I love this game!

Further to my love of TS3 for its ability to create "immersive" scenarios; where else can you (with the help of a few mods and a nicely discovered post-apocalyptic world) can you create a post-nuclear war apocalyptic feel to an Apocalypse challenge or narrative story.

Can anyone do that with TS4 without having to stretch their imagination to the breaking point? Oh, apocalypse, zombie challenge, clear sunny skies while a bunch of people go jogging down the street and cars running along in the background. Yippee.

You would NOT want to be stuck in this TS3 world...at all...and that's where the immersive nature of Sims 3 comes on full-bore "smack you in the face" realism.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOO7QaBgxys/W--YeyiVBPI/AAAAAAAAa9w/ajxKVTSTAJwNgDfJdBSuibemMb180dMSgCLcBGAs/s1600/NuclearWinter1.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_cgHk22_JOk/W-_A6TdemYI/AAAAAAAAbA4/Z45EYNFXs4YME-FWHXfzURGLxAd3Tzt5wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-6.jpg

<--- Windows 8 and 10 :D

"Nikkei_Simmer;c-16836097" wrote:
Further to my love of TS3 for its ability to create "immersive" scenarios; where else can you (with the help of a few mods and a nicely discovered post-apocalyptic world) can you create a post-nuclear war apocalyptic feel to an Apocalypse challenge or narrative story.

Can anyone do that with TS4 without having to stretch their imagination to the breaking point? Oh, apocalypse, zombie challenge, clear sunny skies while a bunch of people go jogging down the street and cars running along in the background. Yippee.

You would NOT want to be stuck in this TS3 world...at all...and that's where the immersive nature of Sims 3 comes on full-bore "smack you in the face" realism.
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOO7QaBgxys/W--YeyiVBPI/AAAAAAAAa9w/ajxKVTSTAJwNgDfJdBSuibemMb180dMSgCLcBGAs/s1600/NuclearWinter1.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_cgHk22_JOk/W-_A6TdemYI/AAAAAAAAbA4/Z45EYNFXs4YME-FWHXfzURGLxAd3Tzt5wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-6.jpg

That is really quite beautiful. Nice job. :astonished:

"McTosh;c-16832496" wrote:
i don't like windows 10 either. i only boot it up for a couple of games. sims 3 being one.
i use linux as my main OS now (makulu, sometimes manjaro i switch between the two, sometimes steamOS too which is just debian)
dont like the way windows is heading. they want too much control and power over what i do with my own computer which i paid for. its mine my computer doesnt belong to Microsoft get your evil spyware and locked down content out of my face bill gates

Exactly why I disabled automatic updates! Several times their "updates" have messed my computer up. My "personalized settings" wouldn't load and kept doing the not responding bit. Took me an hour last time to fix it. What is it with these companies acting like they own these machines?? Like, what I do with my $1200 laptop is none of your business, Microsoft.

I could put it in the oven if I'd like. Nintendo is getting pretty bad about it as well.
Why don't they just lease the equipment to us if they feel the need to nanny us?

"Nikkei_Simmer;c-16836097" wrote:
Further to my love of TS3 for its ability to create "immersive" scenarios; where else can you (with the help of a few mods and a nicely discovered post-apocalyptic world) can you create a post-nuclear war apocalyptic feel to an Apocalypse challenge or narrative story.

Can anyone do that with TS4 without having to stretch their imagination to the breaking point? Oh, apocalypse, zombie challenge, clear sunny skies while a bunch of people go jogging down the street and cars running along in the background. Yippee.


https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BOO7QaBgxys/W--YeyiVBPI/AAAAAAAAa9w/ajxKVTSTAJwNgDfJdBSuibemMb180dMSgCLcBGAs/s1600/NuclearWinter1.jpg
https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_cgHk22_JOk/W-_A6TdemYI/AAAAAAAAbA4/Z45EYNFXs4YME-FWHXfzURGLxAd3Tzt5wCLcBGAs/s1600/Screenshot-6.jpg

YES!!! It's a zombie apocalypse, everyone smile like a mental patient while jogging and "multitasking"!

"Jemkatk;c-16842714" wrote:

"McTosh;c-16832496" wrote:
i don't like windows 10 either. i only boot it up for a couple of games. sims 3 being one.
i use linux as my main OS now (makulu, sometimes manjaro i switch between the two, sometimes steamOS too which is just debian)
dont like the way windows is heading. they want too much control and power over what i do with my own computer which i paid for. its mine my computer doesnt belong to Microsoft get your evil spyware and locked down content out of my face bill gates

Exactly why I disabled automatic updates! Several times their "updates" have messed my computer up. My "personalized settings" wouldn't load and kept doing the not responding bit. Took me an hour last time to fix it. What is it with these companies acting like they own these machines?? Like, what I do with my $1200 laptop is none of your business, Microsoft.

I could put it in the oven if I'd like. Nintendo is getting pretty bad about it as well.
Why don't they just lease the equipment to us if they feel the need to nanny us?

*cough-cough* Win10 Update 1809. *cough*...that was the final straw for automatic updates for me, I essentially went into my Windows folder and surgically removed the auto-update feature. Don't know if that thing regenerates, but I removed it from my Win10 Home Edition and refuse to update until they fix those file-deleting bugs that were in the 1809 update. And they still haven't managed to fix it yet. One bug after another. I'd move to Linux if I was certain of my computer skills, but I'm not.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-1809-big-icloud-problem-were-working-on-fix-say-microsoft-apple/ <---- TRY HARDER, Microsquash.

"Jemkatk;c-16842714" wrote:
What is it with these companies acting like they own these machines?? Like, what I do with my $1200 laptop is none of your business, Microsoft.

This is going to sound unkind, and I really don't meant it to be. But no one said you have to use Windows.

There seems to be a misunderstanding here, but it's a pretty common one. We (well, most of us) own our computers and other hardware. We do not own our operating systems, what we own is a license to use them. Sorry, but Microsoft does indeed own Windows just as Apple owns the Mac OS, and they can do whatever they want with them and annoy as many of their customers as they do see fit.

Now, let it be said that although it's solid under the hood, as a user I don't like Win 10 and am resisting the need to upgrade both at home and on the network I manage. Will have to give in eventually on both fronts, I can't run a corporate network with an out of support OS on every desktop and at home I'll have to buy new computers eventually. And I will find ways to throttle the auto-update mechanisms if things don't change from how they are being run now (setting the connection to "metered" is supposed to help do that) because my computers are not suitable to be testing grounds for MS or anyone else unless I say so. But even so, it's still not "my" operating system. :/

Those who demand that level of ownership over their system software I'm afraid need to be running Linux.

The Sims 3 and all of its expansions are now only 5 dollars :)

"ceyric;c-16843277" wrote:
The Sims 3 and all of its expansions are now only 5 dollars :)

Through Origin?

(Googled but can’t find it anywhere that cheap, a link would be welcome for those interested)

Here is the link to the Origin sale for their Black Friday sale this year.
https://www.origin.com/usa/en-us/store/deals/blackfriday

I too love TS3 as well.

And I also play on Windows 10 Home version but I never have any issues with my game and having to reset my settings after every Win10 update. I don't know but maybe it has something to do with the fact the my game was already on my computer when I upgraded from Windows 7 to the free version of Win10 before the offer expired. I mean I could be wrong about that but I've just never had any issues with my game and it's settings with Win10. I also the love the Windows 10 Creator that they've added about a year or so ago. I guess I must be one of the few who does love Win10, well besides my husband who needed to update to Windows 10 when the sites that he uses to pay the bills on stopped supporting WindowsXP. Plus he wanted to download and play a demo from Origin but it wouldn't let him as it kept saying that he needed to upgrade to Windows 10. So he had finally brought Win10 when he needed to buy a new hard drive for his PC.