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Anonymous
3 years ago

Fixing Town Lag? Constant Error Trap "Stuck" Sims

Hi all,

Based on the several decade-old threads on the forums that I didn't want to necropost in, some towns have worse routing issues than others. Particularly, the town I'm playing in, Roaring Heights, is a big offender.

Sure enough, I've been playing it a lot and Error Trap is finding a lot of stuck sims around town. It's causing lag such that time stutters and sometimes freezes. It's significant.

My questions are, what exactly is causing this? Is it bad EA lot design? How do I fix this so it doesn't happen as often? Do I need to go into premade lots and start renovating them?

There's a Sims Forum thread of people mostly complaining about the lag and off-topic chatter about premade-Sim Ainsley Andrews for some reason (?) without any real resolution or proposed fix.

Hoping in the past 10 years there's been some innovation on this front? 🙏🙏🙏

16 Replies

  • Roaring Heights is my nemesis because of that. I tried to play there a couple of times but the lag got impossible and the renovation was tiring. I ended up retiring the world and I try not to look at it.

    Another world that behaves badly on my computer is Hidden Springs, but I wasn't as psyched as when I bought Roaring Heights.

  • mw1525's avatar
    mw1525
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    So far, I haven't had an issue with stuck Sims in Roaring Heights. Although, I haven't played in that world too often. My problem world is Bridgeport. In Bridgeport it is often the residential buildings which cause the biggest problems with sims getting stuck between walls/levels.

    Since, I'm a simmer who likes to re-imagine the worlds which I play in, most (if not all) of my towns/worlds get completely made over with fresh custom builds. While this is not a solution I would recommend to anyone, it does seem to cut out the issue of them becoming stuck.
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    3 years ago
    I've had a ton of issues in Bridgeport such that I stopped playing that town.
  • Ah, thanks for posting that screenie. I went in to RH this morning and fixed up those stairs to prevent traffic buildups.

    Bridgeport actually runs quite well if you remove the ropes for Bouncers and just let anyone in to any clubs. I also removed the NPC doors in apartments and replaced them with decorative doors instead as my mixologists were spawning inside fake apartments but for some reason were unable to get out ( don't ask me why, it seems ridiculous that they couldn't open a door )

    I also use a mod to reduce the amount of ambient traffic in BP, and went into each building looking for trouble spots, such as too tight 1 tile walkways, awkward furniture layouts, and any other areas that were likely to cause routing issues.
    It can be a time consuming process, but if you save the game while in Edit Town, and use that as your base save, you'll only ever have to do it once.
    I found it worth it to be able to play there with little lag from stuck sims.
  • mw1525's avatar
    mw1525
    Seasoned Ace
    3 years ago
    Thanks @Pary for the suggestion to remove the bouncer ropes. I'll have to do that for the club buildings I decide to keep. I assign jobs in my town with NRaas' 'Register' mod so I don't have a lot of natural NPCs working. When it comes to real estate, I build manageable apartment buildings (not skyscrapers), gated communities and the likes for them to reside in.

    First, I find out which NPCs are living in which buildings and then I add them to game world. I place them (as a group) into one of my multi-dwelling builds. They are able to keep their job via NRaas' Register mod and BlueNinjitsu's mod which unbinds them from EA's slave hours and allows them to have and live their lives. My Bridgeport is still a work in progress, but I have found the shell buildings at ATS3 to be helpful when keeping up the 'big city' appearance. Plus, it doesn't drain my PC! ;)

    ATS3 Shell Buildings:
    https://aroundthesims3.com/objects/room_downtown_61.shtml
  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago
    After cleaning up a lot of the funky Roaring Heights builds, I have to say I really enjoy playing that world!

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