Back to the classics!
Hello guys! I guess I just wanted to come down here and announce that I'm playing sims3 again! haha
When the last game pack trailer dropped, I finally realized that sims4 is making me want to chuck my computer out the window. Every day the urge is a little stronger, so for my computers safely, I decided to take a break. I still need some sims in my life though! I messed around with sims2 a little, but my greatest love was always sims3. Small problem... it was running horribly slow! I was clueless, because I remember it played fine on my old-old-old computers. My current laptop is only a month old and an acer predator helios (made for gaming). The lag was driving me crazy and even with all the graphics at the lowest, it didn't seem to help much.
I thought I had to give up my renewed dream of open worlds and burrito babies, but I kept thinking about it and doing little searches. A few days ago, I found this guide that helped me improve my game and I am so thankful! I had to share it in case anyone was in the same boat as me and taking a break from star wars- oops, I meant sims4. :p
The Sims 3 | Performance & Bug Fix Guide 2020: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131162350
It's on steam website, so I had to switch around some of the folder locations for origin, but I did most everything they listed, and I can actually play with all my settings on ultra now. :smiley: I only have one sim currently though, so we'll see what happens when I add to the family. *crosses fingers* I even downloaded a few CC! :) Here are what my graphics look like:
https://i.imgur.com/AKM2RqU.jpg
I don't actually know if that's good or not, but I'm ok with it! I do still have a little stuttering and lag, and maybe that can never really go away(?) but It's much easier to ignore with all the file changes and things that I added. I might try turning some of the graphics down to test that and I still plan on downloading the world fixes, so that might help too. I will just have to remember how to save my sim and house to put her in a new game file... :o
Also! Question please! ...
I only have version 1.1 of the save cleaner because version 2 didn't seem to work for me. There was no option to load a save file. So I hope 1.1 still works correctly! I used it twice so far and it didn't seem to break anything (but I don't know if it helped either lol) If anyone has any other tips for keeping the game running smoothly I'd love to hear them. I did scan around the forums, but I wanted to post this too.
Anyway- Happy simming everyone, good luck to anyone trying to fix their sims3 game, and thank you for reading! <3
When the last game pack trailer dropped, I finally realized that sims4 is making me want to chuck my computer out the window. Every day the urge is a little stronger, so for my computers safely, I decided to take a break. I still need some sims in my life though! I messed around with sims2 a little, but my greatest love was always sims3. Small problem... it was running horribly slow! I was clueless, because I remember it played fine on my old-old-old computers. My current laptop is only a month old and an acer predator helios (made for gaming). The lag was driving me crazy and even with all the graphics at the lowest, it didn't seem to help much.
I thought I had to give up my renewed dream of open worlds and burrito babies, but I kept thinking about it and doing little searches. A few days ago, I found this guide that helped me improve my game and I am so thankful! I had to share it in case anyone was in the same boat as me and taking a break from star wars- oops, I meant sims4. :p
The Sims 3 | Performance & Bug Fix Guide 2020: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1131162350
It's on steam website, so I had to switch around some of the folder locations for origin, but I did most everything they listed, and I can actually play with all my settings on ultra now. :smiley: I only have one sim currently though, so we'll see what happens when I add to the family. *crosses fingers* I even downloaded a few CC! :) Here are what my graphics look like:
https://i.imgur.com/AKM2RqU.jpg
I don't actually know if that's good or not, but I'm ok with it! I do still have a little stuttering and lag, and maybe that can never really go away(?) but It's much easier to ignore with all the file changes and things that I added. I might try turning some of the graphics down to test that and I still plan on downloading the world fixes, so that might help too. I will just have to remember how to save my sim and house to put her in a new game file... :o
Also! Question please! ...
I only have version 1.1 of the save cleaner because version 2 didn't seem to work for me. There was no option to load a save file. So I hope 1.1 still works correctly! I used it twice so far and it didn't seem to break anything (but I don't know if it helped either lol) If anyone has any other tips for keeping the game running smoothly I'd love to hear them. I did scan around the forums, but I wanted to post this too.
Anyway- Happy simming everyone, good luck to anyone trying to fix their sims3 game, and thank you for reading! <3
