Anyone playing the sims 3 again because of quarantine? lol

"StephSteb;c-17448504" wrote:
I never stopped, lol! I am getting way into building now - houses, stories, towns. I've been working on my own world for years now (because CAW hates me) but I have no idea if I'll ever finish. Lately, though I've just been on a building (and cc downloading) mission!

That's so cool that you're doing your own world, I've been toying with the idea of doing my own for a while. So far I've stuck to making sure I've experienced living in everyone one of my store world's, currently rebuilding aurora skies tho because I thought it was really ugly. Never been into building much either when I was younger

"telmarina;c-17448508" wrote:
I play both 3 and 4. Ive recently bought supernatural ep and im looooving it. Im doing a very disfunctional family haha

That's so cool lol, I've always been unsure if I'd even like supernatural, but I know I'll try it at some point during the quarantine:)

"Archivist;c-17448532" wrote:
I started and stopped playing again in February and have been trying to start again since the quarantine. I've found that I can't really get into the game at all in the daytime but can still sometimes get hooked for a few hours in the middle of the night when I can't sleep.

I keep seeing this YouTube ad that starts with "The greatest enemy of writing is being interrupted by other people." I think the same is true for me when Simming lol :confounded:

Sims has totally ruined my sleeping pattern :p :p

"cody6268;c-17448545" wrote:
I really haven't played it in a while, as it isn't optimized for newer systems and is taxing on my hardware, and tends to crash.

One thing I plan to finally do is figure out why the RAM doesn't seem to work on a new Acer Nitro 50, as given it has an i7, better cooling, and a dedicated graphics card, it should have no problem running TS3 with more than just one or two packs. I suspect the RAM simply became unseated due to poor handling by Amazon and/or UPS. Need to finally run the memory test I set up a flash drive and a DVD-ROM for. I also want to bump it up to at least 16GB of RAM.

I had the same problem - I fixed it by getting NRAAS mods (overwatch, master controller, error trap etc) and a mod online with helps gpu optimization (https://www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/106)

I also reinstalled my whole game to get rid of bad CC, and because the game would shut down between loading screens which really shouldn't happen with my computer. It's normal that Sims is a really buggy game even though you've got a really good computer. I found the NRAAS mods really helped the game to not freeze every few seconds, and the game worked much smoother with
gpu optimization. I also opted for playing in a different world and leaving Islo Paradiso, because of how annoying it is. I noticed that errortrap/overwatch was constantly at work in it, and that animals and Sims would always get stuck

Good luck ❤️

Never stopped, and I don't have any extra time to play as I'm essentials services, so not home any more than normal. Glad to see some coming back though. Someone is always around if you need help. :smiley:

My Sims are also in quarantine :no_mouth:

I didn't start with the quarantine but I'm definitely playing more because of the quarantine. And I love it because nobody can judge me for it anymore! (Guilty of cancelling quite a few plans for simming in the past)

@bekkasan - Thank you for your bravery and contribution no matter which essential service you provide in this time of crisis. And, as always, Happy Simming when you're back in front of the game :)!

"IStoleUrCandy;c-17449001" wrote:
I'm also going to try doing a legacy again!! I've only ever gotten to generation 3, usually my game runs into issues after a while or I just lose interest. What kind of legacy game are you playing? I'd really like to try a 'randomacy' style of legacy

I've had the Sims for a long time too, but I really haven't played much in the past 3 years because of school. There's so much I never discovered/played with from the EPs, so I've been having so much fun

I'm not playing a particular type of legacy for one family. The other, I'm attempting an Alphabet legacy - starting with the 2nd generation (with the founding sims being generation 1).

I have actually been playing less while housebound. Normally simming is a great escape for me but it doesn't seem to be able to get my stress levels down enough in these trying times. Streaming shows about families in normal times, even if they are dysfunctional (but what family isn't? :wink: ) has been helping so I will stick with that and just load my game briefly for the occasional makeover.