If you experience problems, disable it again until the 3rd party developer updates their content to work with the official Update, Expansion Pack, or Stuff Pack.
Once you have installed the official update you may re-enable your custom content.
To disable your custom content, undo whatever you did to install this content to get your game back into an unmodified state. Custom Content may cause the game to behave unexpectedly or not function entirely. Custom Content is created by 3rd Party Developers that are not regulated by Electronic Arts or The Sims 3 Development Team and may not work with new updates. If you have any questions about the below steps, please visit the Technical Support forum on the official Sims 3 community found at this URL: Ĭustom content is all Sims content that did not come from an official The Sims 3 Update, The Sims 3 Store, Expansion Pack, or Stuff Pack. Online Requirements: Internet connection required for product activation.īefore installing an update for The Sims 3, an Expansion Pack, or a Stuff Pack, it is a good idea to run through the following checklist to ensure your game continues to work smoothly.Hard Drive: At least 15 GB of free space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games.GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680, AMD Radeon RX 560, Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640 or better.CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz Processor or better.System requirements for the game have been updated as follows:.The cheat console keys are changed to CMD+ Shift+ C.Existing 32-bit installations of the game are not updated.
Because of this, Patch 70 requires the game to be installed from scratch.
Minimized/Hidden Game window makes macOS sluggish: If your Sims window is set to a large(ish) resolution (say, 1900x1200 or more on my Mac - yours may be different) and you minimize, or hide, or otherwise have the game window 100% off the viewable monitor, the the system could get really slow (sluggish Dock, slow text input, etc).Will be fixed for everyone in next Origin update Packs/DLC not lighting up icons in Launcher: Works as expected if you are on Origin Beta/"Early Access" release.Updates button: No longer present on the Launcher screen.This is the initial release of Patch 70.This patch has received updates after its release to fix some of the issues that occured after the initial rollout of the patch.