So, I just installed TS3 and all of it's expansions two nights ago (but none of the stuff packs) onto my computer, which exceeds the minimum system requirements by a lot. The first night of playing, I made a fresh town and played for several hours (over a week in-game), until the game froze and would not un-freeze (this was in Moonlight Falls). I had just saved, so I didn't consider it a big issue. But when I booted up the game the next day, it kept freezing when 7:30am rolled around for my Sims.
I have some CC (some .package, some store content, all of which was previously checked with Delphy's Dashboard), and I used a mod to pack up my family and pull them out of the game. Tonight, I deleted that save and started another fresh game, then dropped my family into the new save (in Isla Paradiso).
That seemed to help, except for some minor freezes which I took to be the result of putting them on a houseboat and having to render the waves, etc, all the time. So I used the Move option in-game to send them to a new home. They arrived and finished moving at about 12:30am in-game. Now, every time the game gets to 2:30am, it freezes all over again, and I have to pull up the Windows Task Manager to force close it.
Am I ever going to actually be able to play this game?
It's a brand new game in a brand new town. Are stray animals and cars and stuff an issue already? I've got MasterController and Overwatch and ErrorTrap all going. I've tried using MasterController to reset everything, and that didn't help.
I looked at all the causes on that list and I just don't see which one it could be.
Here's my DxDiag (it's in two posts for length). It's definitely not an in-game action causing the freeze. I've tried doing several different things and it keeps happening regardless.
------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 11/4/2013, 17:22:47 Machine name: ANDREA-PC Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130801-1533) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: HP Pavilion 061 System Model: ER908AA-ABA A1477C BIOS: Phoenix - Award BIOS v6.00PG Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+ (2 CPUs), ~2.2GHz Memory: 4096MB RAM Available OS Memory: 3326MB RAM Page File: 3592MB used, 3058MB 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: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode
------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found.
------------- Sound Devices ------------- Description: Speakers (Realtek AC'97 Audio) Default Sound Playback: Yes Default Voice Playback: Yes Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4370&SUBSYS_2A25103C&REV_80 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: RTKVAC64.SYS Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6305 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: n/a Date and Size: 5/6/2013 16:51:07, 3491616 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HW Accel Level: Basic Cap Flags: 0xF1F Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000 Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
Description: Realtek Digital Output (Realtek AC'97 Audio) Default Sound Playback: No Default Voice Playback: No Hardware ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_4370&SUBSYS_2A25103C&REV_80 Manufacturer ID: 1 Product ID: 100 Type: WDM Driver Name: RTKVAC64.SYS Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6305 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail WHQL Logo'd: n/a Date and Size: 5/6/2013 16:51:07, 3491616 bytes Other Files: Driver Provider: Realtek Semiconductor Corp. HW Accel Level: Basic Cap Flags: 0xF1F Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000 Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0 Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0 HW Memory: 0 Voice Management: No EAX(tm) 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No I3DL2(tm) Listen/Src: No, No Sensaura(tm) ZoomFX(tm): No
--------------------- Sound Capture Devices --------------------- Description: Microphone (Realtek AC'97 Audio) Default Sound Capture: Yes Default Voice Capture: No Driver Name: RTKVAC64.SYS Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6305 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Date and Size: 5/6/2013 16:51:07, 3491616 bytes Cap Flags: 0x1 Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: Line In (Realtek AC'97 Audio) Default Sound Capture: No Default Voice Capture: No Driver Name: RTKVAC64.SYS Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6305 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Date and Size: 5/6/2013 16:51:07, 3491616 bytes Cap Flags: 0x1 Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: Phone Line (Realtek AC'97 Audio) Default Sound Capture: No Default Voice Capture: Yes Driver Name: RTKVAC64.SYS Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6305 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Date and Size: 5/6/2013 16:51:07, 3491616 bytes Cap Flags: 0x1 Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
Description: SPDIF (Realtek AC'97 Audio) Default Sound Capture: No Default Voice Capture: No Driver Name: RTKVAC64.SYS Driver Version: 6.00.0001.6305 (English) Driver Attributes: Final Retail Date and Size: 5/6/2013 16:51:07, 3491616 bytes Cap Flags: 0x1 Format Flags: 0xFFFFF
BDA Network Providers: Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514 Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514 Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514 Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514 Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.7601.17514
BDA Transport Information Renderers: BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.7601.17669 MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.7601.17514
--------------- EVR Power Information --------------- Current Setting: {5C67A112-A4C9-483F-B4A7-1D473BECAFDC} (Quality) Quality Flags: 2576 Enabled: Force throttling Allow half deinterlace Allow scaling Decode Power Usage: 100 Balanced Flags: 1424 Enabled: Force throttling Allow batching Force half deinterlace Force scaling Decode Power Usage: 50 PowerFlags: 1424 Enabled: Force throttling Allow batching Force half deinterlace Force scaling Decode Power Usage: 0
So far, it's happened in both Moonlight Falls and Isla Paradiso. When I moved to Isla Paradiso, everything was fine for about a week, and then it started happening again. I'm changing the graphics settings now, to try that.
What would I need to upgrade to meet minimum requirements for all the EPs?
