technical information for technical people

1. The Sims 3
By Cammie Hall
FOR A TECHNICAL
AUDIENCE

2. 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..

3. Platforms
• Mac OS X
• Microsoft windows
• Xbox 360
• Play station 3
• IOS
• Nintendo DS
Windows phone
• Android

4. System requirements for
windows
Operating system –
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
CPU –
• Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent; 2.0GHz for
XP, 2.4GHz for Vista or 7
Memory -
• 1 GB for XP,1.5GB for Vista or 7
Hard drive space –
• 6.1 GB or more
Graphics hardware –
• DirectX 9.0c compatible card with 128 MB
RAM
Sound hardware –
• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible card

5. System requirements for
Macintosh
Operating system –
• Mac OS X 10.5.7 leopard
CPU –
• Intel Core Duo Processor
Memory –
• 2 GB
Hard drive space –
• 6.1 GB of free space and 1GB for any
additional content
Graphics hardware –
• ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128
MB RAM or Intel Integrated GMA
X3100

6. 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.

7. 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

8. Bibliography
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Sims_3#Software_copy_
restriction
2. http://www.modthesims.info
/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:S
ystem_Checkup