[INFO] Using Mods/CC on a Mac
Overview
For Sims 4, the process of installing mods and custom content on a Mac is the same as it is on a Windows PC. Standard mods and cc work equally well (or not at all) in both OSs, and the Si...
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@Blondyduff
Thanks! That is the default installation location for Origin/EA App on Mac. Did you have yours in a different location before?
Thanks! That is the default installation location for Origin/EA App on Mac. Did you have yours in a different location before?
I went into the settings on the EA app and under the download tab the install location has a default location for downloads which was “applications/ea games”, I decided to try changing it to “users/username/aaplications” and that worked.
Hey guys!
I wanted to know if there’s any recommendations on how to make my game load faster ? I’m using a Samsung T7 SSD I have a lottttt of mods and cc ( 35-40k) and I’m using a MacBook Air 2017 edition.
- @nadineabdoun
What is the size of your Mods folder? Click once to select it then hold down the CMD key and press i to bring up the info window. 199.46GB for 44,333 items ( mods folder )
10.28 GB for 3,053 items ( tray folder )
- @nadineabdoun
Yeah..... that will be what's slowing down loading. Make sure you don't have the CC pop up showing when you launch the game but even with that disabled you're going to experience slow loading.
Having your game installed on the internal drive may help but not by much. And the speed of your CPU will make a difference, your Mac is a little old now but again, with ~200GB CC loading, even a powerful machine is going to struggle. The only thing you can do to speed it up is to cull some CC. By any chance is purchasing a external graphics processor for my MacBook help?
- @nadineabdoun
Only in live mode and BB if you have alpha CC as it will help with rendering. The CPU is the power needed for loading. Sorry i don’t understand do you mind explaining more ?
- @nadineabdoun
Your problem is your Mac struggling to load so much data into the game. The only way to speed this up is by having a very fast and powerful CPU. Even a really powerful processor would struggle to load 200GB data into the game in a reasonable amount of time. Your problem is not graphics related so therefore an external eGPU wouldn’t make a difference. Oh ok thank you !
