Island Paradise, does it still have the glitches?

Ellacharmed's world fixes are great, but hers for Isla Paradiso does not go far enough (for most of us). The world's major issues extend to some residential lots that are hopelessly broken and cause the game much stress, to the point of it being unplayable for most of us, unless or until those lots are fixed up or bulldozed.

This solution is much more thorough and effective. The pages that follow the initial post are for the Do It Yourself crowd, but the premade game save files are ready to pop in and use as they are.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/811253/removing-ip-lag/p1

The EP itself is fine. The content can be used in other worlds, it's not a requirement that gameplay be restricted to Isla Paradiso. Those who still, all these years later, insist that the EP is unusable are either not paying attention, they are quoting lines they have repeatedly learned from those who never bothered to find out why the included design-flawed world behaves the way it does, or they do not/at the time did not have a system strong enough to run it. The pack, not counting the flawed world, runs about third behind Pets and Seasons for stress on the system but still brings much enjoyment to many of us who have found ways to make it work. :)

So there is a way to make Isla Paradiso work? I did not know that, I have tried to play there and the most I got was one day, the shortest was upon choosing a home, then it would freeze and not unfreeze

Hi @smurfy77

I adore IP and got mine to work following @ciane info and instructions as @igazor has linked above. I am currently redesigning the world to fit how I want to play and enjoying every minute but keep stopping to play enjoying all those lovely animations this world has to offer :)

One of the things we can see is that the recent release of the TS4 Island Living expansion has rekindled a lot of interest in TS3's Island Paradise. It really is a great EP for TS3, it's just a shame about the world. We have to assume this one was rushed to market and the world would have been fixed up better for us if there had been time in the game's development cycle to send it back for more work. But at least we can see what they tried to do and take things from there, for those so inclined. Shaka bra, and all that! :)

I'm getting IP too but plan to create my own world for it once I get a new computer.

The pearl clutchers ( most of whom don't even play TS3 ) are often waffling on about how terrible and unplayable IP is. It isn't.
The world requires some TLC to fix it ( I also always remove the resorts from my game as well ) but it is perfectly playable after you've performed most of the fixes.

You can then save the game and use your fixed save to begin any new games so you don't have to continually repeat the steps.

There are two types of issues with the Isla Paradiso world.

1. There are things wrong that can only be fixed by someone who can take it into Create a World to fix issues with the way the world was put together.
2. There are things wrong with how the houses were built. They are things anyone can fix for themselves if they want to.

The replacement world linked above by EllaCharmed fixes the world issues. It replaces the world file in you Programs(x86) folder. If you follow the link provided above you'll find full info on what it has fixed there.

The save file made by ciane fixes the problems with the houses and other things anyone with the game and the world can fix. But - I believe it was based on the original world file and will contain all the issues that were fixed by EllaCharmed. To get the fixed to the world itself you will need to start a new save after the world has been placed into your game.

"Pary;c-17184470" wrote:
The pearl clutchers ( most of whom don't even play TS3 ) are often waffling on about how terrible and unplayable IP is. It isn't.
The world requires some TLC to fix it ( I also always remove the resorts from my game as well ) but it is perfectly playable after you've performed most of the fixes.

You can then save the game and use your fixed save to begin any new games so you don't have to continually repeat the steps.

I think I met Polly Pearl Clutcher vacationing in Isla Paradiso once. She couldn't fool me though, I knew it was really Mrs. Crumplebottom in disguise under that hat with the tropical fruit salad on it. I could feel her eyes on me every time I fixed one of the badly flawed residential lots (this was way before ciane produced her brilliant world save for others to use) and could tell she was reaching for her purse with a desire to bash me over the head with it yet again. :)

@igazor

hahahahaha awesome your post reminds me of the very first time I saw Mrs Crumplebottom in the S2 series and i was so enamoured by her antics I would send my sims anywhere/everywhere to do anything considered remotely naughty so she would show up and whack sims with that handbag as I found it so hilarious :)

"tulipssimmer;d-963763" wrote:
I’ve been debating whether or not to get the island paradise sims 3 pack but people keep telling me there are to many glitches in it? Is that still true today?

The answer is "Yes, it has way too many glitches- and it can break (some) computers.". If you want to get it, you will have to go in and do a pile of fixes to get it running smoothly, and you may still encounter (sometimes serious) issues. The game was never fixed by the company.

Is it worth $5 (which is what you can get it for on Steam when it's on sale, which is often)?... That depends. You will have to do the fixes (which you will have to do- see all of the above suggestions, which is proof), and you may need to use mods (which are not affiliated with EA/Maxis), and even if you have (what some people say is) a "great" computer you may still have serious issues (you can find threads, though you shouldn't have to do so much research just to play a game, where you will see people warning others not to play on high spec computers- because it makes the game worse).

You can find many helpful simmers, but EA/Maxis does not have support for TS3 anymore, and they are not fixing the game, and so you are purchasing a known defunct product. Again, if it's 'worth it', or not, to buy the game (even when it's only 5$)... That depends, because it has been known to wreck some people's computers (which costs a heck of a lot more than 5$).

I hope my edit, although (probably) not what you want to read, helps with more clarity. You will find many people saying the game is worth it, and you will see many who have had their computers wrecked. It's important to have all of the information in order to help you decide. Be careful about fanboys/girls giving advise. Remember they love the game, and see potential in it, but they often won't tell you about the real problems that can (and do) happen.

Also, EA/Maxis will tell you (on the purchase page) what the "minimum specs" are (but they are not clear to potential buyers that those min specs means that you will not have the features that others players will have, and some of those 'features' are simple things- like graphics which look sort-of-good). There is nowhere that they state what the "recommended specs" are (to avoid getting in trouble when players meet those specs and still have issues).