@pinkdipi First, a couple of easy points. Yes, a third-party antivirus will override Windows Defender. That's by design and a good thing—having two antivirus programs running at the same time can and will cause problems. So Defender steps aside when another program is present.
The more resident sims your world has, the more RAM the save takes to run. Homeless sims (not residents) have only a small impact. To a lesser extent, the more objects are in the world, the more RAM is required as well. So yes, if you've been adding more households to the save, and existing sims haven't been dying off at the same rate, you've been pushing the save closer to the memory limit and therefore making Error 12 much more likely.
The "Run as administrator" option would be in one of two places: on a desktop shortcut or in the game's program files. Right-click the desktop shortcuts, if you have them, and select Properties > Compatibility, and you'll see a check box to run as admin. (The right-click Run as administrator option is only a one-time action.) The game's program files are wherever you chose to install them, and the .exe files are in the Bin folder. It would be in one of these locations by default:
C:\Program Files\EA Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin
C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 3\Game\Bin
Check the executable files there and remove any run-as-admin settings you find. I would also suggest repairing the game afterwards; you can reapply the Lazy Dutchess patch afterwards.
If this doesn't help, please let me know which Lazy Duchess patch you're using, as there are several. Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
Hi!
Thank you so much for taking your time explaining things to me and trying to help! <3
I've been trying to find that box I checked all evening yesterday and today for hours changing settings in Properties -> Protection(?) allowing as users SYSTEM, Administrator, me or All, giving rigths to all the previously mentioned in all possible files, but nope, User Control(?) won't let it go. I've also went into 360 Total security and added the exe files Windows is asking about before running them to the Trust list. Nope. I unchecked the one and only Run as administrator box I think I've checked already yestarday, but no changes today.
What do you mean by "repairing the game"?
I'm not sure if I found the right place to check, but I think the version of the Smooth Patch is 1.0.0.1
dxdiag attached.
Thank you again! \^_^/
@pinkdipi I think what you're looking for is under Properties > Security > Advanced. You'll see a button to Change Permissions. On my computer, in the regular Security menu, TS3.exe shows check marks for Read & execute and Read; everything else is blank. Under Advanced, SYSTEM and Administrators have Full control; Users, All Application Packages, and All Restricted Application Packages have Read & execute. All permissions are listed as inherited from Program Files, which is typical for someone who hasn't edited these permissions.
If you really can't figure this out, uninstalling the game, and maybe deleting the folder it's in (that would be EA Games, inside Program Files, for me), should remove all the set permissions; the folders should get new default permissions when you reinstall. But I would temporarily disable 360 Total Security when reinstalling just to be thorough. As long as you don't do anything else at the same time, your computer should be safe, and you can reenable it when you're done.
What I meant by repairing is the Repair option in your EA App game library under Sims 3 > Manage. But you don't need to do this if you're going to reinstall. And a repair might not work if permissions are completely broken.
The Smooth Patch is fine and unlikely to cause issues, but if you reinstall, please test the game without it first. I've seen a few comments about an antivirus blocking it by default, and it would also be helpful to know whether Sims 3 works in its default state.
Hello!
Yeah, changing the security setting doesn't do anything. I even uninstalled 360 Total security, but Windows still asks, if the application is allowed to do changes. I wnent into Windows Security settings and added the whole Game > Bin to be added to non-threat. Now I'm starting to think that there's something else wrong, because the game just won't starting and jumps from Launcher to EA app and back. In Task manager, the game process doesn't even start. I also tried repairing the game trough EA application. It took 1,5 hours, but nothing changed. I'm getting so tired of this bugged game overall ;_;
For now I'm too tired of trying to improve the game and make it more playable and now fixing this - although I caused it myself - I'm going to take a break from playing Sims 3. I installed Sims 4 to give it a try again, but already I find myself not enjoying it at all. I'll try downloading the Vivaland Dream house demo for now to be able to create.
Thank you very much for being there for me! <3
Have a wonderful autumn! ^^/
