Good to know, I’m going to pin your comment in case someone else has this issue

Glad I could help! :)

I agree, I couldn’t even play and enjoy the game without it crashing some yrs ago so very grateful we have these fixes but frustrating that’s it’s still buggy also happy these fixes helped a little for you :)

I appreciate that so much! Thank you as well! :) ❤️ made my day!

​@@KozyKubGam3rThanks for this tutorial. I like that you were able to explain each field in the graphic cards settings. You mentioned in this video that your PC is mid-range. I hope u don't mind but may I know your computer's processor? My laptop's only Corei3, I don't know if that falls under the mid-range category.... thanks!

hey, sorry for the late reply. A core i3 is more lower end range but can run sims 3. My processor is a ryzen 5 5600 but I recently upgraded from a intel i7 3rd gen. I most likely would of stayed with the i7 but for life by you, it's not good enough. For sims 3 and 4 if you're looking to upgrade, you wouldn't have to go for anything that's too much unless you like fast paced games too like COD or something

@@KozyKubGam3r thank you so much!

I'm so happy it helped! Hope you have a smooth gameplay as possible:)) ❤️

Happy it helped! :)

You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful! :)

Thank you! If you are running the game with steam or disk at 1.67 it’s my understanding that the smooth patch doesn’t work. Otherwise you would need version 2.1 but I’m not sure about it causing these kind of issues. Have you tried running the game at 60 fps?

I hope it helps! I just went thru a nightmare of the save 12 error code and had to reset all my settings, somehow everything went back to default. I'm thinking a gpu update but no idea? good idea to check yr settings are still intact once in awhile is my unsolicited advice

@leahzescape ah, ive never encountered error 12 before, but i have heard of gpu updates resetting settings. I have nvidia too, so i will be sure to check when it updates.

Oh sorry, I’ve heard this with others with lower end pc’s with little RAM (4gb) and also if using an HDD. But if you’re on a mid range to better I’m not quite sure what factors play into why it wouldn’t make any difference at all

@@KozyKubGam3r oh i'm using 8 gb of ram is this enough for low end laptop

@@Idk34227 That's enough to run the game yes but depending on your graphic card (being a low end laptop I'm assuming it's integrated Intel?) and depending on how much space you have on your drive with some other variables to consider, then no the smooth patch won't make much of a difference if at all unfortunately. I would suggest getting a mid range gaming desktop if you can with at least 16gb ram for multi tasking and having a ssd drive specifically for gaming and a separate one for your operating system. It would also be good to have another drive for storage oc. Also with a dedicated gpu. Sims 3 is graphics intensive and can be massively slowed down by virtual RAM caching depending. But also limit CC if any and always check for bad cc. Sims 3 has so many different bugs and there's is so many variables to consider which makes seemingly small issues very hard to pin down and fix.

Welcome 😊

Glad it was helpful:) sorry for the confusion. If you have the smooth patch only then you would have to start the game through the install file so navigate to the drive usually c: drive > the sims 3 > game > bin and run the game by clicking TS3PatchLauncher.exe Or you could also install the custom launcher modthesims.info/d/662581/ld-s-sims3launcher-origin-1-69.html and then you can run the game as normal Which I would recommend:)

@KozyKubGam3r yes thank you but i did all the steps, so i don't only just have the smooth patch. i did all the gpu related stuff. so with the gpu and all do i still open it through the smooth patch version or the normal sims game? i only had the smooth patch for like a few weeks and opened it from there until i heard people talking about needing to change the gpu and all that. sorry if i'm easily confused 😅

@@bunnsiespetra If I understand correctly and you don't have the smooth patch anymore. You can just start the game normally. But because I didn't see this message until 5 days later I'm assuming you already figured it out. The smooth patch and gpu settings are separate. The gpu settings has nothing to do with how you start your game. Only if you have the smooth patch would you then have to open up as I described above, hope that makes sense

hi Andra:) is yr processor an Intel 13 gen? If so you might need the Alder Lake patch if you haven't tried yet..Lazy Duchess made a fix. Just make sure to read the description through on how to install modthesims.info/d/667734/intel-alder-lake-patch.html Hope this helps!

@@KozyKubGam3r Yes, I ve tried this too and unfortunately nothing s changed :(..

Could you message me in discord? You can add me leahzescape and I could help you better there

@@KozyKubGam3r thx so much, I sent you a request on discord.

If you’re not having any issues like crashes or anything, I don’t see the harm in leaving it. The game won’t use more than what it’s designed to use.

@@KozyKubGam3r Okay thanks for helping I don't know much about these things. And thank you so much for making this tutorial💚 My game has much better performance now and it loads quicker too

@@gooseofspooks2500 So glad to hear! One thing I can't remember if I mentioned in the video, that if you ever have to repair your game, you'll have to re do all the settings again. I've had to do this many times myself

As far as I've experienced the smoothpatch is compatible with the majority of mods including nraas mods. It's always worked fine for me and I do have almost every Nraas mod:)

You have to grant yourself permission. This article should fix it > www.alphr.com/folder-access-denied/

@@KozyKubGam3r thank you, I managed to do it like 5 mins after asking haha, I feel so silly

Don't feel silly, I would of been asking the same thing and have in the past when I was stuck with the same thing. I had thought if you own the computer you automatically had full control of your files but I guess that would be too easy lol!

Yay! Really glad it helped! ❤️