The Pause that Annoys

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Freezerburn:
Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 March 28, 10:43:03

We've been over the outfit-change stuckness. To prevent it, pause the game while an outfit change is occurring so that the game can load without burning gametime.


So I need to watch every sims in the household. Anyway, is it possible to make a mod for this?

uknortherner:
Quote from: pussy on 2010 March 28, 12:30:38

Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 March 28, 10:43:03

We've been over the outfit-change stuckness. To prevent it, pause the game while an outfit change is occurring so that the game can load without burning gametime.


So I need to watch every sims in the household. Anyway, is it possible to make a mod for this?


Blame EA and their sucky coding. On my new PC (an Intel Core i3), the outfit-changing is instantaneous, but on my old Athlon 64 3200+ PC (before it died), it would take several sim-minutes to do it. Really, all of this stuff should be pre-cached from the start, from the moment you leave CAS, or the moment the game generate townies even if it means an initial five-minute wait before playing, but EA wanted to give this illusion of speed, even on lower-end CPUs, and they've failed miserably in that regard.

Freezerburn:
Quote from: uknortherner on 2010 March 28, 12:42:58

Quote from: pussy on 2010 March 28, 12:30:38

Quote from: J. M. Pescado on 2010 March 28, 10:43:03

We've been over the outfit-change stuckness. To prevent it, pause the game while an outfit change is occurring so that the game can load without burning gametime.


So I need to watch every sims in the household. Anyway, is it possible to make a mod for this?


Blame EA and their sucky coding. On my new PC (an Intel Core i3), the outfit-changing is instantaneous, but on my old Athlon 64 3200+ PC (before it died), it would take several sim-minutes to do it. Really, all of this stuff should be pre-cached from the start, from the moment you leave CAS, or the moment the game generate townies even if it means an initial five-minute wait before playing, but EA wanted to give this illusion of speed, even on lower-end CPUs, and they've failed miserably in that regard.


Sounds like it is possible.

myskaal:
FWIW I discovered unchecking the the little option box that enables the store/shop while you play increased my performance by great measures. YMMV

J. M. Pescado:
It's POSSIBLE to stop it from doing that, but then your game will behave similarly to TS2: The entire world will hiccup every time someone, anywhere, changes uniform.

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