After browsing so many threads and forums on this freezing issue and trying many methods, which i wasted a whole night doing, all i had to do was change my framerate from default to 60. It worked for me hopefully it works for you :/
@angiidoll Thank you for that input.
the problem that is happening is that sims 4 came out so the makers aren't making any more updates on the sims 3 and the sims 3 is bugged right now.I'm getting the same problem it keeps pausing every 45 seconds and it's really making me mad. so really there are ways to make it better but no way to stop it. Im probable gonna get sims 4 because I love the sims and I don't wanna stop playing it. I hope I could help you out🙂
@angiidoll wrote:After browsing so many threads and forums on this freezing issue and trying many methods, which i wasted a whole night doing, all i had to do was change my framerate from default to 60. It worked for me hopefully it works for you :/
how do i exactly go to that page, so i can change it?
How do I change my frame rate? I'm so new >.<
Tried setting it to 60 works well still a bit laggy tho but way better !
IT worked for like a couple minutes then it froze again
How do you change the framerate?
how did you change the framerate? is it within the setting of the game?
Changing the Default to 60, is under the Graphics setting, it is the Hz for the monitor. And does little to effect the game.
My system
4 Ghz Quad Core
32 GB RAM
over 2.25 TB Free Space (Each drive is at or bellow 50% used)
I am still getting additional packs, BUT, here's the biggie, I just added Town Life stuff pack, and suddenly my Sims 3 started to do what everyone else is experiencing in this thread. I am going to disable that pack permanently.
CPU Usage 45%
System Ram Usage, never hits 3 GB
GPU Usage 20%
Video RAM Usage 30%
- I should not be having this problem, with the clock stopping for 30 to 50 seconds, and then ticking away for a minute or 2, it's like Sims 3 is buffering actions before it plays, when a good system doesn't need them to. Everything is flowing normally, the dartboard lights, rain/snow, even my sim's wings continue to flap normally.
1 Solution, after disabling Town Life Stuff Pack,
- before you start Sims 3, load up the task manager
- Start Sims 3, and get to the World Load screen (Main menu section) then tab out to the task manager
- Click on TS3 in processes to highlight it
- Right click on it this time, and choose Go to details
- Right click on TS3 and Set Priority = High
This should force Windows to deal with TS3 before any background programs.
