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Intel Iris graphics, Mac and The Sims 3

Published on May 23, 2015February 7, 2021 by BluebellFloraLeave a comment

Only applicable to the 32-bit version of the Sims 3

Just written a brief page on the Intel Iris problems on Macs with The Sims 3. Sadly EA will never fix it but there is a possible workaround. Head over to the page if you need to know more 🙂

Intel Iris and Intel Iris Pro graphics and The Sims 3

Treehouse rebuild for The Sims 4

Published on May 9, 2015 by BluebellFlora3 Comments

Back in 2009 I built a treehouse in The Sims 3. It’s still one of my favourite builds so I thought I’d work on a Sims 4 version:

So far, I’m loving it 😀

It’s native!

Published on April 22, 2015April 22, 2015 by BluebellFlora5 Comments

Since my earlier post about EA using Cider for The Sims 4 I’ve been harassing various Sim Gurus and Transgaming for an answer on the forum and Twitter. After repeatedly asking, SimGuruModSquad replied stating that the game is absolutely native in OS X and EA did not use Cider. The information in the manual was printed in error…..

A few minutes later, SimGuruSteve (one and the same?) replied on Twitter, also confirming the same thing:

.@MisterPomme @BluebellFlora1 @beyondsims Looks like we posted in the forum, but confirming: Sims 4 on Mac is native and does not use Cider

— Steve Lansing (@SimGuruSteve) April 22, 2015