Game Help:World Routing Lags

World Routing Lags

The What Issue What's the Issue? It has been established (read threads in #Related_pages section for background information) that games needed to be reset with the "resetsim *" cheat every few hours to alleviate the intermittent freezing and lagging. This is in games with mods like Overwatch installed. The lags is due to the game taking the time to recalculate the routing information when Sims/Pets get stuck in the world due to broken routing.

The Why Cause Why is this issue messing up our game(s)? or Why should I care? The freezes and lags are caused by broken routing in the worlds. This is explained in Armiel's tutorial on routing in the CAW tool: Tutorial: Basics on sim-routing in Create a world-tool Before the fixes outlined here were implemented, even after doing the suggestions in Game Help:Intermittent Freezes, the freezes and lags keep recurring. This is an attempt to remove the root cause of broken routing in the .world files.

The Where Install paths Where the game is installed by default depending on OS and delivery methods. Default Worlds File Locations Where the .world files can be found so it can be fixed The Map Gallery The collection of World maps, dotted with indicators of where the broken routing is found.

The Downloads Default Worlds Downloads for worlds that came with the game and expansion packs. Store Worlds Downloads for worlds offered at thesims3.com Store

The How-To Pre-requisites What you need to do and get before you're ready to do the fixes. Based on the pre-requisites, choose the option of how you'd prefer to get the fixes and click on that link to read and follow the Guide.

The Guide Option 1: DIY in CAW For the self-sufficient who like to do things yourself. Get the map from The Map Gallery to check where the terrain repainting is needed. Option 2: Edit with S3PE For those with limited bandwidth, and know their way around s3pe. Option 3: Download .world file For those on OSX; or don't know or don't care to use s3pe or CAW.

The Conclusion Changelogs Updates of significant changes Sept 19, 2012 Reformatted Resource Link to Moonlight Falls added in Downloads section Jul 22, 2012 link to Starlight Shores fixes Confirmed by the pattern for the past 3 years, .world files are not touched by patches and so these fixes won't need updating with each patch. Unless otherwise stated by the Patch Notes from EA. Dec 17, 2011 No updates necessary with patch 1.29 (released Dec 14, 2011) Added Pets Appaloosa Plains .world download link For older changes, please see the history tab. What's Next Testing and providing feedback of how test went in your games and what to do if you have problems What's Next Well, I appreciate any feedback. You can post in the download thread's comment area if you have any issues : with repainting in CAW (although CAW forum might be better for this) with importing the resources with lags due to broken routing or areas I missed, preferably with an image so I can see exactly where. with the instructions, need clarifications or whatever. If That Didn't Work... Have you reread and gone through the instructions again, carefully? If you tried the DIY or S3PE solution, perhaps easiest is to wait for the downloadable .world(s) to be made available. Please post in Sims 3 Help forums if you have issues with the game, especially if not related to routing lags. Related pages Further reading. May have some informative tidbits that may not have been mentioned here. Target NPC's over yonder Weird freezing in China after generations install Tutorial: Basics on sim-routing in Create a world-tool Game Help:Intermittent Freezes Game Help:TS3 Back Ups