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Anonymous
12 years ago
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Lagging, freezing, and jumpy Sims. Sims 3.

I know this has probably been asked, but there are so many pages of questions that it would take me hours to go through them all. I play Sims 3 from Origin and have experiencing lagging, freezing, an...
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  • crinrict's avatar
    crinrict
    12 years ago

    Yes, you did.

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    Try resetting all your Sims in your town with resetsim *

    To do so

    • Open the cheat console with ctl-shift-c
    • Type resetsim * (including the *)

    This should put all your sims and animals to a safe location.

    You might have a stuck Sim somewhere

    Here's some more tips: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/FAQ-Lags-amp-Freezes/td-p/646

    Also Islo Paradiso has it's own set of issues, that's why I asked what world you were playing. Sunset Valley and Twinbrookes should have any particular lagging issues. It's mostly Islo Paradiso, Bridgeport and the WA worlds that have those.

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    If that doesn't help, could you post your Computer's DxDiag?

    To gather a DxDiag on your computer, please follow the steps here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-DxDiag-for-Sims-3-PC-Only/td-p/1049584/

crinrict's avatar
crinrict
Hero+
12 years ago

Yes, you did.

-------------------

Try resetting all your Sims in your town with resetsim *

To do so

  • Open the cheat console with ctl-shift-c
  • Type resetsim * (including the *)

This should put all your sims and animals to a safe location.

You might have a stuck Sim somewhere

Here's some more tips: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/FAQ-Lags-amp-Freezes/td-p/646

Also Islo Paradiso has it's own set of issues, that's why I asked what world you were playing. Sunset Valley and Twinbrookes should have any particular lagging issues. It's mostly Islo Paradiso, Bridgeport and the WA worlds that have those.

----------

If that doesn't help, could you post your Computer's DxDiag?

To gather a DxDiag on your computer, please follow the steps here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-DxDiag-for-Sims-3-PC-Only/td-p/1049584/

Anonymous's avatar
Anonymous
12 years ago

How do I reset them all? Is it all at once or do I take the time to reset every. single. Sim? Do I type the resetsim *all sims? I'm a little bit confused on this. I hardly ever travel anymore for I heard there was a glitch that my family relationships could be severed (like mom and daughter aren't mom and daughter anymore). 

  • rumbutter's avatar
    rumbutter
    Hero (Retired)
    12 years ago

    the reset sim * resets every sim (and or animal if you own pets expansion pack )  to reset all sims ctrl+shift+c hold all 3 together in the menu bar that appears at the top of the screen type in resetsim *   (inculding the * hit enter ) this will reset all sims inculdeing your own

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      12 years ago

      Okay, so out of very little hope (for I had pretty much given up ever playing my family again), I tried the "resetsim *" and, to my surprise, it seemed to have worked. I'm kind of expecting to get on today or tomorrow and things aren't fixed, so I wont "accept as solution" until I have tried my game a few times to make sure. Thank you, though, for the suggestion.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      12 years ago

      Just wanted to let you know that the "resetsim *" seems to be working. I've used it quite a few times when my sims seem to start getting glitchy and it works. The other day, my game started to get freezy and lagging again and, out of fear that I had a new problem or same problem and "resetsim *" not possibly working, I saved my game and quit. I returned to it the following day and it was fine. I think it was because I had some youtube videos up and it was making the game run a bit slow...I hope, anyway. I have installed some content from the store over the past two days, but only about 6-7 items (hair styles and a grill). I also, I believe, installed (I hope) two mods on breastfeeding and homeschooling.

      I do have one other question, I've been wanting to install Overwatch and NRAAS(?). Are these good mods for glitchy computers? 

      • crinrict's avatar
        crinrict
        Hero+
        12 years ago

        I use many NRaas mods myself but make sure to educate yourself about mods.

        We can't really talk about them here since they are not supported by EA and you'll be using at your own risk.

        Thank you for your feedback 🙂

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