TOOL: 3Booter, the Incooperative Game Kicker
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: tickleonthetum on 2009 September 22, 15:44:55
OK then, so you're saying that the game can only generate a maximum of 30 unique frames per second?
Correct. That is the rate at which the action in-game occurs. Since action is not occurring any faster, about the only thing you MIGHT see going faster is you waving the mouse cursor around.
Quote from: tickleonthetum on 2009 September 22, 15:44:55
That was a bit of a bad choice by EA wasn't it?
No, this has pretty much been the standard tick rate of the Sims series since forever. Having the game calculate at a higher resolution will impose larger hits on your CPU, jacking up the minimum system requirements significantly, as the game is already CPU-bounded.
Quote from: tickleonthetum on 2009 September 22, 15:44:55
I found force locking Vsync drops the frame rate too low at certain times in game, I saw a low of 15fps with Vsync forced on, where as without it the same scenes would run at 40 fps (so at least meeting the 30fps minimum).
Based on the description of your original computer, your computer was simply not able to consistently achieve 30 fps anyway. Vsync would lock the thing at 60-80fps, depending on the refresh rate of your monitor, and even at peak performance, your computer is unable to achieve this. As for "same scene", I find it very difficult to believe you could so precisely replicate the EXACT conditions of the simulation that your 15 fps scene was completely equivalent in every way to the 40 fps scene. Especially if you did anything like pausing it to take measurements, as pausing the game raises your frame rate because the action is now STOPPED and the game no longer needs to calculate actions.
Quote from: tickleonthetum on 2009 September 22, 15:44:55
How did you manage to get a peak at The Sims 3 source code??!!
Same way every other modder does. We decompile it, which renders it into a somewhat legible, if not particularly usable, form.
J. M. Pescado:
Quote from: tickleonthetum on 2009 September 22, 16:04:17
Wowzer, not for the faint hearted then!!?! Shame you can't recompile it with the limits removed huh?
Based on how things work, even if it were POSSIBLE, it would not be considered a desirable outcome.
J. M. Pescado:
You could try putting it in simply your TS3 install directory.
wepaman:
First off, I would like to give thanks to Pescado for this info. I am brand spanking new to this site, and new to the Sims3 as well. I always wondered why my high end gaming notebook would run so hot every time I would play TS3. So I took the time to read every post on this subject and READ EVERYTHING Pescado instructed. I installed both programs and found that without the program, I was running a whopping 500 FPS!!!!! Damn EA to hell for their shenanigans!!! My Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX Video Card thanked me, and I am happy to think that I am in the clear for now. By the way.... I had absolutley NO PROBLEMS with the programs and they work great. The graphics are smooth as silk. So my advice to other noobs is this............"Take your time and do the research before you get all hasty and start downloading stuff and get it all wrong."
Lion:
My game hangs and crashes a lot. I think I should give the frame limiter a try. I got it to work, alone or together with 3booter. Now my question is whether I can make it work with this Auto Cheater from MTS2 that assigns hotkeys for cheat codes. The auto cheater works wonderfully, and I wonder if there is a way to use it together with 3booter or the fps limiter bat. Thanks for any suggestions.
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