Frames-Per-Second vs Frame-Time
How to further improve your Sims 3/4 experience
To make a long story short - Here is a "must have" tweak I use in my game. I rarely see anyone talk about it so maybe it's common knowledge, but I'm leaving this here in case anyone else was like me and had no idea about it
Credits: I only know of this settings tweak based on these two popular YouTube videos.
You need steam installed and you need to add TS3W.exe as a non steam game. Be sure to make a desktop shortcut for yourself as you'll want to run the game using the steam launcher so we can take advantage of steam overlay Using the steam overlay, you should be able to use the in-game FPS counter to monitor your frame rate on a graph *We use steam overlay (not MSI Afterburner) because it is closest to the rendering stack as far as i'm aware
*You can toggle the highest performance detail level
You should play the game with the overlay on, just for a little while to get an idea of what kind of frames you get and how many dips you tend to see over the duration of your time playing. This will be for later comparison When you're done analyzing your performance on the graph you can go ahead and exit the game The next part will require you to have RivaTuner installed If you don't have it you can get it from the link here https://www.guru3d.com/download/rtss-rivatuner-statistics-server-download/ Once you have it installed and running we will change the settings to match the ones as below
then, click on the blue 'Setup' button
and change your settings to match the ones below
And you're all done! Minimize Rivatuner and let it run in the background. Launch the game using your steam shortcut. Once you're fully in game try panning the camera around, zooming in and out and keeping an eye on your frames. Hopefully, the game will feel like its running smoother and your frame rate graph should reflect that experience
I definitely have a different experience without it on. Right now i'm posting this from a different device than the one im playing on so I don't have pictures of my gameplay graphs to share and Hopefully this is noticeable for others and someone else can back up my claims Understanding the In-Game Overlay Performance Monitor https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/3462-CD4C-36BD-5767 Please let me know if you implemented this and noticed an improvement