Game won't launch; Sims 3 on Windows 11

[honestlybookish]

I am able to see the launcher and press the start button; but then nothing happens. I tried through Steam and the EA app- and nothing.

Any advice would be super helpful! Thank you!

[HiFive]

Maybe this thread will help you.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/47890/discussions/0/4292564952444238050/

[Schluppdidupp]

You can try the following, hopefully it works for you:

first link the EA App with Steam:
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/link-ea-and-steam/

Then go to my profile, scroll down a little and try the single steps I write in the 2nd showcase. This works perfectly for many players and for me, so hopefully for you, too. If it does, you must follow these steps every time before you start playing, it takes only a few seconds.

[enriqueg6753]

Originally posted by somethingintheway:

I am able to see the launcher and press the start button; but then nothing happe

Originally posted by somethingintheway:

I am able to see the launcher and press the start button; but then nothing happens. I tried through Steam and the EA app- and nothing.

Any advice would be super helpful! Thank you!

I AM ALSO HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.

[Schluppdidupp]

Originally posted by enriqueg6753:

I AM ALSO HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.

Just try what I suggested above, maybe it also works for you like it works for so many others, including myself.

[me.]

the things you guys suggested dont work for me

[peter ian staker]

9th Gen Intel Processors require a patch for the game.

[Internalized Bigotry]

Originally posted by peter ian staker:

9th Gen Intel Processors require a patch for the game.

that is completely false; Sims 3 worked for me before i even used patch mods

[moonla]

Hii. So i got the same problem but this link solved it https://modthesims.info/d/667734/intel-alder-lake-patch.html hope it helps

[BeeJang]

Originally posted by Schluppdidupp:

You can try the following, hopefully it works for you:

first link the EA App with Steam:
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/link-ea-and-steam/

Then go to my profile, scroll down a little and try the single steps I write in the 2nd showcase. This works perfectly for many players and for me, so hopefully for you, too. If it does, you must follow these steps every time before you start playing, it takes only a few seconds.

I have the same launch issue with my new computer. Your set affinity method works! Thank you!

[Schluppdidupp]

Originally posted by BeeJang:

Originally posted by Schluppdidupp:

You can try the following, hopefully it works for you:

first link the EA App with Steam:
https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/link-ea-and-steam/

Then go to my profile, scroll down a little and try the single steps I write in the 2nd showcase. This works perfectly for many players and for me, so hopefully for you, too. If it does, you must follow these steps every time before you start playing, it takes only a few seconds.

I have the same launch issue with my new computer. Your set affinity method works! Thank you!

I'm really happy to hear this, just remember to always follow these steps before you can start playing. :-) Thank you for your feedback. :-)

[Mayhem101]

No go for me tried several of the 'fixes' to no avail. EA side and Steam side. I give up for now...

[Zef]

Originally posted by Mayhem101:

No go for me tried several of the 'fixes' to no avail. EA side and Steam side. I give up for now...

There are a crapton of things you need to do to get Sims 3 running okish on modern hardware.

- installing smooth patch
- install a crapton of Nraas mods (most usefull are the errorcatch, overwatch, .. mods)
- you need to cap the frame rate to either 30 or 60fps using a third party tool, smooth patch ini edit or your GPU's software
- if you play at 4K resolution you need the tiny UI fix scaling mod otherwise the menu bar and text ingame will be practically unusable
- you need follow a guide to make Sims 3 recognize your newer graphics card

and even with all of that, the game will still stutter from time to time

I loved Sims 3 back in the day but tbh i can't deal with the stutters anymore or the old camera movements, the pathing issues that still persist and other QOL stuff that i'm missing.

For now i'm using heavily modded Sims 4, until some new life simulation games hit the market.

[Algester]

gist of what you need

Alder Lake Patch, and GPU patch after those are done try to run the game

then get the usual NRaaS mods

I can also advise getting Relativity (slowing down time and changing skill gain rate) and Retuner (literally soft modding the game)

[Internalized Bigotry]

Originally posted by Zef:

- you need to cap the frame rate to either 30 or 60fps using a third party tool, smooth patch ini edit or your GPU's software

you know Nvidia Control Panel and Radeon Software can cap fps right? idk about the Intel GPU client though but whatever

[HiFive]

Originally posted by All Hail Dajjal:

Originally posted by Zef:

- you need to cap the frame rate to either 30 or 60fps using a third party tool, smooth patch ini edit or your GPU's software

you know Nvidia Control Panel and Radeon Software can cap fps right? idk about the Intel GPU client though but whatever

+1 I use the Nvidia Control Panel to cap the fps on a lot of my older games. Sims 3 does not have its own fps limiter, so you can do some major damage to your hardware if you don't limit the fps for this game.