technical information for non technical people. Also this is for a school project.

1. The Sims 3
By Cammie Hall
FOR A NON-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. Requirements for windows
computers
To play Sims 3 you will need a Operating system for a
windows computer –
• Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
To play Sims 3 you will need a CPU with the windows
computer –
• Intel Pentium 4 or equivalent; 2.0GHz for XP, 2.4GHz
for Vista or 7
To play Sims 3 you will need a Memory for a windows
computer -
• 1 GB for XP,1.5GB for Vista or 7
To play Sims 3 you will need a Hard drive space for a
windows computer –
• 6.1 GB or more
To play Sims 3 you will need a Graphics hardware for a
windows computer –
• DirectX 9.0c compatible card with 128 MB RAM
To play Sims 3 you will need a Sound hardware for a
windows computer –
• 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible card

5. Requirements for
Macintosh computers
To play Sims 3 you will need a Operating system for a
Macintosh computer –
• Mac OS X 10.5.7 leopard
To play Sims 3 you will need a CPU for a Macintosh
computer –
• Intel Core Duo Processor
To play Sims 3 you will need a Memory for a
Macintosh computer –
• 2 GB
To play Sims 3 you will need a Hard drive space for a
Macintosh computer –
• 6.1 GB of free space and 1GB for any additional
content
To play Sims 3 you will need a Graphics hardware for
a Macintosh computer –
• 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 restarts or
freezes up while loading/ playing.
• Or is there is Blue screen with white
writing and lots of error text.
• General poor
performance, slowness.

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