Temporarily Disappointed With WA Because of New Patch So, I’ve been playing as much as I could for the past couple of hours and I only got to experience France and I made my Sim leave the first day of the trip rather than wait out the three days.* Why?* Because the game lags like hell and I could no longer get to play it without frustration.* It took about ten minutes or so just to load France.* When I scroll through the screen (surprisingly I did see the entire France) it takes seconds just to move and sometimes it moves too far.* Even when I went to CAS to browse through the new styles, it took a few minutes just to load all of the tops in the every day section.* Just the tops alone!* My game has never acted this way before and it’s all because of that wretched patch that I just had to install the night before getting WA (which came with loads of wonderful new features).* My game before that patch worked just fine… or rather… it ran very fast on max settings with absolutely no lag.* This began with the patch, so it’s really not the fault of the new EP.* It’s a shame because I can tell WA is very fun to play from the little bit I experienced.* Even the Sims in France look very French with French names (not that we didn’t know that, but still).* This is the only disappointment is the speed issue, most likely due to the new patch.* I have to restore my computer back to its original factory settings since it’s a process I’ve been meaning to do since before I got WA.* It will take a few hours but once I reinstall Sims 3 and WA, this time I will not patch it to see if that makes a difference.* My PC is a very good one, too: Vista 64-bit, 2.5 ghz quad core, 8 gb RAM, 750 gb hard drive, and the graphics card is listed as one of the ones that meets the requirements, though, it won’t hurt to get a much better one (and I’ll be getting Windows 7 while I’m at it).* The point is, it’s a good PC and it ran Sims 3 perfectly, so it’s not the PC.* I actually purchased this PC back in March for the purpoise of being able to play Sims 3.* I am just betting it’s the new patch and it’s funny, too, because I still never had any issues with previous patches, despite others having issues with them.* I guess it was my turn now.* What a tease!* I want to play the game now but I should not have to lower the settings and play with crappy graphics.* It’s like an alcoholic locked in a room with a bottle of liquor within reach.* This does not count as my review, so I will still post a review in the near future; just not sure when.* This is more of a rant and a slight warning in case this happens to anyone else.* I’m off to take care of my PC, so wish me luck (I’m going to need it)!* I’ll update if and when there are no issues. Share and Enjoy: Related posts: Sims 2 FreeTime Patch now official released 11/4/09 – EA game stats from Wii’s Nintendo Channel Spore Patch #5.1
