Hi there I was just wondering if anyone installed update 1.63 on a Windows 8 computer and if the game was able to play after the update. This is mainly because after update 1.57 The Sims 3 no longer worked on my Windows 8 computer and I just wanted to be sure it works before I install it.
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i havent seen any reports that it is not - can you describe better the problems you are having and the steps you took to try to fix
also see the section problems after patching to see if this fixes the problem
http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/719214.page
I have updated my game to 1.63 and it's not working at the moment. Once I get to the with my sim families and click on the big tick to play, it says the sims 3 has stopped working. I have windows 8,and my game worked fine before that, so i'm not sure why it's not working.
hey frank please review this patch help thread http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/719214.page
AdamGamerSim14 - many play sims 3 with sims 8 - i know CS says its not compatible but in practice it is for many if not most with win 8
moreover there could be other reasons like hardware or game data that have made playing the game a challenge
may i suggest review the crash check list to see if it can help
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Sims_3_Crashing_Checklist
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Notice: Upgrading from windows 7 to Windows 8 will cause some games to think the old drivers are still valid and crash the games that have not updated there pointers to the new drivers. go into ~/documents/electronic arts/ and delete deviceConfig.log and setting.ini and restart game and it should work.
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ive never heard on any older EP having issues can you please provide info
It goes through a list and tells you what is compatible and what is not and than I click a link that takes me to a website called Microsoft windows 8 compatibility. I can't remember the link at hand, but it said The Sims 3 base game incompatible, maybe compatible in XP/7 compatibility modes. It said the same thing for Sims 3 WA, All other expansion packs have updated their installers for windows 8 through patches. The reason I recommend against patching the base game and WA if you just have that installed is each patch after WA adds some free elements from each expansion pack to the base game increasing its size. Also watch windows 8 built in antivirus and firewall as they tend to like to block .exe files that change sizes.
Edit: here is the Site:
Windows 8 Compatibility Center
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/CompatCenter/Home
"Love will Fight, Love will Win and Love will Survive."
Reporting that on my PC with Win8 Professional (+all current OS-updates), the game with all EPs and SPs runs flawlessly under 1.63
Just want to say that my game was back to normal today. I guess I started playing too soon and perhaps the path hadn't settled yet...