Not comprehending the BV/SecuRom problem
veilchen:
@ Jelendra: Yes, it does prolong the load times, but only the first loading of a lot in a neighborhood. I have to delete the thumbnails, because for some reason my computer believes that shaking things up a bit is entertainment. I have the oddest things happen in the catalog and in CAS if I don't do that. Go figure
@ Kat. That is basically very logical, but my daughter has a gaming computer that kicks serious butt. I installed the sims (not BV, and I don't have any StuffPacks.) just to see how big the difference was, and they run the same way as they do on my old coot. At any rate, if it were a pain in the ass to play TS2, I wouldn't play it. They don't move jerkily, no lag, other than what I said earlier, and the whole game loads in about 4 minutes. Not that I would mind getting a bit more RAM, but buying anything right now would be a waste of money.
Come to think of it, she doesn't need her other computer anymore, now does she? Her old computer has 1GB of RAM.... Now where did I put that screwdriver...
I thought I had finally dealt my old coot the death blow with BV because the audio weirdness, but it seems that this happens even on super computers. It happened on my daughter's computer as well. She did uninstall them after I did my checking upping (bad daughter, bad bad daughter :)). She is not interested in the sims at all. She's more of a WoW, turn-based RPG, Oblivion kind of gamer.
Edited: because I also want to thank Darcee for the tip. I never thought of that. Oh, and I also turn off the neighbors. I don't know how much it helps, but it has to help some. And in that way, Kat is most certainly right. I would love to have shadow, reflections, and neighbors, but that has to wait until next year.
Lorelei:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2007 October 17, 11:36:35
NEEDS MOAR RAMS.
@Jelenedra: Because the stupid game frequently corrupts those files, deleting them sometimes clears up gameplay oddities. But yes, it does slow down loadtime a bit, as all the thumbnails have to regen. If I recall correctly.
Jelenedra:
Yeah, I usually play with neighbors and decorations off. I didn't know about the UI transparency gimmick though. I'mma hafta try that when I get my PC reformatted. I dunno how big a difference it makes, but I leave the shadows on a lower setting too. (I like having them, but I don't see a big difference most of the time between the lower setting and the higher one) It only seems to affect objects casting shadows rather than the lighting shadows.
Zazazu:
UI transparancy on or off makes absolutely no difference looks-wise. Well, it does...for a tiny little strip of the UI that you wouldn't be trying to look through anyways. I didn't notice any performance boost by turning it off, but then I only have a bit of lag on one lot...and I've decided it's normal sunburn on/sunburn off lag.
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