Fed up w/the fuglies. To 'hide' or 'replace' - that is the question...
nocomment:
- poke, poke. (Hey, you asked for it.)
I'm also on 64 bit Vista, and have 8.74 GB of downloads. I don't have any crashing problems. I suspect you have a file that became corrupt. This happens all the time. I fear it's time for the "binary search" dance - split your downloads in half, see if the game crashes. If no, test the remaining half. Then split in half again and repeat.
It's a longshot, but you might also try dividing your downloads up into more folders. I have 234 folders, and some of those have subfolders. Vista seems to have trouble with folders containing lots of files. However, since you had this problem with XP, that's probably not the issue.
An unrelated issue to be aware of when moving to Vista - some items in sub-sub-sub folders may not load. Sometimes a file path that worked fine in XP is too long for Vista.
LurkingCat:
TeeHee - Thanks. :D
I've already been to the 'dance' - and cleaned/examined all my files. I got the folders (around 220 of 'em - including subfolders, and I don't think any of the folder 'trees' go more than 4 levels; the longest ones being along these lines "Decorative/Sculpture/KitchenClutter/recolors".)
I was able to search & destroy (cull through the catolog while in game and delete more stuff) last night with no crashes - when I remembered to shut down my 2nd CPU immediately upon game load.
If you've got 8.74Gb of stuff, then I should be able to load all my stuff too. Before I started this austere clean up project I had around 12Gb of stuff (some of which I'd dearly like to add back in again.) How long does it take to load your game? Do you have dual CPUs? I want what you've got! Waaaah! :'(
DrNerd:
Maybe it's an obvious question, but have you run your CC through jfade's Compressorizer? It won't help if you have a corrupt file, but it will make the rest of the files smaller.
nocomment:
It takes forever to load my game - at least 45 minutes just to get to the neighborhood chosing screen. That's when I catch up on my soaps.
I do wonder why you're having problems. I have a dual core processor, and never bother to turn one off. I have a Gateway M6862 notebook, if you want to compare the specs.
http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/2008/Tempest/1015594R/1015594Rsp2.shtml
One difference I spot between our computers is the graphics card - I have ATI.
As a longshot you could try usinging a flash drive and ReadyBoost. I find it helps my game run more smoothly, maybe it would help you out.
LurkingCat:
Oh yes, definately compressorized!
OK. 45 minutes - I'm starting to feel a bit better. It appears to really help if I turn the other CPU off.
And, I guess I could have a corrupt file still - I mean with 94,204 files, I could've missed one I suppose. LOL!
??? how would I go about using my flash drive? And what is ReadyBoost? (I will google the later, whilst I await your explanantion.)
Thanks!
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