new EA app uninstalled Origin

@indycutie  Please try playing while your computer is offline.  You can sign into Origin and put it in offline mode, then disable wifi and/or disconnect the ethernet cable before pressing Play.

If that doesn't help, I'd like to see a new dxdiag.

@indycutie  Click Reply (not Quick Reply), and below the text field, find the Browse button (next to a paper clip) icon.  Click that and select your dxdiag, and the file should attach to a post.

Hopefully this file is here, I'm not sure

@indycutie  I see the dxdiag, and I also see why Sims 3 might be lagging: your computer is quite underpowered for the game.  That doesn't mean you can't play, obviously, but it does mean that you'll need to lower the overall load on your computer as much as possible.  So that means not running anything else alongside Sims 3, not even a browser.  Playing while offline can also be helpful, so please try that if you haven't already.

And unfortunately, any issues with the game will be exacerbated when you're running a well-progressed save, which will take more resources to run than a new one, or playing in a world that has its own issues, or even playing in a full or overstuffed household.  Running NRaas StoryProgression also increases the game's resource use.

There are a number of tips here that can help:

https://www.nraas.net/community/TIPS-FOR-BETTER-GAME-PERFORMANCE

I don't think there's really much you can do beyond the above, at least not with your current computer.  But even small changes on the margins may make the game playable again.

@indycutie  An overloaded save can definitely exacerbate lag and other performance issues, as the game engine has more data to keep track of and more sims to push around.  The comfortable maximum varies from one world to another and depending on which expansions you have installed, but regardless of where you play, more resident sims means more demands on the game engine and by extension on a system that's already struggling to keep up.

I don't know how many sims make up these 50 households, but 150 sims overall would be close to the limit in any world, and over it in some.  Well-made worlds like Sunset Valley and Riverview seem to handle larger populations better than others.

@indycutie  Overloaded personal inventories can certainly impact game performance.  I try to keep my sims' inventories reasonably close to empty and dump everything in the fridge or in World Adventures treasure chests.  There might be a delay in opening the fridge or one of the chests, but much better that than constant lag.  It's less common for the household inventory to be the issue though.

Still, you could try selling everything (and I do mean everything) in all inventories and reloading the save to see whether it helps.  Use "save as" and rename the save so you can revert to the original after the test.  If performance is better, you can go back and be more selective in what you sell.

Without mods, Sims 3 will generate immigrants for pretty much no reason at all.  The main mod that stops this immigration is NRaas StoryProgression, but as mentioned, it's a heavy mod and might make things worse overall.  I think there might be a standalone mod that stops immigration, but I can't remember exactly where I read that.  If you're interested and can't find one, let me know, and I'll look around.

In the interim, the easiest way to stop sims from moving into a house is to remove the fridge.  This will stop resident sims from moving in as well, but you could manually move families around in Edit Town instead, putting back the fridge immediately beforehand.

This is what I get on Origin app

@indycutie  Origin isn't quite dead for everyone, but it's on its way out, and players are being force-migrated to the EA App all the time now.  So yes, you'll need to switch over.

Please let me know whether the App works now, and if not, what error message you see when you try to load Sims 3.  Please also keep in mind that your store content will need to be reinstalled:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/The-Sims-3-Saved-Games-Not-Loading-After-Store-Content-Download/m-p/12299672#M256056

So I did the update for the EA app, and of course it uninstalled Origin. The game launcher came up with this message that I need to install Origin as it is required to play this game. I'm confused 😕, as now Origin is taken off my computer again 

@indycutie  Please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

I realize you tried to do so a while back, but I don't think I ever saw the file, and I'd want a new one anyway.  Make sure you're clicking Reply and not Quick Reply and that the dxdiag is saved in .txt form.

I sent one of these over a month ago, and you did mention some issues. But everything was going very well with playing the Sims3 game. I truly think the problem is with the EA app. Don't know what version it is, It's been a while since I downloaded it. Maybe I need to uninstall it and reinstall a fresh download of the EA app. I believe even before it would tell me I needed to be LOGGED INTO Origin to play & now  it has taken Origin off .......AGAIN.

@indycutie  I'd like to see a new dxdiag though, one from today, so I can see if there are any new errors or other relevant details.

This didn't attach yesterday. Hope it does today

Hey @indycutie 

Can you run through the steps here please under "Having problems installing?" and let me know if they help?