Re: TS3 and Origin - Says I need to update or play without updating

I only asked about LAA because it was an acronym I saw when I was looking around for my problem. I know what it is because I used to use CFF Explorer (?) to adjust the memory. I just hadn't seen the LAA in a few years so it slipped my mind....a dead horse, so to speak.

I also know that Vista and Windows 10 are different. My first PC was purchased in 1990 and my previous computer was built by me. I'm not completely unversed in computer-ese. My point was simply that I had Vista prior on a 12-year old PC and TS3 ran fine on it with minimal lagging. I purchased this PC in September and moved my files over. Nothing new, nothing different, and it has NEVER played as well as it did on the Vista. That doesn't seem right and that is why I'm questioning what is causing this. The ONLY reason I bring up the OS is to show that, of the two, the previous setup should have been performing worse, not the other way around.

I also have been playing TS3 via Origin and no disk since prior to this new PC, and all without issue. On the new PC, I didn't bother to physically install the game from discs, choosing instead to install in it's entirety via Origin. I only mentioned that perhaps installing at least via one disk would take care of the other error I'm getting because there were no responses. Again, lumping my two separate and unparalleled issues into one thread has merely created a huge problem by obfuscating both issues, as I repeatedly said it would. I had provided a screenshot, I'd responded several times that this is the same content, that it's installed via Origin, that it's fully patched, etc., but it seems to be a problem that needs to go elsewhere. Because of that, I'm "undoing" what was done - withdrawing the "Run Without Updating" issue. I'll have to go elsewhere for that now. SMH

I have every EP & SP and OF COURSE, everything is updated. I"m a pretty smart cookie and have been playing the Sims since the beginning, as well as I know how to get into files and such, and have even created a couple of mods. I feel certain that I'm making this clear every time but I can't seem to get assistance beyond a remedial level. Honestly, you don't need to waste your time with teaching me about Windows or the basics of the Sims game because I've been "with you" for years! I'm confused as to why we're discussing patch 1.67 because I've been fully patched because Origin automatically updated to 1.69. I literally had no choice. Just as I don't know why we're discussing "bad codes" with the previous person because I told them that my game was downloaded entirely via Origin.

I will stress again that the game I run on this PC is the same as the one I ran on the Vista PC. The variable appears not to be the content of the game but the PC itself. I literally have a file called "TS3 Working File" where I put package files that I've checked in the game, then taken out to then check others. Nothing in my game hasn't already been in and gone and in again.

So, with all that background, that leaves the remaining topic of a lagging game that can actually come to a standstill while in CAS or build mode. It has crashed a couple of times but mostly it just doesn't do much until it gets moving again. While I was NEVER asked to supply a diagnostics, in spite of a comment I received, I was told to check the fps. To be clear, I know what it stands for and know generally what it means, but knowing that it waivers from 40-200 means little to me. I was going to mention this previously but this thread, as I said, had become ridiculous and confusing. So now, ONLY lagging!!!!

Several months ago I found that someone else with an Acer was having similar issues but they weren't responded to either, beyond an initial query. So what I (and this other user) are experiencing is a near shutdown when we are in Build/Buy mode, especially when CAS is involved. As I've said before, I can exit build mode to live and it will sort of "expel" that traffic jam. I can even go to Buy mode and enable myself to go back to Build mode for a teensy-bit more. So, back to the fps. 40-200 It seems like around 200 is when it seems to just stick. Essentially when it stops, nothing moves, including the fps.

Also, what this other user talked about was how he would go to his Task Manager and his Disk would be at 100%. That happens to me, too. They didn't have an answer for him so....

roberta591, unfortunately this hasn't much to do with what you were talking about so I guess I have to ask you now if you are with me! Have I been clear enough with what the main issue is that I want to address here - lagging, fps, Acer, etc.? Is this something you think you can help me with?

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