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    Is this game working for ANYONE?!?

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    EilandjkEilandjk Posts: 4 New Member
    in The Sims 3 Mac Discussion
    Is ANYONE else having these problems: extremely LONG load times, game freezing, minutes skipping, no movement, screen black?? I have tons of free space on my comp, and the newest version of Tiger for Mac...is this suppose to be happening?? HELP.

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      Xander12Xander12 Posts: 98 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I don't know if you haven't noticed.... or just to arrogant to care to look around... but 9 out of 10 people are having major problems even getting the game to run. Wait for the patch, if your problems persist, call EA, and check your system specs.
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      MichellynnMichellynn Posts: 39 Member
      edited June 2009
      Tiger? You mean Leopard, right? Game works fine for me. Maybe it's your ram? I'd say at least 2-4gb to get this game running.
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      kloppenatorkloppenator Posts: 9 New Member
      edited June 2009
      mine works pretty **** good... save for a few bugs.

      sorry you guys are having issues :(
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      alexxrmalexxrm Posts: 1 New Member
      edited June 2009
      mine is working perfectly! im in love with my sim haha :mrgreen: :oops:
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      WhiskeycloneWhiskeyclone Posts: 162 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Michellynn wrote:
      Tiger? You mean Leopard, right? Game works fine for me. Maybe it's your ram? I'd say at least 2-4gb to get this game running.

      This is the first time I've seen someone mistake Leopard for Tiger.

      Tigers don't work. Simply don't work.

      Give your money to Steve Jobs and get the new Leopard. Update it to 10.5.7 while you're at that.
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      MombirdsongMombirdsong Posts: 39 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Everything works for me fine, except shadows don't exist :(
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      WhiskeycloneWhiskeyclone Posts: 162 New Member
      edited June 2009

      "This is the first time I've seen someone mistake Leopard for Tiger.

      Tigers don't work. Simply don't work.

      Give your money to Steve Jobs and get the new Leopard. Update it to 10.5.7 while you're at that."

      This is the answer. Now go along with it.
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      xSeanZxxSeanZx Posts: 121 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Well I came on the forum to ask this exact question.

      My game just froze and crashed. I was ******.
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      WhiskeycloneWhiskeyclone Posts: 162 New Member
      edited June 2009
      xSeanZx wrote:
      Well I came on the forum to ask this exact question.

      My game just froze and crashed. I was ******.

      What's your Mac specs?
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      xSeanZxxSeanZx Posts: 121 New Member
      edited June 2009
      It is not my mac. It was the game for sure, as I played for like an hour and a half without problems.

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      kkozlowska82kkozlowska82 Posts: 2 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Mine works fine. wonder why so many people are having problems
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      onyx0xonyx0x Posts: 31 New Member
      edited June 2009
      i played for probably 8 hours straight no problem. it was excellent.

      then i quit the game and let my mac cool down for a bit [new one imac]

      and i popped it in again to check something and it froze after i tried to press play for the family/neighborhood.
      :shock:
      it freaked me out. i think ill let the mac rest up and try again tomorrow. :?
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      NDFREEZENDFREEZE Posts: 8 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I downloaded the MAC version from EA, so far so good -- tweaked the graphics as well and everything is working -- knock on wood.
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      shoebabeshoebabe Posts: 46 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I installed it last night, played a few hours, and everything works fine. Got up at 5 a.m. to play some more, and still works fine. *knocks wood*
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      markovnikovmarkovnikov Posts: 13 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I haven't had any issues on my MacBook Pro
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      Runie13Runie13 Posts: 128 New Member
      edited June 2009
      The game itself could just be glitchy. The Sims 2 had patches for every single expansion + the base game, so I wouldn't be surprised that, with as many more amazing things the Sims 3 has, it also has a longer group of glitches to fix. Then again, with the extra 4 months they took, you'd think they would try to go back and fix it.
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      kekisunkekisun Posts: 2 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I have a Mac Pro with tons of RAM and my game crashes at random times. The screen just goes black 5-15 min into the game. What gives?
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      mutelightmutelight Posts: 468 Member
      edited June 2009
      kekisun wrote:
      I have a Mac Pro with tons of RAM and my game crashes at random times. The screen just goes black 5-15 min into the game. What gives?

      What graphics card do you have in your computer?
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      cyksocykso Posts: 6 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Mine is good!! Only problem is I can't see my mouse cursor when the game first loaded. But after switching between Full Screen Mode and Windows Mode, the problem gone...
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      CodeSigmaCodeSigma Posts: 5 New Member
      edited June 2009
      the requirment on my box says mac osx 10.5.7 leopard or higher
      i guess thats why
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      pixelrpixelr Posts: 23 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I bought it and installed it yesterday on my 'Al' iMac w/4gig ram. Some minor 'first day' hurdles with the EA site in registering, downloading Riverview and the sports car but within 24 hrs these issues were resolved - plus I even got my $10 simbucks credit for buying the CE version.

      I admit I'm not an avid game player. My 10-year old niece turned me onto the Sims and it's pretty much the only games I play. In 8 hours of straight play I find Sims3 to run very smoothly on my iMac. Goodbye to load times, short screen pauses, crashes etc that I experience with Sims2. No issues whatsoever with Sims3. **** I'm having FUN! :D
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      CloudStrifeFF73CloudStrifeFF73 Posts: 4 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Prior to purchasing Sims 3, I felt that my macbook met the requirements besides the fact that I'm not running on Leopard.
      Specs are
      MAC OS X 10.5.7
      Model Name: MacBook
      Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
      Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
      Number Of Processors: 1
      Total Number Of Cores: 2
      L2 Cache: 3 MB
      Memory: 2 GB
      Bus Speed: 800 MHz
      Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00

      Surprisingly, the game for me has been running very slowly even with all my settings on the lowest possible, with occasional crashes. From what I could play so far, I've been loving it but the lag kills it.
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      WhiskeycloneWhiskeyclone Posts: 162 New Member
      edited June 2009
      CloudStrifeFF73 wrote:
      Prior to purchasing Sims 3, I felt that my macbook met the requirements besides the fact that I'm not running on Leopard.
      Specs are
      MAC OS X 10.5.7
      Model Name: MacBook
      Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
      Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
      Number Of Processors: 1
      Total Number Of Cores: 2
      L2 Cache: 3 MB
      Memory: 2 GB
      Bus Speed: 800 MHz
      Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00

      Surprisingly, the game for me has been running very slowly even with all my settings on the lowest possible, with occasional crashes. From what I could play so far, I've been loving it but the lag kills it.

      ERROR!! ERROR!!
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      Mirella418Mirella418 Posts: 13 New Member
      edited June 2009
      I played for several hours last night and it was the cheese!
      No problems to report (yet) **currently bludgening wooden object**

      I hope to GOD I don't have problems the next time I play. erg.
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      CloudStrifeFF73CloudStrifeFF73 Posts: 4 New Member
      edited June 2009
      Whiskeyclone wrote:
      CloudStrifeFF73 wrote:
      Prior to purchasing Sims 3, I felt that my macbook met the requirements besides the fact that I'm not running on Leopard.
      Specs are
      MAC OS X 10.5.7
      Model Name: MacBook
      Model Identifier: MacBook4,1
      Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
      Processor Speed: 2.4 GHz
      Number Of Processors: 1
      Total Number Of Cores: 2
      L2 Cache: 3 MB
      Memory: 2 GB
      Bus Speed: 800 MHz
      Boot ROM Version: MB41.00C1.B00

      Surprisingly, the game for me has been running very slowly even with all my settings on the lowest possible, with occasional crashes. From what I could play so far, I've been loving it but the lag kills it.

      ERROR!! ERROR!!
      oh ok
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