Can anyone help me with some Sims 3 problems?

Question

I bought it the day it came out, (June 2nd) and it was fine. However i've been playing it more often, and after maybe 30 minutes of game play, the game (not my computer) shuts down completely, leaving me staring at my computer's desktop as if i was never even playing. That's the first problem... So today i go to play the game and my Sims are all moving in slow motion. I have no idea how this happened considering it was perfect yesterday (and last night) and i saved and quit just fine, and now its in slow motion! My computer is running like it usually would, and the Sims 3 start up is running like it would, but my game is in slow motion, like i said. So if anyone can help me resolve these problems, i'd really appreciate it!
By the way, i already used the cheat code that's something like slowMotionViz <0> and nothing happened.

Answer 1

I have heard from forums that some problems such as the speed are caused by graphics drivers not being fully up to date.



A good place to ask would be here since I heard EA support was terrible:

http://suprbay.org/showthread.php?t=54342

Answer 2

Well I Cant Even Play The Sims three It Wont Start Says I Need To Upgrade My Video Card. In Other Words I Need To Spend Even More Money On A New Video Card. But In Found This Add-on Sort Of Thing. But That Just Plays The Sims three And Its Slow As ?. But When I Was Playing It Was Good Not Much Stuff. Graphic, I Thought Could Be Better. But Customisations Good five superstar. But With This Add-on There Was A Great Big Water Mark In The Bottom Left Corner. So Never Got To Use entire Features So.

Answer 3

This can happen to anybody, it really depends on what hard-drive/os you're using.



Try asking/e-mailing/contacting EA or The Sims 3.

They might help you.



But surely, I think it's your hard-drive. Usually it doesn't work as fast on XP than on Vista or Mac.