I've been wanting to make more use of the Island Paradise expansion that I bought recently. I have a few things in mind. I own a good computer, but I've heard that IP is laggy even then. Sooo...
I have two sims that live in Barnacle Bay, which I bought specifically to use IP content in. One BB sim Loves to Swim and has the lifetime wish to make money as a Diver. I want to add some dive spots to BB--read that it's possible to do and have a video tutorial bookmarked to try it. I've just been reluctant to start that project since I haven't even seen a dive site yet!
But I also have NRaas Traveler and have already set up a base camp in IP. (I know you don't actually have to have one with Traveler, but I was experimenting with info gained about the .nhd file:
https://nraas.wikispaces.com/Traveler+FAQ#Traveler-Is there a way to use one of the towns from another save-game as a vacation world ?)
My sims have traveled to IP to check things out. Even with just using IP as a vacation spot and not living there, I saw lag. So last night, after reading a couple of threads here, I did the following:
Evicted Medina, Prince, Scott, Los Amigos, Romantic and placed them in other houses. I didn't bulldoze the house/houseboats; I changed them (and any other vacant houseboats) from Regular residence to Ownable residence. This would keep NPCs from moving in there, but I'm wondering if I should still bulldoze the lots. ??
I also removed the arch on the castle and set the front door where it should be.
I haven't reset the dive caves yet, but I read that I should do that.
I looked for the troublesome bug spawners at Hobart's Hideout, but didn't see any. I think the roaches have to be active to find them, so I'll check at another time.
I also use NRaas Overwatch in my games.
Is there anything else that would help reduce lag? I really don't want to go into all the houses or do big changes right now. But if some quick fixes would help, I'm willing to do those. Still wondering whether if just changing the house/houseboats to Ownable instead of bulldozing is enough. The reason I did that was because, with Traveler, my sims could purchase a houseboat as a vacation home and I wanted some options.
