Sims 3 Wont Open After Hitting Play
Hi, I need help. I have Sims 3 on Steam. Im closed steam, restarted my computer (I haven been able to play in a long time). Im on Windows 11 version 24H2. Ive been looking around and this is what Ive...
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enei7eb5nb9w This is the Alder Lake issue, so please try the Task Manager workaround described here:
Re: Sims 3 won't open: Alder Lake (Intel 12th-gen) CPU | EA Forums - 8265882
Apply it to TS3W.exe, with the W.
If it works, you can try the Alder Lake patch again, also applied to TS3W.exe. But it would be better to confirm that the game is working before applying the patch, in case there's another issue that needs to be addressed. The patch works for most people but can occasionally break something.
I followed the instructions for Alder Lake, a few min after hitting play, it actually opened. I accidentally quit before I could finish the instructions and now it wont open. Im not seeing TS3W.exe and my Sims3Launcher.exe shows as Sims3LauncherW.exe.
Several weeks ago I actually bought Sims 3 on the EA app, it didnt have any of my DLC from steam, but I could play it. The problem was it wouldnt let me save the game, so any time I saved, Id have to save as a new save. I cant for the life of me delete those saves either. I uninstalled it so I could play the steam version, which still wont open. When it did open that one time, the saved games were on there (from the EA app), I still couldnt delete them. What the heck is going on? I have several hundred hours in this game and never had an issue on my past laptops.
