FIX FOR SEVERE LAG

Cyron43 wrote:
@planettv: The lag you face is of a different type than the one this thread deals with.
To make things more clear:
This thread is about (what I call) lag type 2.

Lag type 2
means the time display gets frozen. It begins with skipping one second, then two and the more you play the worse it gets until it's frozen for 12 hours or so. During that time all Sims are also frozen in the middle of their actions. Alas the game time moves on as can be seen on the sky. The sun, the moon and also the star map keep moving. The needs of your Sims deteriorate.
You can move the camera with lag type 2.

Lag type 1
is the usual stuttering (more or less severe) where the whole game seems to be frozen for several seconds.
The camera cannot be moved.
Lag type 1 is usually caused by
- insufficient memory (8 GB are recommended. You need a 64 bit type of Windows in order to make use of it)

- incompatible or faulty custom content -> temporarily remove all custom content and try again.

- unsupported graphics card -> Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Into the Future\Support and read the ReadMe file for a list of supported graphic cards.

- insufficient graphics card -> lower the graphics settings in the options of the game.

- insufficient CPU power -> see "insufficient graphics card"

- Other software which runs while you play -> Make sure you shut down all programs which you currently don't need.

- Highly fragmented hard drive -> Defragment your hard drive.

- Corrupted save game -> Try Twallan's MasterController to fix it. Go to map view, click the town hall icon and choose
nraas -> MasterController -> Town -> Reset everything.
Maybe the last part is not literally. I play a German version of the game and I translated it.

The fix which uninstalling the ToP and the updates of Twallan's Overwatch and ErrorTrap provide deal with lag type 2.
However Overwatch and ErrorTrap can also help with lag type 1 but you should do some settings to Overwatch to get the best results. Go to map view, click on the town hall icon and choose nraas -> Overwatch -> Settings.
You can get more information about the Overwatch settings on the page you downloaded Overwatch from.

That's all true.

But then there is the spawner overload lag, the "something" placed too close to a driveway lag. The stuck sims/horses/cats/dogs lag. The broken world routing that spawns hundreds of NPCs lag. The glitch with food trucks lag. The bad placement of lots in the world editor lag. The ... etc, etc, etc. Really soooo many things can go wrong. And it's all individual and unique to someone's game. All we can do is point them to the threads and wish them good luck while troubleshooting.