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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I built a castle for my daughter to play on her non-gaming laptop, and decorated sparingly. For the massive lawn, some of the plants were made larger using brackets, with creative use of ground paints to make them look fuller. Inside, things are spaced carefully so that they look like more.
The top floor is empty, but there are plenty of bedrooms so it's not really needed. It was meant to be playable.
Tudor Estate
https://athena.thesims.com/v1/images/1/0x000006ac/0806802A-EFF2-11EA-87BE-297CEA1B023F/00.jpg
She wanted to play another one I'd made that was really heavily decorated. We went through and deleted some plants, some decorations, and we took down any wall decorations on walls that aren't visible during half-up gameplay. Those changes took the lag down from almost unplayable on her old laptop to working fine.
My current family's master bedroom is on the third floor of their house. Mom is a spellcaster, so she transportalates. Dad has mastered wellness, so he teleports!
The top floor is empty, but there are plenty of bedrooms so it's not really needed. It was meant to be playable.
Tudor Estate
https://athena.thesims.com/v1/images/1/0x000006ac/0806802A-EFF2-11EA-87BE-297CEA1B023F/00.jpg
She wanted to play another one I'd made that was really heavily decorated. We went through and deleted some plants, some decorations, and we took down any wall decorations on walls that aren't visible during half-up gameplay. Those changes took the lag down from almost unplayable on her old laptop to working fine.
My current family's master bedroom is on the third floor of their house. Mom is a spellcaster, so she transportalates. Dad has mastered wellness, so he teleports!
