Sims 3 - Missing Sim Panel Error
Hello everyone and thank you for viewing! Well, this error takes the wind out of my sail every single time I make a save! Sooner or later, it'll get me. I make my family, happily play for a couple ...
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Thanks for replying Roberta!
The game said compatible with Windows 7 when I bought it, so it should work, I shouldn't have to change my OS.
Yes, I'm using 2 monitors, one on HDMI and one on VGA. I only ever run the Sims 3 on the HDMI monitor as it looks ridiculous stretched over two.
I don't know what's causing it, but the game will run like a dream for 6-7 sessions then all of a sudden the error happens. If it was a hardware or compatibility issue surely it would be there the entire time.
I've noticed it's often when the family has been to University or to Egypt/China/France. I honestly think it's something to do with the save file over time but I have no idea what. I have a laptop I run the Sims 3 on with half of the specs and it never does this; exact same OS too.
It has me stumped, and playing The Sims 3 is like a time bomb, I can't really enjoy the game fully anymore because it could mess up at any moment!
- Naf 🙂
@Nafretili Yes the game is compatible with Win 7 SP1 but support for Win 7 is really down. Device driver updates will continue to fade as well as device drivers for new hardware. Windows Vista and Windows 8.1 were failures because both didn't become better until Service Pack 1 and by then the damage was done. Also Windows 10 has DX 12. Microsoft needs Windows 10 to succeed to so much as they were virtually giving it away. I believe 2 monitors may cause issues with this game. It may be a device driver issue. Using dual monitors with two different technologies is very demanding and you doing this with a game that is very demanding on both the cpu and video systems. I recommend trying the game with only one monitor connected.
