Which pack took more tech resources?
So, did any of your installed packs make you think - ouch, my game feels slower and different? Which pack grabbed the more resources, or what pack occupied more tech resources than you expected? ...
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I think I remember people having some choppiness with City Living and Cats and Dogs as well.
But Atreya gave some good advice; keep both your Sim and household inventories as clear as possible, use smaller lots and don't clutter them. I know that people moan and groan about Maxis lots, but they are purposely designed to be minimalistic, from what I can tell, in order to preserve game performance.
Another thing that helps with lag is minimizing what's in your Library, or Tray folder. Before I got my new system, I used to remove my Tray folder and put it on my desktop before loading the game, only swapping it back in when I needed to access something from it. (The game will generate a new one with some base game things in there and you can delete those to clear it out.) It's a little bit of a pain, but can help lighten the load.
Also, go offline in the settings when you aren't using the Gallery. This can make a big difference for some people, as your game won't be chugging to stay connected.
I'd also recommend clearing your cache files now and then so they don't get too cluttered, and refresh your localthumbcache file after each new pack and update. (You can just delete it, the game will generate a new one.) The first time you reload after deleting it, it will take a moment to generate, but after that, should be smoother.
Finally, I recommend refreshing your save file by using "save as" every now and then, and playing from the new file each time. Delete the old one once you know that your new file works. You don't want to leave a lot of old saves cluttering up your folders.
But first and foremost before you do any of these things, back up your Sims 4 folder. If anything goes wrong, you can just revert everything back by swapping your old folder back in.
But Atreya gave some good advice; keep both your Sim and household inventories as clear as possible, use smaller lots and don't clutter them. I know that people moan and groan about Maxis lots, but they are purposely designed to be minimalistic, from what I can tell, in order to preserve game performance.
Another thing that helps with lag is minimizing what's in your Library, or Tray folder. Before I got my new system, I used to remove my Tray folder and put it on my desktop before loading the game, only swapping it back in when I needed to access something from it. (The game will generate a new one with some base game things in there and you can delete those to clear it out.) It's a little bit of a pain, but can help lighten the load.
Also, go offline in the settings when you aren't using the Gallery. This can make a big difference for some people, as your game won't be chugging to stay connected.
I'd also recommend clearing your cache files now and then so they don't get too cluttered, and refresh your localthumbcache file after each new pack and update. (You can just delete it, the game will generate a new one.) The first time you reload after deleting it, it will take a moment to generate, but after that, should be smoother.
Finally, I recommend refreshing your save file by using "save as" every now and then, and playing from the new file each time. Delete the old one once you know that your new file works. You don't want to leave a lot of old saves cluttering up your folders.
But first and foremost before you do any of these things, back up your Sims 4 folder. If anything goes wrong, you can just revert everything back by swapping your old folder back in.
