Lack of 'Update' button

@MrsCadara_001 To make sure that the game is up to date, right click the Sims 3 game tile in Origin client and select 'Check for Updates'. I would also recommend running a repair on the game to see if that fixes the issues you are having (right click the Sims 3 tile in Origin again and select 'Repair Game').

Let us know how you get on!

Thank you for the advice, It says my game is up to date already so im running a repair now. will let you know how it goes when i test it out properly 🙂

With 1.69 you now update through Origin, so that's why you no longer have the button.

All good.

For the freezing, what world are you playing ?

I usually stick to sunset valley, iv tried a lot of things to fix the freezing issue but im having no luck. after i ran a repair it has started to crash and close completely when it reaches 5GB, this is different to how it usually freezes and becomes completely unresponsive.
I posted about it earlier: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/Sims-3-crashes-without-fail/m-p/5257951#M209321

any suggestions are apreciated ^_^

What reaches 5 GB ? The RAM usage ? The save game ? Your saves folder ?

Were you able to update your drivers ?

sorry, yes i meant the RAM usage and the drivers have been updated.

I assume that is your total RAM usage.

How much does ts3.exe use ?