Hello,

I think I have done a silly thing to my game. My game once I clicked on the launcher button has always been slow to load. I have put that down to the amount of cc in my game lol. I thought I would take out the sims3packs and use Delphy's multi installer and change them all to packages and then put them into the mods folder. Thought this would solve everything.. nope . I have been through all of the instructions, deleted caches, removed cc etc still wont load. I have all expansions and stuff packs including the sweet treats one

I have managed to load the game lol helps if u click on the right expansion pack to start the game without the launcher. All is running ok atm without cc but I just want to know if I should have changed all my sims3packs to packages as I might have converted ones I shouldnt have ?


System Information
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Time of this report: 7/2/2012, 14:25:47
Machine name: NLJA-07
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.120330-1504)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: X58A-UD7
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
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Memory: 4096MB RAM
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Windows Dir: C:\Windows
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Description: Speakers (3- Logitech USB Headset)
Default Sound Playback: Yes
Default Voice Playback: Yes
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Type: WDM
Driver Name: USBAUDIO.sys
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WHQL Logo'd: Yes
Date and Size: 11/21/2010 07:29:03, 80768 bytes
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File System: NTFS
Model: WDC WD10EALX-009BA0 ATA Device

cheers and If I have posted this in the wrong place, I apologize

Last edited by poundingheart : 2nd Jul 2012 at 05:57 AM.

Too many package files can cause lag. There are things you can do about that. http://www.modthesims.info/wiki.php...ackage_File_Lag

It looks like your running windows default driver for your graphic card, you should install manufactors or AMD's driver, although it's working card do not run at full capacity.

ok, will look into that Belzader and thanks for replies


p.s as far as we are aware, the graphics card drivers etc were all installed when the computer was built. Dont know how to check or switch the drivers over etc

Last edited by poundingheart : 5th Jul 2012 at 01:56 PM. Reason: asking more info

You can get AMD's latest drivers here:
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownlo...iw_vista32.aspx
Click on the Catalyst Software Suite link, it's a self extracting exe file, which will install the drivers.

awesome work thank you

Regarding sims3packs, the only things you shouldn't convert are lots (can be converted but it's experimental), sims (same as lots), worlds, patterns made in Create-A-Pattern, counters, and Store stuff.

Converting any of these won't break your game, but it will break those particular CC items, and converted Store stuff can be a cause of serious loading lag (see Ghost's link).

Big thank you to all who replied. Have downloaded the drivers and game is running soo much better, even with a million trillion cc in it lol. Will in future use dashboad etc to keep my game clean. It is usually sims3packs from other sites that muck things up .


cheers