Graphics error? Or... something else?
Anne:
Was playing BV tonight with a family I hadn't played with since installing. All was going quite nicely, my sim had her baby, and everyone was happy - until the game just kind of... froze.
By froze, I mean that my sim who was eating just kept repeating the same motion, even after I hit pause. It was almost as if the graphics weren't keeping up with my inputs. I was able to get to the controls (save, etc.) and after a few minutes, all was fine again. I payed for another minute or two, and the problem resurfaced, at which point I gave up and quit. So, while my computer is busy making backups of all my neighborhoods and downloads, I thought I'd come here and ask some questions.
1. The game had been running for nearly seven hours by the time this happened (not all of it continuously playing, but it was up and running) so could this be related to the memory leak problem I've read about on other threads?
2. Or is it an actual graphics problem? I do have an Nvidia 5500 card (I know, I know) but I have been playing with no problems whatsoever since I got the game, even with graphics turned all the way up, and I've been figuring "If it ain't broke..."
I have 1 gig of ram on a 2.4 processor and the aforementioned Nvidia card. Any other info needed please let me know.
ZiggyDoodle:
No idea what's causing the problem. I had similar stop-and-go moments during my initial play of BV, but they've stopped since I added the antiprank hack.
Have you tried lowering your graphics settings?
Anne:
Quote from: ZiggyDoodle on 2007 October 01, 23:01:18
Have you tried lowering your graphics settings?
No, not yet, I was hoping to avoid that...
But I'm leaning towards the "it was running too long" theory, because after restarting (both the computer and the game) I was able to get back into that family with no problems. I went through about another sim day with them, and everything was fine. I've played another family also, and everything checked out ok.
So I'm baffled, too. We'll see if it happens again.
jolrei:
Reducing shadows to medium has minimal obvious impact on display, but does improve slowness and lag issues (personal experience), making gameplay smoother.
I have had minor difficulties with stalled/stuck sims - usually forcing error on the sim and choosing reset jumps them out of it. Of course, your problem might be more general than that I suppose.
ZephyrZodiac:
Someone in another thread mentioned turning off UI Transparency as it is some kind of resource hog, so I thought I'd try it. Worked well for me, my neighbouring houses now have recognisable windows and doors, not just a blurry rectangle, and my game is playing better. Might be worth trying that before you lower your graphics settings. (If your video card couldn't handle them, the game would disable them when you installed - at least, it does when I play on my laptop.)
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