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    Still no patch fix for this game. What gives Sim Gurus?

    Cali3234Cali3234 Posts: 168 Member
    in The Sims 3 General Discussion
    I have been waiting patiently for them to fix these stupid bugs...like constant crashing... ever since they put the first patch in. And have they yet? Nope? But they can come out with another pack to buy though? So when are they going to fix this? Maybe Christmas of 2015?

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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      The new XP is giving me grief too. Since I installed it, sims 3 keeps crashing. when I have the crash log analyze it, it keeps saying "Graphics Device not in database."
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      stilljustme2stilljustme2 Posts: 25,082 Member
      edited November 2013
      Not everyone is having issues with constant crashing -- I've had very few crashes in the last couple of years, since I got my new iMac and Boot Camped Win7 on it so I'm playing on native Windows rather than emulation. And most of the crashes are due to my own fault, where I try to do too many things too fast. Yes, I do use mods (but not CC), and some of them are designed to correct EA's errors so maybe I and others are part of the problem.

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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      I'm just uninstalling Into the future until a patch or mod is released. I'm tired of doing workarounds on my PC o get the game to work.
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      Cali3234Cali3234 Posts: 168 Member
      edited November 2013
      I just did the same thing. Let me know if yours works now without into the future
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      Will do. I gave up on trying to get hold of the EA tech support since their website doesn't let me sign in no matter what option I try from my origin account to linking my PSN account or even making a different account and their whole method of "Call us and we'll call you back" method is completely pointless because of the login issue with the Help Center.
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      sims4er24sims4er24 Posts: 9 New Member
      edited November 2013
      My sister and I are avid players, and we are also having problems with Into the Future and Island Paradise. and what is crazy is my sister and I have two different computers. She has a Mac PC and I have the other. I am at the point I want to uninstall everything. We have problems with CAS, where if we try to change the default Sims that pop-up, our game crashes, if we try to build a home, or save, our game crashes and we lose our progress. So I understand the aggravation. Please Gurus, Please fix the CAS and the rest of the Game Glitches
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      Ok, no idea what happened but Into the Future just completely messed up my game. I'm still getting crashing issues even AFTER I uninstalled Into the Future.

      I love the Sims 3, but honestly it is so mot worth it if its just back-to-back bugs everywhere.
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      Cali3234Cali3234 Posts: 168 Member
      edited November 2013
      when u reinstall it, do not reinstall the patch
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      I had the patch installed before installing the EP and everything ran fine. No idea why it would mess everything up now.
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      Cali3234Cali3234 Posts: 168 Member
      edited November 2013
      The patch is what is the problem so when it prompts u to add the patch click no
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      I deleted all the files the game generated and now it's saying it's a DEP problem. Sigh...it's either one thing or another with Sims.

      How do you uninstall a Patch?
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      Cali3234Cali3234 Posts: 168 Member
      edited November 2013
      U have to unistall every sims 3 game make sure u save all your downloads and mods...and then reinstall them
      when u install into the future... and it gives u the patch prompt say Hells Nah!
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      I was afraid you were gonna say that. If I uninstall everything, I might just leave it that way. Getting sick of this game always breaking.
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      chopin27chopin27 Posts: 764 Member
      edited November 2013
      @ChelleB24
      You got the "Graphics Device not in database" messages, did you try to fix it?
      If not,
      http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Getting_new_graphics_cards_recognized_by_the_game
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      I found it but haven't tried it yet.
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      Nik24X7Nik24X7 Posts: 7,865 Member
      edited November 2013
      Cali3234 wrote:
      U have to unistall every sims 3 game make sure u save all your downloads and mods...and then reinstall them
      when u install into the future... and it gives u the patch prompt say Hells Nah!
      I only uninstalled the base game and then reinstalled the digital download version. Didn't bother with the EPs. Then I installed ITF. My game works fine (mostly).
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      chopin27 wrote:
      @ChelleB24
      You got the "Graphics Device not in database" messages, did you try to fix it?
      If not,
      http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Getting_new_graphics_cards_recognized_by_the_game

      Nope, didn't work.
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      pak_eapak_ea Posts: 262 New Member
      edited November 2013
      i actually noticed performance improvement with ITF. There are bugs of course, but i haven't noticed any worsen stability issues.

      Island Paradise was a crash fest though, i quickly moved out of Isla Paradiso after a few days of gameplay. Crashing way too much.
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      ChelleB24ChelleB24 Posts: 99 Member
      edited November 2013
      I manage to get my game to work. Not sure what was causing it, but the culprit was a file in my Sims 3 folder. Luckily, I backed up this folder a few days ago, so I deleted the one the game was using and let it create a new one then transferred over the folders I wanted back in the game (Saves, SavedSims, DCCache, Mods, etc.)So the worse I suffered was losing some of the new CC I installed into the game before deleting the original sims 3 folder.

      It's running fine now.
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      prettyJ34prettyJ34 Posts: 18 New Member
      edited November 2013
      im having the same problem too after installing the **** patch and everytime i change my sims woredrobe it crashes i called ea one rep says its my graphics which she didnt know what she was talking about and the next one updated my harddrive and still nothing i keep unnistalling into the fure but the problem persist i dont know hwta tp do anymore im about to unnistall everytthing or give up playing for now very disapointed in ea making patches that make your computer worse!!
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      JessieNWombleJessieNWomble Posts: 3
      edited November 2013
      Duplicate
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      JessieNWombleJessieNWomble Posts: 3
      edited November 2013
      Hello all i havent had issues with crashing, yet.But i have had a big issue with the Almanac of time not working. I dont use mods or cheats and every family i have created cannot use the almanac of time after a little while of playing. hope they fix this issue as well.
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      carlymichellecarlymichelle Posts: 3,402 Member
      edited November 2013
      i dont need patch my game is a 100% sorry fot those who are having issues
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