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Title: Upgraded computer, now the game is running worse than ever Post by: laylei on 2011 March 17, 21:15:30 I recently had a PC semi-custom built after an attempt to upgrade my power supply unit and graphics card went sour (stupid HP case and motherboard were too small). I now have a case designed for gaming with four fans, a new motherboard, a 600W power supply unit, a GeForce GTX 460 and 8 gigs of RAM. My Processor is an AMD Athlon(TM) II X4 620 (3 CPUs) ~2.6 GHz (I kept the processor from my old PC).
Theoretically, the game should be running great, right? However, after reinstalling it and copying over my downloads/the Awesomemod framework/etc., I'm finding the game basically unplayable. It freezes constantly, just for a few seconds, but it's annoying and happens most often when I try to zoom in or out, move the camera, switch between characters or choose an action. When I opened taskmaster, I noticed the CPU is jumping between very low and 100% usage. It only does this when Sims 3 is running- it hasn't happened when I play other computer games like Dragon Age 2, surf the internet or watch videos. Is there something I'm doing wrong? What can I do to make my game run more smoothly- or at least be playable without constant freezing? Title: Re: Upgraded computer, now the game is running worse than ever Post by: tizerist on 2011 March 17, 21:27:17 In a new town, or a previous one you were using?
Title: Re: Upgraded computer, now the game is running worse than ever Post by: laylei on 2011 March 17, 21:31:04 A new town (I'm using Jfadeland). I wanted to start fresh to test things out.
Title: Re: Upgraded computer, now the game is running worse than ever Post by: Jeebus on 2011 March 17, 21:37:33 I recently had a PC semi-custom built after an attempt to upgrade my power supply unit and graphics card went sour (stupid HP case and motherboard were too small). I now have a case designed for gaming with four fans, a new motherboard, a 600W power supply unit, a GeForce GTX 460 and 8 gigs of RAM. My Processor is an AMD Athlon(TM) II X4 620 (3 CPUs) ~2.6 GHz (I kept the processor from my old PC). I'd check to make sure you don't have any corrupt CC.Theoretically, the game should be running great, right? However, after reinstalling it and copying over my downloads/the Awesomemod framework/etc., I'm finding the game basically unplayable. It freezes constantly, just for a few seconds, but it's annoying and happens most often when I try to zoom in or out, move the camera, switch between characters or choose an action. When I opened taskmaster, I noticed the CPU is jumping between very low and 100% usage. It only does this when Sims 3 is running- it hasn't happened when I play other computer games like Dragon Age 2, surf the internet or watch videos. Is there something I'm doing wrong? What can I do to make my game run more smoothly- or at least be playable without constant freezing? Title: Re: Upgraded computer, now the game is running worse than ever Post by: Skadi on 2011 March 17, 22:02:36 I had the same problem. I used Process Monitor to check which game files were loading during play. Turns out some of the package files were being loaded thousands of times in the space of a few minutes. Removing them fixed the problem. The Process Monitor thread is at MTS.
Otherwise pull out all store content/worlds/CC and make a fresh Sunset Valley - if that is borked, reinstall. |