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- @simsample
:o a 450 card with graphics like that I cannot believe it lol I appreciate you may use a screenshot program but i doubt you could cover game blur up with that could you?
I have always upgraded because of sims 3 as I like to play in massive worlds and that needs decent hardware.
That was me on the thread you outline on MTS lol I had just got sims 1 and was dying to play it but just could not resolve the blur on the sim I tried everything and more but nothing made any difference so I uninstalled it with a view to trying again in the future but I think the graphics may be worse after this current upgrade so I am not even going to try..
I saved that thread on MTS so I could go back and post some pics when I finally got it up and running and just looking back over the thread now that was April so 5 months ago and still I have not got to play but I had to save up for this current desktop upgrade and then buy an old laptop with the right specs to play 1 which now the upgrade is paid off I can have the laptop in the next three weeks or so.
Thinking about that my PC tech does not really understand 3 games as he does not play and can never quite understand some of the hag we go through playing them on newer systems he says he is simply going to build the spec requirements on XP so I can play the game but I am worried he is going to underestimate the specs I may need and wondered if you could advise at all.
My tech just wants to make sure the laptop is up to hours of playing without negative effects because he knows when I start to play I wont stop for hours, knows me well :)
I remember when i first fired 1 up I loved the parrot, the volleyball that jet pack style machine etc and I adore those NPC's on the ice cream cart that actually sell your sims an ice cream :) I loved the massive sweet shops and the ski pipe etc. I have a list of mods and stuff I want to try especially as I think I saw a mod for a bodyguard something I wanted for sims 3 for so long and could never could never find one ..
that clown is really creepy and I hoped I would never find it my sims house, and I still cannot wrap my head around children not growing up. I am really looking forward to be able to try playing again soon :) - @@SPARKY1922
Haha, I thought that must be you, but didn't want to assume! I'm playing Sims 3 at the moment, a world I made which has 162 lots and a lot of effects, and my old computer does just fine with it. I built the PC myself (specifically for Sims 3) and the only upgrades it has had recently are new hard drives (faster! :) ), but it does have great cooling as I have a decent CPU fan in there (with the best thermal paste) and a gaming case with extra fans. So it runs my large world with around 300 sims on 60-80 FPS with GPU and CPU under 60 degrees C, although in reality I throttle the framerate to match the game render rate (30FPS).
You are going to play Sims 3 on a laptop? Make sure you have one with good cooling, as heat could be a problem! You'll need a good graphics card too- one with seperate memory, not integrated. This forum is a good place to look for help with that- try posting a question there, as some knowledgeable people might answer you! :)
http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=563 - @simsample
Okay well not understanding everything you have said re PC set up but know I have a great cooling system and extra fans because my sims 3 games have always run a little too slowly for my liking with a grayed out look on load/screen change bugged me but confess to a ton and mods and cc so which could also be the culprit..
I am not wanting to play sims 3 on a laptop just sims 1 and my PC tech just takes a look at the specs on the sims 1 collection box and says yes I can do that and I will make sure you can play for hours without burning the laptop out.... but I am worried because he does not appear to understand that where sims games specs are concerned we appear to need at least double the recommended requirement on specs lol
Having just paid an awful lot of money for this recent desktop upgrade I do not want to pay out for a laptop to specifically to run sims 1 and then find it not work out properly..so that's why I was asking advice about the laptop specs for sims 1 so I can have decent graphics in the game.
This recent desktop upgrade I have only played sims 2 to try and get that back under some sort of control testing/mods/CC and have not even attempted 3 because I also need to test the ton of mods and CC I had in the last game prior to the upgrade so that's on my next to check list..
I keep asking myself where does it end and in what month I have money to spend on something other than PC parts and upgrades-) - @SPARKY1922 i'm pretty sure even the cheaptest and weakest "modern" laptop can handle the sims 1 without any problems, i mean there's some flash games that are heavier on your PC than sims 1 lmao :smiley:
sims 1 specs are 233 MHz for the CPU and 32MB ram..! :D
Also, I feel the struggle... recently upgraded my PC to play the sims 3 with my unreal amount of CC :$ Been playing on my laptop before that, and while it's pretty good (I was pretty much able to play with the highest resolutions with no problems), the screen was always kinda pixelated and after a while the loading times were too long because of CC :/
Hopefully your desktop will work fine for TS3! :) - Sel
For some reason i cannot @ before your name as it simply will not work for some reason..
I said the same thing to my tech re the laptop specs and while he pretty much agreed with what you are saying but he worries more about me burning a laptop out with lengthy play sessions lol Don't get me wrong when it comes to building PC's and the like hes fab but has no idea much about sims games so if something does not work between the game and PC upgrades hes not much good :)
The only reason I ever worry about specs ( even sims 1-) is because I started the sims games with 3 and experienced many problems eventually coming to the conclusion that the recommended PC specs were a joke so had my first desktop build and then game played better however when the series ended and I started learning/adding mods/cc of course it made a difference to loading times etc so another upgrade now I always think with sims specs double it then add some more just to be sure :)
It has also taken me a while to get good graphics back with 2 and I am having to painstakingly go through all my mods/cc and then I will fire up 3 it almost feels like a job :) - yeah but sims 3 is really nothing like the other games (technology-wise) :D the only other game where i'd worry about heat or anything like that is ts4, but with 2 and 1 you're pretty much safe no matter how long you play :smiley:
(the sims 1 literally has lower specs than origin itself.. :D)
but yeah it's always good when you're going for more than recommended :) - @SPARKY1922 I agree with @Sel about that, pretty much anything you buy laptop-wise now should be okay with Sims 1. I'm using one of these and it works just fine with no excessive heat and no lag:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01BLJ2S6M/ref=olp_product_details?_encoding=UTF8&me=
And that has a Celeron, which is about the worse CPU you can get! :D I'm running Windows 10 on that but I run the game through DXWnd, which has come in very handy for a number of older games I play (helps me to run them in the resolution and format that I like):
https://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/ - @Sel and @simsample
LOL because I come from 3 with a world of hurt and learning experience please forgive me for being overly cautious :)
I have e-mailed those links to my tech in an attempt to try and make him understand-) I am still testing all my mods and CC in 2 and earlier today I was just enjoying 2 game-play so much in its natural state I got sidelined from what I was doing and then laughed because playing and enjoying the game is what I am supposed to be doing rather then fixing something all the time :) "SPARKY1922;15148934" wrote:
LOL because I come from 3 with a world of hurt and learning experience"SPARKY1922;15148934" wrote:
I am still testing all my mods and CC in 2 and earlier today I was just enjoying 2 game-play so much in its natural state I got sidelined from what I was doing and then laughed because playing and enjoying the game is what I am supposed to be doing rather then fixing something all the time :)
Omg yes, I totally understand that's how it used to be for me! :D Now I've just always kept a really close eye on all my CC and sorted my folders a billion times, now everything works and I can just enjoy the games! :D- MidnightAura869 years agoSeasoned AceI love the original sims! I still play, usually once a week!
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