#ts3 advice

[ba3kei]

Where are some good sites to find high quality tattoos and skin?

I'm trying to recreate frankie skin, angel, ace, and probably start a new skin for tony but normally i look at pinterest to find tattoo. But i want to make like a full body tattoo for tony however its hard to find good tattoos.

[pinetreepixels]

okay so when i get paid on tuesday i’m going to buy a new expansion pack the q is should it be pets or seasons? 

[pixelplayground]

Allow TS3 to Use More RAM

Someone asked me to write a quick tutorial on how to maximize the amount of RAM that TS3 can use for optimum performance and to resolve memory related crashes. 

Disclaimer I would not advise doing this if your computer does not exceed/meets the minimum requirements to play TS3.

I do not recommend doing this if you have less than 8GB RAM 

I do not recommend doing this on a laptop using an integrated graphics card (this means that you do not have any dedicated memory for graphics and you will probably overheat your computer if you can even run TS3 to begin with)

Make a back up of the un-edited text file before making any changes

Never allocate more than half of your total available RAM towards TS3 to avoid damage/crashing of your operating system. 

Step One

Navigate to your TS3 base game’s folder: 

Computer/Program Files/Origin Games or Electronic Arts**/The Sims 3/Game/Bin ** this depends on where you purchased the game from originally

Step Two

Open “Sims3″ text file and change the Memory Usage Limit

If you have 8GB usually you would max out at 40000000

If you have 16GB of RAM you can max out at 8000000

It’s widely thought that the game cannot understand anything above 8GB of RAM so I wouldn’t recommend trying to allocate more than this. 

Using the 8GB of RAM I am able to run seamlessly with 30GB of compressed CC and the HQ mod 4K constantly in game. I am able to play extremely large worlds, on 64x64 lots PACKED with CC and furniture, with 8+ sims and experience little to no lag and 0 crashing. I have a late 2012 iMac 27inch with 3.2GHZ i5 processor, 24GB RAM and an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX with 1GB of dedicated graphic memory. Happy gaming folks!

[msnikas]

Curious to know how you guys populate your custom/empty worlds?

Hey guys, so my question is about the tips/tricks/mechanics of empty world population.

I know that these worlds can be populated with sims that you've selected, but what I'm wanting to find out is:-

About how many families do you all put down?

What is usually the family makeup?

Single sim?  Sim with partner?  Sim with partner & child?  How long do you all let SP (story progression) run before putting in the sim/family that is your main focus?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me with this.

[msnikas]

Did I miss the boat?

So I'm feeling better, and am ready to spend time testing my game for the new patch tonight, but....  

It seems I waited too long to patch to 1.47 There is now one for 1.48.  Seriously!!!!!    Gah, this always happens to me.  Is there anywhere else besides the launcher to download/upload the 1.47 patch?

If anyone can help, I'd be so grateful