craftsman's Pride
Family Name: Mire
Extra Exception Data End:

Exception module: C:\Users\aaaaa\Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSBin\Sims2EP9.exe.
Exception address: 0x0081101d. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x0041001d.

Registers
EAX: 00000000
EBX: 3a54a000
ECX: 36a655f4
EDX: 00000403
ESI: 00000000
EDI: 36a655f4
CS:EIP: 0023:0081101d
SS:ESP: 002b:0351f9cc EBP:00008000
DS:002b ES:002b FS:0053 GS:002b
Flags: 00010246