Removing IP Lag
Updated Update: Make a new folder in your Sims 3 Saves folder called IPonlyRdy.sims3 and copy these four files into it: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/hh78ai99s6a1y/IPonlyRdy When you next load up your game, it should be your first option there with other saved games. I tried to only do the bare minimum changes, but I wanted to avoid lag in your game; so you do get some of my redone EA homes. I did redo them so they only need IP - no other EPs or SPs or any store stuff. I had redone most of the lots using all the EPs and SPs and some store stuff earlier. If interested in any of those lots, look in this folder and you can do individual replacements: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/o3g07w12a9d20/Lots If you have all the EPs and SPs and own the store (or lots of it), you could download these files instead: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/xp7wkoer3drf0/IPrdy (Your new folder would be named IPrdy.sims 3 and would go in the Sims 3 Saves folder. I made many more adjustments to this version as I was simply making it for myself.) Older UPDATE: I have played a houseboat in IP without any mods or world fix (for three sim weeks) following a suggestion to give all sims cars (and boats) to cut down on taxis. When you start to experience a lot of lag, save and then quit your game. Clear your caches. Then reload your game. It should play normal then. I only play with one houseboat (mine) and one resort (Hobart's). I have systematically been playing every family in IP and they have all played well for me. I consolidated notes of lag and freezing in IP and went in to fix things. I now have my notes in a one-page Word document (short, sweet, and to the point). Also, the Loner's home has NO front door or even a lower level - Solitude. You can replace it with: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8573435 word document: http://www.4shared.com/file/H1XsUr2lba/IPFix.html open document text: http://www.4shared.com/file/9Hku4NwUba/IPFix.html I have played with Overwatch and Error Trap (NRaas mods) and only getting the normal vehicle removal and electonics turned off notices each day. So, if you take the time to remove the houseboats and resort towers, I think that you can play without lag too. Simply evict Sims and move them to land. By making the problem ports No Visitors Allowed (NVA), only your active sim should go there, so you should not get stuck sims there. You don't have to make changes to all the lots. You can delete problem lots and replace them with others. To help with lag and freezing in IP, these helpful fixes were suggested: Turn off Pets. You can get Ellacharmed's fixed version of Isla Paradiso: http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=514909 Install twallan's NRAAS overwatch (and ErrorTrap) mod(s)! (Highly recommended, but not required!) You can use twallan's NRAAS register mod to annihilate the Scott family and remove horses and wild animals. * Delete all boats (place residents in other houses) and every boat-platform. (Keep ports and one boat to play.) Change designation on the problem ports to No Visitors Allowed (NVA)! Use discoverAllunchartedislands cheat to delete most of the laggy fog. You can add another school for kids, but moving ones currently enrolled will cause grades to reset. Play off-line and turn your anti-virus programs off and game mode on, and have ts3w.exe in your DEP. the cheats for editing ports and dive spots are: control/shift/c... testingcheatsenabled true enablelotlocking on When you enter the cheats, you click on the port you want to change. (In the right part of the window opened, there will be a padlock icon. If you click it, the lock will open and you can then enter buy/build mode.) Remember to turn off all the cheats in reverse order, changing on to off and true to false. Enter edit town mode. Delete the 3 resorts: Hobarts, La Costa Verde, and Sparkling Sands. (Save to bin first if you want.) OR simply remove the towers, check-in desks, and snack cart so no workers are needed there and change to community lot. Delete empty houseboats & their bases first: Odyssey (Port Placid, Surf Island), Happy Houseboat (Promising Port), You're on a Boat (Port Popular), Floating Fortress (Pleasing Port)... Keep Sea Spirit (Premium Port) to be No Visitors Allowed (NVA) Evict sim(s) in houseboats, delete the houseboats & bases, delete or edit ports: cntl/shift/c: testingcheatsenabled true & enablelocklocking on, click on port, click on padlock, change port to residential lot (if desired), click on buy/build to edit port, make storage building into small starter home, and place evicted Sim(s) in homes. (Delete fencing on piers first & hold alt when placing stairs.) Scott (move to Humble Home on main island) - Tide Runner (Port Perlious, Surf Island), Angler (move to Cozy Cottage) - Aquaholic (Port Prosperous), Dregg (put in starter house on pier) - Atlantis (Picturesque Port), Arias (move to Personal Paradise) - Our First Houseboat (Port Pescado), and Romantic (Rubisel Ichtaca) (whom I move to Modern Marvel after I relevel that lot) - FantaSea (Port Primavera) Keep FantaSea and make it NVA (no visitors allowed). Here are my starter lots on the empty posts: Perilous Place - a pink and turquoise shack on the water's edge: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620815 Picturesque Place - with 3/4 bath and awesome views: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620821 Pleasing Pad - complete with a real shower and toilet: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620816 Popular Pad - wooden shack with motorcycle and all in one bath: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620812 Prosperous pad - with a full-sized bath complete with tub: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620820 Premium Port and Ports Primavera, Pleasant and Playa (and others) have uneven terrain at lot edges. Change Ports to No Visitors Allowed (NVA). Place a NVA boat on Port Pleasant & delete rocks & trees in the way. Pile rocks on lot edges where needed. (World editor needed to delete two trees at Port Primavera.) Lock all ports and turn off cheats. (cntl/shift/c: testingcheatsenabled false & enablelocklocking off) Delete arches in front of entrances: Collins - Colonial Casa - 76 Civic Center (Set front door & delete access to top floor.) Ichtaca - Castillo de Ichtaca - 1 Camino del Ray (Delete stacked spiral stairs & Set front door) You can download mine: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620897 Hamada - The Spanish Queen - 7 Sea Spray Lane (I also widen path & paint inner single bed balcony.) The Lone Artist - Adobe Abode - 11 Ocean View Road (One wallpaper missing - inner back porch.) (Empty home) - Personal Paradise - 9 Sea Spray Lane Set front doors: (Set front doors last after making all other changes and saving.) Alto - Luxury Villa - 1 Alto Road (Platform that surrounds right side needs CASting.) http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/thumb/shard000/000/086/209/21/roof_up_original.jpg Here's mine: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620921 The Siren - The Modern Hideaway - Dry Land, Kraken Island (I delete side door.) (Empty) - Modern Marvel - 10 Modern Mile (level terrain & unstack stairs) ((or just download this version: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8565894)) Other: Unstacked spiral stairs, etc. Babes on the Beach - Holiday House - 25 Riviera Road (Expand front deck & move stairs to right) Vidal - The Painted Lady - 74 Civic Center (Entrance is too small & stairs are outside.) Mine: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8620818 Medina - Modern Folly - 65 Paradise Road (Fence yard, delete garage door, turn spiral stairs & add crib) Los Amigos - Spirit of the Sea (Sandy Beach, Surf Island) Turn tub! (Ichtaca's boat & Floating Fortress too) Nautical Art Museum - (delete fencing or just the corners) Ojeda - Sea House - 1 Shark Bay (Widen path & move garbage can & mailbox.) Delete the stairs to the fountain in the festival park (so small animals and toddlers are NOT left there.) I also add a grocery & other stores/lots to the main island (to avoid boating to other island). And, I notice the Loner at Solitude had no door at all or even a ground floor wall to put one on. http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/thumb/shard000/000/085/734/35/roof_up_original.jpg You can add one yourself or replace the lot with mine: http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=8573435 There was nothing really wrong with the Han residence, but the pool required everyone to go up to the third floor. So, I redid it here: http://lvlt.thesims3.com/sims3_asset/sims3_asset/thumb/shard000/000/086/208/10/roof_up_original.jpg http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=862081045KViews1like147CommentsFIX FOR SEVERE LAG
Second Update 11/07/13: The fix is totally amazing! It's like a whole new game! Sims are more active than ever and even Isla Paradiso runs like a charm! You don't believe me? Then watch this boat trip! :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0n1QE56e_E UPDATE 11/07/13: Twallan has updated Overwatch and ErrorTrap to address this issue. Go get 'em here: http://nraas.wikispaces.com/ Thank you so much Twallan for fixing this mess. :D UPDATE 11/06/13: @All Simmers who have this issue and the tree of prosperity: Please uninstall the tree of prosperity via the Launcher and see if that fixes it. For further information please visit crinrict's article about it: http://sims3.crinrict.com/en/2013/11/sims-in-slow-motion.html Description: This bug shows after several Sim-days of playing only. So it's not replicable with a quick test. The time display and the Sims are frozen for up to many Sim-hours while the in-game time moves on and the Sim's needs deplete. The camera can be moved though. It's even worse with routing. Whenever there's a transition like going through a door or using a staircase, the Sim freezes and it takes a lot of time until the next routing phase kicks in. Just one example: When a Sim normally takes about 10 Sim-minutes for something it eats up between 3 to 8 Sim-hours for the same action! Eating (and just the pure eating action!) takes 1.5 Sim-hours! Taking a plate, walking to a table, grabbing the seat, sitting down and moving the seat to the table is NOT included in this time. This bug makes the game unplayable! The amount of Simmers who face this issue grows with each day! At first I thought this is due to a faulty mod but apparently I was wrong with this assumption because more and more Simmers who play without any mods face the same problems. EDIT for a general definition of lag type 1 and lag type 2: Lag type 1 is the usual stuttering (more or less severe) where the whole game seems to be frozen for several seconds. The camera cannot be moved. Lag type 1 is usually caused by - insufficient memory -> 8 GB are recommended. You need a 64 bit type of Windows in order to make use of it. - incompatible or faulty custom content -> temporarily remove all custom content and try again. - unsupported graphics card -> Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Into the Future\Support and read the ReadMe file for a list of supported graphic cards. - insufficient graphics card -> lower the graphics settings in the options of the game. - insufficient CPU power -> see "insufficient graphics card" - Other software which runs while you play -> Make sure you shut down all programs which you currently don't need. - Highly fragmented hard drive -> Defragment your hard drive. - Corrupted save game -> Try Twallan's MasterController to fix it. Go to map view, click the town hall icon and choose nraas -> MasterController -> Town -> Reset everything. Maybe the last part is not literally. I play a German version of the game and I translated it. The fix (uninstalling the tree of prosperity and the updates of Twallan's Overwatch and ErrorTrap) provided in this thread deals with lag type 2. However Overwatch and ErrorTrap can also help with lag type 1 but you should do some settings to Overwatch to get the best results. Go to map view, click on the town hall icon and choose nraas -> Overwatch -> Settings. You can get more information about the Overwatch settings on the page you downloaded Overwatch from. Lag type 2 means the time display gets frozen. It begins with skipping one second, then two and the more you play the worse it gets until it's frozen for 12 hours or so. During that time all Sims are also frozen in the middle of their actions. Alas the game time moves on as can be seen on the sky. The sun, the moon and also the star map keep moving. The needs of your Sims deteriorate. You can move the camera with lag type 2.18KViews0likes381CommentsSave Issues with Supernatural and Seasons CAW: Discussion and research thread.
A lot of people have noticed some serious issues with the recent versions of CAW, but all the information has been turning up on separate threads. Let's bring it all together in one place and look for common issues and possible causes. The most widespread and recent issue seems to be Edit In Game (EIG) mode deleting lots upon saving. Common threads are problems with saving, with EIG, and with lots. Notably, during all this mess, CAW's version has gone back a number. July's CAW was 1.18.3. Since then the numbers have gone 1.18.3 -> 1.19.3 -> 1.18.4 -> then a silent update to 1.18.5 http://www.abload.de/img/blue2-rule-04l-whitevxcj.gif Reference Threads CAW update is deleting all my lots Read only lots + insufficient memory 1.42 and CAW. Does it work? What is that? Is that a light? Save failed... CAW says save unsuccessful in Edit in Game Mode... Another issue with the new update worked FOREVER on something, saved it, then go back to CAW and it's not there? Save Successful - BUT WITH WARNINGS http://www.abload.de/img/blue2-rule-04l-whitevxcj.gif Symptoms Specific world files (that worked on previous CAW versions) no longer open. Specific world files (that worked on previous CAW versions) open but crash EIG mode. World saves successfully in CAW but with error messages claiming some lots are set as read-only. Tells users to make these lots writable. World saves successfully in EIG but deletes lots. Lots may or may not appear in CAW despite being deleted, perhaps due to caching, but are gone in EIG. Seems to affect all world files. Exported worlds do not install. The launcher says they have installed, but they do not appear in the InstalledWorlds folder. http://www.abload.de/img/blue2-rule-04l-whitevxcj.gif Workarounds Currently it is possible for many of us to keep working on a world, it is just tricky. Many creators are finding that minimising Edit In Game's second loading screen, then letting the game load minimised, allows them to access Edit In Game without crashing. Exporting your world will produce a simpack with all your files intact inside it, but the simpack will not be readable. The only way to install a world right now is to use the method anetherron provides here.16KViews0likes258CommentsCAW crash - Attempted to read or write protected memory
So I finally got some motivation to work on a world, but of course, nothing likes to ever work on my computer, and caw isn't an exception. I wasn't sure if i should put this here or in the help center so I hope this is fine. anyways, this is what the error looks like: Sims 3 Create A World Tool - Beta Has Crashed! Exception information: Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often a indication that other memory is corrupt. I did both large address aware fixes and insufficient memory fixes, but neither did anything. (id link them, but it wont let me post links, sorry.) any advice? I have windows 7 btw. specs can be given upon request.7.4KViews0likes27CommentsHardly any lag: rebuilt ALL the houses in IP! worked for 14 of us so far ;) 2 negative
:!: Edit to highlight two VERY easy fixes: Remove the house the medina family lives in. Remove the house the Amigos live in. You can move the sims in both families to other houses, they are ok. :!: :!: :!: Do NOT delete these premade simmies! Move them all in other houses, but do NOT DELETE :!: :!: If your lag is the result of sims getting stuck this should improve things a lot. Maybe then the rest of the thread will help solving the last little laggy bits ;) :mrgreen: Happy Simming :mrgreen: Original post: I decided to give it a try: I redid all houses in IP. Removed some of the hideous modern ones (like the one the alto's (?) live in) and some of the houseboats. I fixed front doors and lot fronts of all the lots. ( alot of the the houses had their front door set inside the house! (example the house where the collins live and the adobe abode) In a lot of the houses, the toilets were in front of the showers/baths, so they were unroutable. (the houseboat where rubisel ichtaca lives) I also put some rocks where al the npc's got stuck near the premium port. It took me about 3 reallife days! (am not a great builder), but in my modfree new game there is hardly any lag anymore. Only when the game is building the festival lot it stalls a bit. * makes happy dance * Try it, it really did wonders for my game! edit: I tested in the rebuilt town for about three simweeks. I thinks the lag would've started in that time :) but it didn't. and I'm still on patch 1.65, if it matters.6KViews1like72CommentsCAW crashing on high end computers? Solution now obsolete,latest CAW has it active by default
Well I had this issue since forever. I couldn't play around CAW for more than 5 mins. I also had a similar problem with the game. The game would exit to desktop with no warning at all. The only diff is that CAW was givning me an error about corrupted memory or something. The workaround for the game itself is everywere from here to MTS, so i'm not going to get into details for that. Well since the CAW was giving me a memory error , i figured to try the same thing that fixes the game. And gues what... It works like a charm. CAW apparently , as the game did, cannot recognise my 8Gigs of ram.... Step by step now 1. Download and install CFF Explorer: http://www.ntcore.com/exsuite.php 2. Go to : C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create a World Tool and find the CAW.exe file and copy it somewere safe .This is your backup. 3.Run CFF explorer as administrator(right click on it, don't double click) 4.File>Open and navigate to the adress above and select the CAW.exe file 5.Click on File Header at the left, find characteristics at the right and click the "Click here" blue button. 6.Tick "App can handle >2GB address space 7.Ok that and save by clicking the disk icon or going to FILE >> SAVE 8.Overwrite the file when it asks you to. DONE!Now your CAW will not crash any more Don't forget that you need to do this everytime you download CAW after a patch of EP/SP installation Many thanks to MTS for the original tutorial for the same game issue UPDATE: CAW.exe file can be found here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3 Create A World Tool IMPORTANT NOTE: Be aware that after pets and pets patch. CAW is crashing more often, especially when painting, even if you have used this fix. At least with the fix it will not crash ALL the time. Just remeber to save regularly when painting.2.1KViews0likes26CommentsOnly Testing-Adding Lots When EIG Will Only Crash (from Store Limit)
*Test for adding lots when EIG crashes from World Size and Store Stuff limit... Hi :D I would suggest to do this only for extreme cases. :) *This isn't about how much Store Stuff you have installed while using EIG- It's about BOTH how much Store is installed AND how many lots Which Use a lot of Store Stuff in them Together. If you have a lot of Store Stuff installed but not USED in the lots or you don't have many built lots with Store stuff in them- you won't have a problem in EIG. A little back story? or tl;dr I ran into a problem when my World got big. Once I added many built lots to my world, adding more lots would make EIG crash. Not only crashing when saving, EIG would not let me place any new lots; Open EIG- Bang! -It'd crash. I searched all over for a way around this problem. What I found was suggestions of cutting back on Store stuff; editing game files such as 4GB Patch; editing the DCCache to increase the save size; deleting cache files (of course; saving more; Using a batch file to start EIG; DEP for game exes; Edit my GraphicsCard/Rules.sgr files; etc… Pretty much all I could find was telling me to not use much Store and reduce the world size. Best thing- not to use any Store Stuff or upload lots for people to add to an empty world. Made me sad because that was what I wanted; A large world with a lot of the Store stuff, especially the PC stuff and themed to my world. Why buy the Store if we can’t use it? For a time I gave up; Nothing was working to allow me to finish my world. I decided to make my world smaller. This made me think of all the worlds I had backed up and restarted and how I could and did move layers. Layers are fun and easy to move around in the same world files now that I understand them more; If there is only one layer in an old world save, we can move all our other layers from the newer to the old world. Once I found I didn’t have to use S3pe to read all the layers, it wasn’t much work- unless I was redoing my world to make it smaller. Ah, but there’s the rub. Moving layers such as trees, runs into its own problems- which got me to thinking about the lots folder. I can move the lots layer/folder with S3pe but then it kinda messes up all the lots. I don’t want to do that; mainly because I’d still have to redo each lot. Which lead me to think about placed lots, they’re not only saved on the lots layer but their information is in the Lots folder… Saved in the Lots folder… hmm… So, I moved lot information from one save to another, and it works! As long as the lot is the same number in the layer of the world it can be changed in the lots folder; Nice, right? No S3pe, no hex numbers, just moving lot files. If this was something a lot of people knew but didn’t tell me (like no one sharing the upload unlimiting program in 2010), then it’s sad that no one helped when asked… .........Okay, Enough blah, blah stuff................tl;dr ;) Let me try and explain the convoluted steps I do to get my lots past the size/Store limit… (the first time it seems complicated but it's not, just tedious). :) 1.Download the EIG batch Here – follow instructions to extract it to your desktop and its use. 2.Delete cache files in The Sims 3 & CAW CAW Sims 3 3.Backup your CAW World file you plan on testing- the World Folder and .world file 4.Clean out your CAW folders to make it easier to work. Move your backups/world files you’re not using to Documents or Desktop. One World Kept 5.Open CAW/Open world 6.If you don’t have a Lots layer, make one now. Name it Lots, name it Testing Lots, name it whatever you need to remember. 7.Rename the 10 lots you need to add in EIG (move them to Lots layer if you just made it). This will be the quick and easy way to test. (do this by clicking on your lot and hitting the space bar- the option to show in layers will show up- click on it). Your lot will be highlighted, if not click on an open area on your layer box and it will show. Rename it on the Layers and not in the property box. Choose Lot Lot in Layer 8.Save/Close CAW …Delete cache files in The Sims 3 & CAW again (cause I like too) 9.Open CAW/World folder in Documents *Make a New Folder- Call it Test A *Copy your World folder and .world file and paste them into Test A folder New Folder 10.Open Test A folder, Open the World Folder- inside there’s two Folder-Layers & Lots *Open the Layers Folder and delete all layers but your Global Layer and Lots layer *Open the Lots folder and delete all lots but the renamed lots *Go back to Test A folder which holds your test world files… 11.Drag the .world file into the Batch file on your desktop (having read the batch instructions) 12.Go into Edit Town and add lots slowly*and Move Slowly.* It's your partial world files, it can be delicate. (Don’t be scared at what you see, it should change to normal unless you enter a lot… XD ) 13.When done, move view low to ground cause I like it. XD 14.Save then Quit 15.Go to Test A/Lots folder- Copy all lots 16.Open your main World Folder/Lots Folder: Delete only the renamed old lots (the one’s you just placed)- - then paste new lots 17.Open CAW; Open your Main World to check on the lots 18.Delete Test A folder ..... So, this is how I added about 50 lots, redid lots that were missing stuff, built later, new Expansions/Store lots, or had to be added later. :shock: I’m also able to add Sims to a world with only the lots and Global layers… and place them into the main file. The world won’t load to add Sims so I had to test because I was curious and maybe for future use/knowledge. Testing comments? Who's got time to try it? *I know this isn't only me. Everywhere but one I read there are problems with Store installed and world lots/EIG crashing. Not using EIG with Store installed but having a certain amount of Built lots in the world and trying to add more. I can use EIG with all the Store installed when my world has only a few placed built lots... That's not the problem. *If your computer can't run CAW and EIG without much Store (1GB) then I don't think you should try this. Be careful... I take no responsibility if you didn't back up your world files. :shock:1.9KViews1like26CommentsHas anyone been able to make Create A World work with the new EA App? Update 3/19/2024
I heard that there is a new EA App that is replacing Origin, and I also heard that people who switched over can't get CAW to work anymore. Does anyone who has the new EA App have the Sims 3 and CAW installed and is able to use CAW with the new app? If so, how? Update 3/19/2024 I should have posted this here much early, but I somehow forgot that I created this thread. Turns out some people are getting it to work https://www.tumblr.com/damienf519/724840433017061376/create-a-world-now-with-the-ea-app-im-stunned?source=share1.6KViews0likes36CommentsCan't reload World from menu
Can't reload World from menu after first time playing. I'm play testing my world and after I save and try to reload I get this message; Cannot load this save game. It may have been saved with expansion pack data that is no longer present on this system. I have WA installed and it runs just fine when my sims go there in game. I've uninstalled my world, took out all WA objects, renamed, and reinstalled. and I get the same thing. I'm not using any CC or Mods. I hope someone has some ideas, Thanks Edit: This issue arises when you save the world in Caw with a punctuation mark. Example: My World, version 3.61.3KViews0likes8Comments