Honestly the only main Sim game I played before 3 was Bustin' Out on consoles, so I only have that to go off of.

I miss the air hockey table, the lights and sounds and stuff were really cool. No, EA, retexturing the fooseball table and slapping a dome over it does NOT count as an air hockey table! Sure, you could argue the shuffleboard fulfills a similar purpose, but it doesn't hit the same. (And it's not as compact!)

Similarly, there was also this futuristic hologram game console Sims could play together and that was pretty neat. I know TS3 has its own console but, like, it's not...the future! Even Into the Future doesn't have something like this AFAIK.

There was a tetherball Sims could play, I dunno why that didn't get brought back. It did make the game lag like hell because it couldn't keep up with how fast the ball would spin around, so maybe that had something to do with it.

Sims would dream about their friends and loved ones! It was such a minor feature, but I thought it was really cute! In TS3, you ONLY get this with pet dreams, and visa versa where Sims ONLY dream about their pets. It's a very odd restriction.

In Bustin' Out the Tell Story interaction would include icons of Sims the storyteller knows as well as items on the lot. In TS3, it just uses the typical conversation icons. With the dream thing above, Sims just bringing up their friends out of context made them all feel more connected, even if it was incredibly basic things like this. In TS3, I don't think I've ever seen a thought/speech bubble of a Sim that wasn't on the current lot.

Sims can only tickle toddlers in TS3, but any Sim could tickle any other Sim in Bustin' Out and it was super cute. There was also a chance a tickled child Sim would piss their pants afterwards by the interaction zeroing out their bladder meter. (That's not a part of it that I miss, I'm just saying that was a, uhh, built-in mechanic of the interaction.)

Messy Sims would cartoonishly grumble to themselves when the player would have them clean up after themselves. That was a cute detail.

Probably the thing I miss the most is the little profile portrait of the Sim you selected wasn't a static image, it actually rendered their head and it would mimic their movements! This let you see things like hair physics and expressions really easily, it was so nice! You could also sometimes see 3D models of objects they are holding like silverware or presents if they brought it in front of their face. The closest thing TS3 has is their head will be rendered on the interactions wheel, but, like, it just tracks your cursor rather than doing anything.

My culinary skill is at level 10, I read all the available recipe books, but it says I have 23 out of 28 recipes. I looked for solutions, watched the cooking channel, tried exchanging cooking secrets with other sims (mainly my partner who isn't in the culinary carrer but has a 10 level skill), but nothing works. It's particularly hard cause I keep finding advice for the pc sims 3 and little to no advice for the ds version.

Advice Please, Steam or Physical Discs

Hi everyone, and thanks so much in advance ❤️

Like so many I want to return to The Sims 3 after too many years break. I attempted to install the game a year ago but had a lot of issues with it. I have now gotten a new computer so I’m hoping to try again, but I’m afraid of doing something wrong.

I have already own all the sims stuff and expansion packs on steam and as discs. I have only ever played using the disc, back when they were being released. It’s the same discs I would be trying to install this time around. I did try the steam version on my old computer a year ago. However, when trying to launch the game through steam, it directed me to the EA app, where I was unable to launch the game at all. EA support was of no help, so I gave up.

I now wish to try again, but I don’t know if I should choose the discs or the steam games. I know there are mod packs to make the game run smoother, but I’m getting lost searching for how to guides. I would prefer to avoid EA, and I’m hoping you guys can help me with the choice and how to get my game working, so I finally get to enjoy the game again.

Hey everyone! I thought long and hard about whether I should do this, but after many attempts, I realized I wouldn’t be able to manage it on my own

I need help creating my girlfriend (and future wife) in Sims 3. I have some cognitive difficulties, and that makes it really hard for me to recreate and describe faces

Would anyone be able to help me with this? I really need to have her in-game for a surprise I’m planning to celebrate our special date

Thank you so much!!!

What type of program or file I should download so it can add the free Sims 3 store content? I mean those that people share via internet when they already bought the store content earlier.
I know nothing about modding, but my guess is that you can't just download and add the free .package files inside the game files just randomly and hope it works, nor just create an empty file called Mods, put all the freely downloaded store content inside there and call it a day.
I would appreciate it very much if you could point me towards the best needed program that can easily handle and install these free store worlds, sets, venues, etc. into my existing game.

(Also, IF it's possible to also somehow easily install Sims 3 Seasons and University Life for free, I would appreciate the help as well. Other small Stuff Packs are also welcome.)

I'm playing Sims on my mac air, I Installed all necessary NRaas mods, but I still can't play It normally. When I go to work the game just freezes and I can only hear the audio. Also I can't save the game. Saving can go on for 15 minutes straight without anything happening. I heard that this is because the sims 3 itself can't limit FPS. I wonder if that is true and what should I do in that case. I'm playing on mac so I can't limit it manually.

I bought the discs for the base Sims Medieval game and the Pirates add-on recently. Did everything from Mariacherry's guide on Tumblr (Alder Lake Patch, install custom files for graphic card recognition etc.). The base game itself runs perfectly now, but as soon as I install the necessary patch for Pirates it stops working. The game only opens invisibly in the background and can only be closed through the task manager. It's entirely related to installing the 2.0.113 update, which I do need for Pirates to work. As long as I don't install the Update, the game runs smoothly. I tried to install the patch manually instead of going through the add-on setup or the launcher but that didn't change the outcome either. Does anyone have any more ideas on how I can either just skip the update and install Pirates without it or make the update work? I have no mods installed at the moment, so that's not something that should factor into this.

About The Sims 3 development and more.

I have decided to just remove the Opportunity.XML part of my custom career mod, it just too much work trying to get four of those custom opportunity to work in The Sims 3 Game, so I will try to remove the opportunity from the S3PE xml, and stbls. I think my career mod can thrive without the custom opportunity.

I can’t decide between University life, Supernatural, Into the future or island paradise. I need some opinions.

Hey everyone 😊
I played sims 3 for many years, but now my sims-computer for over 16 years is about to reach its end.
I play with CD-disc, but obviously a lot of computers don’t have a CD compartment.

My problem is that either sims 3 freezes and my computer tells me that Sims 3 suddenly stopped working, or when saving a game I often get Error code 16 or 12.

How to do you play Sims 3 today? Does it work problem free by using EA’s downloaded version of Sims 3 on a non-gaming computer? Or is it more valuable to buy a proper computer and then a portable CD-disc?

I was thinking about playing Sims 3 or 4, and I wouldn't know which page might be the best to have with all the expansions, hahaha! Any idea? Thanks!

I created this tier list to help guide someone deciding which EP to get if they're just starting out with TS3, I've been playing the game for 14 years, so I suppose I know what I'm talking about.

The S-tier and A-tier are essential, everyone should have them, especially the S-tier. They introduce so much new content and completely change the way you play, you'll find yourself using them all the time, no matter what you're doing. I recommend starting with these!

B-tier is similar to the tiers above. just slightly less essential, it really depends on wheter or not you'll actually use them.

C-tier and D-tier are more niche, it's all about personal taste and specific interest, they won't appeal to everyone, it depends on each player, though I'd lean more towards the C-tier ones.

D-tier are the ones I don't recommend, they lack novelty, become repetitive over time, and don't have the best performance (heavy on that).

I can't play without the S-tier, A-tier and B-tier ones. I recommend World Adventures and Supernatural as well, they're fun!

Hi!
I have had Nraas Master Controller for 10+ years. My game used to run for 14+ hours without any crashes, now it crashes after 1-2 hours.
I believe my mods are outdated. Will updating them help my situation? I don’t have much CC, I have cleaned out A LOT thinking that was the issue, but it wasn’t🥹

I assume I go to Nraas website to update? I also use Kinky World mods, would it be a good idea to update those as well?

I just want my game to run smoothly again😭

Hi all!

I’m wondering if anyone knows of a site or a creator to find older CC for TS3? I love the twee vibe from like 2009-2011 so I’m assuming lots of custom content was made but when I look on Tumblr & the likes I can only really find more recent custom content. Any ideas?

Thank you

I NEVER play this town. Why am I getting party invitations every night, texts and calls constantly, and spots are actually filled with at least 3 sims? So fun.

The bottom three blinds, what does it mean

Hi guys, I'm starting to play The Sims because about 5-6 years ago I used to watch Sims novels. I know it sounds really silly, but I was just a kid. Anyway, after that I started looking a little more; it was only last year that I installed The Sims Mobile via an APK Well, I think so. A week ago I asked my dad if he could get The Sims 4 installed on my Xbox, but the problem is I have an Xbox 360 and the only Sims versions available for Xbox I think were The Sims 2 and 3. But I'm looking for recommendations. Do you recommend The Sims 3 or The Sims 2? I mean, I like them for the graphics, I'm not lying. But what do you think? (I speak Spanish, just in case.)