After a few experiments, I have come to realization that The Sims 3 works best without updates and patches. The game doesn’t crash; there are no stretchy Sims; the game runs smoothly. But the moment I add one update, the game crashes to desktop with no warning after 1 hour of game-play.
The latest update v1.7/2.2 is not recommended if you don’t have The Sims 3: World of Adventures Expansion Pack. The basement feature they added with this update leaves the map looking something like this both aerial and ground view:
This is highly frustrating because it doesn’t load the lots no matter how long you wait. You also have to reinstall the game entirely. Luckily, I found a site where you can download all the older updates [which are a hit and miss as well] separately so you can have the updates you want and the ones you don’t. Just click here.
Hopefully whenever they fix the latest patch which is needed due to a lot of people getting the “error 16″ message when trying to save. They’ll have the basement feature in order. I honestly don’t believe The Sims 2 had this many errors and in a way The Sims 2 is a lot better. Sims 2 had half walls, spiral stairs, better mods, etc.
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I’m just about the reinstall the Sims 3 because of the stupid last two patches. Looking at the Sims 3 forum is depressing— about 136 pages of people freaking out and no response from EA.
Thank you so much for posting the individual updates!!
Yea, that’s your best bet.
So yah i’m getting a laptop and a new sims 3 game(hopefully it’s one of the games that can function properly).
Well on my home computer the games works perfectly with all the updates. And no World adventures(that may be why). Anyways i’m afraid of messing up the game on the laptop and i also noticed you’re good at helping others with the game. So I was wondering if you knew which updates i should update on to get the game to work with no screw ups. Any help would be nice. Thanks!
Its not about the game that you get functions properly its the updates you install that messes with the game. The last two or maybe even 3 patches they have made are the ones you should avoid.
Its so cool being an Admin, I can delete whatever I want.
