Sims 3 and Windows 8 - An Analysis

- What version of Windows 8 are you running ?
windows 8 2012 ed
- Do you have the 32 bit Version or the 64 bit one ?
64
- Did you buy a new Computer and got Windows 8 on that or did you install it on your old machine ?
New Dell
- Which of the EPs/SPs do you have installed ?
All
- What Patch level are you at (base game) ?
1.42
- Do you have any Store content or CC/mods added ?
None
- Did you try out any of the beta/consumer preview versions and did you have any issues with those ?
Yes and were fine
- What graphic card do you have and which driver version are you running ?
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
- What symptoms are you seeing (try to be as detailed as possible)
Installation went through with a few glitches, had to DL the patch 3 times before I could install it, game needed to be Win 7 Compatibility before I could see the town as it was all patchy. Once the compatibility was changed everything was running smoothly, you could play the game however it had a few pauses mid game, until it gets to a certain point and then crashes and shuts down the game. At that point you have to start the game again and load everything up and hope that it doesn't do it sooner than later, although you don't have any say in the matter, it doesn't seem to be anything specific that's crashing the game IE a repetitive motion, it can be during any task in game play.
Kind of annoying, you just get into the game and playing along nicely and bam, it's gone, sad face :(

- Anything else you like to add.
Game played fine on my Toshy that had Windows 7, seems 8 has a few bug to iron out, be nice when we can have some answers :)
Everyone with Windows 8 can post here, whether they have issues or not