Loooong Saving after using Regul Save Cleaner? Try Kuree's Save Cleaner 1.1
For any fellow Sims 3 oldheads, you may remember that the known save cleaner before Regul's tool was by Kuree.
While Regul's tool is effective and easy to use, I personally find it makes my first save after cleaning take aaaaages to the point where sometimes I just give up and have to force close the game. I've heard others have this issue so I thought I would re-remind everyone of this other tool, which I find to be almost as effective at cleaning as Regul's and not have the super long save issue.
It is called Kuree's Save Cleaner 1.1 and I have made a tutorial for you after the cut!
Part One - Downloading
What you'll find by Googling it is the link here to version 2.2 . I advise against this one. Not only did it stop working for me when the game updated to Patch 1.69 all those years ago, but others have reported issues too with it cleaning too much, such as paintings. I have no idea if it works with Macs and I have no idea if Steam users on 1.67 can use 2.2 since I don't use it.
Instead, I use version 1.1, which has been re-uploaded here by the queen of preserving sims content, Sweetdevil.
Part Two - Using It
As I mentioned, Regul's is very user friendly. This one is less so.
Unzip/unrar the Save Cleaner 1.1 file you downloaded from one of Sweetdevil's links.
Back up your save! Copy your save folder. It will be whatever you called it and located in My Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves > Your Save Folder Name. Paste it somewhere safe.
Open Save Cleaner 1.1 folder, then double click Save_Clean.exe and press "Choose Save"
Navigate in Windows Explorer to My Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 3 > Saves and choose the save you want to clean
It will only let you choose a file that has your "world name.nhd" so choose that one.
Then press "Start Cleaning", it will remind you again to do a backup, press yes to continue and then it will do its thing.
Done! You can check the save folder again if you want to see how much it cleaned since it won't give you the satisfying "this much cleaned!" like Regul's does but I find it more satisfying when my subsequent save actually finishes, personally.
Part Three - Cleaning Comparison
Here are the comparisons of how much each save cleaner cleans up the same save file:
Kuree Before:
Kuree After:
Regul Save Clean results:
As you can see, Regul does clean a bit more. But the substanial amount of cleaning is performed by both programmes, and I just find Kuree's to not cause the very long saves that Regul's does. Your mileage may vary, as always.
Whichever Save Cleaner you choose, it's a great practice to use one periodically. I typically use it when I notice my save games getting above 60mb but that's just me. It can really help your game load faster and remove some of the junk.
CASP Editor - Easily change clothing categories in TS3
Have you also felt frustrated with how many nice outfits were categorized in TS3 as everyday, but not outerwear? Wanted your sim to wear the high heels to the pool?
Use the Easy CASP Editor (only works for TS3 versions up to 1.67 though!) to easily change the categories of clothes. You can also hide them in CAS, make valid for random/career and more!
How to do that?
Just open the Easy CASP Editor and in the lower left of the app window you will have a field to choose your CC/EP from:
Select where the piece you want to edit is from and find it in the list above. I will pick the jacket from Supernatural, which was only enabled for Everyday/Formal:
Then, in the menu on the right, click the categories you want the clothing to appear in. NOTE: Pregnant clothes will not have morphs, and checking the other gender or age will *not* convert the clothing or actually enable it for that age.
You can edit as many clothes in one go as you'd like. Then, you just click File -> Save package...
A Sims 3 program by Blocky9032!
Blocky9032 program notes:
Hi! - This is a program that helps you create a Custom Intro Mod for The Sims 3!
S3IM requires (NOT INCLUDED - DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL): Microsoft .NET Framework 4 https://download.microsoft.com/down...ull_x86_x64.exeVirtualDub 1.6.15 (build 24442/release) https://sourceforge.net/projects/vi...15.zip/downloadVP6 VFW Video Codec https://ppmforums.com/download.php?...a7a78f8d3d0c447S3PE http://sourceforge.net/projects/sim...52.exe/download
Introduction:
Sims 3 Intro Maker (S3IM) is a program that will help you create a Custom Intro Mod.
Videos that play on The Sims 3 (such as television channels and Eletronics Arts, Maxis, and The Sims 3 logo animations), are all videos with the .VP6 extension. After finding a "manual" method on how to create .VP6 extensions*, I decided to create this program.
To create an AVI with VP60 compression, S3IM will use VirtualDub. With a script, VirtualDub will create a WAV audio file and a VP60 VFW compressed AVI file. The WAV will be used to create a DAT audio file with Sound eXchange.
Then, it will launch VP6_Builder and guide the user through the creation of a VP6 file.
*Thanks to Odistant for "Tutorial: Creating Custom Sims 3 Fully Functional TV Channels!"
How to use S3IM:
First, you need create an AVI using any kind of video editing software. Export the project to an AVI with this parameters:
Audio Codec: PCM (uncompressed audio)
Audio Format: 44100Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo, 172 KB/s
Resolution: 1024x640 @ 50fps | For the Best Quality
Resolution: 1024x640 @ 25fps | For the Mid Quality
Resolution: 640x360 @ 30fps | For the Poor Quality
You have to make sure that the AVI ends with even number of seconds and precisely at millisecond 00
If the AVI ends at for example 1m 23s 15ms, lengthen or shorten the video so that it ends at 1m 24s 00ms or 1m 22s 00ms.
When the video editing software finishes exporting the video, launch S3IM.
Select the VirtualDub folder location and the AVI, then select the quality and click "Create VP6 File" and let S3IM guide you to the creation process.
Troubleshooting
Problem: When video finishes, The Sims 3 freezes on a black screen and won't load.
Solution: You have to make sure that the AVI ends with even number of seconds and precisely at millisecond 00.
Example: If the AVI ends at for example 1m 23s 15ms, lengthen or shorten the video so that it ends at 1m 24s 00ms or 1m 22s 00ms.
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