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Revision as of 01:04, 2 June 2014

Improving Sims 3 Performance

Does your game lag or jump around constantly? Can you barely make it through a sitting without your game crashing, distorted images, or the program freezing on you? Maybe your game performance has gone downhill from when you originally installed it. Or, maybe even you just want to know how to increase your performance to a higher level than it already is. If any of these apply to you, you have stumbled across the right article. This guide is meant to give you some tips for bettering the experience while playing "The Sims 3" and, maybe, your computer as a whole! Each one of the following subsections has a link to an article that will help you down the road to making the game more enjoyable. Go down the list and you could be playing a better quality game in no time!


Your system

Usually, general performance issues can be traced not to something wrong with the game's programming, but an issue with your computer in some way...such as specs, updating drivers, upgrading, etc.

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Options

Bypass the Launcher

There are many reasons people want to bypass the game launcher. Whatever your reason, it is quite easy to accomplish with just a few clicks. Game Help:TS3 Bypassing the Launcher

Reduce the number of programs running on your computer while you play

disconnecting from the internet

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In Game Settings

Reduce Visual Settings

Disable Online Options

  • Turn off the in-game Shop Mode (in patch 1.8 (World Adventures release) onwards).
  • Disable prompt to login to Social features (in patch 1.31 (Showtime release) onwards).
  • Disable Online Notifications (in patch 1.31 (Showtime release) onwards).
  • Disable Interactive Loading screen (in patch 1.63 (Into The Future release) onwards).
  • Apart from disabling all the online features, make sure to also not log in. In Origin, Launcher and in game!
  • You can even block the Launcher and Game with a Firewall program, provided you have one

Note: it's not possible for some recent store bundles or plus packs to run without Origin

Turn off Memories

  • Turn off Memories Notifications (in patch 1.22 (Generations release) onwards).
    • This method works for patches from 1.22 to 1.39. If you want to totally Disable memories while on these patch versions, you need a mod.
  • Disable Memories (in patch 1.42 (Seasons release) onwards).
    • This method works for patches from 1.42 onwards. disabling them would also turn off the notifications. You no longer need a mod to disable Memories from this patch version onwards.

Full Screen Mode

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User Files

saved styles and custom presets

Disable the FeaturedItems folder

You can easily disable EA's ability to load images in the FeaturedItems folder by making it Read Only. You can find the folder in your User Files, typically - C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\FeaturedItems

  • Right-click on the folder FeaturedItems and choose Properties
  • Make sure to choose the user with which you play the game and then click on Edit…
  • Make sure again, that you’ve chosen the user you play the game with look for the option Write. Tick the check box for Deny.
  • Confirm with OK

Reduce CC load

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Programs

Dashboard

It's basically designed to let people easily clear the cache and identify problem content. This tool has 4 main tasks:

  • To easily show you which games you have, whether or not they have a full framework, and to browse to that games root folder.
  • To show you the contents of the Sims 3 cache files, and clear them
  • To show you all of your custom content in .package format, and display any "corrupted" files, or Sims 2 content, or stuff that just plain wont work.
  • To fix any problems wIth corrupted files, empty files, generally broken files, and allow you to fix conflicts yourself

For more information and download - http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=387006

Custard

This tool is basically the "Clean" part of the old Sims2Pack Clean Installer that some of you may remember from TS2 days. It features the same functionality as the TS3 Dashboard, but works solely on Sims3Packs. You can use it to basically "clean" your Sims3Packs, and also see if they have any corrupted packages inside. For more information and Download - http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=390235

S3PE

S3PE or Sims3 Package Editor - used to open and edit package files. For more information and download - http://www.den.simlogical.com/denforum/index.php?board=19.0

FPS Limiter

Razer Game Booster

Kurees SaveCleaner

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Launcher

using subfolderr

Use the Installed CC Tabs

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Custom Content/Mods

MasterController

NRaas Error Trap

Overwatch

DebugEnabler

Story Progression

Register

World Fixes by Ellacharmd

Using Hiders

Any Game Starter & Sim Game Selector

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Information collected from this thread - http://www.modthesims.info/showthread.php?t=525052


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