#and TS3 didn't crash once!

[murfeelee]

@themaresnest-dumblr replied to your post “It's Finally Winter Break! I'm FREE!”:

Okay, the first question is tell us all about the computer, the second is what sodding processor does it use that will allow you to play Sims 3? Like the graphic btw, it looks like a They Might Be Giants video.

​I actually haven't been able to install/play TS3 at ALL! I've never had a problem running TS3 before, so this sucks!

At first I thought it was the EA App effing up--I had it install the base game and all the EPs at once, but that didn't work, so I figured OK, let me uninstall everything and ONLY install the base game. That FINALLY got the TS3 Folder to appear in Documents, and the Launcher finally loaded. But every time I click Play, it instantly crashes back to the EA App. I have zero mods or Store CC installed or anything. And the "Repair" button on the EA App appears to do EFF ALL, so.... *whimpers*

I never had a laptop with Nvidia and different V-RAM/GPU components, so I'm a fish out of water as far as specs go with this new PC, since my dinosaurs ran TS3 just fine, LOL. Before this I was on a Win10 8GB Dell laptop (2017-2023), and before that I was on a 4GB Vista HP laptop (2009-2017).

This new laptop is a Win11 Asus--it runs Baldur's Gate 3 (barely, LOL, even my Steam Deck is crying), so I have no clue why it can't run TS3:

Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900H, 2600 Mhz, 14 Core(s), 20 Logical Processor(s). Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU.

I made an Error Report that I sent to EA, so hopefully they tell me something, otherwise I'm screwed.

[reverieinsimlish]

The women laughed and he figured he hadn’t screwed it up. He kept worrying, though, about how Callie clung to the slim chance that they’d made a werewolf. There was no way to know until after he’d been born, and even then, one of the shifters in the family would need to smell him. He constantly squirreled away little moments, like this one, reminders for her or himself when the time came and only one of them got what they wanted. Either way, he hoped he’d be enough.

[thesimperiuscurse]

pinterest room challenge — by viivarium. 

recreate your favourite pinterest picture of a room in the sims!

[ inspo ] thanks @enable--llamas​ & @herpixels​ for tagging me! i needed an academy fashion studio for chapter 10, so i thought to have a crack at that and this challenge at the same time. i only wish that sims 3 could handle that much clutter. i will probably post more shots later when my reshade decides to work 😪 i’m a bit late to the party, so i tag anyone else who wants to participate!

[moudschegiebchn]

Before I start a little disclaimer: I don't put too much energy into this. I'll explore as I go along however long that may be. Don't take anything I write too seriously. This is all just meant for fun.

Now that we have that out of the way here's our Sim who'll explore Isla Paradiso for us:

Say hello to Silvie Rogue. She's pretty much a preset face but idc she's cute. Traits: absent-minded, loves outdoors, sailor, clumsy, family-oriented Lifetime wish: Great Explorer

many ramblings + a few more pics form my first evening playing under the cut

i'll probably always prefer the cartoon-y look from ts2 & ts4 but i don't hate ts3's style anymore xD

the very prominent eye shine creeps me out though

i did manage to find some default replacements i actually like!

there's a weird thing in CAS going on with the camera but that's probably on me? or due to the fact that i'm playing in borderless window mode on a 34" monitor

you can't create mermaids from CAS?? that's disappointing

i miss the option to have more than one outfit per category (later i realised that this is possible but only through a dresser? ugh)

after only checking CAS for young adult females lemme tell ya: ts3 doesn't has such an obsession with them as ts4 lol

Isla Paradiso is huge there are so many lots my starter sim could choose from and it's just beautiful

there are two cemeteries. two! it was a kinda happy-sad thing realising that cemeteries used to be a thing with the sims. per default not because of a mod.

already found the option to disable all the store advertising, hooray! i will never get over this whole store thing

her work hours are 8am - 2pm. she's gonna have a job and be able to do other things easily! it feels like ts4 work hours are generally pretty long and i find it hard to get them out and do stuff

there are different ringtones for the phone omg! it's like five or six and it's making me genuinely a little bit excited lol especially that we can set it to sound like a home phone in ts2 *nostalgia intensifies*

the little sound it makes whenever a pie menu opens ;_; <3 i've missed this!!

can't use SRWE because of the way the ui reacts to it (not at all thus making it look very weird) sad

hitting fast speed 2 actually feels so much faster!! getting a bit too excited over this but it is one of the biggest smallest things that bug me about ts4. speed 2 doesn't feel that different and don't get me started on speed 3. but this…!! it's a whole new world

the bed is messy! i repeat: the bed is messy!!

my sim made waffles three times and burnt every one of them

her TV broke and she was so upset about it lmao

despite having the sailor trait Silvie is not immune to getting seasick. can you imagine the same thing in ts4? me neither

it's only Thursday and so far everything that could be dirty or broke was dirty and/or broke, some things even multiple times. i love it.

I SEE SHARKS!!

while repairing the TV she got electrocuted and didn't loose the spiky hair just by going into the ocean hehehe

there are wishes and they matter!! *happy cry*

still think only being able to lock four is not enough but eh. it's better than three meaningless whims. and i like having so much more control than in ts2 with the random rolls after completing one

still miss fears though

stuff in the reward store is expensive and it takes time to get enough points. it actually feels like i have to work for it and it's great

the actual ts3 camera feels a lot different from the ts4 version of it and i don't like it

tab mode is absolut torture WHAT IS THIS?!

so far the game crashed once and another time it didn't close properly and I had to force a restart

the ui isn't all over the place like in ts4 and i find it much less stressing + overwhelming

we only have one shortcut key for inventory?? how did we ever live like this?!! such peasantry

[swanimagines]

Wait, Tom from 15 Days was abused by his dad? I did not kno that! I knew the dad was a jerk for cheating and being a general dick to his son, but actually beating him? Can't blame Tom for shooting him. Does someone mention it or is it like one of those shown in a flashback scene, because that would be hard to watch if that's the case. BTW, love your writings, it's really making me intrigued by Freddy's characters especially Tom.

Well, I have to admit that I didn't watch the whole show myself actually, I spent like 6 hours with hunting for just Tom's scenes from there, I'm sure I missed some but I don't really have the energy to fight with my desktop much longer than that*. But I just got that picture?

In addition to his dad being a dick at him, Tom is being kinda scary while drunk, beating that cow to death, trying to rape that girl (Josh's girlfriend whose name I have forgotten) in E3. His behavior just also tells me that the relationship with his dad might have had more to it than "just" mental abuse as such actions often are the result of bad parenting, or then there has been something else in his childhood. Tom doesn't feel like a psychopath/sociopath/a person with antisocial personality, so it's likely that something has made him that way while growing up, he copes with gambling and drinking. + There's that one scene where his dad lifts Tom against the wall by his collar which isn't normal for a parent to treat their child, even when Tom was provoking his dad. Again, tells a lot about his dad's temper, how he deals with being annoyed/angry and how was he in Tom's childhood tbh. Also, Tom's mum seems to be scared of his dad, Tom gets angry at her when she promised to confront his father about something (I forgot about what) and then she couldn't bring herself to say it.

*I wanted to watch the whole show myself but my desktop is a dick, it won't let me watch any videos properly, the player freezes completely every 2-5 minutes and then I close the player and move onto next clip, it loads it for like a minute before letting me to continue... sucks especially when I wanna check my newest video edit before uploading it to Youtube, it just won't cooperate. I've tried different media players too but nope, they all have the same problem.

It's weird because this works like a dream otherwise, games run well, even The Sims 3 has never once crashed and has lagged only for like 3-5 seconds a few times an hour, even when I've played for 5+ hours a few times??? (For people who are unaware, TS3 is known for it's constant crashing and lagging even with the most powerful, modern setups)

I upload my own videos to Youtube as hidden videos or such because of that just so I can watch them, but uploading 15 Days would get me a copyright strike. I downloaded the episodes from the internet because you can't watch them anywhere in Finland.

And thank you so much 💕 Glad to know someone enjoys them!!

[trash-llama]

Hey! I've been ry loving your Sims 3 gameplay. It has inspired me to do the same. Needed a break from Sims 4 after that update broke my game. 😅 I was wondering how you got University to work for you again? I tried sending my sim but it just crashed to the desktop. Going in vacation worked fine but sending her to college didn't work out too well. Thank you! ❤️

Hi! So sorry for the late reply. I was away from my computer the couple of days.

I’m so glad you’re enjoying my TS3 game and hope you’re enjoying your own as well. ❤️ I agree, it’s definitely nice taking a break once in a while - it even makes me miss TS4 which is good.

As for the fix :s I don’t really know. I repaired my game a few times that night, but nothing worked. Then I went to bed and the next day it worked again. I really hope your game fixes itself as well :D

Sorry, I am totally not of any help 🙃