@GreenPiratez Right, it looks like we're back to the original Alder Lake issue. The Task Manager method is covered in this post:
The video also demonstrates that and another method of running the game; the information you want starts at 5:30.
If the Task Manager method works, you can try the Alder Lake patch again, applied to TS3.exe. But make sure the EA App is closed and the EABackgroundService is NOT running in the Task Manager. And if you use a third-party antivirus, disable it temporarily, just long enough to run the patch and launch Sims 3 once. Some programs block the patch because it's trying to modify a file within Program Files even though it's safe.
I will say that after reinstalling Alder lakes, I can no longer do the task manager workaround.
