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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"Simburian;c-18321445" wrote:
I remember when playing the early Sims games someone was advised to roll the view all over the lot to add all the items. Not sure if that works now.
I keep doing that, and it feels like lagging gets reduced as soon as most items are loaded. So it is still a very good advise. I also think it helps playing with the camera angled more down to the ground than horizontally. Looking down might limit the radius where the game needs to consider items.
In a past sims series, I think we could choose to load only the floor we were currently at. In TS4 I think we load the entire lot, and I find it a bit wasted if the game loads everything stored in the cellar while my sim is in the attic... never found this addressed in settings, though, maybe it was a TS3 thing.
