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Ideas for improving game performance. (mainly Sims 2, some Sims 3)
gayars
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I have done a lot of things to improve my computer/game in order to enhance performance. I thought maybe if everybody contributed things they have done, perhaps we could help each other out and make our games run better.
Some things I have done are:
Made my game large address aware.
Clear out all unnecessary files out of my downloads folder. Examples: bmp, jpg, png, txt, htm, psd, uvmap.
Make sure that there are no duplicates.
Use the Compressorizer on my files.
Use Delphy's download organizer to identify things that I am not sure what they are.
Use Wardrobe Wrangler and HCDU.
I also have done some settings on the computer itself.
Set my computer for best performance of programs.
Raised my virtual memory limit to sky high.
Set it where most programs do not start up at startup.
Get out of any extraneous background programs before running the game.
Set my priority for realtime (windows 8) can be set in high in windows 7 when I am running the game.
Some things I have done are:
Made my game large address aware.
Clear out all unnecessary files out of my downloads folder. Examples: bmp, jpg, png, txt, htm, psd, uvmap.
Make sure that there are no duplicates.
Use the Compressorizer on my files.
Use Delphy's download organizer to identify things that I am not sure what they are.
Use Wardrobe Wrangler and HCDU.
I also have done some settings on the computer itself.
Set my computer for best performance of programs.
Raised my virtual memory limit to sky high.
Set it where most programs do not start up at startup.
Get out of any extraneous background programs before running the game.
Set my priority for realtime (windows 8) can be set in high in windows 7 when I am running the game.
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Comments
Sims 2 is actually the one that needs the better video card.
I do agree about cleaning all unneccesary files out of Downloads folder. All the Zip files themselves can be removed, also sims 2 packs (some people download these to the downloads folder itself I guess and leave them there). Also pics , that is .jpg, Bmp etc. A good idea is to put ALL of this , especially the zips or sims 2 packs to a CD-R disc or flashdrive to save as a backup.
I always save the whole downloads folder AND all the zips or sims 2 packs.
Get sims2pack clean installer. I can tell you I have Tons of duplicates right now I should be culling!
If you really want to improve performance, depending ON what your game defaults to and your computer, set the game options and graphic options lower than high or super high.
Other than that I leave my computer settings alone. The games all play fine as is.
And yes lower settings help tremendously.