Slow loading+ LOT of lagging

visvires wrote:Yes, if you look up then I told. CC's  and mods were the first things I unistalled it's the basic what I can do to speed up my game.
I've used gamebooster, changing RAM usage and etc etc. I have gone through all the main forum problem topics and done everything.
Caches are deleted all of them. All the folders which are needed to be emptied are done so.
If it helps then since my computer has no battery for over a year now couple of times my computer shut down when unplugged while the sims 3 was playing.
Also I have noticed that my game takes forever even to start and when it does the exe process stops many times before finishing with the loading. Hence the very long loading process.
Gamebooster increased the game speed by max 15-20% so now it freezes every 10-15min for a shorter time but still lags and doesn't run smoothly.
ResetSim cheat and the fix mods also doesn't help much nor did the superfix which I followed step by step

visvires wrote:Yes I did that. And it actually made my game even slower than it usually starts with the new game and new world.

J.T. wrote:Hello,

As far as I know, deleting all the content of Prefetch will only slow down your pc's next startup. There is no need/unnecessary to delete anything from it. It will not make your pc any faster.

This is correct in the sense that it's not necessary to do this all the time - just once in a while. Eventually, after a while, the PC will become "stable" again.

I do this occasionally, and haven't encountered any issues or "slowing down" of my computer.


Lags can have various other reasons, and usually are caused by:

- old/insufficient hardware

- unnecessary background processes and applications, including any anti-virus/anti-malware programs -> can be turned off with the task manager or tools like "GameBooster"

- various in-game issues (old savefiles filled with "junk", corrupted savefiles, incompatible or too many mods/CC, huge and complex neighborhoods with tons of big houses and community lots, etc.)

- the "Windows Aero"-feature, from Windows Vista upwards, which chews up additional resources, especially on low(er)-end computers; -> can be turned off by disabling "desktop composition" in the properties of the TS3W.exe. That option can be found under the "compatibility"-tab, in the properties.

- a fragmented hard-drive


All these things need to be checked, if applicable.

 

J.T. wrote:You might not notice slowing down at the next startup (or re-booting), but a lot of users do, including me.

Which still doesn't mean that deleting the contents of Prefetch every once in a while is a bad thing.

visvires wrote:Before anyone answers I would like to point up everything I have written above; to make my sims game work faster I have done everything, deleted mods, CC-s, caches, updated, modified, used gamebooster and etc etc so reccomondations in that department are not needed
But as said I've tried everything mentioned above and still no works so my conclusion is that only way to fix ur sims game is to do a complete format to your computer and start fresh and enjoy the fast game for as long as it lasts and then just repeat it .
But just out of curiosity for the computer whizes over there

1)is there any chance that using superpatches may cause ur sims game to    ?
2)Still non of the info doesn't explain the fact why does the process freese and stop during the loading process and makes it take it that much longer. And also the process takes like 4* times more time to reach maximum capasity aka smth like 1,5mlj kbs or smth...when my game was working perfectly for 2 weeks it popped like a charm up to max and the loading process didn't have any freezes...well daah cause it was so fast but still...can anyone explain that?
3)Can it just be caused by my laptop being full of junk and just needs a good cleanup?
4) question for a real genius how/why did it work perfectly for 2 weeks, when I didn't do ANYTHING mentioned above to make it work faster nor better.

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Next, if you followed J.T.'s and my advice, there isn't really much else you could try. You can always try going to My Documents/Electronic Arts and rename the folder "The Sims 3", into anything you like (just change the folder's name). Then re-start the game and see if anything improved.

Other than that, maybe another Helper knows more about this issue.