Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some guidance on what I should do. I play sims on a laptop this probely isn’t meant for a game like the sims, but whatever. So when I do download cc, my game gets super slow. I just don’t know if I should just continue on, or take all my mods out and only do the essentials such as eyes, skin, etc. What would you recommend me doing? I really love designing and being creative, but there are times I do want to play.
Hey! I play on a laptop too (this is the one I have) with all settings on high, along with a gameplay friendly reshade (I toggled off DOF and MXAO and edited the colors a bit) and 20 gbs of cc so I’ll tell you what I did to make my game run smoother:
I merge my cc. This gives the game less files to read and helps the game run smoother. You can find out how to do that here.
I followed this tutorial to help eliminate stuttering (when the game seems like it pauses or gets stuck for a second when you’re rotating the camera).
I separate my gameplay CC and storytelling/for tumblr cc into separate folders. When I play, I make sure I don’t use any high polycount (usually alpha or very high detailed items like those from leosims for ex) build/buy items or clothes (which is all in my storytelling cc folder that I remove when I play) because it can slow your game down significantly if your computer can’t handle it. You can read more about polycounts here.
There are a few other things I do too, to reduce lag that I talk about here. One thing I would like to add to this too is that I also disable my antivirus software while I’m playing because it’s always doing things in the background that slows my game down.
After doing all of these things, my game runs pretty smoothly. The only time I have real lag issues is when I’m on a lot with a lot of sims like a cafe, when they’re all piling up on top of each other, but at restaurants and their home lot, things run real smooth.
If you try all of this and your game is still too laggy for you, I’d probably keep CAS and get rid of build/buy mode. I don’t think I could live without my skin details, hair, clothes, etc … oh and walls. I’d keep a few of them too, lol.
annaxmalina
