Sims 3 Freezing/Errors

[Zumeria]

So I had some issues with my base game and new expansion Late Night not saving any settings. I figured this was because I could not update any of the game files using just core CD play. So I added them all to my Origin account and Sims 3 updated, I also updated Late Night. Now when I launch from icon I get this warning about how the base game version is not compatible with my expansion pack. So I tried to open it through Origin, and when I do that it says there is an error and when I hit OK it all shuts down. 

Is this a common issue? And what can I do to fix it? I've lost all my game data and everything trying to fix the issue.

[sim31984]

FOR WINDOWS XP

• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 1 GB RAM
• 128 MB Graphics card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• The latest version of DirectX 9.0c
• Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2
• At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

FOR WINDOWS VISTA

• 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 1.5 GB RAM
• 128 MB Graphics card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
• Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1
• At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets under Windows, the game requires at least:

• Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA 3-Series or above
• 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU (Windows Vista), or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (Windows XP Service Pack 3)
• 0.5 GB additional RAM

ORIGIN REQUIREMENTS FOR WINDOWS PC The Origin client needs to be able to run on your system in order for you to play The Sims 3. You can download it here.

• 150MB of available disk space
• Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, Windows Vista, or Windows 7
• 1GHz processor
• 512 MB RAM

FOR MAC OS X

• Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
• Intel Core Duo Processor
• 2 GB RAM
• ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100.
• At least 6.1 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games
• This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated graphics cards.

ORIGIN REQUIREMENTS FOR MAC The Origin client needs to be able to run on your system in order for you to play The Sims 3. You can download it here.

• 150MB of available disk space
• OS X 10.6.8 minimum
• Intel Core 2 Duo processor

Windows Supported Graphics cards

NVIDIA GeForce series

FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9300, 9400, 9500, 9600, 9800
G100, GT 120, GT 130, GTS 150
GTS 250, GTX 260, GTX 280, GTX 285, GTX 295

ATI Radeon™ series

9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870
4850, 4870

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)

GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly.

Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants may default to settings that are higher than what would be optimal for them. Graphics settings can be lowered to improve performance.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.

MAC OS X Supported Graphics cards

NVIDIA GeForce series

7300, 7600
8600, 8800
9400M, 9600M GT
GT 120, GT 130

ATI Radeon™ series

X1600, X1900
2400, 2600
3870
4850, 4870

Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA)

GMA 3-Series

Tue, 10 November 2015 - 10:12am EST by Lauren M

Windows XP

• Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
• 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 1 GB RAM
• At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
• 128 MB graphics card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

Windows Vista

• Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
• 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
• 1.5 GB RAM
• At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
• 128 MB graphics card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:

• Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above
• 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU for Windows Vista, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo (or equivalent) for Windows XP.  
• 0.5 GB additional RAM
   

Mac System Requirements

• Mac OS 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
• Intel Core Duo Processor
• 2 GB of RAM
• At least 6.5 GB free hard drive space, with at least 1GB additional space for custom content
• ATI X1600 or Nvidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100

Supported graphics cards: ATI Radeon™ series X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600, HD 3870, HD 4850, HD 4870; NVIDIA GeForce series 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800, 9400M, 9600M GT, GT 120, GT 130; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator  (GMA) GMA 3-Series.  This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated graphics cards. Laptop version of these chipsets may work but are not supported.

Supported Graphics cards

NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280

ATI Radeon™ series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
4850, 4870

Intel® Extreme Graphics
GMA X3x00 series

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly. Intel integrated chipsets featuring underclocked parts will not perform adequately.

Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants will have low settings selected, but should run satisfactorily.

The NVIDIA GeForce FX series is unsupported under Vista.

Note: Attempting to play the game using video hardware that isn't listed above may result in reduced performance, graphical issues or cause the game to not run at all.

also anything that;s lower windows xp sp4 will have slow , choppy game, red wall, floors and ground. you will need to make sure the origin client is update or the sims 3 stuff packs or ex pack won't work, one more it dpends on computer your using, one is the laptop they are chip base so there will be slower game than desktop