How do you make your big houses playable?
I've asked in the past about what to void of build elements to limit lag on larger lots, so that's not what I'm asking now. I just would like to know how big mansions/castles you actually play without...
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Thanks all for your contributions!
Meanwhile, I experienced something that made me suspicious that my problem might be that my save is big and old. I play 650 sims and all lots in all worlds (except Copperdale). Many trees go back to RL 2014, meaning my save probably has quite a handful to keep attention to. Technically, CC will probably mainly affect the lot or hood where it is used, but when any of my non-active sims walk by in the street, maybe their entire family tree with memories and relations is loaded, too?
I saved the big estate in question to my library, then started a fresh new game and installed the lot including all its cc and other content. The lot loaded in no time!!! After adding a few sims it took a bit longer to save it (longer than "no time"), but still much quicker than in my main save. So, my guess is that playing a full and old save adds to the lag, more than I want to think of...
Meanwhile, I experienced something that made me suspicious that my problem might be that my save is big and old. I play 650 sims and all lots in all worlds (except Copperdale). Many trees go back to RL 2014, meaning my save probably has quite a handful to keep attention to. Technically, CC will probably mainly affect the lot or hood where it is used, but when any of my non-active sims walk by in the street, maybe their entire family tree with memories and relations is loaded, too?
I saved the big estate in question to my library, then started a fresh new game and installed the lot including all its cc and other content. The lot loaded in no time!!! After adding a few sims it took a bit longer to save it (longer than "no time"), but still much quicker than in my main save. So, my guess is that playing a full and old save adds to the lag, more than I want to think of...
