The Sims 3

By Cammie HallFOR A TECHNICAL AUDIENCE

The Sims 3 games• There are 12 expansion packs for the Sims 3

and they are. Some are being release or in the process of..

Platforms

• Mac OS X• Microsoft windows• Xbox 360• Play station 3• IOS• Nintendo DS

Windows phone• Android

System requirements for windows

Operating system –• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7CPU –• Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent; 2.0GHz for XP,

2.4GHz for Vista or 7Memory -• 1 GB for XP,1.5GB for Vista or 7Hard drive space –• 6.1 GB or moreGraphics hardware –• DirectX 9.0c compatible card with 128 MB

RAMSound hardware –• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible card

System requirements for Macintosh

Operating system –• Mac OS X 10.5.7 leopardCPU –• Intel Core Duo ProcessorMemory –• 2 GBHard drive space –• 6.1 GB of free space and 1GB for any

additional contentGraphics hardware –• ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128

MB RAM or Intel Integrated GMA X3100

Patches

To solve any technical problems the Sims 3 might have e.g. clitches. The Sims will get an update. This update is installing what the Sims patches. They are fixing the clitches that your game might have.

• The whole computer reboots or freezes up while loading/ playing.

• Blue screen with white writing and lots of error text.

• General poor performance, slowness, and lag.

Creating the Sims

• There is not a lot of information about the Sims 3 but it was said that it was made at a creators camp. And there was no software or programs used to make the Sims 3 it was all creativity

Bibliography

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims_3#Software_copy_restriction

2. http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:System_Checkup