I would like to know everyone's opinion on this matter. I personally would really enjoy a 64 bit update, it might help with lag. :)

My game runs fine most of the time so I don't know. If it ever happens ... I won't hold my breath ... I will wait to see what others have to say about it. It's a case of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" for me.

If it'll help with lag issue! I have my game on SSD with all add-ons and store, minimum CC and mods but original large worlds are still lagging for me. If the lag will be solved by this I'll be playing TS3 non-stop. It's my favorite in the series.

@logion - My sense is that 64-bit will help prevent resource overload crashes and Error 12s for ongoing games that were just on the edge of being overloaded, thus allowing them to be saved and continued forward. But it's really just going to kick the problem of what the game engine can handle a bit further down the road. If the ongoing game has or is becoming corrupt, if the world has too many places where sims are unroutable, if the resident population is too high, the world is too large or overstuffed with busy lots, if game file maintenance procedures are not followed, then only giving the game more RAM to work with is not going to cure performance issues more than temporarily. The goal will still be to find ways both with and without mods like those from NRaas to get the game to use fewer resources, not more, as we play our longer running game saves forward. I'm already imagining situations where the game is using let's say 6 GB (or more) to keep the open world simulation going and things progressing; at some point it's still probably all going to fall apart as the game engine as it's currently designed isn't going to be able to keep up with the increases in demand on it.But that's all just theory and we don't have to be so theoretical about it for much longer. The 64-bit version of TS3 for Mac has been worked on for over a year now and is slated to be released by EA tomorrow, Oct. 28. From all indications we are getting from those involved with the project, it really will be 64-bit and not as some of us suspected just a way to trick the Mac version of the game to work in any capacity on the current macOS which the current 32-bit Mac version cannot. Those of us with Macs are very much looking forward to trying this new version out to see how quickly we can break it...er, I mean how much further we can take gameplay on it.Thus I am not voting here yet, not until some of us get to try this new version out and kick it around the block a few times. :)

"Cinebar;c-17704864" wrote:I didn't have any idea EA was going to do this for MAC users. That's odd in a way after the game has been over for almost seven years. What's up with that?The original (older) Mac version of the game will not run on the current macOS because Apple dropped 32-bit backwards compatibility with the release of Catalina a year ago. So those on Catalina or higher cannot currently play the game at all unless they have a way to boot up Mojave or run Windows through Bootcamp on their Macs. That's the difference -- the game having built-in limitations or perhaps not running as well as it might vs. forget it, it's just not going to install or run at all on the players' native or main-use operating system.Another theory is that since Mac users represent only a minority of TS3 players, perhaps this project is a way to test how well 64-bit is going to work out and be received by a still very large sample set before seriously considering working on the Windows version. Or even if that was not really the original intent, it might very well be how things work out. Again, all just theories. :)

@Cinebar - Except that they are still selling TS3, and unfortunately to many who aren't noticing the system requirements and trying to run it on Catalina anyway only to find that it can't be done. And then there's the existing expansions and TS3 Store, revenue sources that kind of rely on players' games to work at least to some extent. But they could of course just as easily have decided to retire the Mac version and be done with it.But yes, somewhere among all of the possible explanations for why EA might be doing this, both the reasonable ones and those that might be a bit off the wall, and players having fun trying to figure out what their true intentions are (taking over the world is one, right?), there is the fact that very few of us expected such a thing to happen at this late date in any form. So that does indeed make it qualify as odd. :)

Would you be interested in a Sims 3 64 bit update

NikkeiSimmer
Rising Vanguard
5 years ago
"Leosims;c-17717754" wrote:
The Sims 3 is Old And not better than the wsims 4 who has 64 Bits Support (Formerly has 32 bits support but has dropped)

Highly suggest you don't open that door. You're going to start a war.
timurjr96
5 years ago
"Nikkei_Simmer;c-17718125" wrote:
"Leosims;c-17717754" wrote:
The Sims 3 is Old And not better than the wsims 4 who has 64 Bits Support (Formerly has 32 bits support but has dropped)

Highly suggest you don't open that door. You're going to start a war.

Hahahahaha :D
SamXNE_997
Seasoned Novice
5 years ago
"Leosims;c-17717754" wrote:
The Sims 3 is Old And not better than the wsims 4 who has 64 Bits Support (Formerly has 32 bits support but has dropped)

Tell me you didn't just say that.
Bettyboop55
New Spectator
5 years ago
No it can’t be done without a rewrite and I do not trust EA to do this without introducing new bugs and glitches. In an ideal world it would be wonderful to avoid the struggle to get an old 32 bit game to play on a modern computer. This isn’t an ideal world and as the saying goes “better the devil you know ...”
NikkeiSimmer
Rising Vanguard
5 years ago
"Bettyboop55;c-17737775" wrote:
No it can’t be done without a rewrite and I do not trust EA to do this without introducing new bugs and glitches. In an ideal world it would be wonderful to avoid the struggle to get an old 32 bit game to play on a modern computer. This isn’t an ideal world and as the saying goes “better the devil you know ...”

That may be true, but if that was the case, we'd still be driving around with horse and buggy instead of having vehicles with combustion engines and men having walked on the moon.

If one doesn't push technology to its limits...

IN this case, I'd prefer it if EA got a fresh new build team to program the 64bit upgrade.
Bettyboop55
New Spectator
5 years ago
"Nikkei_Simmer;Oc-17737996" wrote:
"Bettyboop55;c-17737775" wrote:
No it can’t be done without a rewrite and I do not trust EA to do this without introducing new bugs and glitches. In an ideal world it would be wonderful to avoid the struggle to get an old 32 bit game to play on a modern computer. This isn’t an ideal world and as the saying goes “better the devil you know ...”

That may be true, but if that was the case, we'd still be driving around with horse and buggy instead of having vehicles with combustion engines and men having walked on the moon.

If one doesn't push technology to its limits...

IN this case, I'd prefer it if EA got a fresh new build team to program the 64bit upgrade.

Oh I do believe in employing new technologies. I would love to be able to put on a headset and actually enter the world of my sims. Especially useful when house and world building :)

My problem is I do not trust EA just to simply rewrite the game for 64 bit. I would hate to see something I love "upgraded" to resemble TS4 and I truly believe there is no one within the current team with the necessary skills to do the job properly. In these circumstances I would prefer the company to put all the effort and new technologies into TS5 which might then be a worthy successor to TS3.

By the way my horse and cart does not have the welly of my old sports car but at least I get to enjoy the scenery more :D
NikkeiSimmer
Rising Vanguard
5 years ago
@Bettyboop55, Lucky you, I'm still using the heel-toe express. Makes for a lovely LOOOOOOOOONG commute.
cb2342z
Seasoned Spectator
5 years ago
I'm sure it would crash a whole heck of a lot less.
Leaselmary
5 years ago
My sims 3 runs ok, but I don't play it often. I don't think I'll bother getting 64bit version. But I know a lot of ppl still love sims 3 and want to play it. Would be nice if EA gave 64bit to them.
bekkasan
5 years ago
Not if it ties my game to the internet or origin! :tongue: :grin: I'm just fine right now on my desktop with win 7. I'm dreading it croaking on me.