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Roaring Heights - We have problems...
Jimboola11
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I love the look of Roaring Heights and the way the inhabitants are dressed etc make this a good world to add to your collection.
However after around 15 hours of gameplay I have experienced a few problems. So I thought it may be prudent to share them so that maybe the brainboxes among you will know of a 'workaround' or fix. Also if you have experienced a problem yourself you may want to share and hopefully someone can help.
Of course it would be great if a Guru would come & help but you so rarely seem them around these days that I not too expectant on that.
Problems.
1) LAG - Only a few days into a new save and I started to get juddering then short freezes. If anything it seems to be getting worse and I have had three crashes, 2 during snow storms (I have now turned snow off). It's becoming game breaking.
2) New Hedge - A small problem. But the new hedge that comes with the world is a hungry hungry beast. I saw Oliver Harbucks 'snagged' on one, and when I used them on my plot and tried to add a gate it 'enveloped' it! I could not then action the gate (to lock etc) but people (a paparatzi) could walk through it. Odd.
3) Dark Clubs - A couple of times I went to the clubs and found them really really dark. Later I went to edit a town to add some lights to the venues but however many lights I added it remained as dark as a lawyers heart. I'm baffled.
4) Professional Bars - Another small one. As with many game worlds, the bars lack mixologists because the place has juice bars etc instead of pro-bars. This is easily fixed by editing the venue but I felt I should point this out for people.
5) Library - Another small one but how empty is that library? I could only see one bookcase that had skill books and there were no computers, nursery area etc. Very sparse but as with above a bit of time in edit venue will solve this.
6) Festivals? - Since seasons I have had festivals pop up every now and again, I go along there is fun and stands and activities. But so far I have seen no difference in the festival lot at all. It is pretty dull and unchanged.
7) Slow fixer car - It took an age while holding down a job and raising some kids but I finally finished the fixer upper car. But man is it slow. Cool...but slow. This thing makes the taxi and big lemon seem like rocket ships! Anyone got this 'beast' to pass a tortoise laden with heavy shopping yet?
Okay sorry that was so long but please feel free to answer anything raised or raise your own issues. Oh and sorry if it is a touch long. :oops:
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Yes the clubs are dark.
Lots of jumpbugs with interaction ques dropping.
Not hardly any sims at the boardwalk to spite that I changed it to hangout.
http://www.thesims3.com/assetDetail.html?assetId=7855023
I build more than I play so I spend a ton of time remodeling venues.
Quite right, my bad. But as I said it was a small point that I flagging up for people 'to do'.
Catloverplayer - thanks for that. I have downloaded and will give it a try.
This has happened to me. It occurs at the top of the dead man's drop. I was trying to snap a photo of sims faces at that time and ended up with this shot.
This is apparently where the car jumps to. I don't know if this is a bug in the coaster or a glitch due to my aging computer.
I actually find this quite realistic. Cars back then didn't go very fast at all. They were faster than traveling by horse and carriage, but IIRC they only went about 30 mph.
EA is just like any other company and the focus is on the bottom line.Also remember we are the testers and will continue in the Sims 4.Happy Holidays
There is an air conditioning unit behind the diner on stilts that leaves only one block routing. Remove the unit.
I'm sure there is more that I've yet to find.
How do you remove the air conditioning unit?
Product testing is part of doing business.
No matter how brilliant a world/lot builder, some things can't be discovered unless you run it.
It's fortunate that EA has so many folks willing to pay to be their product testers
That all said, RH & it's content still looks fabulous.
I know what I'll be getting for Christmas
Thanks for the heads up about the lag issue. I already own IP and Monte Vista and can't play in those worlds due to lag. I don't need another world that I cannot use, so I am glad I learned this before purchasing. I guess I will have to skip this one.
I may have been spoiled.
It's an old car! It's meant to be slow so we can cruuuuuuuiiiiise and have other sims admire our awesomeness.
Okay okay people I get it. Old cars should be slow... *cower* :-o
It's just for all the time spent doing it up (and it takes AGES) I did not expect something that was slower than the taxi. :roll:
But yeah 'cruuuuuuuiiiiise' would fit with it having the only car-radio. Now to check the radio for 'Summertime' by Will Smith!
Hidden Springs is nice, I also have no lag issues in MH and LP, but after what I went through in IP, Lag has become a dirty word for me.
I just thought of this though, I don't suppose the Boardwalk has anything to do with the lag, right? I ask because I am just about to buy it, figure I don't need a laggy world, but I would still like the venue.
I've had Miami by Will Smith stuck in my head since the world was announced! Seriously... watch the video, I swear it's RH!!!
Oh my! I'm sorry, but roflmao!
As others have reported on this thread there are some 'teleportation' issues and it does lag a bit. Whether this is down to the lag I already have or not I do not know. But the place rarely has more than 2 other people there, often no-one so I doubt too many people are the problem. It is a nice lot though. Needs a little editing (people do not come to the roller-coaster to play chess!)
I would sit and wait unless you just can't help yourself...as I couldn't! :twisted:
The library doesn't have computers because they weren't invented in the 1930's. It's called historical accuracy. It's a shame there's no children's section though, children definitely were invented in the 30's, and people had more kids in those days than they do now.
I wonder why people don't show up? That is sort of disappointing. I still kinda want it though, and am having a hard time passing it up. As long as it isn't the cause of the world lag I might just go for it.