Has anyone else gotten an "update" for the sims 3?

@GraceyManor

I don't play the digital game anymore but it's still installed on my PC so I logged into origin to fire up 3 to check and there was no update notification for me either. I think the last one I remember was ages ago after the 1.69 patch that updated that new sunset valley style world. (I forget what it's called now I think it's adventure land or something similar sounding)

I would be wary about further updates as well as every update in the last couple years has made my game worse too. I hope your game is okay and you manage to get the settings sorted.

I am also getting the prompt to update to a new version. I am holding off doing it at the moment.

"Coriandre;c-17805507" wrote:
I am also getting the prompt to update to a new version. I am holding off doing it at the moment.

Don’t do it I have had nothing but trouble

What happen if you put the game on Windowed? you can do so by editing options.ini

Why is it necessary to get the graphics card recognized? Will this boost the speed?

I am really wondering now why some players are getting this update message and others are not. Also why has there not been a message from EA explaining that there is an update and what it's for as they usually do that prior to updates don't they?

@alanmichael1

After players upgrade their graphic cards to the latest versions the game usually throws that message of card not recognized the first time they boot up the game after the upgrade and some players feel that getting the card recognized helps with in game graphics so do it for that reason. I have often gone this route and found it to help with graphics in game however other players have found it hasn't done much at all so it's a matter of perspective and up to individual players to decide for themselves if they need to or not. I play in very large worlds with lots of builds/mods/cc so I did feel it helped with loading times when moving from on map area to another however my digital game is unplayable now after a few origin/windows 10 upgrades so I only play on disc now where I don't incur the same issues at all.

"alanmichael1;c-17805689" wrote:
Why is it necessary to get the graphics card recognized? Will this boost the speed?

It lets you tell the game how good your card is. I suspect it affects the way the game tries to render the images you see on screen.

I’m not sure what this update is or was but it corrupted my save file and I had to start a new save it also caused my screen to go on and off.EA needs to let us know

"SPARKY1922;c-17805823" wrote:
I am really wondering now why some players are getting this update message and others are not. Also why has there not been a message from EA explaining that there is an update and what it's for as they usually do that prior to updates don't they?

@alanmichael1

After players upgrade their graphic cards to the latest versions the game usually throws that message of card not recognized the first time they boot up the game after the upgrade and some players feel that getting the card recognized helps with in game graphics so do it for that reason. I have often gone this route and found it to help with graphics in game however other players have found it hasn't done much at all so it's a matter of perspective and up to individual players to decide for themselves if they need to or not. I play in very large worlds with lots of builds/mods/cc so I did feel it helped with loading times when moving from on map area to another however my digital game is unplayable now after a few origin/windows 10 upgrades so I only play on disc now where I don't incur the same issues at all.

My current PC has an Intel 9400F processor without integrated graphics unit, so TS3 can't mix up the devices and has to take the discrete card even though it is not "recognized". For me the game runs very smoothly without any procedure.

https://youtu.be/4F4qzPbcFiA

Don't do it...they're trying to make you go to Sims 4. :D :mrgreen: