Sims 3 on Linux

mholmes3038​  The Alder Lake Patch, if that's what you're referring to, is a player-made patch that was released long before EA fixed the issue, which it only did for installs through the EA App.  A Steam or disc install still requires the patch.

Did you apply the Alder Lake patch to TS3W.exe, with the W?  That's the relevant executable for Steam.  And was Steam closed when you ran the patch?  If not, it might have blocked the change.

For the record, this is an Intel problem, not an EA problem.  Sims 3 worked fine on all modern processors until the Alder Lake family, and even now, only the higher-end models are affected.  It's unrealistic to expect a publisher to guarantee compatibility with hardware that's released a decade after the the game was out of development.  Intel should have fixed the problem itself a long time ago, and it did so for other issues with Alder Lake CPUs not too long after they were identified.

I personally am very glad EA didn't push the Alder Lake fix to Steam as well as the EA App.  That would probably have meant imposing patch 1.69 on Steam users, perhaps with a tie-in to the EA App, which would have been worse than running a one-time player-made patch to fix the Alder Lake issue.  Many of us bought the game on Steam specifically so that we could stay on patch 1.67.

Separately, I saw after I'd replied to you that the EA App and certain Linux distros are currently not getting along, which is affecting Sims 4 and various other games.  That shouldn't be relevant for Sims 3, since you don't need to run the EA App in order to open the game, but I'm mentioning it in case you have other games that don't currently work.

The problem is not just Linux. The issue is the CPU. EA did a poor job "patching" support for modern PC's. My OS is not a issue. Based on my research, EA launcher appears to be broken for a lot of people including Windows users. EA needs to release an updated version that support modern CPU's. An likely a good idea to stop trying to force/integrate your App with the game. Great marketing concept on paper. Not in real life/practice. Please fix the CPU bug. Sims 3 and Sims 4 are both broken. 

CPU Specs:

Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 285

CPU family: 6

Model: 198

Thread(s) per core: 1

Researched this issue. It appears you can not support modern CPU's. Which tells me to never buy your products again. But here we are ... I bought Sims years ago. Anyway here are my specs:

CPU:

Model name: Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 285

CPU family: 6

Model: 198

Thread(s) per core: 1

Core(s) per socket: 24

Socket(s): 1

GFX Card;

NVIDIA Corporation GB206 [GeForce RTX 5060 Ti] (rev a1)

This is a fresh install on a brand new PC. I tried your silly CPU patch. Not sure who you designed it for but obviously does not work. Please fix Sims 3, STOP making us use your EA app no one asked for nor do we want it. Fire your marketing team. Please fix your game to support modern PC's. Thank you. Please note, I do NOT run any mods. This is a fresh install of my OS, Steam and the game. This is a YOU problem not me. 

mholmes3038​  EA has never supported Sims 3 (or any game really) in Linux.  The fact that games work at all is due to the efforts of the Linux community and sometimes companies like Steam.

Having said that, it sounds like your new computer might be missing a resource that Sims 3 needs.  The main ones are DirectX 9, VC++ 2005 x86, and .NET Framework 3.5.  So see whether you have those, or the Linux equivalents, already installed, and if not, get them.

Beyond that, I can't help with Linux issues because I have no experience with any flavor of Linux at all, let alone knowledge of how to run games there.  I've seen a few comments about using it on the NRaas site and heard rumors of Linux users on MTS.  So those might be better places to ask.

I'm not the only one having this issue. a bunch of steam users posting same issue. Please fix your game!!!