deconstructing the 1am freeze
Kitbug:
So, I'm having a problem that relates very closely to this (hence, why I am reviving the thread).
I've always gotten a bit of slow down in the middle of the night. Not surprising. I play the game on a laptop, with a crappy Intel Graphics card. But it runs the game, and that's the important part. However, as of today, every time my game hits midnight it freezes completely. Can't do anything, and I have to go to Windows Task Manager to get it to shut down. I tried switching to a different house before it hit midnight to see if that would help. No luck. I'm running Awesome Mod with Awesome Story, and like I said, I haven't had problems this bad before. Does anyone have any suggestions other than just wiping the game entirely and reinstalling? I'd rather not have to do that. Thanks.
Motoki:
Quote from: Kitbug on 2010 July 10, 20:33:26
So, I'm having a problem that relates very closely to this (hence, why I am reviving the thread).
I've always gotten a bit of slow down in the middle of the night. Not surprising. I play the game on a laptop, with a crappy Intel Graphics card. But it runs the game, and that's the important part. However, as of today, every time my game hits midnight it freezes completely. Can't do anything, and I have to go to Windows Task Manager to get it to shut down. I tried switching to a different house before it hit midnight to see if that would help. No luck. I'm running Awesome Mod with Awesome Story, and like I said, I haven't had problems this bad before. Does anyone have any suggestions other than just wiping the game entirely and reinstalling? I'd rather not have to do that. Thanks.
Being able to simply run the game doesn't necessarily mean your system won't choke under pressure in certain circumstances.
I would say try turning InformOnStoryAction on see if it pops up what it's doing when that freeze hits. Try letting it sit for a while if you can.
If you do that and nothing comes up then turn off Awesome Story and see if you are still getting it.
If it's not AwesomeStory than it's likely something EAXian in nature. If it is AwesomeStory, you could possibly try posting a save game shortly before midnight, but if you problem is system and/or resource (or lack thereof) specific it may be hard to diagnose.
Also, are you running the game versions based on the latest patch from EA and have you been updating awesomemod regularly?
J. M. Pescado:
Slowdown at NIGHT is definitely not the work of AwesomeStory: AwesomeStory is actually far LESS active at night, running with greatly reduced event frequency, because all the sims are asleep and do not do things in the dead of night.
Kitbug:
Okay, well, thanks for the info guys. I tried removing Awesome Mod from my game and it got past midnight... so now I'm a little confused since Pescado said that it doesn't slow things down at night... Anywhoo, I'll put it back in and hope that it works from now on.
Motoki:
He said Awesomestory isn't causing slowdown at night. That doesn't necessarily rule out some other part of Awesomemod. Awesomestory is one part of Awesomemod, not the whole of it.
Something particular to your configuration is causing slowdown at night with Awesomemod installed but not without it. However since you haven't really given much more information it's hard to say what the cause is.
Post a save shortly before midnight and ask Pescado to look at it. Or don't. I don't really know what else to tell you.
Before you upload a save though, make sure you are using the latest version of Awesomemod and your game is patched up to date. Note that Awesomemod is updated frequently and EA just released a patch.
If you aren't sure, just redownload Awesomemod and check for available game updates in the launcher or use the Patch Downloader Utility here: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=124490
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