ULTIMATE SIMS 3 FIX GUIDE 💫 (2021)

[@acottonsock]

*I now recommend everyone to use the automated graphics card matching program:* www.nexusmods.com/thesims3/mods/106 This will eliminate the first ~20 minutes of this tutorial. *Therefore, you can start the tutorial at **21:17**.* - *IF YOUR GAME ISN'T LAUNCHING, AND IT DELETES YOUR DEVICECONFIG.LOG, YOU LIKELY MESSED UP WHEN EDITING GRAPHICSRULES.sgr.* Lots of people are stating that their deviceconfig.log automatically deletes. This is because you messed up adding your graphics card to the GraphicsRules.sgr file (16:19). You need to compare what you have against mine. Pay CLOSE attention. You more than likely *have an extra ) right before where you're supposed to add your graphics card type (the 'GTX 10??' part), and removing that extra ) fixes most people's problems.* If this does not work for you, please perform a game repair on the EA App. - I keep getting the question, "If I have ___ amount of VRAM, what do I put?" Without further ado, here are VRAM numbers that I didn't include in the video! 1gb - 1024 (will be utilizing all your vram) 2gb - 1024 4gb - 2048 6gb - 3072 8gb - 4098 16gb - 8192

[@highfive7689]

Thank u!!!!!!! I setup your GPU settings and I have planned to view the NRAAs one as well! Thank you.

[@acottonsock]

@@highfive7689 You’re welcome!

[@amramoussa720]

thank you so much @acottonsock, I am really happy that there are others who are interested in the game like me. but i have a demand from you please if you could help me, sometimes when I save my gameplay it make an error 12 and if I keep playing it close the game. please if you have a resolve for this annoying problem tell me :/ :( Thank you a lot :))

[@acottonsock]

@@amramoussa720 You have to allow your game to use more ram.

[@amramoussa720]

@@acottonsock yes I am already did it from the graphic rules file !! 😕😕

[@yeah3442]

"you don't want internet connectivity on your game" me, a pirate: i don't have a choice

[@kehl7254]

LOL, i bought the game but i only have 2 packs so i pirated regardless

[@yeah3442]

@@kehl7254 i get that. i was 12 in 2014 and bought the base game at launch and it was $70. still really mad at myself.

[@nikakhaiauri3478]

@@kehl7254 from where? Asking for a friend

[@kashkween9423]

@@yeah3442 I bought the sims 3 base game for 3 dollars brand new 🌚 in 2014

[@yeah3442]

@@kashkween9423 oof i just realized i was talking about the sims 4 on a sims 3 video but yeah my reply was about the sims 4, i pirated the sims 3 bc i lost my discs for it and it was right there anyway lmao

[@channelnamegaming]

i impulsively just uninstalled all my sims 3 games for a fresh start and forgot how much i struggled doing this the first time around omggg like- why am doing math and coding to play my silly little game 😭😭 thank you so much for this tutorial, definitely a life saver

[@KatelynnCastellano]

YOU DESERVE SO MUCH MORE RECOGNITION BECAUSE I JUST DID EVERYTHING FROM THIS VID AND IT SAVED MY GAME!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH, I HAVE NEVER PLAYED THIS GAME SO SMOOTH

[@acottonsock]

💖💖!

[@ryuk5673]

WHY ARE YOU YELLING. Jk

[@seductiveraven4895]

@@acottonsock When I try to save graphics.sgr it forces me to save it in the documents. Will it still work if its saved I the documents? And if not how do I make it to where i can save in the executables.

[@riftwalker9997]

This is is a bit late, so I'm sorry about that! It won't work if you save it in documents! To let it save in the executables,you'll have to right click on the folder where the executable is, then click Security. After that, you'll have to click Edit. You'll see where it says Users. Under, you'll see where it says Full Control. You'll click that to give you full control of the folder. Then you'll click Apply. And that's it, you'll be able to save it now.

[@willswoodlouse]

@@riftwalker9997this was ages ago so i don’t know if you’ll see this, but i’m a bit confused, do you have to right click the bin folder? because i did and it didn’t say security anywhere. i’m probably being really stupid because im not good with computers but i really want my game to work 😭

[@Kim_gs1206]

Also, use Save cleaner! Very important! It cleans your save, deletes all the accumulated bullshit and reduces the size. I play in huge custom worlds with over 200 sims and about 120 service sims. I started with 100 homemade pretty sims and now after all the mariages etc they're up to 200. These files become huge. After cleaning it usually reduces 1/4 of the size or more and it plays amazing. This way your files don't get corrupted and you can keep them for years. (always make back ups every now and then though).

[@wendolinwitch4843]

Can you just delete the saves that you don’t need anymore. For example I have saved games that I no longer use and want to get rid of them, is it ok to delete safely?

[@CrraVideos]

@@wendolinwitch4843 Its leat but yeah, you can

[@martin4484]

Can you give us a link on the savecleaner you use? And how to use it?

[@aeroga2383]

@@martin4484 just look up "Sims 3 Regul Save Cleaner"

[@Murdermagictricks]

Where do I get that

[@GwenDaisy]

Just in case people are confused like I was, to find what number you need to put in seti texturememory take your vram, divide it by two, then times that number by 1024. I have 12gb of vram so I did 6 x 1024 and got 6144. Hope that helps

[@ForsiethayTT]

So if I have 2GB, I divide it by 2 and get 1, which gives me 1x1024, which is the same as 1GB. I didn't make a mistake, right?

[@martwanatura3222]

@@ForsiethayTT that's right

[@celinetrienekens2271]

Thank you so much!!!!!❤

[@stefanibriana3340]

you're a lifesaver!!!

[@portianichols_]

I LOVE YOU THANK YOU IM DOING IT RN AND SHAKING BECAUSE I DONT WANT TO MESS UP

[@user-mb2fu5po3v]

Dude, 2 years later and this was still so extremely helpful!!! Used it on my Sims 3 and Sims Medieval :) Thank you so much

[@lettya81]

It is the year 2022 and 1 this all still works 2 THANK YOU! My game has never worked this well before and I appreciate how user friendly you made everything. I know nothing about computers and was able to easily follow this. Also thank you for your Nraas videos, never understood how to use them but now I do.

[@acottonsock]

💖💖!!

[@catteo2832]

Thank you, thank you thank you! These tricks coupled with Lazy Duchess's smooth patch literally have saved the sims 3 for me

[@acottonsock]

Glad I could help!

[@Wendyelise420]

Thank you I didn't know if it actually helped!

[@Obsidianone831]

I'm totally computer illiterate, like really extremely horrible. Just wanted to say you did such a awesome job of explaining the first video item of installing your graphics card that even I was able to do it! Really thank you very much for taking the time to make a video on this. You made a very confusing topic easy to follow and execute. My game has never looked so good! Very much appreciate it.

[@acottonsock]

Thank you Lisa! 💕

[@mathildeFR]

Hello thank you for this but i have a question do you have to do that for every extension ??

[@BreadsenTM]

@@mathildeFR What specific part? The GraphicsRules.sgr and GraphicsCards.sgr inside your main sims 3 folder should only be changed and it should be persistent no matter what expansion you use.

[@Darkvintagewitch]

You saved my life! Sims 3 is currently my favourite from the franchise, however the lag KILLS ME everytime since I've started playing it in 2011, which led me to deleting all my saves and restarting again many times. Now I can run it smoothly and you explained everything so well for us Sims dummies! Thank you sm! You got a new subscriber ;)

[@waltlock8805]

You are doing god's work girl!! I've got an RTX 2070, which the Sims 3 config rated as Level 1 (the lowest), and was only using 32 meg of VRAM. No wonder the machine was running hot enough to burn my fingers (though it was running without lag once everything loaded). Much improvements, faster loads (though still incredibly long compared to anything else) and smoother gameplay. I may even swing by the Sims 3 store to pick up some new worlds to try now that it's running so well.

[@acottonsock]

Thank you! I’m so glad it worked out for you! ❤️

[@doclinny]

wait same card! i was so confused why it was rated as 1? did you leave it at 1 or change it?

[@cie_cret]

@@doclinny I also need the answer T_T my RTX 3070 is rated 3 and I was like... WHY THE SIMS?!!!

[@mcskiddlyboop_]

@@cie_cret my 3070 Ti is rated a 1..... like what?????

[@violetgaming1767]

@@cie_cret Sorry for such a late reply but I have a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 too and it's just not working for me when I put it in the uber settings. Did you find a fix or should I just abandon ship lol

[@GrimGrenadine]

This has gotta me the the most thorough and indepth fix guide i have seen for any game. Holy shit, thank you so much for taking the time and effort to do this

[@moonlit_swimming_pool]

Thank you so much for making this! I had already applied most of these fixes however my game still wasn't recognizing my graphics card and I had no idea. Safe to say between recognizing my graphics card and limiting my framerate, my game is running a lot better!

[@ariez2322]

You could try to use the nexus mod link on the description. It will automatically do it for you.

[@LBSNOOPS]

I used to crash every half hour at minimum; and I'd gotten to the point where I just had to decide whether it was worth the frustration and anxiety of saving every five minutes lol. Since following this guide I have not crashed ONCE. That is HUGE. Thank you so much

[@yenovefa]

(haven't watched this yet so I'm sorry if you've mentioned it already) *How to make Isla Paradiso not lag* After reseting everything in the city hall using NRaas, *delete the Scott family*. This might sound stupid but they're literally the reason why the game mini-pauses every 3 seconds. Also resetting your town often is crucial because when houseboats are in random places, the games lags more than if they're in their ports. It's so dumb but literally delete the Scott family and you're good to go. Also limit stray cats, dogs, and set horses and deers to 0. They will still appear in game (for me at least) but waayy less often

[@chicka-boom7540]

Somebody made a rerouted version of like all the base worlds too, including ip I'm pretty sure. I can try and find it real quick

[@chicka-boom7540]

omg that's in this video I'm so freakin stupid

[@yenovefa]

@@chicka-boom7540 nah it's good fam we've all dropped comments be4 watching the whole video😂

[@lapa9357]

I feel myself like a coder hacking the system hahaha. But thank you, your explanation was super understandable and thorough, really helpful!!!

[@acottonsock]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ac_9713]

ah! you're an angel, i've been messing with settings all week to get optimal performance & this helped a lot. thank you so much!

[@acottonsock]

Of course! 💕

[@wastingthedaysaway]

Clicked on this video cause I've been wanting to get back into the sims 3 and we have the same desktop wallpaper, kinda trippy but cool lol

[@kellsfreeman8008]

SO easy to follow! It's a small thing, but the way you use the cursor to point out what you are showing us rather than flinging it around the screen really helped lol. Thank you so much for this!

[@broccoliable7698]

girl tysm omfg the graphics card part took me only a trillion years but I finally got it matched😭🥺ty for helping me rediscover the sims 3 entirely!

[@criixt]

Thank you so much! I didn't even realize Sims 3 didn't recognize my gfx card. I haven't had a stable and lag free game since 2009. I combined this with the lazydutchess smoothpatch, and it makes easy breezy covergirl lag

[@acottonsock]

You're welcome!!

[@ivannavgan]

the fact that you already had this done and you took an hour to explain tells a lot about your person, thank you so much!! 💚💚

[@xBoWxEclipse]

My biggest issue was that I didnt notice you adding an additional " or match("${cardName}", " thankfully, I saw your YT comment and was quickly able to detect the issue. This video is so helpful. Thank you.

[@acottonsock]

I'm glad I could help! 💗

[@koconut12]

Didn't know I needed this! Thanks so much for being so patient and thorough!

[@aaronelliottmusic]

That's the best 'fix the Sims 3 tutorial'! I'm definitely coming back to the game this week after watching your video 😍

[@acottonsock]

Yay! Thank you!

[@lumaelodie]

i used this awhile ago but i realized i never commented on it. this tutorial is the reason im able to play sims 3 at all right now. without this tutorial i would never know how to get my graphics card recognized. now i can play the game with max graphics settings and get a steady 60 fps. thank you so much

[@yoonginismo]

just came here to thank you!! i did everything recommended on the video and now my the sims is even more fun to play!!! now my CAS is smooth af srsly i used to spend like hours creating a sim because of how much horrible to download my stuff it used to be, the gameplay is so much more pleasurable like i can actually move the camera freely without fear. you are the best fr you won a new subscriber 💗💗🥰🥰

[@sparklyplumbob]

THE EDITING GIRL!!!! this vid is so good

[@acottonsock]

Thank you!! I worked super hard on it! 😭

[@Tony-lq1zp]

omg give me a break, i just watched all your past videos, and SPENT 2 days adjusting now you came up with a new video !!! HAHA good job!

[@lauravogt1022]

I played sims 3 for like forever! After a few years I wanted to play it again and my partner just got me all of the packs for it. I loved this game but I just realized that, with a newer computer, the game is no longer playable... The game freezes for several seconds and the lags were unbearable. I thought that I have to let it go and that I can never play it again. I literally cried. Just before everything went down I found this video and I wanted to say "thank you" from the bottom of my heart and from my partner too. He likes it when I have something I really enjoy and that he can have some time for himself without thinking that I maybe have nothing to do. Thank you very much for saving my favorite game and future tears that would go into my game 💕🥺

[@ellionnaplays4846]

This was so NEEDED !!!! i have immaculate specs and the sims 3 was running like it was the day after thanksgiving XD PLEASE!!!

[@Rowndlet]

this is the most useful video on this whole site! thank you so much for making the tutorial. with this i managed to get both the sims 3 and the sims medieval to recognise my graphics card!

[@acottonsock]

Great to hear!

[@eloeden2056]

i want to say a BIG thank you for your tutorials. They are SO helpful ! thank you for taking the time to help us sims newbies :) 💚 much appreciated

[@acottonsock]

You're very welcome!

[@seductiveraven4895]

@@acottonsock When I try to save graphics.sgr it forces me to save it in the documents. Will it still work if its saved I the documents? And if not how do I make it to where i can save in the executables.

[@carloscrm__]

I'm Brazilian, these changes made all the difference in my game, now I can play without any kind of lag. THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@kikia.4516]

Your tutorial videos are a godsend, and this one is no different. Thank you so much for sharing!!! 😁🙏🏾 I have a 5 YO pc and have done A TON to make my game work well and there were still a few things that I didn’t know about that you shared so, I really appreciate it. 😊

[@acottonsock]

Of course!! 💕

[@determineddi2044]

I actually play with a chipset laptop that's 3 or 4 years old. I have extra RAM, use NRAAS. I like CC. Yes, big worlds are a challenge. Thank you for your effort putting this all together.

[@elqstcy]

omg what how is that lis wallpaper moving ?! that’s so cool

[@acottonsock]

Wallpaper Engine!

[@exlibrisas]

Best 3 or 4 € you can spend! Trust me. It's on Steam.

[@UlalaFL0W]

thank you for saving my game even 3 years later. my (currently) 10-generation human-vampire family challenge survives.

[@thehorrorlord1658]

I’m so loving you atm. Looks and runs so much better. Basically my card was barely being used and looked up everywhere thinking story progression was my problem

[@user-qw8sx8vy8u]

My game is running so much better thx!

[@ninaaliviya]

did you do everything in the video? i want to but it’s a long process

[@ReleaseTheHamsters]

Amazing video, thank you so much!! I've been playing since 2009 and I never knew any of this 😭😭😂 so worth watching the whole thing

[@acottonsock]

Glad it helped!

[@weevil8025]

Thank you so much, this video is a bit old now but it worked for me. I got tired of the repetitive gameplay that the Sims 4 has to offer, and wanted to reinstall the Sims 3 but realised it was running worse on my new PC compared to my old and now broken laptop. These fixes solved that for me!

[@angeliukas19]

I started playing the sims 3 15 years ago in 2009 and i decided to replay it, however it was very unstable on my modern hardware. I looked for a fix and found this! it reduced my lag greatly and i am installing mods! Thanks

[@SkeindeerKnits]

This video is absolutely fantastic! Thank you! Would you ever consider making a video on best-practice TS3 CC (folder organizing, using packages instead of sims3packs, avoiding conflicting cc, finding bad cc etc, polycounts)? Your videos are so well explained and thorough I think that would be so invaluable. :)

[@acottonsock]

Oooh! This is a super good idea!! I’ll write it down, thank you! ✍️

[@SkeindeerKnits]

@@acottonsock Awesome! :D

[@ClaudiaWowPaw]

It’s better if it’s not sims3packs ?

[@louis4563]

you are an actual angel, thank you so much for making this video

[@jesseMadoo]

The clearest explanation of how to edit those sgr files. The ONLY clear one, really. My card is found and matched! Thank you!!!!!

[@acottonsock]

You're welcome!

[@Hex6Edges]

yo, this girl needs some more recognition!!

[@acottonsock]

💕💕

[@Reds-Retros]

Thanks for your guide! I used to avoid using Bridgeport (even though I love it to death) due to the routing issues but I had no idea a fixed version exists. I just recreated my real family and I am going to give it another go with all these fixes applied. Here's hoping everything works okay 🤞

[@mimidacruz89]

This video is super well done! Step by step, very detailed. I just had one quick question. Are you require to change the Graphic Cards if your Device Config says: Found: 0, Match: 1 ? I don't really recall having a warning sign for unrecognized video, my game runs smoothly, well except with CC and mods 😏. And just wanted to know if it's an issue if I just end up not modifying that file

[@annie-xv3xs]

Hey I got the same message. How are the graphics of your game? Mine is extremely pixelated.

[@flyingspaghetti]

You need BOTH Found and Match to be equal to 1, otherwise your GPU isn't recognised.

[@RedVelvetyJess]

All I knew about was Nraas (and Lazy Duchess' Smooth Patch) bc I haven't played this game since 2021 and I had no clue about the fixed worlds! Definitely installing those now, will be helpful on my new saves :) Thanks so much for making these in-depth and easy-to-follow videos about fixes and mods for Sims 2 and 3 as I love those games and they're a pain to run on modern Windows computers and laptops w/ out crashes and lag

[@forestkorok]

you're an ANGEL for this. back on my sims 3 obsession and this was necessary.

[@yoonki_min__]

YOU ARE A LITERAL QUEEN FOR THIS VIDEO, thank you so much omg 😩💜

[@crazycookiesims]

Wow. Thank you so much for the video. I haven't really tested my game after applying your tips, yet. But I still wanted to thank you for the work you put into this video.

[@ilenia1695]

it worked! i had graphic issues and now everything is fine! THANK YOU, BETTER THAN EA SUPPORT SERVICE.

[@renaee_qt]

I'm not sure if everything has changed since windows 11 came out but almost none of these instructions worked for me

[@fallinspring273]

So I have a 'AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics' I don't think I'm wrong on this, because I used the add on support thing that's in the pinned comment that automatically does this first half for you, but I don't think mine was in their data(?) So, because the way this is titled and structured is really different than the perspective we get in the video I offer support: The second part of the graphics card section confused me at first. I didn't realize, that 'AMD' was the abbreviation and the number after it like how it's explained in the video will actually vary on how many digits it has. At first I didn't think there was one because I was stuck on the amount of digits and question marks... Answer is: This one has one digit; you only need one digit (and no question marks)... Just put 3. I also was afraid to delete lines of text in there, but don't worry. Changing the size of my display to match theirs in the video also helped to compare the two and see what was similar and different between AMD and NVIDEA more easily. Then my trouble came and I launched and it still had both parts at 0... BUT turns out I needed to get PASSED the launcher. Make sure to press play. THEN Deviceconfig will update and you can check it and I had two beautiful 1's :)) Conversely to a lot of people the VRAM went fine because the add on support thingy was at least able to do that much for me hehe THANK YOU for this video, I hope this helps someone?

[@b1jou447]

THANK YOU yes this helped me a whole bunch ! i appreciate it a lot !

[@laylaveil]

THANK YOU SO MUCH! ive tried to do other tutorials and twitter threads advices but i dont know anything about computers so i was messing it up :( now ive already fixed my game and its perfect! thank u so much ily

[@korokat8268]

For people who have sims on steam (like me) and cannot find your game, you can click the sims 3 in library, go to settings, click properties, click local files then browse. I dont know if anyone had the same issue with Sims 3 not being on their desktop like mine and having it on steam but I hope this helps.

[@AlhapraGaming]

My game is right now is fine on Ultra after following many settings from anywherr, but I think I found more info here, so I'll check it out later!

[@peachy4180]

Thank you for this! It’s amazing to see how much work you do! And it shows, your videos are always great quality!!!

[@acottonsock]

You are so welcome!

[@tinnosimmer8769]

15:10 i have an amd radeon(TX) vega 8 graphics and you said that i have to put the first 2 digits but i only have one number (8)

[@kam1776]

Were you ever able to figure it out? I have AMD Radeon (TM) Graphics and I’m also lost on the graphicsrules part

[@juliadutra4841]

I thought there was no fixing my game, but your graphic card fix did it! Thank you so much, Idk what I would have done without this hahaha

[@acottonsock]

Glad I could help!

[@kevinsko9696]

This tutorial is sooo good. I used it on my own computer, my boyfriend's and my best friend's one. Everybody had different graphic cards etc. but it always worked. Thank you so much for this. 🙏🏼

[@Jade-hw4uj]

Thank you so so much for this!! I love the Sims 3 and have been playing it since I was little. Thank you so so much!! Finally my game can run and not crash after 10 minutes of gameplay haha :D

[@acottonsock]

You are so welcome!

[@lean8003]

Hey guys! For everyone who has an AMD Radeon R7 Graphics Card and is confused with the graphics rules part, here is what I typed in graphics rules (be aware to put it into the right section as mentioned in the video!): "*Radeon R7*"))

[@chitchatwithmacy9838]

Thank you so much, this really helped.

[@abrilaquino421]

hii what if I have Radeon(TM) R4 graphics what should I put?

[@Covert_Oyster]

Thanks.

[@Darkwaifu]

Ty!

[@Darkwaifu]

@@abrilaquino421 Ik This Is A Bit Late But Type Radeon(TM) R4

[@lionelnugent8883]

Thank you for your video. I haven't played Sims 4 for about 18 months because I felt it was a big step back from Sims 3. I was going to reinstall Sims 3 again but after watching your video I changed my mind. I am an old man and I don't have the patience to do all that just play a game, I think id is an elderly thing. Thanks again for your time and effort.

[@acottonsock]

In the pinned comment I left a link of an automated version of this process. It will automatically match your graphics card for you so you don’t have to do any of the notepad editing. 😊

[@lionelnugent8883]

@@acottonsock Thank you for your help. I just turned my computer on, and I will give that a try.

[@ceciadovana5971]

I caved and downloaded sims 3 again. this is a lifesaver! good work 😊

[@acottonsock]

Glad I could help!

[@enx1693]

Very very useful and well explained, thank you. Right now I'm on a Lenovo laptop with an integrated gpu but today they're pretty powerful so balancing it for the game the way you suggested helps me a lot. Not to mention all the other optimizations.

[@acottonsock]

You're welcome!

[@abrilaquino421]

Hi, I have a question I also have a Lenovo laptop and my graphics are R4 graphics, so in the part where you put the “??” How did you do it?

[@jeniusgenna1223]

Thank you sm for this tutorial! Im at work rn currently lol but I am def getting on this when I get home tn 💕

[@AerisShenlin]

wow, thanks a bunch. My GC wasn't recognized and I had absolute murder lag in the tombs. Following your instructions, it now loads way faster and runs like a dream :))

[@namelessnavnls8060]

Please please please can you make an updated version on how to download the world fixes? Now it's downloaded/installed using something called S3PE and I have no idea how to use that. 😭 (The file editing parts of this tutorial worked like a charm though!)

[@vampkimi]

You are the GOAT. Just finished doing everything and oh...my gosh. Runs smooth like butter!! and my DCBackup....I HAD 5GB SITTING THERE. You just got yourself a new subscriber, found you through the lazyduchess smoothness video.

[@acottonsock]

Great to hear!

[@Queen_Alpacalypse]

Recommend using WinRAR, as 7zip has an issue of reading the file as having a data error instead of realizing that it needs the next volume. It may be that I'm using an older version, but I don't know..

[@PerfectProtagonist]

35:50 *SCREAMS* Thank you for showing me where this option is! I think I briefly saw it when I reinstalled the game and had to reconfigure my settings, but for some reason didn't uncheck it. And then I couldn't find it again when I wanted to turn it off. So thank you for showing me where it is!

[@Koshea69]

Thanks for this! I realize it's 2 years old but was following it because yeah, game doesn't recognize my Graphics Card. Got to 18:00 "VRam stands for Virtual Ram" not quite, it stands for Video Ram as in dedicated Ram on your Video card. Then I came to the comments and saw the patcher program and got a chance to skip the first 20 minutes YAY!

[@rokelle_2012]

Thank you for sharing this amazing tutorial! I haven't had trouble with Sims 3 running terribly on my current PC but the better performance definitely helped. If you don't mind answering, how did you get an animated wallpaper on your desktop? It's absolutely stunning!

[@acottonsock]

It's from Wallpaper Engine!

[@jazz-axy9924]

What do I do in the Uber section if my graphics card has no 3/4 digit number? It's just AMD Radeon (TM) R2 Graphics

[@empatheticdevil875]

I love your PC's wallpaper. Life is strange before the storm, such a great and underrated game. One of my favourites.

[@acottonsock]

Yes!!

[@briana4033]

Thank you for making this. I needed it🥰🥰🥰

[@acottonsock]

Of course!! 💕

[@jayderayne1681]

Thank you so much!!!

[@acklesdeancas]

I LOVE YOU OMG. MY GAME RUN SOO MUCH SMOOTHER AFTER THIS. ESPECIALLY AFTER RESET THE WHOLE TOWN. GONNA HELP MY SISTER TOMORROW I MEAN TODAY ITS 4AM LOL. THANK YOUUU

[@green3e6ra]

Thank you so so so so much! This video has helped me so much with my game. You are the real MVP of 2021 🙌🙌🙌 I had over 8 GB in my DCBackup folder 😅. Seriously you are so amazing! My sims 3 lags but I just can’t play ts4. I love have an open world. There’s nothing like it. Thanks for saving my game ❤️

[@acottonsock]

Glad I could help!

[@chda8256]

Hi there, what if, after matching the graphics card to the game, it still says "Found: 1, Matched: 0"? Before I did all the steps, it said 0 both times. Do you have any ideas as to what might cause this? Thanks!

[@sunxsimmer7262]

I’m also curious

[@sunxsimmer7262]

Same thing happening to me

[@ladyxixi_Lexi]

same here, just now

[@ladyxixi_Lexi]

@@sunxsimmer7262 I have the GTX 1050 Ti, you?

[@SuperMeatBallz]

I guess, we'll never get an answer so sad about it 😢

[@ritz0134]

the graphics card thing helped a LOT and the fps limiter helped so much because ts3 was going up to 700 fps on my laptop 😅

[@Mallbia]

For anyone trying this now and getting permission errors trying to save the new files for graphics card fix go to your programs in the control panel and repair all your visual C+ took me a while to trouble shoot the issue but worked with that and allowing the permissions in properties. Hope that helps anyone as aggravated as I just was.

[@evenstar2059]

My game already looks so much better that it's unbelievable. Thank you so much for this tutorial! I really love The Sims 3 and being able to play it now after so many years is simply incredible! I have just one question, which is regarding my Graphic Card. It's a GeForce 930M (I have a notebook) and I don't know how I can make it be matched by the game (the game was able to find it, tho not able to match). I know this is a bit late, so if you could answer me on how I should input on the configurations txt file, I would really appreciate it. Thank you once more!

[@evenstar2059]

@@nelson6532 I appreciate it my friend, but I figured it out last time! Still, much thanks to you

[@annaves4831]

@@evenstar2059 could you please write how you fixed the file. I have the same graphic card

[@evenstar2059]

@@annaves4831 Sorry, Anna, I don't remember anymore x(

[@zuza2857]

Could you just look what did you type in the folder where we put out cards? My card is gtx 1060 6gb and i dont know how to make this "6gb" work ):

[@simplycaoimhe]

Hey girl, I'm following this tutorial (I didn't even know that my game didn't recognize my graphics card!) but at the sections where you're talking about the 'seti textureMemory', my card (AMD Radeon HD 8210) has no vRAM and uses the main memory of my system (this is what the website told me) and I was wondering what I should put instead or if I can put anything at all? Thank you so much for your help! 💫

[@isaacbaxter787]

your videos have helped me so much like this is cringey but i cant express my gratitude with words i love sims 3 but even with my beefy computer it still runs like a$$ so thankyou

[@acottonsock]

Of course! ❤️

[@mementomaria]

This is the second time I've used this tutorial (the first was in 2021), and I appreciate it so much. Thanks for making this.

[@cyaracsoke5113]

If I have 6gb what number should I put for the graphics recognition?

[@Pizza365.]

This is so freakin effective!!

[@FireFlysNeverDie]

15:44 Does it matter if we have a Ti? Do we put "Ti" after the ??

[@stephenriggs8177]

Given that the default settings didn't show any instances of "Ti", I'm guessing that the asterisks are sufficient. I'm running a 1070 Ti, and the DeviceConfig.log was properly updated, without me adding the Ti to my card name.

[@sopigmentedchile]

23:23 Also, if u live in Europe and choose to use a television as the monitor, the tv will often be only 50hz so limit it to 50fps if ur like that

[@treefrog1018]

Reset Everything is the bestest thing ever. I was just playing a family and things were getting laggy. Reset, BAM. Smooth sailing.

[@luimu]

Just a heads up if you have gpu with Ti in it's name, you need to add that to the file like so *GTX 10?? Ti*.

[@porschaprude9372]

How does it let you save a sgr file without asking for permission?

[@goodshow5528]

Yeah it says only owner can do it.

[@porschaprude9372]

@@goodshow5528 Me 2

[@kazyasbookshelf]

Move the file to your desktop, make the changes, save it, and then add it back to the Bin! That’s what worked for me!

[@ynnadump4797]

Thank you so so much! You explained everything in easiest way possible!!!! THIS VIDEO HELPED ME SOOO MUCH, I LOVE YOU YOU'RE A LIFE SAVER!!! YOU'RE AN ANGEL!!!

[@latinasawntop]

I've always loved the Sims 3, but I've been sticking to the Sims 4 these last couple of years as Sims 3 has never really ran smoothly and I would have massive lag spikes, especially in cas, while having a gaming pc.. it was a pain. Good game but poorly optimised. Thank you so much for this video .

[@geraltsjaskier]

I can’t even open my game. When the launcher pops up and I click the play button, it goes straight to the origin screen and does nothing. When I try to open up sims 3 through origin, it also does nothing. It’s been like this for at least 2 years now, that’s why I haven’t touched it. But now I’m determined to fix it. It’s really frustrating and I’d appreciate any help I can get! P.S. I also can’t install any of my sims 3 store content. I click the install button and it does nothing.

[@yenovefa]

If you still have this problem, make sure you have all the redist files the game needs to run, downloaded in your pc. Also maybe changing the compatibility of your game might help. Last but not least, have you tried repairing it through origin?

[@geraltsjaskier]

@@yenovefa I fixed it! All I had to do was run Origin as administrator and disable it in my game and voila! Thank you for commenting and helping!

[@yenovefa]

@@geraltsjaskier of course, glad you made it work! ^^

[@bookmarkyourthoughtsblog]

Thank you so much for this! I'm a little confused though at the 18:30 . I have 3GB VRAM for my graphics card. But I don't know how you got the number because half of 8000 is 4000 but you put 4096 so I'm a little confused on what my seti textureMemory should be ha-ha! Thank you!

[@acottonsock]

So I put 4096 instead of 4000 because you're supposed to increase anything ram related by increments of 256mb (I failed to mention it in the video, but that's why)! I'd recommend for you to just do 1024 (which comes out to 1GB - roughly). Sims 3 is old so it really won't even require that much. Even utilizing 1024mb is better than the "32" number that was there before!

[@bookmarkyourthoughtsblog]

@@acottonsock thank you so much! I haven’t played the Sims 3 in legit 5 years ... but I’m bored of Sims 4 (miss generations) so trying it out! So this is super helpful bc I remember that lag 😂