Hi. Just started a new game and it keeps freezing in buy mode. I have tried EA towns and new towns with the same result. I have also tried with and without my mods folder and it makes no difference. I have disabled shop mode and this hasn't helped either. Any ideas anyone? Thanks.
0
Comments
If that doesn't help, as a test try pulling your entire TS3 user game folder out of Documents to the Desktop (or rename it) for safekeeping. The game will generate a new user game folder with no added content of any type at all on the next attempted launch. Does Buy Mode in a new test game on the clean game folder work any better?
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
What have you got for a graphics card, have you taken steps to limit its frame rate, and verified in-game that the frame rate is staying locked in at or under the refresh rate of your monitor?
To check: ctrl+shift+C to bring up the cheats console, type fps on (enter). As you play and move the game camera around, the displayed fps rates should never exceed the refresh rate of your monitor. Most are 60 Hz, so 60 fps but some monitors and laptop screens can run higher. To make the displayed rates go away, cheats console again and fps off (enter). This is much more important than graphics card recognition, but we can address that too if necessary.
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
We never did hammer this down. There are two pieces to this game. The program install folders usually get installed in Program Files (x86) under Electronic Arts or Origin Games. The installs can be redirected, especially when working with more than one hard drive. But the user game folder is the one we are really meant to interact with on a regular basis.
Where exactly is your user game folder showing up?
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=File:TheSims3Folder.jpg
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
But I am very sorry, I still have no idea what you are being told by Origin that needs to be downloaded. That folder is spawned by the Launcher and the base game program automatically if it is not already there, it is not downloaded from anywhere. Or to put it another way, if one were to play the game completely offline with no Internet connection at all (either not using an Origin install or instructing Origin to allow offline logins), and the user game folder were not there, a new one would still spawn.
It shouldn't matter which drive your Documents folder really resides on, but if you are out of or tight on space on the SSD, it would be best to redirect your entire Documents folder to the HDD (usually SSD is the C drive, and HDD is the D drive, but there could be other configurations).
http://www.dummies.com/computers/operating-systems/windows-10/how-to-change-the-location-of-user-folders-in-windows-10
(sorry for the "dummies" link, but they do a good job of describing and illustrating this)
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
Other than that, we seem to be going in circles here. The user game folder is not downloaded, it has nowhere to be downloaded from. It is created by the program and is designed to be swappable or removable.
I suggest that you reach out to EA Customer Support for tech assistance or try the EA Answers HQ Board for TS3. There is either something very unusual about your install or I am simply not being successful in communicating the difference between a program install and a user game folder.
NRaas has moved!
Our new site is at http://nraas.net
HillyPlays
P.A.C.E- Positive Attitude Changes Everything