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3 years ago

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The Sims 3 won't open.

I want to preface with apologies if I seem mad or curt, but that's because I'm exceptionally frustrated. The Sims 3 with Origin will NOT open. The launcher opens, but when you press play no error mes...

technical issues

puzzlezaddict
3 years ago
@Marie_Spectrum Your issue, or at least your main issue, has nothing to do with OneDrive. Rather, it's that Sims 3 doesn't start correctly on 12th-gen Intel processors like yours. The workaround is to limit the game to one CPU core as it loads. Please see the accepted solution in this thread for more information:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-won-t-open-Alder-Lake-Intel-12th-gen-CPU/m-p/11057820#M248615

I also want to say I wasn't suggesting that you buy more OneDrive storage. I personally think it's a waste of money, but even putting that aside, you could simply stop OneDrive from syncing the contents of Documents:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/choose-which-onedrive-folders-to-sync-to-your-computer-98b8b011-8b94-419b-aa95-a14ff2415e85

You might need to pause syncing or cancel the current sync first:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-to-cancel-or-stop-sync-in-onedrive-4885c27e-3d89-4d69-be75-2646c71367d3

Between that and clearing out old files, you should have more than enough space even with only a free account. And you can always upload your files manually.

puzzlezaddict

Hero+

3 years ago

@Marie_Spectrum Your issue, or at least your main issue, has nothing to do with OneDrive. Rather, it's that Sims 3 doesn't start correctly on 12th-gen Intel processors like yours. The workaround is to limit the game to one CPU core as it loads. Please see the accepted solution in this thread for more information:

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/Sims-3-won-t-open-Alder-Lake-Intel-12th-gen-CPU/m-p/11057820#M248615

I also want to say I wasn't suggesting that you buy more OneDrive storage. I personally think it's a waste of money, but even putting that aside, you could simply stop OneDrive from syncing the contents of Documents:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/choose-which-onedrive-folders-to-sync-to-your-computer-98b8b011-8b94-419b-aa95-a14ff2415e85

You might need to pause syncing or cancel the current sync first:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-to-cancel-or-stop-sync-in-onedrive-4885c27e-3d89-4d69-be75-2646c71367d3

Between that and clearing out old files, you should have more than enough space even with only a free account. And you can always upload your files manually.