Forum Discussion
10 years ago
@Surreal I haven't checked in Bellatrix yet to see if I still have lag while playing or not but if I do it'll be because there are so many Sims and buildings. I moved over sixty Sims into it to start and of course on top of that there are the regular service people plus cash register people plus about a dozen mixologists and the paparazzi. Normally I'm the kind of person who doesn't do something until there's a need and playing NIF last night forced me into a situation like that. Because of the paparazzi practically living on Penelope's lawn I had to start learning how to use the Register mod to get rid of them and I lowered the numbers of the amount of wild and stray animals. Next time I'm in Bellatrix I need to learn how to assign certain Sims to cash registers and as Mixologists then look around town and get rid of about half the bars there, disable the paparazzi and wipe their shiny hind-ends off the map for good (my word, never have I seen a more annoying group of Sims in my life!) then find all the current register attendants and mixologists and dress them up in proper attire and start sending them one by one to permanent homes in the graveyard. >:)
Even though they're a pain space-wise I much prefer a desktop over a laptop model. In the amount of time I've had this desktop computer I've watched other people go through multiple laptops. In that time (which is either five or six years now, I can't remember exactly) I've upgraded RAM and this is my third video card. With some careful shopping I've also managed to snag fairly expensive type keyboard and mouse for cheap to replace the ones that constantly wear out. I got a used clicky keyboard off eBay for around $30 and a funky "spider queen" mouse made by a Chinese company off Amazon for around the same price. It took me almost all one day to find this mouse. I have a lot of tendon problems in my hand (it's from weeding) and so many of the mice are built so they're concave on the left side. Having to hold a mouse like that sets off that pain in a massive way. My mouse is symmetrical without that inset part and I can use it for extended periods without any problems.
Even though they're a pain space-wise I much prefer a desktop over a laptop model. In the amount of time I've had this desktop computer I've watched other people go through multiple laptops. In that time (which is either five or six years now, I can't remember exactly) I've upgraded RAM and this is my third video card. With some careful shopping I've also managed to snag fairly expensive type keyboard and mouse for cheap to replace the ones that constantly wear out. I got a used clicky keyboard off eBay for around $30 and a funky "spider queen" mouse made by a Chinese company off Amazon for around the same price. It took me almost all one day to find this mouse. I have a lot of tendon problems in my hand (it's from weeding) and so many of the mice are built so they're concave on the left side. Having to hold a mouse like that sets off that pain in a massive way. My mouse is symmetrical without that inset part and I can use it for extended periods without any problems.