I have a few questions about sims.
Hi, EA I was wondering if you could bring back sims 1, and sims 2 to origin, I've never played either and have heard they're fun, plus I have a few more questions to ask. Does the sims timeline go li...
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@PugLove888 Did you ever try using any of the Nraas mods for Sims 3? The ones I would recommend are called ErrorTrap and Overwatch, and they can potentially help with performance issues. One problem with that game is that there are too many instances where the game doesn't clean up after itself, and when you have an open world with lots of sims it can really add up. For example sims leaving TVs or radios on, sims leaving objects sitting around, various interactions or situations that get broken and don't properly reset, vehicles lingering around on the map, sims getting stuck, and so many other things.
I'm not sure if you would want to bother giving the game another chance and seeing what these mods would do, but I'll copy and paste the description of each mod so that you and others can see what they do because otherwise I would do a horrible job explaining lol.
Overwatch: The primary purpose of this mod is to act as a periodic clean up system for correcting errors and eliminating junk that accumulates over a regular play-session.
ErrorTrap: This is a core-mod intended to catch and correct data corruption errors that can render a save-game unloadable. Any corruption errors that can not be corrected will be trapped and logged, allowing the save-game to load regardless.
@snow_dog04 thank you for bringing up @BeachMagnolia64 's question about the time line! 🙂 You are pretty much right, in that it has been stated by Maxis that TS4 is on its own timeline , pretty much a parallel universe. As for Bella Goths age being too young to have a child that's a teen, I always assumed that it was implied that she drank the Potion of Youth from the Aspiration Points Rewards Store! 😉
@valohim666, thank you but I have a very negative response even watching the game or listening to it.😢 It is like a Pavlovian response , even to the incidental music (that plays when something eventful happens) ! I hear that music now and expect pain and frustration! 😞 If it was the only Sims game that I could play would be the only way I would consider it.
However, thank you for mentioning those mods 😇 because I'm sure other people will find that very helpful! 🥳
@BeachMagnolia64, turns out I was wrong about TS2 🤭 in that there are some workarounds to get it to work, so it wouldn't be as difficult for EA to re-release it 🙌(but I still doubt they have plans for it.). ☹️
I had heard from several sources that it wouldn't work on a lot of computers or that those computers that it would work on , it would be difficult to set up. But either those sources were wrong or else some people have come up with better workarounds! 😎
So, TS2 can run in Windows with some easy workarounds, and is fully compatible with current versions of macOS. It’s always been compatible on Mac because of Aspyr.
Also, EA plans on releasing the 64-bit, Metal supported version of Sims 3 for Mac at some point.
I hope all of that is helpful to you! 🤞
Here are the links to the Sims 3 info you might find useful: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/An-announcement-for-The-Sims-3-players-on-Mac/td-p/8271641
and
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-Mac/the-sims-3-64-bit-amp-metal-release/m-p/9342891#M7874
@PugLove888 Yeah I don't blame you. There have been some games I've had issues with in the past where I really wanted to play them and give them a chance, but the issues I had just kept me away. Even when it comes to Sims 3, I used to be more tolerant to the technical issues but last time I tried it I quickly turned it off lol. Even Sims 2 I can't play anymore, and that was always my favorite game in the series. While I did manage to get it working on my computer, it still runs pretty poorly at times so I just can't play it anymore. I don't know if it's my own fault and I did something wrong, or if the game just doesn't like my hardware. The workarounds are pretty simple though, and there are sites that give a good rundown of what you have to do. From what I remember, most of it is editing some configuration files for your GPU and potentially setting the game to only use a single CPU core.
I was going to add in my own idea for the Bella Goth theory, though I'm not sure if it would work. I was going to mention the trait Long Lived, but from what I notice it seems to only help elders to survive longer. For example the previous sim I created ended up marrying Cassandra Goth and I had her do the Bodybuilder aspiration, and even though he was younger Alexander just died while Cassandra is still going. So we can go with the Potion of Youth theory, that works for me lol.
@valohim666, I'm sorry you can't play TS2 anymore 😢 since that has the best gameplay of any of the 4 Sims versions! 🥳 I was disappointed in TS3 (even before the lagging and crashes started) because it was just so empty... big world but so hard to find any Sims out and about in it, and when you did, by the time your Sim got over there, the others were gone! 😞 I spent more time looking for Sims (outside of the household) to interact with than actually playing the game. 🤒😃 If it wasn't for CASt and creating new patterns or recoloring old ones, I might have just gone back to TS2! 🤨 (I did prefer that you could actually play as your pets, though! But that pack came later).
(I'm also happy you like my Youth Potion theory for Bella Goth! 🙌 )@RandomBuzziness, I did love the houseboats, but they also slowed down the game. By that time I had gotten rid of any mods and all CC , I'm glad for y'all there are things you can do to make it run better!
@PugLove888 I used to play Sims 2 to death, and when I say to death I sort of mean it literally since I basically killed an old computer from playing too much lol. Last time I had played, I downloaded a bunch of custom cars and had my sim start an Audi dealership. Found some old screenshots of it too, they're from 2017 so that just shows how long since I played. As for Sims 3, I feel like there was a mod that let you right click a sim in your relationship list and it would find them. I can't remember what it was though, maybe NRaas RelationshipPanel. Finding a sim without that is really annoying, though even with that mod it could be annoying if you are looking for someone you haven't met. With the pets, I remember there being a cheat to control them in Sims 2 though I don't remember how well that worked.
Your potion theory makes a lot of sense, or I think it does anyway. I mean if any played character has access to one then I find it easy to imagine anyone potentially having access too, plus I find it easy to imagine someone wanting to stay young.
@PugLove888Ohhh...I've been looking forward to the metal version of the sims 3. :D I still love and play TS3. 🙂
I've read somewhere that Sims do not age while they are pregnant. Is this true? If so, with standard aging it seems like it might be possible for a Sim to still be a young adult when their oldest child ages up to teen. Maybe Bella got too close to a Cow Plant <gulp> xD
@aodoherty @valohim666 Me too on Sims 3 :D With NRAAS Overwatch and fixed lots to prevent too may stuck Sims (I'm looking at you Isla Paradiso) Sims 3 runs just fine even on my old laptop. My saves do not load very fast but once I'm in the game there are no travel loading screens like there are in Sims 4 so during a regular playing session I probably do not spend any more time on loading screens for Sims 3 than I would in Sims 4. To me the waiting time is worth it to be able to live on a houseboat in the middle of the ocean and spend my days scuba diving :D
- @RandomBuzziness There's no lagging if you change all the houseboats to no visitors allowed. It only takes about 1-2 mins to load my save game in the sims 3. :D Some Nraas mods with a few ccs are enough to run the game.
I can look through the window in any inactive sims' house and see what they are doing inside while my active sim is sleeping in bed. LOL It's quite funny.
Have you tried to help a driving practice for your teens in Isla Paradiso? While they are sitting on driver's seat, the car flies in the air and across the sea, and then it arrives at the 2nd biggest island. As you know, there are 2 big islands with 8 hidden ones in Isla. It's great to activate those hidden islands too. But one sad point is that only Lifeguard sim is allowed to do freestyle swimming in the sims 3 without a mod. I enjoyed Lifeguard career too. A female sim was waiting for being rescued in the sea, my sim ignored it. A few mins later, that sim got out of the sea..(how come she could come out? she was drowning..), then shouted at my lifeguard sim and left.
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