Sims 3 Worlds with Least Lag

"Pary;c-18300779" wrote:
Worlds will all lag at some time or another. Sometimes, for no reason, sims just get stuck. @Rflong7 's worlds are usually peak performers, but even in one of those I had a sim become impaled on a fence one day which slowed the world to a crawl. I don't know why, the game just spawned him there. It doesn't happen often at all but it does happen.

I always have to watch out for the little messages that pop up saying that so and so sim is un-routable. Unfortunately...the little buggers seem to constantly end up getting stuck. So I always end up resetting them...so that they can get on their merry little way.

"Nikkei_Simmer;c-18300997" wrote:

I always have to watch out for the little messages that pop up saying that so and so sim is un-routable. Unfortunately...the little buggers seem to constantly end up getting stuck. So I always end up resetting them...so that they can get on their merry little way.

NRAAS will auto-reset stuck sims unless you change the settings in Overwatch to False. Then you can watch where they're getting stuck and fix the area yourself as needed.

"Karritz;c-18300885" wrote:
keep inventories as close to empty as possible. Remove excess build mode plants ... Adding big basements can also add to memory use

Thanks!! I did not know any of this!

"Nikkei_Simmer;c-18300997" wrote:


I always have to watch out for the little messages that pop up saying that so and so sim is un-routable.

I will pay attention to these notices now! Thanks!!

"KevinL5275;c-18301196" wrote:


NRAAS will auto-reset stuck sims unless you change the settings in Overwatch to False. Then you can watch where they're getting stuck and fix the area yourself as needed.

Right now, I am playing without NRaas to get a better feel for what is vanilla game and what is NRaas. NRaas is just such a big mod that is doing so much. Too much for me at this stage of my learning. But now I know another specific reason why I might want to add NRaas back into my game, and what setting to use for this. Thanks!

Overwatch and ErrorTrap are pretty-much required mods to fix the little bugs that never got fixed, and they also keep your game healthy. Good luck with your learning and have fun!

All TS3 worlds will lag, especially if you've been in one for more than 5 Sim weeks. Overwatch and Errortrap are essential mods. Other ways to deal with lag is using Mastercontroller's Reset Everything and also delete some objects in "Object Stats."


The Sims and their vehicles always manage to get stuck, though. And the game can take up a lot of memory if played for a long time (more than 3 or 4 hours).

Anyways, have fun with the game!

"KevinL5275;c-18301284" wrote:
Overwatch and ErrorTrap are pretty-much required mods

"Sims4MagicalTales;c-18301908" wrote:
Overwatch and Errortrap are essential mods.

I am going to take everyone's advice and put them back in.

"BlackSand;c-18301976" wrote:
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The easiest way to reduce lag in a town is to disable Pets.
Love the Pets ... But it generates an abundance of additional Non Player Characters running around your town.

To manage longer saves ... You can remove certain townies you don't care that much for ...
Tear down their houses, switch it to a Community Lot, and classify it as "No Visitors Allowed".

Essentially ... It's just Population Reduction.
As others have mentioned ... Debugger and Error Trap are almost essential on long saves as well.

For the longest consecutive saves ...
It's good to start your save as an NIF Challenge and add the pieces as your town grows.

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I just Googled the NIF Challenge. This is interesting! I am reading this thread now.
https://modthesims.info/showthread.php?s=a9636b2b8b40ae5b63c83fa1e7d32e6b&t=468464&c=1&ht=0&page=1&pp=25#startcomments