Just a little appreciation post for The Sims 3's beautiful world
It makes me so happy to see people still loving this game in 2025. I only started playing about two years ago even though I knew about it for way longer. I know it's a really old game but honestly the sims 3 has been the best therapy for me. It always makes me believe that the world is good and our lives are full of sunshine. No matter how down or sad I am as soon as I hear the sims 3 background music I just instantly feel happy. With amazing soundtracks like Verisimilitude and Fortissimo Personality I feel like I'm temporarily transported to another world in the game another world where I exist (even if it's just virtual). The world of the sims 3 is a utopia everything in it is cute sunny and positive. From a software engineering perspective the game isn't perfect it has a lot of unreasonable things that are a headache for players and even with a bunch of mods you can't make the game completely satisfying. But we can't deny the positive impact it has on a player's spirit. I haven't played the sims 3 in a long time because I don't want to get too dependent on its perfect world. The gap between the virtual world and reality can make you cry and the withdrawal you feel after quitting the game is a real headache too. Of course this might have something to do with where I live.
Friends?
Hey there, hope everyone is doing okay. Sorry if this is a little weird, but would anyone like to be friends on the sims 3 lol? I've always wanted to use the game in the way I could send my friends gifts in game and attach little messages, but I have nobody to chat to currently. If you'd like to become friends and say hi from time to time in game, just let me know by replying to this post. Have a good day/night!
Story Progession advice?
Hi I have a legacy family I am almost determined in future to only let my sims have 1 child as I get too attached to both ad my lifespan is epic (odd for a legacy player I know) so I know them a long time. Main issue is the ones moved out never progress beyond howfar I've progressed them they may change careers to something non player controlled if its something like painting but they never get promoted even if workoholics, they never have children unless I switch and direct them to even if their traits would indicate they would want children and I make sure before leavvig them they have the means such as a crib and baby stuff and settled careers. They just stagnate in limbo after I leave....and I hate it I have thought about story progression mod but worried as my game lags slightly already and don't want to upset a game that can already be temperamental when its been running so well aside from occasional lagging. Awesome mod I know is less intensive on resources but also less customisiable and would need to learn more I want the other sibling to have a life too as well without me worrying about and micro managing them, so if any people see this have experience with these mods could give advice would be appreciated, also if there are any other alternatives I don't know of also feel free to suggest. I would keep them with me but you hit the 8 sim limit quickly that way and I know there are mods around this but they can cause their own issues (i've heard your save/ game is more likley to corrupt if you break the limit via mods)
Please help
I have created a new family, when the wife went into labor, she kept having babies, before restarting the game she ended up having 11 babies back to back. I have moved her out of her household and back in. I have switched to a different household, and came back after she had a baby, but when she was having another baby, it happened again; she was having lots of babies back to back. I have also restarted the game multiply times. I do not want to delete this game, as I have made significant progress already, how do I fixed this glitch? Thank you
Do you know the name of the "Floor Skeleton" in the CAW map mode?
I'm currently working on a new creepy world for the Sims 3. I wanted to use the floor skeleton on the map, especially near some of the abandoned buildings. I remember it being called "Dig Site Remains" under Environment objects tag. I click on that through, but it turned out, it was not it. Is this just an example of the Mandala Effect, and it was never something that was meant to be placed outside of the lots or am I just not remembering what its called in the map mode? I know where to find the "floor skeleton" in the buydebug menu, but I don't want to have place extra lots, just to place multiple extra ones on the map. Its hard enough not for me to go overboard with the number of lots in a world, and I'm already slightly over one hundred. I'll be thankfully to anyone who can help me find this, or if its not in map mode, and I have a faulty memory, please let me know that as well. Here's a picture of what it looks like when placed on a lot, in case you don't know what I'm talking about. It comes with World Adventures.
How to Play TS3 Offline?
Hello Community, Just wondering how to play TS3 offline without going through the EA Launcher? Previous discussions on this topic are outdated and I can't figure it out myself. I own all the physical copies of TS3 and its expansions, so there should be no reason to need the Launcher and the game should be fully available offline. Appreciate any help! Thanks.
Grim Reaper came for no reason and then left as if nothing had happened
so i've been playing for a while with a family consisting of a young woman and an adult cat. they live in bridgeport. and then one night at about 11pm when everyone was asleep, on a full moon, the reaper just came to her apartment, went to the bathroom and stood by the mirror, fooling around and moving his hips.......and then he left, like nothing happened i tried to search for a chance of such an event on the wiki, but i couldn't find anything, so i decided to post here. tell me what is this?? why did he just come, although no one died??.....
