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Kylieb191Kylieb191 Posts: 4,653 Member
I got a brand new gaming laptop, but the game seems to stop for a minute or two in real life and then start but it's a constant now, I did have nraas but took it out to see if that was the problem and it wasn't. I only have about 10 pieces of CC (all from safe creators - lemonleaf, nightcrawler, paintstroke & ace creators), 1 house which I made (has no cc at all) and there's a bit of store items which I don't think can affect my game so much. Just tried without custom content and did the same thing.

I don't want to touch anything that I shouldn't to help sort the problem out lol.

https://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/asus-tuf-fx505dt-15-6-gaming-laptop-amd-ryzen-5-gtx-1650-512-gb-ssd-10200640-pdt.html

A previous save of the same game has been find and a new game in a different world was also fine as well, just for some reason the game a bit further on has decided to corrupt itself or something. :\
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  • puzzlezaddictpuzzlezaddict Posts: 1,877 Member
    What world are you playing in? If it's Isla Paradiso, that could be the issue: the world is so broken that it's almost impossible to play in an unedited version, even with the strongest hardware and the most helpful mods. Some custom worlds are similarly broken, or else so large that the game engine can't run them properly, again regardless of your hardware.

    Please check your in-game framerates as well. Bring up the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and enter "fps on" without quotes. A number will appear in the upper right corner, and it should never go above 120, the refresh rate of your monitor, or whatever limit you've set if you've done so manually. If it's too high or fluctuating wildly, that can also cause lag, among other things. But it's simple enough to fix. The first step to try would be enabling v-sync in the built-in Nvidia Control Panel. Instructions are here, with a screenshot under the first spoiler:

    https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/comment/16540301/#Comment_16540301

    Be sure to use TS3.exe for an Origin install, but TS3W.exe for a disc or Steam install.

    If this isn't the issue either, there are NRaas mods you can use to try to reset the world and clean up save corruption. ErrorTrap and Overwatch will run their cleanup routines on their own; MasterController allows you to manually run a reset on just about anything, from a single object or sim to the entire world; Register and Traffic clean up other issues related to role sims and vehicles; Traveler fixes the broken travel transition with one that works. You can find them all here:

    https://www.nraas.net/community/home

    In case you don't already know how to install mods, this is a good tutorial:

    http://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Installing_Sims_3_Package_Files/Setup_and_Files
  • Kylieb191Kylieb191 Posts: 4,653 Member
    Thank you - It was starlight shores, did oddly try isla paradiso to see if it was just the first game playing up. I do have it set to 120 in the options menu but will definitely look at the refresh rate when i'm in game :). I didn't want to touch anything at first so these instructions are really helpful :).

    I put errortrap in at first along with master controller and it did help with cleaning up 3 sims that were constanly getting errors, along with my sim as she got stuck trying to go to a party. Will have a look at traffic as that helped a lot when I last played sims 3, I think I worry about breaking this laptop along with wanting to play how I used to with mods and cc annd not breaking the game lol.
    Friends?: http://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/Kylierose19
    Proud member of the "I own the store" club
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  • igazorigazor Posts: 19,330 Member
    edited May 2020
    Kylieb191 wrote: »
    Thank you - It was starlight shores, did oddly try isla paradiso to see if it was just the first game playing up. I do have it set to 120 in the options menu but will definitely look at the refresh rate when i'm in game :). I didn't want to touch anything at first so these instructions are really helpful :).

    I put errortrap in at first along with master controller and it did help with cleaning up 3 sims that were constanly getting errors, along with my sim as she got stuck trying to go to a party. Will have a look at traffic as that helped a lot when I last played sims 3, I think I worry about breaking this laptop along with wanting to play how I used to with mods and cc annd not breaking the game lol.
    That's the alarm that went off in my head as soon as Starlight Shores was mentioned. That world tends to have lots of celebrities and after they progress for a while they will be granted celebrity limos. Tens of thousands of them due to a vehicle overspawnage bug. NRaas Overwatch will clean them up overnight if you can get the game to run that long, but Traffic can by player option prevent them from being handed out in the first place. Starlight Shores also has some world lot routing issues associated with it that NRaas GoHere can help with, but those tend to be more minor and sporadic than what was described.

    And, of course worth mentioning,
    http://www.nraas.net/community/TIPS-FOR-BETTER-GAME-PERFORMANCE
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  • Kylieb191Kylieb191 Posts: 4,653 Member
    Thank you so much @igazor , I didn't realise that at all so i'm glad that I mentioned Starlight Shores now, will definitely get them two mods to help clear it up. I did noticed that the same 3 sims kept appearing with errortrap as well. It's weird as I did turn off the celebrities in the menu but I guess they're still around.

    It was every few seconds but thanks to the saver I had a previous save before it started having issues which i'm grateful for so it's not a total loss this time around.
    Friends?: http://mypage.thesims3.com/mypage/Kylierose19
    Proud member of the "I own the store" club
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    The real me:https://twitter.com/CupidStupidLov3
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