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IreneSwift
7 years agoSeasoned Newcomer
There's no way my graphics card could be the problem, because it is major overkill for the Sims 3. So I decided to play around with the settings some more. What I tried before, that I said didn't make it any better, was to set texture detail and sim detail as high as they would go. This time I started by setting everything as high as it would go, except anything specific to something having nothing to do with sims, like reflections and high detail lots, and I set shadows to low. This is the result:
https://i.imgur.com/YPF5SjV.jpg
I did some more experimenting, turning most of the settings back to medium, but trying different combinations of settings for sim detail, texture detail, and shadows. Even with shadows on low and the other two as high as they would go, it was still bad. I finally tried setting visual effects to high. This is what I got:
https://i.imgur.com/e7uF4IE.jpg
As you can see, it is just as good as the other. I tried lowering sim detail again, because that's the only setting of the three that will affect game performance, but it was bad again. So I guess I will try playing with sim detail on very high and see what happens. I had so many problems with my game for so many years, before the current computer, I am a little paranoid about taking any risks with game performance, especially when I do still have occasional lag and freezes. But I've concluded recently that those are most likely from sims getting stuck somewhere, so it probably won't make any difference to have that one setting higher.
https://i.imgur.com/YPF5SjV.jpg
I did some more experimenting, turning most of the settings back to medium, but trying different combinations of settings for sim detail, texture detail, and shadows. Even with shadows on low and the other two as high as they would go, it was still bad. I finally tried setting visual effects to high. This is what I got:
https://i.imgur.com/e7uF4IE.jpg
As you can see, it is just as good as the other. I tried lowering sim detail again, because that's the only setting of the three that will affect game performance, but it was bad again. So I guess I will try playing with sim detail on very high and see what happens. I had so many problems with my game for so many years, before the current computer, I am a little paranoid about taking any risks with game performance, especially when I do still have occasional lag and freezes. But I've concluded recently that those are most likely from sims getting stuck somewhere, so it probably won't make any difference to have that one setting higher.
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