The game can't/doesn't want to write cache
Hello everyone. I wrote about this problem on the NRaas forum and they told me that I could just leave a link to my post created there so you could see what we have already discussed a...
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@bi0hzrd As an experiment, please try setting Dynamic Super Resolution in the Nvidia Control Panel to 1.78, and then to 4, which on a 1080p monitor force the GPU to render the game at 2560x1440 and 3840x2160, respectively. I'm curious whether you see the same results at these resolutions since you don't at lower ones. This isn't a fix, or at least I doubt it would, more of an experiment. You can set DSR for Sims 3 only (TS3.exe for an EA App install, TS3W.exe for a Steam install), under Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings, so as not to affect anything else on your computer.
If you want to go the more drastic route, there's also a DXVK tool that's been helping some other users. I haven't tried it myself, but for those who have, they say the game is more stable and can use more VRAM. That wouldn't directly fix your issue, but it might get around whatever the problem is. In case you want to test it:
https://www.tumblr.com/nornities/751283334185959424/how-to-use-dxvk-with-the-sims-3?source=share
Undoing the changes would be as simple as deleting the added files and repairing the game, so it's not a huge risk.
@puzzleaddict I noticed that while the town is loading, the progress bar seems to stop at the very end (the tips still change, but the bar doesn't fill up with green). Previously, the loading bar would stop somewhere in the middle for a few seconds, then quickly reach the end without stopping. In general, the loading of all towns stops at the very end, causing a long loading time. Do you have any ideas what might be causing this?
