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    Game won't start with more than 3 expansions

    diddlochcoojdiddlochcooj Posts: 56 Member
    in The Sims 3 Help & Technical Discussion
    So I have 5 expansion packs but my game won't start with more than three. I press the big play-button in the launcher and absolutely nothing happens. And through trial and errorI figured out that it works if I only select 3 expansions. What can I do to change this because I would really like top play with all of them

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    • igazorigazor Posts: 19,330 Member
      edited November 2019
      Can we get some specs please on this computer system -- processor, graphics card, RAM, hard drive size and space free? If it's easier, you could run a full dxdiag report, paste it up to Pastebin.com, and provide a link so we can see the full picture.
      https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information

      Also please, which five EPs do you have? Some of them have a heavier impact on system resources than others.
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    • diddlochcoojdiddlochcooj Posts: 56 Member
      igazor wrote: »
      Can we get some specs please on this computer system -- processor, graphics card, RAM, hard drive size and space free? If it's easier, you could run a full dxdiag report, paste it up to Pastebin.com, and provide a link so we can see the full picture.
      https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information

      Also please, which five EPs do you have? Some of them have a heavier impact on system resources than others.

      here's the paste https://pastebin.com/Mbp55vLd

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    • igazorigazor Posts: 19,330 Member
      edited November 2019
      It's good that your laptop has an i7 processor, but I'm afraid it isn't designed to run at speeds as fast as TS3 requires and it is U-series, which means it's made to run with ultra low power consumption. It also has no dedicated graphics card, which means the tasks a graphics card would otherwise handle must rely on the processor and RAM. Although I'm sure it's great for some things, graphics intensive games aren't really what it's made for and there would be the danger of overheating if the system is forced to run more than it can cope with.

      When you can get the game to start (with fewer EPs), you might try turning all of the graphics settings in the Game Options down to the bare minimum and switch off Advanced Rendering. Also make sure it is plugged in and not running on battery power. Things won't look very nice in-game that way, but this is a test to see if you can then get the game to launch with all five EPs under any conditions. You don't have any of the heaviest hitting ones, but I think the game might be stalling out on you at the outset because the processor just cannot handle that load.
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