It's time for another silly poll because I'm curious. :p Do you have the Interactive Loading Screen enabled to play around on when your game loads up or do you have it disabled? Feel free to explain your responses below. :) I'll explain mine.

Currently, on my brand new awesome desktop computer, I have the Interactive Loading Screen Enabled. :) It's fun! :smiley: Now...on my old desktop, I had to have it disabled because...it would be SO SLOW I could barely click on anything. And I think once it crashed my game having the ILS going while it was trying to load. :confused: Bless you my old, wonderful 10 year old computer who did SO well running the Sims 3. But yeah...no more will I have to endure your slowness! :p

I like them,and forget which one it is but there is a object on it I cant find :s seriously have looked never found the object.The Supernatural loading screen makes me sad :'( The one where the ghost dog is giving his paw :bawling:

I hear it increases loading time, so I disable it. I'm in the habit of loading a save and walking away from my computer long enough so that the game is loaded by the time I return. The interactive screen wouldn't benefit me anyways. I save with the game paused, and I think my NRaas mods load the game in pause mode regardless so I don't worry about my simn on free will unattended. :p I also play in a window so if I'm actually at my computer while the game loads my attention is on various websites (like this one) instead of the loading screen.

I tried the feature a few times when it first came out, but have had it disabled since. Besides loading times seeming to last a little longer, I don’t like to start a session using more resources than necessary, especially if I plan to play for a long time or in a long running save. I’m also just as likely to open a build-only save as not, where the extra LTR points wouldn’t matter. But it’s nice that you can finally enjoy them, and congrats on the new comp! :)

I haven't had it on for ages. I believe it does cause longer load time. When you start to see the same images time and time again it gets a bit boring... also I never spend LTH points anyway :lol: I use this mod to spice up the first loading screen. I have mine currently set on Master Suite :smile:

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SimplyJen
Rising Spectator
6 years ago
When it first came out I was playing on a cheap eMachine so it only made my already long loading screens even longer. Now I have a gaming desktop but still, have it disabled because my sims don't need the extra lifetime points.

It is kinda cool though... Reminds me of the matching game either TS1 or TS2 had when you installed the game. I wonder if anyone out there knows what I'm talking about. :D
graceymanors
Rising Hotshot
6 years ago
My game loads pretty quickly with it enabled, however I don't like hidden object/spot the difference games.So there's no point in it, and I don't ever use LTR in the game, so I don't need the points.

However, when my game was runny slow and was getting "Lack of memory" messages, someone recommended turning the interactive screens off along with memories, and disabling online features.As when the game loads up, it uses more memory/resources.Tried that and haven't had an issue since.(And my computer meets the game's requirements, and has plenty of memory/ram)
igazor
6 years ago
I'm not concerned about a few seconds difference in startup time, or a minute or two even. But the interactive startup tends to cause the game to start out using more RAM than otherwise, which is why we do not recommend it. It may not be much in the overall scheme of things, I've seen increases of 200-300 MB. But no matter what kind of system we have, we all have a 32-bit imposed 4 GB limit on the game and getting to it faster has never been a goal of mine.

Besides, I wash my dishes while the game is starting up and I do not have a dishwasher. I've got the cleanest dishes in town now, though. ;)
graceymanors
Rising Hotshot
6 years ago
"igazor;c-16900078" wrote:
I'm not concerned about a few seconds difference in startup time, or a minute or two even. But the interactive startup tends to cause the game to start out using more RAM than otherwise, which is why we do not recommend it. It may not be much in the overall scheme of things, I've seen increases of 200-300 MB. But no matter what kind of system we have, we all have a 32-bit imposed 4 GB limit on the game and getting to it faster has never been a goal of mine.

Besides, I wash my dishes while the game is starting up and I do not have a dishwasher. I've got the cleanest dishes in town now, though. ;)

I only stated my computer had enough ram cause I know someone would come back and say "You're laptop probably doesn't have enough memory." It does, but we're all capped at 32, so it doesn't really matter anyways.XD And I thought I had seen someone mention the RAM issue before. :D
brandontaylor615
Seasoned Traveler
6 years ago
I've had it enabled before but it took a very long time to load so I disabled it. I do like getting happiness points from it.
astridentanja
6 years ago
I never tested it, but I had a feeling in the past loading would take longer when I enabled it and that wait was really long anyway. Loading time is much shorter on my current computer so in that respect I guess I could enable it, but I just don’t find the searching game really fun (and to be honest that may have been my actual reason back then to disable it as well). So, I rather sit through the short wait doing nothing, shivering with anticipation :p
SimmingPuddin
Rising Traveler
6 years ago
enabled

Also have a new computer that I got for my birthday a couple of months ago. Just now getting to start a new game and I like the life time happiness points. :)
NikkeiSimmer
Seasoned Adventurer
6 years ago
Like @igazor, I tend to do other tasks that need doing while the game is uploading. I don't bother with the interactive loading screen. When you have four cats vying for your attention (food), it takes a bit of the game load-time off when you have to feed them and not "die" in the process - with my balance problems and the cats' propensity to get underfoot at the worst possible times.

At some point when I have a decent computer and CPU that can handle this game properly (I'm currently on a A10-7800 CPU/APU), maybe I'll consider having the interactive loading screens back on.

Right now, I have them off.
emorrill
Hero
6 years ago
Cool that you timed it @Stormkeep :smiley:
Quite insightful.

However I think it depends on how old someone's computer is. My 10 year old one took darn near 5 minutes to load! :scream: And that was without the Interactive Loading Screen. And as I said before the ILS couldn't even function on there...and one time it crashed my game on that poor, old computer. :pensive: Bless it's heart...

"Stormkeep;c-16900002" wrote:

I think if I wanted the game to load faster, the real time saver would be getting rid of all the CC and store content I use. Not going to happen!

^There ya go! :lol:
(I'm not about to get rid of any of my precious CC either. ;) )

Thanks for sharing your thoughts @Igazor :blush:

Why Hello there @MN! :p :p :p Nice to see you pop in and share your thoughts. :smirk:
Amphorasims
6 years ago
"SimplyJen;c-16900009" wrote:

It is kinda cool though... Reminds me of the matching game either TS1 or TS2 had when you installed the game. I wonder if anyone out there knows what I'm talking about. :D

https://i.imgur.com/XS5LK.gif?noredirect
I remember playing those games all the time! Was disappointed that Sims 3 didn't have that matching game when I first installed it back in ye olde days of yore in 2009.

Also to stay on topic, disabled. Definitely. Not worth the longer loading time. And if I'm desperate enough to want any lifetime rewards stuff, I just cheat :p