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Post by Allison Reynolds on Oct 26, 2012 8:24:08 GMT -5
I used to play this alot. But then my sibiling got into it, downloading a whole bunch of content and mods and now the game loads incredibly slow and I now consider it unplayable...
They did the same thing to Sims 2 when I had it. Should have known better than to let others play it too, again. -_-
The crappy part is that if you have all expansions for this game, its just nearly impossible to fit all into one neighborhood. Especially with seasons coming out.
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Post by Lila on Oct 26, 2012 23:42:30 GMT -5
Now I wanna start up a new game and track my progress with screenshots. Do it! I've got a new thing going on over in the games section *cheap plug*, it would be nice to see what other people do what this sort of thing. Ooo! I'm definitely getting into this.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Oct 27, 2012 0:25:23 GMT -5
I used to play this alot. But then my sibiling got into it, downloading a whole bunch of content and mods and now the game loads incredibly slow and I now consider it unplayable... They did the same thing to Sims 2 when I had it. Should have known better than to let others play it too, again. -_- The crappy part is that if you have all expansions for this game, its just nearly impossible to fit all into one neighborhood. Especially with seasons coming out. It IS impossible to do everything in one neighborhood. The sims 3 late night can only be held in a city type neighborhood.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Oct 27, 2012 12:09:20 GMT -5
I used to play this alot. But then my sibiling got into it, downloading a whole bunch of content and mods and now the game loads incredibly slow and I now consider it unplayable... They did the same thing to Sims 2 when I had it. Should have known better than to let others play it too, again. -_- The crappy part is that if you have all expansions for this game, its just nearly impossible to fit all into one neighborhood. Especially with seasons coming out. It IS impossible to do everything in one neighborhood. The sims 3 late night can only be held in a city type neighborhood. That's pretty annoying, the game I just abandoned was in the Late Night city. I was trying to advance in life, get married, all the stuff and couldn't find a house to move into.
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Post by Lila on Oct 27, 2012 14:57:15 GMT -5
I used to play this alot. But then my sibiling got into it, downloading a whole bunch of content and mods and now the game loads incredibly slow and I now consider it unplayable... They did the same thing to Sims 2 when I had it. Should have known better than to let others play it too, again. -_- The crappy part is that if you have all expansions for this game, its just nearly impossible to fit all into one neighborhood. Especially with seasons coming out. It IS impossible to do everything in one neighborhood. The sims 3 late night can only be held in a city type neighborhood. What are you talking about? You don't need to play Bridgeport to use the Late Night features at all. You can easily modify Sunset Valley by adding the rabbitholes for the actor/director career and turn unused lots into clubs/bars/lounges/etc. The only thing I hate about that EP is when you become a celebrity of any star level and you get Paparazzi sitting outside your home for no reason. Yeah it's suppose to be lifelike, but that gets annoying as hell afterwards.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Nov 2, 2012 20:35:22 GMT -5
Anybody planning on getting Seasons? I'm strongly considering getting the limited edition on Origin. Oh, and Origin is running a deal right now right you can buy Showtime with Katy Perry or Pets and then you can get Fast Lane Stuff, Town Life Stuff, or Outdoor Living Stuff for free. I bought Pets and got Outdoor living since I already have Late Night/Ambitions/Townlife and FLS looks terrible and I wanted to write some pets into the Jefferson Show. The sale just helped make the decision easier.
Another thing to note, if anyone is interested, if you pre-order Seasons on Origin then you can get Supernatural for $23.99. If I pre-order Seasons, I probably won't get Supernatural because I heard it's just a complete mess.
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Post by Long A, Short A on Nov 3, 2012 0:36:20 GMT -5
I still haven't moved on from Sims 2 yet. Me either...I won't throw any shade towards Sims3, but I'm just not interested in it.
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Post by Lila on Nov 3, 2012 0:44:55 GMT -5
Another thing to note, if anyone is interested, if you pre-order Seasons on Origin then you can get Supernatural for $23.99. If I pre-order Seasons, I probably won't get Supernatural because I heard it's just a complete mess. They already patched the problem with Supernatural last month. That's patch 1.39. The new patch that's out is 1.42. I still need to patch because I'm dying to try out the best new feature of the patch which is being able to swim in the ocean now. Deacon Dr. Pope, I kinda felt the same after play TS3, but it grows on you, quickly.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Nov 3, 2012 0:58:49 GMT -5
Another thing to note, if anyone is interested, if you pre-order Seasons on Origin then you can get Supernatural for $23.99. If I pre-order Seasons, I probably won't get Supernatural because I heard it's just a complete mess. They already patched the problem with Supernatural last month. That's patch 1.39. The new patch that's out is 1.42. I still need to patch because I'm dying to try out the best new feature of the patch which is being able to swim in the ocean now. Deacon Dr. Pope, I kinda felt the same after play TS3, but it grows on you, quickly. The festivals and seasonal based activities have me pretty excited. That, and the Origin bonus content of a shark costume for Sims of all ages. Looks like it's gonna be a pretty solid expansion. It's weird those because now, I'm looking at my Sims purchases from a story-telling point of view.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Nov 12, 2012 14:46:11 GMT -5
I'm bumping this thread to ask a question. Have any of you that play 3 on PC had issues getting downloaded content to install and work? It sucks that I can't use the stuff I bought from the Sims Store with my free points.
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Post by Long A, Short A on Nov 12, 2012 15:32:14 GMT -5
Can you give us some more details about what's wrong? I may not play the game, but I know where to go.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Nov 12, 2012 15:51:10 GMT -5
Can you give us some more details about what's wrong? I may not play the game, but I know where to go. I downloaded things from the Store/Exchange, they show up in my Launcher as downloaded, I click install, I get confirmation that it installed, I check the game and it's not there. It's frustrating.
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Post by Lila on Nov 12, 2012 16:53:43 GMT -5
Uh, there are other ways of getting custom content in your game and other ways of getting Store items in your game. I'm leaving it at that.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Nov 12, 2012 17:05:38 GMT -5
Uh, there are other ways of getting custom content in your game and other ways of getting Store items in your game. I'm leaving it at that. Would you mind dropping me a line with more detail? I'm trying to give Hawk a change of style for the new season that I'm starting tomorrow.
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Post by RBD on Nov 12, 2012 17:19:35 GMT -5
I still play it fairly often. It's as addictive as ever. Unfortunately, I downloaded my copy from Steam and its been having constant technical problems recently. Sometimes the launcher refuses to open, and other times the game just crashes. I haven't been able to find a fix for it yet but I'll keep trying as this thread is making me want to play it.
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Post by Lila on Nov 12, 2012 17:29:25 GMT -5
You can bypass the Launcher. Go to Program Files/Electronic Arts/The Sims 3/Game/bin/
From there look for a application file named 'TS3W'. Right-click it and make a shortcut on your Desktop. Double-click and voila, the game itself will start up with no Launcher.
EDIT: Make sure you're patched 1.22 or higher for this to work.
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Post by Dat Dude on Nov 12, 2012 17:41:42 GMT -5
I only play if my friend starts a new game and then asks me to create a harem of celebrity women for his game. The game may not be my cup of tea, but the character creation is so versatile that it was easy to make spot on celeb lookalikes.
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Post by Hawk Hart on Nov 12, 2012 18:27:29 GMT -5
My head just exploded reading what goes in to all of this content editing.
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Post by Lila on Nov 12, 2012 18:36:53 GMT -5
My head just exploded reading what goes in to all of this content editing. Welcome? It's fairly easy once you know where certain files go and about the Store stuff, some shit went down on Tumblr as I'm typing. Some Asian chick broke the number one rule of this Tumblr that shares Store items for free and got the page shut down. Luckily, there's more than one place to get Store items.
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Post by OriasPool on Nov 12, 2012 19:22:41 GMT -5
I just reinstalled it last night, but I keep getting this annoying error where it says my base game is incompatible with my Ambitions expansion pack and that I need to update it, but I already have.
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