Game Help:Package File Lag

Package File Lag

Cause

This issue usually happens after installing the version 1.7 patch for the base game, or after installing World Adventures. Something changed in the game's coding with how it reads files. Certain files have contents which the game does not expect and due to that change in coding, it gets caught up reading those files over and over endlessly (thousands of times per minute), which is the root cause of the lag associated with those files.

Resons for individual package files having this issue include:

• Sims 2 Package Files: If a creator mislabels an upload, uploads the wrong file, or if you don't realize something you get is actually for Sims 2 rather than Sims 3, and end up with package files for Sims 2 in your Mods\Packages, you will likely have issues. Though both games use .package files, the actual file formats and contents are very different, so Sims 3 doesn't know what to do with Sims 2 files.

• Corrupted or Broken Files: Any files that are simply broken may cause lagging issues. Files can get broken in a variety of ways - disk error, copying issues, or it simply didn't transfer right when you downloaded it in the first place.

• Incorrect Data: S3OC, the tool used to make many custom content files for Sims 3, had an issue in its cloning process that would cause incorrect data to be written to the file. Before the patch/WA, the game didn't have problems reading the incorrect data. Any files made with S3OC before 13 Dec 2009 may cause this issue with lag, or certain objects can also cause the Sims 3 Blue Lots Issue.

Related Pages

• Sims 3 Blue Lots Issue