A new hotfix is available from AMD which address the issues some users are having with The Sims 3:
http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Hotfixfor3DGames.aspx
Please note the following:
Note! This driver is provided as is and is not supported by AMD. It has not completed full AMD testing, and is only recommended for users experiencing the particular issue described above.
-Big Guy-
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thanks!
I found that it keeps moving the display settings down to 16bit instead of using 32bit through the CCC centre. and does nothing better for graphics quality while playing the game.(for crashes, I wouldn't know as do not have any.)
I am now using an older version of the 9.8 hotfix driver meant for AGP.
Sometimes, about 70% of the time, when i first start playing, the edges of all of my objects are smooth, but after about 30 minutes of gameplay the edges will become very jagged, including the lines in the street and sims arms. If i save/exit my game and then re-start the game, the problem goes away and everything is smooth again. There's sometimes after re-starting the game that i can play for hours with no more problems and there's also sometimes where it keeps turning jagged after awhile of playing.
I have the smooth edges slider in game options all the way on high and anti-aliasing in my CCC is turned off.
I have only had issues with blacked-out sims, if I have been experimenting with textures or skins, and the Sim had one I have subsequently removed.
Please EA/TS3 FIX IT ASAP!!
Help Please. I also dumped all folders and unistalled and reinstalled.
its not crashing to the desktop it completely crashes the computer someone please have an answer
much thanks
The game is still crashing, except now it's crashing every 15 - 30 minutes of game play (even if I leave the game paused and leave the room) instead of once or twice a day or after at least a few hours of play.
It seems to be just the graphics that are crashing. I can usually still hear the Sims music playing or whatever, but my screen is just all colored stripes and I can't access anything. I have to shut down the computer manually and then turn it on again.
Also, the game lags a significant amount more than my 8800GT did, even though my new card is supposedly more powerful. So what's up with that?
my game is back to normal now with just a little bit of lag time but Im rocking a 4 year old emachine W3507 with updated grapics card and more memory so thats to be expected
all my problems happened after the last patch and after I uninstalled it now I can't get any downloads to install but since I can still play Im not too worried about that
VPU Recover has reset your graphics accelerator as it was no longer responding to graphics driver commands
Have any of you gotten this message and do you know what it is and how to fix it?
I have an ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT card.
Crashes the computer outright.
I have an ATI X600
128 Video Memory
1024ram
3.2GHz P4
I had thought when I bought the game, that it should be able to support it. I'm pretty sure it was up to par on the specifications that they listed for the requirements to play the game. Looked at that before buying it.
Anyone have any thoughts to help me out?
thanks
I am getting the same message. Along with the black screen after minutes of playing. I have latest drivers and freshly formated system and reinstalled game.
I spent the money on collectors edition and haven't been able to play for more than 5 hours straight. I'm ****** to say it nicely.
Edit: ati radeon x1650
I discovered Sims 1 summer 2001 when my youngest was 1 yr old.
I bought all Eps & Sps for Sims 2 as they were released.
I even bought Sims games for our consoles and handhelds.
I have bought all Sims 3 Eps & Sps as the were released.
I have held my grandson while playing. He is now 5 and plays FreePlay.
I have pre ordered Sims 4. I have the Sims 2 mouse and waiting on Sims 4 mouse.
I have a Freezer Bunny tattoo and a bracelet tattoo of the Sims 2 aspirations.
YES! I am addicted to The Sims no matter the form.
I'm not getting a black screen a few minutes after playing, but I am getting a lot of black spots everywhere. I too, can't play as long as I used to, and either have to quit and restart the computer or just quit playing altogether for the time being.
I can play for a little while but, like today, I started a game and completely changed up the house I bought, got groceries and books. The screen went black. I can hear the music in the background but I can't do anything to get the picture back. Nothing was saved. I had to start over.
I have to cold boot to get my computer to work again. I just bought this game a few weeks ago and I enjoy playing it but not knowing when it will black out on me is very frustrating.
Microsoft installed its own ATI driver for my card, which left me with corrupted text graphics when opening the bookshelf to pick a book using the "Read..." function.
It looks like the new ATI drivers 9.10 has the Sims 3 fix, as well as 9.9 too. I am using 9.10 drivers and everything seems fine now
Anyone has idea on the login and password?
I wanna download this hotfix, however it needed login so i had tried my AMD ATI register account but it didn't work at all.......OMG, what kinds of account n password it means?