5 years ago
Sims 3 Freezing Games
With puzzlezaddict advice, I decided to make a thread for this in case anyone else is experiencing the same problem.
So it's weird, I'm not sure if for myself this is a major problem, but from time to time the game freezes on me. This doesn't happen often, but when it does I always find myself nervous.
Basically what happened yesterday was that I created a sim, moved them to Appaloosa Plains and the game suddenly freezes during gameplay. I waited about two minutes because sometimes the game will move again, but this time it didn't. Basically, the game was frozen, except for the trees or wind which always seem to move. Oddly, this happened only on my second game day of playing and it didn't start up again. Sadly, I had to shut down the computer and delete the file just in case it was corrupted.
Then I created a new game. I made a guy and moved him to Lucky Palms. Now, I don't get freezing her, but noticing that my sim and the time stopped moving again. Lucky this time it only lasted a few seconds and I didn't need to restart. This time though, it happened around fifth day if in game playing. I will say I had used World Adventures in this play through and it froze three times in that Egypt, but quickly worked again.
So yeah, I'm not sure why the game does this. It's not the first time either, but usually the game will move again on it's own. However, I've had times like my first example where I have no choice but to shut down the game and restart it. It's an odd thing honestly and this is why I save often, though I also have play throughs where it never happens. It may have something to do with speeding up time though. I find this freezing thing often happening when I speed up time, so maybe that plays a part in it.
Anyway, if anyone has any advice or the same problems, you can post here. Thanks so much.
So it's weird, I'm not sure if for myself this is a major problem, but from time to time the game freezes on me. This doesn't happen often, but when it does I always find myself nervous.
Basically what happened yesterday was that I created a sim, moved them to Appaloosa Plains and the game suddenly freezes during gameplay. I waited about two minutes because sometimes the game will move again, but this time it didn't. Basically, the game was frozen, except for the trees or wind which always seem to move. Oddly, this happened only on my second game day of playing and it didn't start up again. Sadly, I had to shut down the computer and delete the file just in case it was corrupted.
Then I created a new game. I made a guy and moved him to Lucky Palms. Now, I don't get freezing her, but noticing that my sim and the time stopped moving again. Lucky this time it only lasted a few seconds and I didn't need to restart. This time though, it happened around fifth day if in game playing. I will say I had used World Adventures in this play through and it froze three times in that Egypt, but quickly worked again.
So yeah, I'm not sure why the game does this. It's not the first time either, but usually the game will move again on it's own. However, I've had times like my first example where I have no choice but to shut down the game and restart it. It's an odd thing honestly and this is why I save often, though I also have play throughs where it never happens. It may have something to do with speeding up time though. I find this freezing thing often happening when I speed up time, so maybe that plays a part in it.
Anyway, if anyone has any advice or the same problems, you can post here. Thanks so much.