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zihan003
2 years ago
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Objects/lots constantly reloading

Hey everyone, so there's something wrong with my game and I can't solve it. I don't even have a save file yet, I'm trying to start a new game. So I load into a household and every object is grey, w...
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    puzzlezaddict
    2 years ago

    @zihan003  That makes sense.  The shadow extender in particular requires extra resources, and the graphics rendering doesn't happen instantaneously, as you've seen.  Plus, Sims 3 can only use 800 MB of VRAM, dropping any data above that as necessary.  So if simply rendering the current lot uses most of that video memory, the game won't "remember" anything not currently on that lot and will have to render the objects from scratch each time you move the camera.

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zihan003
2 years ago

I can't set a custom resolution of 4k and 300Hz, the highest I can go is 120Hz or else I get a black screen because the monitor can't handle it. So I am already playing the game in 1920x1080.

I have tried again in Sunset Valley as you suggested. I completely removed my mods, both from the mods folder and from bin, and turns out the problem was some of Lazy Duchess's mods. I have shadow extender, shader tweaks and shader framework (smooth patch works fine) and once I removed them everything was fixed. I will try to make them work in my game because without them the shadows look horrible. The game is still a bit slow but it's playable. Thanks for the help 🙂

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puzzlezaddict
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2 years ago

@zihan003  That makes sense.  The shadow extender in particular requires extra resources, and the graphics rendering doesn't happen instantaneously, as you've seen.  Plus, Sims 3 can only use 800 MB of VRAM, dropping any data above that as necessary.  So if simply rendering the current lot uses most of that video memory, the game won't "remember" anything not currently on that lot and will have to render the objects from scratch each time you move the camera.

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