ciane's Blog
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January 2017
Lag in IP
POSTED ON
01/31/17
Island Paradise is very laggy. It has lots of places for sims to get stuck and route fail. Overwatch can check for them and unstick them, but they continue to get stuck in the same places. I have a thread. Click on the lagless IP link in my signature. There you'll find what causes lag and what you you can do to fix it. If you have signatures disabled, you can go to my wall and find a link there.
I have uploaded my fixed versions - one with lots of EPs/SPs and store stuff (because I have most of it, so I used it) and another version that is base game and IP only. The files are uploaded from my saved game before playing, so it should be as if you just loaded IP for the first time to get started, BUT I've rebuilt problem areas, moved sims inland, and deleted many of the boats.
I think there are four files that must be placed in a save folder with the exact name that I used for my folder. Then, when you load your game, my save with be the first option to load of your saves.
Because of all the changes I made, you should be able to play IP without the crazy lagging.
Other things that cut down of lag... make a text document called featureditems. Rename it to delete the dot and file type info after it. Delete your featureditems folder in your sims 3 folder. Move your new document to that folder. (The folder can't be recreated because the name is already in use for your empty file.) Alternately, you might be able to delete the images out of the featured items folder and make the folder read only (but that didn't work on my system.)
Every time you use the launcher, it creates .tmp files. You want to delete all those .tmp files before loading a new game.
You can move your screenshots and downloads folder out of sims 3 folder as well. And the only file needed in your dcbackup folder to PLAY is the ccmerged file. If you want to upload something, you might want to put your dcbackup files back in to ensure all your store items upload correctly. Additionally, save the downloads folder in case you need to reinstall store stuff and any cc installed through the launcher later.
I have uploaded my fixed versions - one with lots of EPs/SPs and store stuff (because I have most of it, so I used it) and another version that is base game and IP only. The files are uploaded from my saved game before playing, so it should be as if you just loaded IP for the first time to get started, BUT I've rebuilt problem areas, moved sims inland, and deleted many of the boats.
I think there are four files that must be placed in a save folder with the exact name that I used for my folder. Then, when you load your game, my save with be the first option to load of your saves.
Because of all the changes I made, you should be able to play IP without the crazy lagging.
Other things that cut down of lag... make a text document called featureditems. Rename it to delete the dot and file type info after it. Delete your featureditems folder in your sims 3 folder. Move your new document to that folder. (The folder can't be recreated because the name is already in use for your empty file.) Alternately, you might be able to delete the images out of the featured items folder and make the folder read only (but that didn't work on my system.)
Every time you use the launcher, it creates .tmp files. You want to delete all those .tmp files before loading a new game.
You can move your screenshots and downloads folder out of sims 3 folder as well. And the only file needed in your dcbackup folder to PLAY is the ccmerged file. If you want to upload something, you might want to put your dcbackup files back in to ensure all your store items upload correctly. Additionally, save the downloads folder in case you need to reinstall store stuff and any cc installed through the launcher later.
Simple lag help
POSTED ON
01/16/17
Things to help against lag that you probably know already: delete all the temp files in the dccache flolder. Move out screenshots and videos and downloads folders. Move out saves for the games you aren't going to play that session. Look in your packages folder. You should have no more than 200 files there. Merge some or purge some. Deleting the cache.package files when they get large is good, but you don't have to do it all the time. Go through your sims inventories and cut down on how much they are carrying around with them. Always use "save as" instead of save and give your save a time hack name. Then delete the much older ones at the end or beginning of a gaming session. Never use the main menu to switch between saves. Always quit and reload to play a new game. If cleaning up your folder didn't help, look for a clean save program. It deletes image files from your game and will delete custom pics and photos, so you have to prep first and put those inventory before running the program.
Valgon57's individual world items
POSTED ON
01/05/17
I had a hard time finding Valgon57's old threads since they changed the forums. So I'm sticking the links I've found here:
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/726658/individual-items-download-b-bay-h-springs-l-lakes-l-palms-r-heights/p1
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/717414/individual-items-download-s-tides-m-vista-a-skies-d-valley-m-hollow/p1
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/726658/individual-items-download-b-bay-h-springs-l-lakes-l-palms-r-heights/p1
http://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/717414/individual-items-download-s-tides-m-vista-a-skies-d-valley-m-hollow/p1
