After doing a descent amount of research, I've come to the conclusion that with the laptop I will be purchasing in about 2-3 months (15-inch MacBook Pro, vidia GeForce GT 650M), The Sims 3 Seasons should run absolutely fine If I'm using it in Boot Camp. I've come across several people in the links you've provided who have installed Boot Camp, and they said that The Sims 3 runs flawlessly, even with Seasons installed. So, I think I've made my decision to go on and get this Mid-2012 MacBook, install Boot Camp, and have a descent gaming experience with The Sims 3 plus five expansion packs and 2 stuff packs (including Seasons). I've did the research. I have my fingers crossed!
After doing a descent amount of research, I've come to the conclusion that with the laptop I will be purchasing in about 2-3 months (15-inch MacBook Pro, vidia GeForce GT 650M), The Sims 3 Seasons should run absolutely fine If I'm using it in Boot Camp. I've come across several people in the links you've provided who have installed Boot Camp, and they said that The Sims 3 runs flawlessly, even with Seasons installed. So, I think I've made my decision to go on and get this Mid-2012 MacBook, install Boot Camp, and have a descent gaming experience with The Sims 3 plus five expansion packs and 2 stuff packs (including Seasons). I've did the research. I have my fingers crossed! Please tell me what you think!
Is that the 15" non Retina? If so, does the NVIDIA card have 512Mb VRAM or 1Gb? I play on the non-Retina with 1Gb VRAM
I'm custom ordering this:
-2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB GDDR5 memory
-8GB RAM
-500GB Serial ATA Drive
-MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen Display (Non-retina)
I'm also installing Windows 7 on Boot Camp. I did research from the links you sent me before. It doesn't look like a lot of people at all had issues with The Sims 3 (Seasons, in particular, with the glitching) using Boot Camp, I think I'm good to go!
Is that the 15" non Retina? If so, does the NVIDIA card have 512Mb VRAM or 1Gb? I play on the non-Retina with 1Gb VRAM
You're refusing to answer me? I still need help!!!
Perhaps she is busy with real life.
I'm busy with real life too. However, I've been on the computer ALL WEEK, NONSTOP (which isn't very often) because I've been searching for the right laptop to purchase. I figured, because BluebellFlora has the "know-it-all", she could answer me and tell me what she thinks.
Sorry AdamVidaliss, I'm far too busy doing my hair at the moment to answer you in depth. Maybe later when I have nothing better to do? Oh, hang on, I might be watching paint dry.
Urgh, this has now become a real annoyance. Almost a year and EA have failed to fix this. I've uploaded a video showing this glitch:
I've also tweeted SimGuruGraham and posted on the TS3 Facebook page.
Just to confirm AGAIN, this is not user related, it is a bug with NVIDIA cards. Doesn't matter what world you play or how old/new your installation is, it affects all Macs with NVIDIA, whether dedicated or discrete. It appears to be related to the change in plants and trees in Autumn and Winter, whether you have foliage on your Lot or not. My 15" MBP with 1Gb AMD Radeon graphics doesn't experience this problem.
Urgh, this has now become a real annoyance. Almost a year and EA have failed to fix this. I've uploaded a video showing this glitch:
I've also tweeted SimGuruGraham and posted on the TS3 Facebook page.
Just to confirm AGAIN, this is not user related, it is a bug with NVIDIA cards. Doesn't matter what world you play or how old/new your installation is, it affects all Macs with NVIDIA, whether dedicated or discrete. It appears to be related to the change in plants and trees in Autumn and Winter, whether you have foliage on your Lot or not. My 15" MBP with 1Gb AMD Radeon graphics doesn't experience this problem.
The only fix is to disable these two seasons.
Like I said, It does NOT do this when playing in Boot Camp using the NVIDIA cards. You haven't tried that yet, have you?
Bought Seasons several days ago. Summer and spring are fine, just sometimes I experience these glitches in autumn and winter. At first I lowered my specs and moved my family to another location and it seemed to work just fine. Now that's autumn again, the glitches are back...
If it's really problem with NVIDIA cards, why didn't EA resolve this problem and make it compatible with NVIDIA? I'm starting to think they only care about money and how to produce more and more Eps regardless of the quality and stability of them. Who cares about the user experience...
I also have the patch 1.63 and I have taken Seasons off, but one of the bridges in 🐸🐸🐸🐸 has a glitch shows black. I noticed one of the hairstyles that comes with LN also has a glitch. I don't think patch 1.63 fixed graphic issues for MAC"S doesn't seem so to me but then I don't have seasons installed right now.
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After doing a descent amount of research, I've come to the conclusion that with the laptop I will be purchasing in about 2-3 months (15-inch MacBook Pro, vidia GeForce GT 650M), The Sims 3 Seasons should run absolutely fine If I'm using it in Boot Camp. I've come across several people in the links you've provided who have installed Boot Camp, and they said that The Sims 3 runs flawlessly, even with Seasons installed. So, I think I've made my decision to go on and get this Mid-2012 MacBook, install Boot Camp, and have a descent gaming experience with The Sims 3 plus five expansion packs and 2 stuff packs (including Seasons). I've did the research. I have my fingers crossed!
I'm custom ordering this:
-2.6GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB GDDR5 memory
-8GB RAM
-500GB Serial ATA Drive
-MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Glossy Widescreen Display (Non-retina)
I'm also installing Windows 7 on Boot Camp. I did research from the links you sent me before. It doesn't look like a lot of people at all had issues with The Sims 3 (Seasons, in particular, with the glitching) using Boot Camp, I think I'm good to go!
What do you think?
You're refusing to answer me? I still need help!!!
Perhaps she is busy with real life.
I'm busy with real life too. However, I've been on the computer ALL WEEK, NONSTOP (which isn't very often) because I've been searching for the right laptop to purchase. I figured, because BluebellFlora has the "know-it-all", she could answer me and tell me what she thinks.
I'll find out for myself you SICK *🐸🐸🐸🐸*.
It seems to be only fall. I never had problems in Summer, and it is 3 days till Winter so I'll see.
Heres my comp info:
2012 15" Macbook Pro
2.3 GHz Intel Core i7
8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 1024 MB
OS X 10.8.4
I've also tweeted SimGuruGraham and posted on the TS3 Facebook page.
Just to confirm AGAIN, this is not user related, it is a bug with NVIDIA cards. Doesn't matter what world you play or how old/new your installation is, it affects all Macs with NVIDIA, whether dedicated or discrete. It appears to be related to the change in plants and trees in Autumn and Winter, whether you have foliage on your Lot or not. My 15" MBP with 1Gb AMD Radeon graphics doesn't experience this problem.
The only fix is to disable these two seasons.
Like I said, It does NOT do this when playing in Boot Camp using the NVIDIA cards. You haven't tried that yet, have you?
For Mac-users who don't want to use Bootcamp, though, this is still an issue that EA should address.
If it's really problem with NVIDIA cards, why didn't EA resolve this problem and make it compatible with NVIDIA? I'm starting to think they only care about money and how to produce more and more Eps regardless of the quality and stability of them. Who cares about the user experience...
Better late than never I guess, so pleased it's finally fixed
I haven't tested in OS X Mavericks yet though........
If you have NVIDIA graphics the glitch shown in this thread has now been fixed in the 1.63 patch.