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okay sorry but I just tried the graphics card workaround for mac and it screwed up my game a bit so I went back to the old graphicscards and graphicsrules or whatever but now my game won't save ANY of...
View ArticleGame just freezes now
Well I have been playing the Sims 3 again and was cruising along fine until last night when it just stopped working. The game loads and then 5 mins into the game the whole game freezes, nothing on the...
View ArticleThe Sims 3 was playing great for awhile, then.....
Well I have been playing the Sims 3 again and was cruising along fine until last night when it just stopped working. The game loads and then 5 mins into the game the whole game freezes, nothing on the...
View ArticleGame unexpectedly quitting, then disc authorisation failure?
Hi! I recently found my Sims 3 game disc again - I have to say, even though I am a fan of the Sims 4, it doesn't come close to Sims 3. I was obviously extremely excited, and tried to play the game....
View ArticleSims wearing Grim reaper colthes?!
On my game, my child sim has the Grim reaper's clothes. Literally, he wears them as an outfit. Any idea why?
View ArticleHow to access ini files on origin?
So, I'm making sims videos and I need the VideoCamera.ini file on my Mac to edit the camera. I know how you access it with the Sims application, you do the show package contents and it's there. But...
View ArticleSims Custom Content won't install
My Sims 3 custom content wont install(I get mine off the exchange). It used to work but now it doesn't. Anyway, I deleted all of my cc because I wanted to start fresh.I went to the exchange trying to...
View Article"No Disk Found" and Other Spontaneous Errors
Hi all, I've been playing the Sims 3 for years, but lately I've been having a lot of issues that have completely prevented me from playing. I have all of the expansion packs (except the Diesel stuff...
View ArticleSims 3 doesn't work on my macbook pro
So i just bought myself a brand new macbook pro and tried installing sims through origin this did not work, it allowed me to open the launcher and then would stick on the loading page with the green...
View ArticleMy Sims 3 Pets Game Won't Load - It Says It Can't Find The Disc When It's...
I just bought the Sims 3 Pets EP. (It's a disc, I didn't buy it online.) I tried installing it, and everything went fine. However, whenever I load my game and go to select a world, I get a popup...
View ArticleNothing on my computer is working after downloading sims 3 expansion pack
I have had sims 3 for a few years now as well as the supernatural expansion on my Mac and it's run without problems until I downloaded the pets expansion. Now when I open the sims and press the play...
View ArticleStrange Error Occurring
I know this post is rather long. My apologies for that. I recently upgrade my computer to the new OS (Mavericks) and ever since then, I've been having issues with my Sims games. I open the launcher...
View ArticleMacs that have Intel Iris Graphics
Notice to the 2015 iMac users If you have a late 2015 iMac, you may have issues with The Sims 3. All 21.5" iMacs have Intel integrated graphics: the 1.6 GHz model has Intel HD 6000 while the 2.8GHz and...
View ArticleIntel Iris Pro graphics cards - please post here if you have a Macbook with...
Hello Mac simmers After all the trouble with NVIDIA graphics cards before patch 1.63 thankfully fixed that issue, it would appear that some players with Macbooks may now encounter problems with Intel...
View ArticleProcessor speed?
Hi! I´m not exactly a pro when it comes for 'gaming', so how important it is to have your processor speed at minimum requirements? I have Macbook Air 13", and my processor speed is 1.6 GHZ, and the...
View ArticleCould Windows allow TS3 to work on 2013+ Macs?
The Sims 3 has a compatibility problem which annoyed many Mac Simmers is that The Sims 3 doesn't work on 2013 or newer Macs leading to Simmers say on the threads that "My MacBook Pro doesn't work with...
View Articleglitchy spots on user interface/control panel
It used to happen very seldom and now it is becoming more and more frequent. I get splotches ONLY on the user interface/control panel. Everything still works fine but I get very nervous about it (I...
View ArticleIs there a "View My Sim" keyboard combo?
There's shift-enter to view my home. Is there something similar for View My Sim? I know the button that you click...wondering if there is a keyboard key.
View ArticleMac OS X Yosemite and Sims 3
I know nothing about gaming or computers but I love playing sims. I just downloaded my sims 3 game to my new macbook pro, but every time I launch it and push play it crashes or freezes. Someone told me...
View ArticleSims 3 unplayable on some post-2013 Macs - *UPDATE*
SimGuruDrake has just confirmed that the Sims 3 team are apparently still looking into the incompatibility issue on post-2013 Macs and unsupported graphics cards, notably all Intel Iris and most Intel...
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