#pxelface

simlovinggirl said: Hi love! Have you tried taking out all your mods and cc to see how long it take to load up the game vanilla mode? If it takes just as long, i hate to say your computer might be going out :( Wish i could help more!!

nerdiesimmer said: i have a bunch of cc installed but i’ve read somewhere that it doesn’t really matter how big the packages are but how many you have so i’ve merged them so i have 1-5 packages for each category like clothes etc. my game definitely runs smoother like this. don’t know if you did somethig like that already. also, have you tried uninstalling all your cc? maybe there’s some corrupted stuff in there that makes your game load so long. hope i could help you. c:

jaydesims said: I agree that I would first see how your game runs in vanilla mode. Have you tried turning your internet and the memories in game feature off? That sometimes helps my game run faster. Also, this might sound dumb but I’ll put it out there: have you tried letting all the sims 3 files regenerate again? Sometimes I will save my current TS3 folder to my desktop, let the game refresh and make a whole new folder, and then put my CC, sims, saves, etc back in. Hope this helps! Good luck!

simnights said: My game used to take that long to load too. I know you’ve said you’ve tried everything, but CC magic was a game changer for me…. It makes more package files but somehow it makes it load like ten times faster for me

pxelface said: When you merge files, the end file size (the size of the merged package) should not be more than 200mb. Mods and counters shouldn’t be merged, get rid of many as many sims3packs as possible, having lots of mods also slows down the game (esp story progression because it’s huge).

Thank you so much everyone! You guys have certainly helped me a lot. Here’s what I did: I took out all my cc, like everything, and the game ran really smooth, the saves loaded for 5-7 minutes and cas was a pleasure to fiddle with (I even did maybe babies for my BC while I was at it!). Then I put it back, but reduced the amount of my cc from 10 to 8 gb putting only necessary stuff in. The game loaded for 35 minutes and cas now runs much faster (clothes and patterns load really quick compared to how it used to be), however I won’t stop here - I decided the main problem is my hairs. As pxelface said (I honestly had no idea before) the merged packages size should not be more than 200 mb, and my packages are around 1 gb each (and the hairs take 6 out of these 8 gb). So I guess I have no other choice than give a fresh start to my hair folder and then merge them in smaller groups. It’s hard and will probably mess up most of my sims but it needed cleaning anyway, because I have a lot of hairs by different creators, some of them even the same, and I’m tempted now to use hairs by only one creator and get rid of those I never use and don’t like. So good luck to me I guess :D Thanks again, I’m feeling much better!