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.
