Yes I know ITF came out yesterday but some of us (in Europe) won't get it until the end of the week. I was so excited when IP was announced but ever since it was released I have had nothing but trouble. I thought I would give it one more go before I got ITF and perhaps even take the sim into the future.
I have lost count of the number of games abandoned because of glitches. I have never got beyond the first generation Today was no different. Now it isn't my machine which has reasonable va va voom and should be more than capable of handling the stuff I have installed. Besides I am not getting the same lagging issues in other worlds.
I could uninstall it but I like the CAS and decor stuff. So I am left with a game which is useless and I suspect with ITF out EA isn't interested in sorting out IP.
More importantly I hope this kind of thing doesn't happen with TS4. We are promised more stable gameplay but as of this moment I am not convinced.
Thank you for allowing me to rant. There is no need to reply. It really is the end of the line for IP as far as I am concerned.
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Maybe instead of assuming all is lost and insisting your computer isn't the problem, you could provide us with information to help fix issues.
Oh goodie! Another mod for me to add to my collection since EA won't fix the issue.
Previous incidents include the yellow taxi boat embedding itself in the houseboat. Sims refusing to undertake an action such as go to work or to snorkel or swim.
The game has always opened fine but doesn't necessarily save correctly. I had one sim who achieved level 4 in the diving, yet the next time I tried to play this had reverted back to his previous level of 2. Today I tried resetting the sim a couple of times but that didn't seem to stop the freezing.
So you see the issues are many and quite varied. I am not experiencing these problems with other worlds.
As for the computer it is a laptop but it has a dedicated graphics card with separate 2gb memory. i5 with turbo boost, 1TB hard drive and 8gb Ram. The computer automatically looks for updates for things like drivers once a week so these are all reasonably up to date.
One thing the laptop does have Windows 8 which has created issues in the past particularly with the graphics but I am reasonably confident I have got these sussed by adjusting the graphics settings.
You are welcome to try and solve this but I think the principle problem here is the gamer who really isn't the most patient of people and who today lost her temper with the game. Maybe when I have calmed down I will have another go with IP.
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Betty
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IP is bugged and EA/Maxis has not fixed it, even on mine in which I use a AMD II X4 635 2.9 Ghz with a Nvidia 770 4 Gb Classified and 16 GB I get lag. Every other world the game runs fine.
for lagging i would start here:
http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2011/04/bug-lags-intermittent-freezes.html
i use nraas mods and this prevents lag and others have reported lowering graphic settings for the world can also helps- at least turning off water reflection
ellacharmed of simswiki/MTS has also tackled lag for IP by fixing issues in CAW http://ellacharmed.wordpress.com/
for your corrupted sim see if moving out and back into the home via town edits helps any - of course if you get nraas then your sim should be fixed by Master controller reset which is different than the games
and win 8 - i agree when it was first released there were software issues i dont think thats still a factor - i also think if you can launch the game then you probably dont have a win 8 problem
IP never ran good, but I could live with it. After 1.63 though, IP is neigh on unplayable and I have no choice but to move worlds.
As with any problem with TS3 though, there are enough people playing IP without any problem at all. Just know that you're not alone. ^^
I must go now as I am working in the morning.
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Betty
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Well it is late here so I must go.
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Betty
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Just reread ur posts and you got windows so sorry, blaaah my post is useless.
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Anyway, I did the cheat "uncoverallunchartedislands" or something, and that helped a lot. But it ruins the uncharted island challenge, but whatever.
I use the nraas overwatch and every night there's unroutable sim, age stuck, script errors, etc. Sometimes I get unroutable sim in the middle of the day, and I have to reset all sims in the world because it seems they are all busy getting from a to b, so often my town is empty.
The biggest issue imo is actually the poor routing (game stutters when horses run from a to be, but not when driving) and also - that sim people use NO logic getting anywhere. Took my sim almost 10 hours to get to and from the grocery store, because she was a mermaid and chose to swim instead of boat/drive. My sim lives next to that Torres household (the ghosts in the front yard..) and the mermaid decided to swim all around the island to get to the grocery store. Instead of taking her car (in her inventory), drive across the island, swim/boat the tiny distance between the island and go to the store.
This happens a lot, and by God if you invite a person over, who lives far away. I invited a sim over, after waiting for the entire day, they came ...swimming. Like honestly, what is that? tbh I don't think I will be playing this world much more. I'll wait and see if anyone else makes a better custom made island world with oceans and such.
But I am wondering, that modthesim resource for IP, will it mess up my already played game? Or can I install this and continue on my IP-sim with no trouble?
I started a new game with a new TS3 folder, No mod, NO CC.
It is unplayable now.... I didn't even want to play 1 sim hour there.. because I experienced severe lag...
My game used to crash in IP :roll: but I never had any problem with lag .
Please, please fix this world...because IP is my most favorite EP and Isla Paradiso is my most favorite world...
Crin says that a way to reduce lag in Isla Paradiso is to cut off the interactive loading screen that came with patch 1.63.
I don't even use the interactive screen, though.
I even uninstalled the "Tree of prosperity" now and tested again.
ButI still have severe lag I never had before the latest patch.
This is the only world I get lag.
I do hope EA will fix it. It's a bit too widespread for them not to do anything about it. Seems like the "Tree of Prosperity" might be one of the many, many, many issues with this EP. :roll:
I assume its down to routing issues with NPC's ( like Bridgeport). Combined with the cave bug its annoying.
I just don't play IP anymore as I cant stand even small stutters when playing. It's definitely a buggy mess of an EP. Disgusting there hasn't been more patches. Personally I don't think it will get fixed. They made an island and all the water transportation knowing the AI of the NPC's just cant handle it.
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I have not updated to 1.63 because I don't have ITF, but I have heard some people who did (and don't have ITF) are having more issues. Overwatch helps, especially in Starlight Shores where it removes over 9,000 cars every night (!!), as does Error Trap. I hate that we're forced to use mods to fix our game, but at least there are people like Twallan who are trying to help.