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edenfinds's avatar
6 years ago

the sims 3 lagging every time in buy and build mode

I have Sims 3 from Steam. I have 5 dlc downloaded; island paradise, pets, seasons, supernatural, 70’s 80’s 90’s stuff. My PC is completely fine for the requirements of the game. All drivers up to date. I play the game on low settings but it doesn’t help. I have 100+ custom contents. Every time when i try to design a house or so my game is lagging. It’s kinda better in live mode but sometimes it’s lagging a bit too. Everything is fine in CAS tho. Can you help me please i can’t enjoy the game...

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  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
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    6 years ago

    @edenfinds  Is your computer a pc or mac? If your computer is a pc please post your computer's dxdiag and attach the txt file to the paper clip in the lower right of this forums response window.

  • roberta591's avatar
    roberta591
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    6 years ago

    @edenfinds First thing I notice is the page file may be too small. The size of the page file is based of the size of the system device (C) at the time Windows is installed. This can be adjusted. The amount of free space on the system device IMO is too small for a gaming rig. Some 3D graphical games may create large temp files as the game runs. You have a 120Gb system device. IMO this is not enough free space for Windows to properly run and manage itself and 3D games. This resource is finite. I do not recommend less then 500Gb storage for a gaming computer. As you add more programs to your system those programs may (probably) will require some space on the system device. Eventually you will run out of free space and programs will not run correctly. As a test you could free up as much space on the system device (C) as possible and see if there is an improvement in performance.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    6 years ago

    @edenfinds  This isn't likely to be an issue with the page file or the size of your C drive.  While 23 GB isn't a lot of free storage, it's enough for Sims 3 to run fine unless Windows is trying to push a large update at exactly the same time, which I think you'd have noticed.  TS3 won't use all of the available page file.  A couple of questions though:

    First, do you have an fps limiter running while you play?  An Nvidia 1060 is powerful enough to generate framerates into the hundreds while running TS3, and that alone can cause lag.  To find out, bring up the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and enter "fps on" without quotes; a number will appear in the upper right corner of the screen.  ("fps off" makes it go away.)  The in-game fps limiter doesn't work, so you'd need to use an outside tool.  Let me know if you need help with this.

    What world are you playing in?  Some have significant issues that will cause lag even on the most powerful and well-maintained computers.  Isla Paradiso is the worst offender among EA worlds, although the pack itself is fine.  As a test, you can start a new save in Sunset Valley and see whether you still have lag.

    Does it help if you play in a clean folder?  Move your entire Sims 3 game folder out of Documents\Electronic Arts and onto your desktop, launch the game to create a new folder, start a test save (again in SV), and test both live mode and Build/Buy.

    You also have a few system errors in your dxdiag.  These may or may not have to do with the lag; there's no way to tell from the dxdiag, since the WER entries don't even have dates on them.  But if the above doesn't help, or you want to address the errors anyway, let me know.

  • edenfinds's avatar
    edenfinds
    6 years ago

    @puzzlezaddict  I did the fps thing and before i delete some package files it was over hundreds. I deleted all package files and now its around 300-400.

    I think i need an fps limiter. I also tried playing in different worlds it didn't make any changes. If fps limiter won't solve my problem then i might need some help about how to address the errors.

    For now game is working better than it used to but i still have some lags. Especially when i use the Create a Style tool.

  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
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    6 years ago

    @edenfinds  For an Nvidia card, you can use the built-in Control Panel to enable v-sync, which will lock fps to the refresh rate of your monitor (60 Hz in your case).  But the Control Panel setting doesn't always work, and it never works in windowed mode.  So the next step would be installing Nvidia Inspector (free download) and explicitly setting the fps limit to 60.  Instructions for both tools are in this post, under the spoilers:

    https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16540301/#Comment_16540301

    There are other tools you can use if these don't work: for example, RivaTuner Statistics Server is quite reliable.  (It does have to be running while you play though, unlike the others.)  Let me know if you need help with the settings, or if your framerates are still too high.

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