Fed up w/the fuglies. To 'hide' or 'replace' - that is the question...
Tarlia:
Your RAM seems like it should be plenty... How much CC do you have, exactly (in GBs)? What's your processor speed? Which OS do you run?
For comparison, I have about 2GB of CC, give or take, 4GB RAM, 2.40GHz Quad Core (though I'm not sure processor really matters that much for the CC), running Windows Vista 64bit which eats about 1GB RAM on its own, I've got all EPs and SPs and the game runs and loads perfectly fine. Takes 3-4 minutes to start up the game.
Replacing the wallpapers/floors isn't going to help you any, I'm afraid, since it will still be new textures and take up as much space as a CC wallpaper/floor.
LurkingCat:
I'm on Vista 64-bit... but it's a shiny new gaming rig:
500GB SATA II Single hard Drive
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0Ghz 1333FSB CPUs
Asus P5N-E 650i SLI Motherboard
Corsair XMS2 Xtreme DDR2/800 RAM - 4 Gb (2X2Gb sticks)
2 NVIDIA GeForce 8600GT 512MB Video Cards
I know dual core does me no good with the Sims - and I turn off one CPU after the game loads. ::)
I have 4.30Gb of CC in right now, but that's without any floors/walls and bodyshop stuff (yikes!) Maxis gave us a zillion floors and walls to choose from, I just don't like any of them. (I also haven't added back my Decorative stuff and Comfort stuff - please read below for more explanation...)
Everything is squeaky clean and in pristine shape - I had to do a complete re-install because somehow my Sims 2 registry keys got borked. I was crashing all the time. Now everything seems to work fine and I'm adding back my CC in bits and pieces. I'm just afraid that it's not all going to fit - and I don't want the crashes to start up again.
OK, I'm rambling now... Gonna load my game again and see if the Comfort stuff fits. (Incidentally load time is around 5 minutes.)
CORRECTION: It took 20 minutes to load, then promptly crashed. I forgot to turn off my other CPU - whether that caused the crash or not, I dunno...
Tarlia:
That is... a lot of CC. Well, I'm stumped. The only advice I can offer is to consider whether you really do need that much stuff, and get rid of at least half of it - especially shiny high-poly furniture. Maybe someone else has something better to offer.
rufio:
Have you ever had that much CC with the game installed on XP (and how did it perform then)? That is a lot of CC, but running it in Vista probably isn't helping any.
LurkingCat:
Back on XP is when I started having the crashes.... that's what prompted me to get a new shiny PC.
People just make too many pretties. Poop.
OK. I hear ya - I'll delete more stuff :(
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