UPDATE 9-2-20 Has your Sims 3 game been affected by the recent pixilation issues?

@emorrill I’m sorry that was the answer but at least now we know. I don’t think the NRaas people would be offended. There’s so many different systems and answers that it would be hard to get an answer without seeing each of our systems.

The only option that has not been explored is installing a Linux partition and installing Sims 3 on that. I tried on my my laptop but messed it up so thoroughly I’m afraid to try it on my desktop. Might your IT guy be willing to answer whether that could possibly be a fix?