"sims 3 has stopped working"
again *sighs* it turns out I can only install ONE item a day that I have downloaded I guess its time to take my new pc in to see if something is wrong with it. I just wish my computer guy pl...
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@mcorral - Your computers specs are fine for the entire game with all EPs, in fact way overkill for TS3. Is TS3 installed on C (the SSD) or one of the many other drives? Looks like one of the others just based on how much free space you have on each one.
And it's much stronger than the system I play on. I don't think I want to talk to you anymore. >:)
Okay, I'll take a deep breath and calm down. :p
Yes, it's good that you already noted your wildly high fps rate. The refresh rate of your monitor, like most of ours, is 60 Hz (there are some that run higher, in some countries we've seen that the standard is slowly becoming 75 Hz). Your frame rate should never exceed 60 fps, the excess is the equivalent of digital noise that your monitor can never interpret and can lead to graphics glitches, screen tears, lag, crashes, and can ultimately burn out or damage your graphics card and system board. Unlike more modern games, TS3 has no built-in fps limiter and the more powerful graphics cards like yours can go crazy on it.
The usual tool to use is the built-in Nvidia Control Panel to set up a profile for the correct executable, that's TS3.exe for Patch 1.69 where it was TS3w.exe for 1.67 and below, and have vertical sync set to On or Adaptive. Note that vertical sync arranged this way only works when the game is in full-screen mode, not windowed. If the Control Panel does not keep things locked in or if you require windowed mode, we move onto a different tool, Nvidia Inspector. See @SimplyJen's illustrations here, under the two spoilers.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16365571/#Comment_16365571
Also, you appear to have the Win 10 update that includes the Creators Update, as most do by now. The Update can get in the way of fps capping, among other things. Here are some tips to turn off its effects.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15902876/#Comment_15902876
I suspect if you can get the fps under control, the game should perform much better especially if it did so in the past.
And it's much stronger than the system I play on. I don't think I want to talk to you anymore. >:)
Okay, I'll take a deep breath and calm down. :p
Yes, it's good that you already noted your wildly high fps rate. The refresh rate of your monitor, like most of ours, is 60 Hz (there are some that run higher, in some countries we've seen that the standard is slowly becoming 75 Hz). Your frame rate should never exceed 60 fps, the excess is the equivalent of digital noise that your monitor can never interpret and can lead to graphics glitches, screen tears, lag, crashes, and can ultimately burn out or damage your graphics card and system board. Unlike more modern games, TS3 has no built-in fps limiter and the more powerful graphics cards like yours can go crazy on it.
The usual tool to use is the built-in Nvidia Control Panel to set up a profile for the correct executable, that's TS3.exe for Patch 1.69 where it was TS3w.exe for 1.67 and below, and have vertical sync set to On or Adaptive. Note that vertical sync arranged this way only works when the game is in full-screen mode, not windowed. If the Control Panel does not keep things locked in or if you require windowed mode, we move onto a different tool, Nvidia Inspector. See @SimplyJen's illustrations here, under the two spoilers.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16365571/#Comment_16365571
Also, you appear to have the Win 10 update that includes the Creators Update, as most do by now. The Update can get in the way of fps capping, among other things. Here are some tips to turn off its effects.
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/15902876/#Comment_15902876
I suspect if you can get the fps under control, the game should perform much better especially if it did so in the past.
