I bought it because I like pain I guess
TS2:
Initial load up was fast
Intro video still loud as fuck
Shadows are permanently off
Graphics can be scaled up to highest screen resolution, smooth edges etc
Refresh rate 48 the only option available, animations smooth without stuttering
Seemed only fitting to start out with the Goths. A slight hang on the 4th column of icons like always when loading but otherwise fast
Tool tips, neighbourhood stories, sim bio etc all unchanged. Graphics and assets unchanged (except Ikea stuff is missing - RIP)
Zoom levels, camera, lighting no visible change
I have a migraine so may not be coherent
Uh oh, stuttering during a scripted event
Worth noting that my laptop is old and has been on for over 24 hours with another game loaded up - my other version of the game would 100% have not worked until I restarted my entire laptop
On that note my laptop is not searing me alive like it did previously
I can't seem to use the middle mouse button to rotate the camera. Was that a mod?
Shadows have automatically turned on now? And the option is no longer grayed out. Weird
Cassandra and Don just got married
I minimised the game from full screen and reopened the window, it took a couple of seconds to load but didn't crash
My husband has asked what snacks I want for our gaming night, this is very important
Stress testing minimise and reopen. This is hurting my head. The game hasn't crashed at all
My kids are watching in interest. "Good job" says the youngest. We shall see
Cheats still work and all of the same options seem to be there
I've chosen 'invite all neighbours'. It stuttered as they loaded in but did not freeze as my previous game would have
Darren is NOT amused that Cassandra is married
Sorry my husband came home and I had to rip myself away temporarily
Middle button rotate is back? Not sure why this stuff is kicking in as I play
My husband said "holy shit it's not crashed yet"
Could be because I don't have 50GB of CC... yet
Running smooth as butter with 20+ sims
Don set fire to the kitchen - no lag loading in the fire engine etc
The documents folder is called The Sims 2 Legacy
Layout inside the documents is the same
Programme files are categorised TS4 style but the contents seem similar? I'm not a modder but there's still neighbourhood templates etc
Loading the bin families up took 2 seconds
CAS loaded up quick
Swapping heads really fast and overloading it with clicks - it lagged but didn't crash
Hair and outfits loading notably faster, moving through catalogues quicker
Still not stutter or lag free though, definitely still waiting for those cache and thumbnail files to fill and load up
So far it does seem to run better vs my old vanilla game. There might genuinely have been some work done on it.
Store CAS stuff isn't included
Loaded in to a new lot quickly
I've filled a 64x64 lot with chairs as homage to LGR. It hasn't crashed
I've made a gigantic household using the tombstone of life and death - the frame rate has dropped a bit, but it's handling it pretty well. I definitely would have had pink soup by now usually. Lots of audio didn't play errors in the cheat console but I think that's because of how many sims there are.
Gun's camera mod is working, also it let me replace the files without closing down the game? And the new cameras worked instantly without restarting. Could you always do that?
My eye and skin defaults still work
Put a few hacks in and they didnt immediately crash everything
I've closed and reloaded the game several times in a row and no crashes, it loads into the neighbourhood faster now that it's gotten past the first load lag
CC required a restart to load in
Overall I played mostly vanilla for 5 hours with no crashes or pink soup. This was while the Sims 1 amd Dragon age installed in the background and I had a few web pages open. My previous game with no CC wouldn't have even loaded up under those conditions in the past so to play for so long was incredible.
I'm sure as I add CC back in it will slow down again and the pink soup will return but all in all I feel there is a definite improvement in this version on my setup specifically (beat up old gaming laptop with shit ram).
