[Dr. P.R. Park III]

I keep running tests on a rather large universe, roughly 30-35 leagues, and I can usually sim up to 4-5 years, but usually in October in the 5th year I get the nasty OOTP 8 Runtime Error. I've been reading this thread for some possible answers, and I've come to the conclusion it has something to do with the incompetence of my somewhat aged computer. Specs are XP SP2, 1.8 GHZ processor, 1 GB RAM (soon to be 2GB) and I believe 128 MB video....I'm not on it right so I can't access manufacturer specifics. Now, I know an universe with 30+ leagues is rather large, but I'm trying to do something a little "realistic"...can anyone give me some information on whether they believe the bug has something to do with the limitations on my system? I kept all leagues stats to "Normal" but now that I remember there were a couple of other things I could have changed to decrease the wear on my hardware. Also, I use the "simple dialogue" preference for sims.