How can you make your game run faster?
I have noticed this happens to me at the end of every generation of the Sims (1, 2, 3 and now 4). When I have bought and installed almost all the packs, expansions, stuff and game packs my game beco...
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These are all great suggestions. If you're a rotational player, try lowering the number of played households. Also delete any households you don’t want in the unplayed households.
I noticed that fountains were a bit of a strain for me so I avoid those as much as possible.
Edit to clarify: I don't use more that one or 2 fountains on any lots that I feel need them.
You can also disable packs that you don't use. James Turner has a way to do that on his website. If you're interested, you can check it here: https://jamesturner.yt/disablepacks
And as others have said, remove mods/cc that you don't use. I recently took out all of my Build/Buy and CAS CC, and removed several mods that I felt didn't make much of a difference in gameplay, but made a huge difference in loading times.
Also, moving your household to a new save, especially if you've played in that save for several sim generations, also helps. It's a chore to get everything back to where you last left off, but I recently had to do that. My game left me no choice, and my game runs smoothly now.
And last, someone mentioned deleting the localthumbcache file. You should do that anytime you add/remove mods. But I also recommend deleting the files in the cachestr (Do not delete the spotlight file). Those are generated everytime you load the Gallery. And I also delete the contents of the onlinethumbnailcache folder.
Apart from upgrading your computer, those are the ones I can think of for now. Some of these may have been mentioned above and I just missed them.
Edit 2: I just thought of something else. I recently bought an external hard drive and moved everything that isn't required for Sims (2,3 & 4) to run over to it. My screenshots for Sims is on there and other personal non-Sims related stuff. My computer as a whole runs better and feels lighter ?
I noticed that fountains were a bit of a strain for me so I avoid those as much as possible.
Edit to clarify: I don't use more that one or 2 fountains on any lots that I feel need them.
You can also disable packs that you don't use. James Turner has a way to do that on his website. If you're interested, you can check it here: https://jamesturner.yt/disablepacks
And as others have said, remove mods/cc that you don't use. I recently took out all of my Build/Buy and CAS CC, and removed several mods that I felt didn't make much of a difference in gameplay, but made a huge difference in loading times.
Also, moving your household to a new save, especially if you've played in that save for several sim generations, also helps. It's a chore to get everything back to where you last left off, but I recently had to do that. My game left me no choice, and my game runs smoothly now.
And last, someone mentioned deleting the localthumbcache file. You should do that anytime you add/remove mods. But I also recommend deleting the files in the cachestr (Do not delete the spotlight file). Those are generated everytime you load the Gallery. And I also delete the contents of the onlinethumbnailcache folder.
Apart from upgrading your computer, those are the ones I can think of for now. Some of these may have been mentioned above and I just missed them.
Edit 2: I just thought of something else. I recently bought an external hard drive and moved everything that isn't required for Sims (2,3 & 4) to run over to it. My screenshots for Sims is on there and other personal non-Sims related stuff. My computer as a whole runs better and feels lighter ?
