The Windows Patch makes the game compatible for newer systems!
It's been a while since we talked about everyone's favorite game from 2009 - The Sims 3. To everyone's surprise, the game has been updated to a newer version on January 13th, 2025 for Windows operating systems. Almost ten years after its previous update!
The newest version of The Sims 3 delivers performance and launch fixes for newer processors, where the game was unable to launch if you were running it on a more updated PC build of your Windows operating system.
The Sims Team didn't release any official Patch Notes for The Sims 3's latest update as of now. But we do have an insightful piece of information about what this patch entails from EA Help member puzzlezaddict. Take a look:
EA released a very minor patch for Sims 3 today, only for the EA App version and Windows. The new version number is 1.69.47.024017.
This patch fixes the Alder Lake issue, where the game wouldn't start correctly on certain newer, higher-end Intel processors. It makes no other changes.
If you get the activation window, simply click Exit and launch the game again. It should work this time around.
This update is currently only available for The Sims 3 players who play the game through the EA App. The update hasn't been released as of now on Steam.,
Could this be just the beginning of a very exciting news season ahead that awaits us with the latest Behind The Sims episode? Tune in to Sims Community to discover more interesting surprises very soon!
What's your experience like with The Sims 3's latest update release? Share your thoughts in the comments down below!
4 Comments
The update messed up my resolution, my resolution was sooo great and since this update it looks horrible. I don’t know what y’all did but change it back please.
The update made it so I can not play the game. Game will open up but when going to start a new save it does not work and brings up error codes. Please fix this!
EA proving again why you shouldn’t give them any money, ever!
none of my store worlds or content work please help keeps saying i need to make sure its got latest software and updates which it has
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