Comments on: The Sims Live Broadcast 7/30/13

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:48:02 +0000

NAARS is the only reason my game is still running. Overwatch saved one of my neighbourhoods the other night but I had to initiate the stuck check. 77 Sims stuck. In a prev neighbourhood 94 (wasn’t actually looking to solve stuck sims that time, one of my toddlers got stuck growing up couldn’t believe my eyes didn’t know I had so many sims) And not due to the Storytelling Progression feature that destroys my game, I can’t run it. Which is a good example of why I’m so cautious and weary of EA and the Sims.

By: Awesomemarc

Awesomemarc — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 18:09:15 +0000

I’ve found that a lot of lagging is caused by random sims that are stuck due to poor routing. Lost and stranded stray cats, dogs, and horses also create lag, and the terrain in some worlds seems to create problems more than others. I turn off pets in Options and I use the Overwatch mod to automatically clean up lost sims and I rarely ever have lag in my game.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 16:06:36 +0000

I am in complete agreement with you Josh it has nothing to do with our computers it is the program itself. It doesn’t matter if you have an old clunker or an I7 you are experiencing the same problems.

To me either the game can not handle what EA is trying to do with it or there is a lot of conflicting that EA should have taken the time to resolve. The patches just add to the mess. I have never heard or played a game needing over a gig of fixing.

My game hasn’t reached that unplayable stage yet and I hope it doesn’t because even with the problems I still get enjoyment from it. I just better be careful with how many more expansion packs I add. I’m getting the impression the more packs you have the more unplayable the game gets.

By: amberindia

amberindia — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 03:15:13 +0000

I have a high end PC and I have no problem whatsoever with Island Paradise with all EPs, SPs, store content, and CCs installed. I am actually worried with you guys wanting a patch! Hopefully they don’t mess up what’s not broken, like how they messed up Level 10 racing horse animation for no apparent reason!

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:51:50 +0000

Thanks ea just don’t properly test their games yes lag does happen in most games the same with bugs but I mean come on it should at least be playable the sims is just a waste of time and money for me anyway others might feel different about it I see no point in playing it no more.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 19:45:41 +0000

I lost faith with WA error 16 nearly killed the Sims for me and I still have the odd broken vacation worlds. I waited about three years before buying another expansion with no problems. That is the trick to buying the expansion packs, give EA the time to sort them out. But with this being the last expansion pack I doubt EA will fix it enough for one to want to buy it.

The next patch will be coming soon, history dictates usually before the next expansion/stuff pack.

If you have custom content this might help with lagging.

http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2013/06/black-screen-long-loading-times-and-tmp-files-in-dccache.html

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 15:22:53 +0000

I lost my faith with ea the day island paradise came out buggy and laggy game and still no patch I have a £400 zoostorm gaming pc yet the game still does not work

By: catloverplayer

catloverplayer — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 14:06:27 +0000

I don’t doubt because I have faith in EA. I still think they ll release a patch to make Isla Paradiso more stable. By the way I have a gaming rig with 8gbs of ram and a high-end graphics card.

By: Lumière de Dieu

Lumière de Dieu — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:45:54 +0000

Don’t doubt so much, the more you doubt the worse it become.

By: Lumière de Dieu

Lumière de Dieu — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 13:43:29 +0000

Well, don’t ask anybody, if your computer can load The Sims 3, no lag, if your computer can’t fulfill from the minimum requirement, there is an increase chance of lag.