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    Can you play Sims 3 offline

    kirstenhaykirstenhay Posts: 5 New Member
    in Forum Ideas & Feedback
    I have just started playing Sims 3 - it is so slow and preferred Sims 2 when you could play offline. Can you do this with Sims 3? :?:

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      Crazyst3veCrazyst3ve Posts: 25 New Member
      edited June 2009
      easy answer yes, play like normal the connection is just there for downloads and alike really
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      pinksk22pinksk22 Posts: 5 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Mine is really slow to everyone is having problems with slowness and crashing suppose we just have wait until the makers can help us with this problem?? When you click on speed 3 does it take forever cause mine does and its doing my head in!!!
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      carollsimcarollsim Posts: 238 Member
      edited June 2009
      1st thing, simple unplug the net cable :)

      2nd thing, try playing in window mode :)
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      kirstenhaykirstenhay Posts: 5 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Yes, mine can be really slow at times and waiting for my Sim to wake up is annoying (takes too long). Blooming annoying that you cannot go into the community buildings too. Sims 2 seems better just now - hopefully the changes will improve Sims 3.
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      kirstenhaykirstenhay Posts: 5 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Sorry not being thick but what do you mean by window mode?
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      kiggaxwutkiggaxwut Posts: 45 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Switch it from full screen mode to a windowed version. This usually lightens the load on your processor, which can tend to speed things up.

      Make sure you exit out of all of your background applications that aren't essential. And, like always, try lowering your graphics. TS3 is much more graphic-intensive than TS2 was, especially with the new town system. Things are constantly happening around you, so when you speed time up, it's not just your household that's going faster, it's the whole town.

      Perhaps turning story progression off would help, but I'm not sure about that.
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      kirstenhaykirstenhay Posts: 5 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Thanks but that is what I had already done and have lowered the graphics too. Will just have to be patient and wait for EA to correct the glitches.

      Re playing offline I understand that the connection is just for downloads etc. but it still slows it down. Grrrrr!
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