The Sims

[~RoadToTrista~]

Ok sorry, I did before but it got all glitchy and kept asking me to press continue when I tried it before but now it's working (I guess cause I downloaded that app).

It says I meet all the minimum requirements. My computer's 32-bit, my CPU speed is 2.3 GHz, I'm using a AMD Radeon HD 6450 video card, and I have 3.1 GB of RAM and tons of disk space.

[Emily Aster]

That does sound more than adequate.

Like I said before, SimCity 4, which I assume is made by the same people, randomly crashed on me a lot and I have a top of the line system. How many people have 4GB of video ram and 32GB of system ram? Not to mention lots of processors. It's actually a server I use for other things, but I game on it too. Setting processor affinity to just one processor stopped the crashes for me. I'd give it a shot on The Sims as well.

[Annah]

Ok sorry, I did before but it got all glitchy and kept asking me to press continue when I tried it before but now it's working (I guess cause I downloaded that app).

It says I meet all the minimum requirements. My computer's 32-bit, my CPU speed is 2.3 GHz, I'm using a AMD Radeon HD 6450 video card, and I have 3.1 GB of RAM and tons of disk space.

To run most of the Sims3 expansions you really need a 64bit PC. A 32 isn't really on the minimum list. That card also scores a 297 out of 5,552 (higher the better...5,552 being the best).

Your video card should run it but I'm thinking the 32 bit is what's doing it.

A lot of people with 32 bit are having issues.

[Chaos]

Mine is crappy tho it could be worse.I have a pentium dual,3gb ram (memory),32 bit,454 gb of disk space (with over 200 free),nvidia geforce 7100 series video card.so i clearly cant have it on max settings but even with the 32 bit (i use vista as well) i have no crashing but then again i believe i can change this to 64 through the nvidia interface tho i dont..could be wrong on that one,will have to check.Most of my crashing only came from having a bad hack or over use of memory (letting it sit on for LONG periods of time) otherwise im good.plus i also know that you must keep ANY item you place in the game,up to date with the current patch or its a testing game.i try not to patch up unless i have no choice and finding updated items is a pain.its why i just stick to the sims 2 because they put the patching in place to discourage people from making mods and hacks for the sims 3 (since that lawsuit against the sims 2 over such things.stupid in my opinion they would try and regulate the public and what they can do with their game but thats my opinion)

[Annah]

Actually the patching prevents piracy. I never heard of patching was created to discourage mods since they even host player created mods and items right on their official website.

What i mean by piracy is...to be more specific, you cannot pirated the stand alone Sims3 without adding expansions because it's impossible since the patching request checks the validity of the cd key (it's uniqueness) and the contents of the legitimate DVD. Although, the expansions can be pirated easily which makes patching also useful in another form.

Most of the patches will update game items by adding more content in the game.

The mods and items in their official website (which was created by users) will always work through patches and if you get mods and items outside of the website then you must find a person who will update their items when needed...which are a lot).

Plus, there is a simple program that lets you scan your mods, see if they are out of date and then updates it.