Extremely slow/Freezes constantly

I am having this exact same problem. It ruins the entire game play. ☹️ 

first try the reset all sims cheat in case a sim is stuck that you can't see where they are stuck to reset all sims ctrl+shift+c hold all 3 together in the menu bar that appears at the top of the screen type in resetsim *   (inculding the * hit enter ) this will reset all sims inculdeing your own just make sure your own sims aren't doing something important like skilling up cancel their actions

here is an FAQ on lags and freezes http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/FAQ-Lags-amp-Freezes/m-p/646/message-uid/646

Tried it and it didn't work... any other suggestions?

It's not fair. If they're going to make this meteor a part of the game, then they should have the game prepared to accept that and continue to run smoothly as  usual.

None of these work either. It didn't always freeze and it wasn't always slow at all. It was very fast and smooth, until the meteor killed one of my sims in the family.

some of the lags and freezes are also down to the world we play in for example  island paradise is full of lags/routeing issues a lot of people are have the lags and freeze if other worlds play fine then it is island paradise that is the issue ( i still have a small hope that a patch will come to fix them )

what is your OS ? pc or mac ? can you post a dxdiag for someone to look at have no idea when they will be online to look and respond i have no idea how to dxdiag a mac

will post this in the helpers corner for futher help

http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-DxDiag-for-Sims-3-PC-Only/m-p/1049584#M47181

Time of this report: 3/16/2014, 20:52:09
       Machine name: MARIANGIE
   Operating System: Windows 8.1 64-bit (6.3, Build 9600) (9600.winblue_gdr.131030-1505)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard
       System Model: HP ENVY TS 15 Notebook PC
               BIOS: F.14
          Processor: AMD A8-5550M APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics    (4 CPUs), ~2.1GHz
             Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 7386MB RAM
          Page File: 2453MB used, 6084MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\WINDOWS
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.03.9600.16384 64bit Unicode

Do you need more info than this?

probally but you'll be asked for that maybe the drivers part

wait i see it's a note book  lemme think *think mcfly think *  i could be wrong so wait for further advisement notebooks arent meant for gameing  2.1 ghz is a litlle low but not much  recommened is 2.4 lowering some of the game settings in the  options menu mayyyy help  so keep cecking back someone will reply if you need to go to bed or whatever

for an example like this

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Display Devices
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          Card name: ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series
       Manufacturer: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
          Chip type: ATI display adapter (0x9490)
           DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9490&SUBSYS_902D1B0A&REV_00
     Display Memory: 4095 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 1013 MB
      Shared Memory: 3082 MB
       Current Mode: 1280 x 1024 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor
      Monitor Model: VA702b
         Monitor Id: VSC231C
        Native Mode: 1280 x 1024(p) (60.020Hz)
        Output Type: HD15
        Driver Name: aticfx64.dll,aticfx64.dll,aticfx32,aticfx32,atiumd64.dll,atidxx64.dll,atiumdag,atidxx32,atiumdva,atiumd6a.cap,atitmm64.dll
Driver File Version: 8.17.0010.1129 (English)
     Driver Version: 8.970.100.7000
        DDI Version: 10.1
       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1
  Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Thank you. Like I said though, it was working very smoothly and just fine until the meteor came. Whether or not the notebook is for gaming, it really was working perfectly until the meteor. I play many other games on here with no problems at all. It was the meteor that slowed everything down to almost no movements at all. It's terrible. I really wish the meteor never came. So not fair.