I recently decided to buy Sims 3 on Mac as I do love the sims series, and as I was an avid Sims 2 fan, I wanted to buy the Sims 3. But I'm beginning to regret my decision. I foolishly bought it straight away off Origin, without looking into any of the problems the game comes with on Mac, although I wasn't expecting there to be many, in all fairness if you're buying a game of someone like Origin you'd expect you would be able to do everything the game has to offer, no matter what platform you play it on. I bought this game with the intention to start a sims series as I'm quite a creative person and I have nothing better to do with my life... Anyway, I immediately noticed the graphics were awful on the game, so I begin to change around all of the graphics and have a play around. After restarting my game of course I come across the usual graphic problems that you come across when playing the Sims 3 on Mac. I spent most of my evening reading forums and coding so I can get my game to work. Eventually it did, but it came at a cost. I can't make more than 1 person on Create-A-Sim without them turning an odd rainbow hue and making my game crash. Create-A-Sim is the furthest I've got as my short patience gets the better of me. Each time I try and approach this game with an open mind, but it eventually ends in me raging - just like now. I spent a good £30 on the game, it was also supposed to include High-Tech Stuff, and the Late Night EP, but when I installed them I couldn't load the game, all I got was an error message, so I can only play the base game. To be honest I can't be bothered to keep spending night after night coding and clicking through forums. I must say a thank you to all of the helpful people on the Mac forums, the community have been 10x better than EA and Origin have been to me. The trouble of living in a house where all we have are Apple products is that I won't be able to play this game anytime soon, unless I buy a laptop or desktop and I don't think I'm financially prepared to do that, as I'm only a Secondary School/High School student. I'm also going to have a little rage about CC, Macs don't to .package files when it comes to the sims, so any hair or clothes I want that are .pkg, I can't install them onto Sims. I don't know if there is a way around it, there probably is but I don't know if I can be bothered.
If you haven't been bothered to read of that I don't blame you, but in conclusion I would say it definitely isn't worth it to buy Sims 3 on Mac if you're like me and are a bit lazy. But if you are prepared to go through forums for a long time to modify your game, then maybe you should try it out. Personally there is only so much I can do before I begin to get agitated, but that's just a personal preference. Unfortunately the Sims 3 is a great game but EA has put no effort into the making of Sims 3 for Mac, it's a rather plum effort. I think that if you're going to release a game, at least release it so it works properly - as you shouldn't charge people for something that is barely compatible with their software.
Rant over! I have tried to read a lot of forums about all the problems I'm experiencing, but I'm not prepared to delve into the world of Package Contents and all that plum. Any help would be appreciated though - and I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced these problems?
If you haven't been bothered to read of that I don't blame you, but in conclusion I would say it definitely isn't worth it to buy Sims 3 on Mac if you're like me and are a bit lazy. But if you are prepared to go through forums for a long time to modify your game, then maybe you should try it out. Personally there is only so much I can do before I begin to get agitated, but that's just a personal preference. Unfortunately the Sims 3 is a great game but EA has put no effort into the making of Sims 3 for Mac, it's a rather plum effort. I think that if you're going to release a game, at least release it so it works properly - as you shouldn't charge people for something that is barely compatible with their software.
Rant over! I have tried to read a lot of forums about all the problems I'm experiencing, but I'm not prepared to delve into the world of Package Contents and all that plum. Any help would be appreciated though - and I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced these problems?