Limits?
baileybop:
Is there a limit to anything ingame? Colletion folders, Saved Sims, Lot Catalogue? I don't have many in these folders, but I was wondering if they had limits. And is there a limit to the number of lots you can install at any given time? The reason I'm asking is that my computer crashed twice, now that it has been fixed *runs faster and smoother now too :) * and I have a lot of houses to re-install.
BeosBoxBoy:
If you are using the Aspyr Mac version, the file limit is 12800 total. Maybe a few more, but not many.
If you are using Windows 98, I have experienced a similar limit that causes a crash when exceeded.
Under Windows XP on an NTFS partition, I have had over 25 GB of files in my user folders without issue - yes the game was slow to load, and all, but it worked ok after loading, but I have 16 GB of RAM and dual CPUs, I dread to imagine what would happen on a smaller system.
Under both Mac and Windows, there can be problems if you have excessive sub-foldering. In this case the length of the address can be the problem. For example:
C:\Documents and Settings\Sasha\My Documents\EA Games\The Sims 2\Downloads\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder\subfolder
is just begging for trouble. I would be surprised if the hard drive would even accept such a set-up without serious problems.
I have seen drops in performance at fairly regular intervals:
[*]8192 files
[*]16384 files
[*]24576 files
[*]etc
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I had a game failure that I could not correct until I reduced my downloads below 32000
But the game will have trouble when you have too many screen captures in your Storytelling folders, no one has been able to give me a figure that is the limit there.
The same is true of the SavedSims folder, different people have reported problems when they have more than 100 Sims.
As for collections, I don't know. Some people have the game crash if they have even one user made collection, others have 100s.
baileybop:
Thanks for the info, in my downloads folder the only subfolders I have are the categories that are in Clean Installer, but what about the number of lots? How many can you install at a time? I have a lot of Victorian houses-(about 20)unfurnished, and all of Wolfsim68 Blue-Red-Yellowstone lots.
Micco:
My downtown currently uses about 830 MB of ram with everything I have uploaded (and a few that I haven't) installed in it; I keep adding more. I don't intend to stop until it causes issues (which it hasn't... yet.)
The only limit I have breached is the 18th floor (CTD).
Quote from: beosboxboy;566786
I had a game failure that I could not correct until I reduced my downloads below 32000
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nova-storm:
i have downsized alot. I am down to 4.77 gigs of downlaods. MY game takes about 10 min to load but it plays fine. I am not sure how many homes you can load before the game goes all wako tho lol
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