Families taking an age to load
simpleprincess:
Up until today my sims game was running ok, but now when I load a family, its taking ages and ages to go into it. Is it a memory problem, on wednesday I was thinking about visting my local computer store to maybe upgrade? I hope its nothing more serious, I have also got alot of downloads, would it help if I deleted unused neighbourhoods and unused sims in the sims bin?
Theraven:
well, it could be a memory problem.
but the obvious question: did you download a lot lately? the more downloads you've got, the longer the loading takes. (I've got 6 GB of downloads right now, and last time I loaded the entire game + the family, it took me around one and a half hour.)
also - the bigger lot/the more downloaded items on the lot/the more sims on the lot, the longer it takes. the first time you load the lot (like when you move the family in) it also takes longer time.
and yes, deleting unused lots/sims (maybe except the maxis ones) and downloads helps a lot. I deleted two downloaded lots, and all of a sudden, the game ran a bit faster.
simpleprincess:
An hour? o.o Was this every time you entered that lot? or just the first time? I deleted strangetown since i never use it. I deleted a few recently installed lots,maybe I should delete a few downloaded sims? its going to annoy me if I have to wait an hour every time I want to play that family. The little loading bar at the top of the loading screen isnt showing,but the hourglass is going round and round and task manager says the game is running.
MaryH:
I find that if my family doesn't load in 5 minutes or so, I've got a problem with a particular download. I'll crash shut the computer off (don't do this often, it's not good for the computer..) and remove the offending article.
It might be a download, it might be the amount of your downloads. Have you done any care-taking of your computer lately, like defragging it or cleaning it up?
You might want to get Delphy's Download organizer and do a thorough scan of your computer-that way you can find empty files, orphans, and duplicate files.
Deleting unused files is a good start. I'm about to dump Strangetown and Veronaville out of my game to speed it up on loading. I never play them, so I won't miss them, either.
dynasty:
well, I thought about deleting neighbourhoods as well, and I will do that now. I also recently deleted sims, clothing, hair etc which I wasnt using. I relized I had a lot of unused downloads, basically due to seeing one i liked, having to get the mesh elsewhere, getting the download that came with the mesh as well. that's how little by little, my downloads folder got way cluttered.
i'd also suggest you delete all the families you do not play. Maxis put a lot of families into the neighbourhoods as well as into the family bin and honestly I never play them ;) so why not get rid of them?
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