If I were to play an occult free game, which packs would I need to remove? Or mods and cheats to use? I was thinking of trying to strip my game down as lean as possible to reduce lag, but still have a full story to tell. I can think of plenty of stories that do not include occults or just use one occult. That led me to think about trying an occult free game. Or a game with only a single occult if it came in a pack other than Supernatural.Does anyone run their game without Supernatural installed?I heard that spawning occults are one of the things that cause lag. Is that true?

@Katofhyrule12 If you open Options while in game and go to the last tab, you can uncheck the occults you don't want in your game.I believe that Bridgeport, Midnight Hollow, and Dragon Valley have occults in the original population, so unchecked occults doesn't get rid of existing occults, just prevents new ones.To get rid of zombies requires a cheat using the mailbox menu. I don't remember the specifics on how to do this though.

I play with as few occults as possible. I do have the Supernaturals pack installed but I want to keep them confined to their original worlds. So as @texansky said I have them all unchecked on that last tab in the Options menu. This means I don’t see fairies elsewhere, and I don’t find that other sims have suddenly turned into vampires, etc.I do still get zombies when it’s full moon. The only way I know to remove them is to have testingcheats enabled, then right-click (I think?) on the mailbox and you get an option about controlling supernaturals (among other things like changing season etc.). That takes you to a menu where you can remove the supernaturals you want gone. You have do it each time, e.g. a zombie will turn up at my house, but I click on the mailbox and then they quickly become like a normal sim, get in a taxi and go away. I do also have ghosts, but they don’t bother me. You might be able to remove them in the same way but I can’t remember, as I’m usually just focused on getting rid of those creepy zombies!

"texansky;c-18299771" wrote:To get rid of zombies requires a cheat using the mailbox menu. I don't remember the specifics on how to do this though.I don't know about this cheat, but the other way to get rid of zombies is to turn off moon cycles in game. They have no purpose if you're not playing with occults anyway!

"texansky;c-18299771" wrote:@Katofhyrule12 If you open Options while in game and go to the last tab ... unchecked occults doesn't get rid of existing occults, just prevents new ones."FreddyFox1234;c-18299788" wrote:have testingcheats enabled, then right-click (I think?) on the mailbox and you get an option about controlling supernaturals ... You have do it each time, ...I do also have ghosts, but they don’t bother me.I am not anti occults, but I am just curious if the game runs smoother without them. I tried the options tabs and the mailbox, but that did not work for the reasons that you both mentioned. Now I understand that I need to evict all occults, and I need to use the mailbox cheat repeatedly. THANKS!!I think Ghosts might be basegame and too integral to remove. Ambitions includes a ghost hunter career. I have seen a video about ghost babies. I am content to leave those in and might even take the opportunity to make them the center of my gameplay. I stripped my game down to just the following games after uninstalling the rest of them:Basegame AmbitionsGenerationsWorld AdventuresSeasonsDiesel StuffOutdoor LivingIn my research, I learned that pets slow down the game for many of the same reasons as occults. I uninstalled the Pets pack.I only have 3 worlds: Sunset Valley, Twinbrooks, and Adventureland. I have never played Twinbrooks and I am curious about the customization options for Adventureland.I can only travel to these destinations: China, Egypt, and France.I think Late Night first added the vampires and then Supernatural expanded upon them. I am not sure what I would end out with if I added back in Late Night but not Supernatural. I don't think I have a lunar cycle at all, so I am not sure what happens when I look at the sky. I forgot to look. I just started this new save last night.Thank you both for all your help!

I don't know if you know this but the Sims 3 has a free world in the World's tab on the site that you can download and play with. It's called Riverview.https://store.thesims3.com/riverview.html?categoryId=12642&section=UpSellI haven't played Adventureland yet but it's an almost empty copy of Sunset Valley that came with the 1.69 patch and only has 2 Sims living there. Most of us believe that the world was probably used as a test world for the developers and it some how made its was to our game.

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Katofhyrule12
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"lisasc360;c-18299931" wrote:

I have a long played save game in Riverview that I have posted over in The Sims 3 Creative Corner section but I will provide a link for you if you want to take a look at it. Riverview in my opinion is a small country town with rolling farming lands across the world. I quite like it myself.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/917144/ts3-lisa-dawnlight-adventures-in-riverview/p1?new=1

I read a couple pages of your story. It is a really helpful playthrough for newbies.

I think Riverview might be the best world for me to try right now. I want to do some farming. I bought Grandpas's Grove on sale yesterday, or maybe it was the day before. I also have the Gardening Station, but not the Greenhouse. The Gardening Station cannot be used to complete the Greenhouse venue, so I am going to be really slow to buy the Greenhouse, now. I am not in a rush to buy the cows and chickens either. I always sold them in Sims 4 because they were too much work.

Can we grow grapes in Riverview?

Thanks for the suggestion to use Riverview!
Katofhyrule12
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
If anyone else is curious about Riverview, here is an overview of the houses in the world

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L450MVl2kso
lisasc360
Hero
2 years ago
"Katofhyrule12;c-18299970" wrote:
"lisasc360;c-18299931" wrote:

I have a long played save game in Riverview that I have posted over in The Sims 3 Creative Corner section but I will provide a link for you if you want to take a look at it. Riverview in my opinion is a small country town with rolling farming lands across the world. I quite like it myself.
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/917144/ts3-lisa-dawnlight-adventures-in-riverview/p1?new=1

I read a couple pages of your story. It is a really helpful playthrough for newbies.

I think Riverview might be the best world for me to try right now. I want to do some farming. I bought Grandpas's Grove on sale yesterday, or maybe it was the day before. I also have the Gardening Station, but not the Greenhouse. The Gardening Station cannot be used to complete the Greenhouse venue, so I am going to be really slow to buy the Greenhouse, now. I am not in a rush to buy the cows and chickens either. I always sold them in Sims 4 because they were too much work.

Can we grow grapes in Riverview?

Thanks for the suggestion to use Riverview!

I'm glad that you think that my story is good so far... :)

It's a nice little world to play in in my opinion and a great place for farming if you can find a good sized lot to have a farmhouse on. I have all of those as well as the cows and chickens. I sometimes forget to go out and collect the eggs after they have been laid... :blush:

Yes, you can plant grapes in Riverview just as long as you have the grape seeds. Now if I don't have the seeds, I end up going into buydebug mode and get what I need from there.

You're welcome... :)
karritz
Legend
2 years ago
@Katofhyrule12 Katy Perry Sweet Treats is no longer available from EA. You might be able to get a copy on line but may not be able to get a key to unlock it. It is a stuff pack and doesn't come with a world.

Roaring Heights is a Store World. ~~The roller coaster comes with the gold version of the world. Or I think you can buy the coaster separately. It is usually slightly cheaper to buy the gold version of the world if you want both.~~ Sorry - got that wrong. It is the attire set you get with the gold version. It's been a long time since I purchased anything from the store.

Midnight Hollow is very dark and would possibly suit an apocalypse story. A lot of people install a lighting mod to play with the world. It is dark because the grass and trees and other outdoor objects are all painted dark grey as are the houses. I don't use a lighting mod but do replace the grass and plants with normally lit green grass and plants and repaint the house my sims live in. I tend to leave the rest of the world dark.

Aurora Skies has the early learning center and it tends to be slightly cheaper to buy the world and the venue separately. As the name suggests the sky appears to have a green aurora in it.

Hidden Springs has the Fountain of Youth. It was released before most of the other worlds. I think Barnacle Bay was the first store world released.

Lucky Palms is a desert world and has the wishing well.

Lunar Lakes is a futuristic world and has the Tree of Prosperity. It works well with Into the Future EP.
Katofhyrule12
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"Karritz;c-18300029" wrote:

Aurora Skies has the early learning center and it tends to be slightly cheaper to buy the world and the venue separately.

Thank you for typing all that out! It is very helpful information!

The Sims store is not working for me today. I hope it fixes itself, soon. I was going to try playing in Riverview, but I cannot download anything from the Store or the Gallery.

I did not know the Early Learning Center was connected with Aurora Skies! That is important to know. Thanks!
FreddyFox1234
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"Karritz;c-18300029" wrote:

Roaring Heights is a Store World. The roller coaster comes with the gold version of the world. Or I think you can buy the coaster separately. It is usually slightly cheaper to buy the gold version of the world if you want both.

I think you get the roller coaster with any version of the world. I got the standard version recently and it came with the roller coaster. I think the gold version adds the Boardwalk Attire Set?
KevinL5275
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"Katofhyrule12;c-18299968" wrote:

In the future, I really want to try a Zombie apocalypse challenge. I also want to try some type of dystopian challenge that does NOT include Zombies.

Good luck with a zombie challenge. I used NRAAS Vector to enable the zombie disease and my town turned into the undead very quickly.

https://www.nraas.net/community/Vector

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51789561894_98c8a017ee_c.jpg Screenshot-592 by sharkke, on Flickr

All of them are zombies, and none of them can put out the fire.
Katofhyrule12
Seasoned Ace
2 years ago
"KevinL5275;c-18300247" wrote:

All of them are zombies, and none of them can put out the fire.

Great picture!!!
karritz
Legend
2 years ago
"FreddyFox1234;c-18300048" wrote:
"Karritz;c-18300029" wrote:

Roaring Heights is a Store World. The roller coaster comes with the gold version of the world. Or I think you can buy the coaster separately. It is usually slightly cheaper to buy the gold version of the world if you want both.

I think you get the roller coaster with any version of the world. I got the standard version recently and it came with the roller coaster. I think the gold version adds the Boardwalk Attire Set?

Thank you for that. I got that mixed up. I did get the attire set but don't think I use it much.

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