Anyone playing the sims 3 again because of quarantine? lol

I haven't played for years because of having a slow pc but recently got a better setup and I'm back! Rediscovered all my fav custom worlds that I could never play before.

I am completely house bound but work has been crazy busy so I haven't played that much.
Feeling a lot of anxiety recently as well and Sims definitely helps with it ?

I'm on what I call a "simming break". There are other games grabbing my attention right now but I do love Sims 3 and I'll never ditch it.

Hope you enjoy getting back into the game and have fun with all of the new things to do.

I actually switched from the sims 3 to the sims 4 during the quarantine due to a friends suggest. But I do miss my sims 3 families. And the way things were in the sims 3. Despite the crashes and save errors I still struggle with in the sims 3.

"bekkasan;c-17449019" wrote:
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:

I have less time to play than ever even though I am self-quarantined. My job function is essential, but the services our organization provides while important are not considered as such so we are working 100% remotely and my users are little children (okay, they are attorneys) who have no idea how to function in a sudden new environment even though they were prepared for this. If I gave them one screen with nothing but a big red button in the middle and a label that says "click this," they would all be calling, emailing, and texting me asking what in the world they were supposed to do, are they supposed to click on something, why weren't any instructions or training provided, and what do you mean by launch a browser window, what's a browser? The younger generation ones thankfully don't do that, instead they demand to know why can't we all use Google Hangup Whatsup Something or get Zoomified like "everyone else" (what we have centrally managed instead is more secure and works just as well or better if they would just use it) and why can't we all be entirely in the cloud instead of having to use this stoopid safe and secure remote access junk (sometimes the answer is just "because I said so" since they aren't listening anyway). How did I ever get into this job, again? /end rant

Things are calming down on that front now and although I still live in what could be described as a war zone and that itself is pretty stressful, I may actually get to launch the game somewhere between now and the end of this weekend. But keep the game/mod support questions coming, I think those are the only things keeping me sane right now. :/

"delphy;c-17449684" wrote:
I actually switched from the sims 3 to the sims 4 during the quarantine due to a friends suggest. But I do miss my sims 3 families. And the way things were in the sims 3. Despite the crashes and save errors I still struggle with in the sims 3.

I've been toying with the idea of installing the Sims 4 but I think I love Sims 3 too much ahah. and there's so much I've got to discover :)

"igazor;c-17449820" wrote:
my users are little children (okay, they are attorneys) who have no idea how to function in a sudden new environment even though they were prepared for this. If I gave them one screen with nothing but a big red button in the middle and a label that says "click this," they would all be calling, emailing, and texting me asking what in the world they were supposed to do,

lol!

"bekkasan;c-17449019" wrote:
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 wife is also essential services as she works in a store that contains a pharmacy - her hours have increased to “full eights”. ~sigh~ @bekkasan, stay safe; keeping fingers crossed for your safety and hers.

Yup!!! I’ve had some weird lag with my new computer (i5, GeForce GTX 1050 card) and i took the time to change a bunch of settings (some guide on steam had me coding!)and codes to get it to work beautifully. Game looks awesome and runs awesome. Only wish i could’ve fixed visual testing without having to switch to windowed mode

Never stopped! :)
I´m actually playing less, because I´m going to work like usual. I work in the office of an industrial laundry service, we provide and do the laundry (bedding, towels and stuff, also work wear) of hospitals and retirement/nursing homes, no home office possible. The work load has actually increased, because even if my country is not hit as hard as others for now (fingers crossed), frantic customers keep phoning me for isolation material they want to hoard like other people toilet paper "just in case".

Of course, when I´m done, I stay at home, but that´s nothing new. :D
But I´m a lot more tired than usual, also the weather is just brilliant, so I prefer doing stuff in the garden to staring at a screen. (All my neighbours also do stuff in the garden VERY LOUDLY. I had to put in ear plugs).

I can't since EA hasn't updated the game to 64-bit for Catalina. They announced the update back in October and it's now April and there's still nothing.