Freezing in island Paradise make game unplayable (update)

Islo Paradiso does have a lot of problems. Routing issues and the large world with an entire routable ocean are just an example.

Things you can try:

• Sims in Slow Motion
• Delete the Scott Family
• Use the cheat DiscoverAllUnchartedIslands to make all islands visible. I'm aware that this takes away from the fun but it seems to help some. 
• Make sure you have no stuck sims in your town (use the cheat resetsim * to reset all sims in your town and put them to a safe location)
• Use Overwatch and ErrorTrap (those are mods and you'll be using at your own risk. Not supported by EA. Just google to find)
• Check for any aboandonned boats in your game and delete them by using testingcheatsenabled true and then shift-click on the boat and choose object-delete.
• If you're playing Hobart's Hideout, be aware of this issue: Routing Issues in the Resort Hobart’s Hideout
• General tips for lags: Lags & Intermittent Freezes

Thank you for your reply but these are all things I have tried based on other reports of this problem and general Google information. ☹️

Your graphic card is rather old, so it might not be able to handle the very intensive world of Islo Paradiso.

I'm sorry I don't have any other suggestions.

My card is in the supported card list and has 4X the minimum requirements listed and handles all other worlds in the game without issue.

But thank you for your suggestions.

After a lot of trouble shooting and tech support I did manage to get thorough to the top level of tech support. We were able to determine that my computer was not at fault for the freezing. I was told he was going to contact The program support team to see how this issue can be resolved! If I am allowed I will post updates as I get them. ^-^

Of course you're allowed to post updates. Always happy if someone has new input on this.

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To specify about my earlier post. I was refering to this: http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_System_Requirements

Also be aware that the minim. specs were never updated by EA to reflect that you also have expansions installed. 

This is just an explanation though, would be great if you can solve it for you.

Regarding Specs being too low, I have a  MSI laptop which I purchased in 2018 with a geforce gtx 1060 and an i7 2.8ghz quad core processor and the game still freezes every few seconds.  I guess this game was never meant to work 

@Globularity  The world of Isla Paradiso is so broken it won't run properly on any system.  (The content that comes with IP works fine.)  The solution is to play in another world, or edit IP or borrow a fixed version from someone else.  Here's one  you can download, along with instructions for the necessary edits if you'd rather do it yourself:

https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/811253/removing-ip-lag

The other potential issue with your system is excessively high framerates.  An Nvidia 1060 can produce rates well into the hundreds if fps isn't capped, and the limiter built into TS3 doesn't work.  You can see your in-game fps by bringing up the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and entering "fps on" without quotes.  A number will appear in the upper right corner, and it should never exceed the refresh rate of your monitor.  There are a number of tools you can use to manually cap fps.  Let me know if you'd like instructions.

Sims 3 does work, and it runs very well most of the time on systems like yours, once a couple of small steps (like the above) have been taken.  If you're having other game issues, feel free to start a new thread describing them.