THE SIMS 3... @#$%!! Any input would be wonderful on this one...?

Question

Ok. Purchased the game today, installed it just fine, everything went smooth, until I actually loaded and tried to play the game.

Firstly, the game went to an immediate black screen at the neighborhood start up menu and reverted back to windows. No crash or error message, just the lonely look of my desktop staring back at me.
Secondly, I updated my video card driver and my Direct X, they are now updated and Direct X is now the proper .9 version.
This time when I ran the game, I got all the way to the neighborhood introduction cinematic when the game froze and the cursor starting blinking.

I checked TheSims3.com's system requirement checker and the results of that analysis were "Congratulations! You're PC exceeds the minimum requirements to run The Sims 3!" I have all the requirements, so WHY DOESN'T THIS GAME WORK.

I hear a lot of other people are having either a ton of problems, or none at all.

What the heck is going on!?!?

My system specs:
Windows XP Professional
Nvidia GeForce 6800
Pixel Shader 3.0
Direct X .9
More than enough RAM, and TONS of memory

Gahhh I could scream from all this frustration. I've been at this for hours. Please, any input would be awesome. Also if you've had any problems getting your Sims 3 game to work, I'm curious to hear about it.


This is a sad day for The Sims when EA first lets a successful torrent copy leak, and then their ACTUAL game doesn't work.... :(

Answer 1

The same thing happened to me!!! I wonder if it's the game's fault since I now know it's not my computer.

Try all of these and see what happens.

-Re-install the game.

-Check the requirements for your computer on the Sims 3 website to see if your computer is compatible.

-Check your Direct X. Re-install that and see if it makes things better.

-Check the forums for answers or updates from EA. There might be a patch? Ugh so frustrating.

-Bring your game and receipt (you should keep those) back to where you purchased it and exchange it. Hope for the best.

Good luck! Let me know if any of those work, and if you come up with another solution, I would love to know!

Source(s):

Experience with computers, having the same problem

Keep trying and looking for answers for this. Apparently a lot of people are having this problem, myself included. I'm thinking that maybe EA will get a patch to fix this annoying and disappointing occurrence.

HOPE THIS HELPS!

Answer 2

everywhere you're finding out to purchase it, it would say. basically seem around the internet site for gadget standards or something like that. And in case you do not have what it says it desires, you ought to nonetheless be waiting to run it, yet probable with terrible overall performance.

Answer 3

the sim 3 work only on windows vista

Answer 4

Really? I just installed it and everything works fine. Did you try restarting your computer after installing and before playing? [It helps....]

I hope that works!

Good luck!

Answer 5

Mine won't work either! my code won't work i've been waiting on the phone for almost an hour now





Please someone tell me how you got your code to work

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Pleaseeeee!

Answer 6

i haven't had any problems, but it is incredibly slow! the slowness is ruining the game for me. :(

Answer 7

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