A whole new level.

NRowe

Found my old, inherited laptop would not upgrade to Windows 11. It’s been struggling just a tad under a heavy Sim load too.
Having finally graduated from poor student-dom to full time employee, I suddenly decided today to upgrade to a new, modern laptop.

Let me tell you the graphics blew my mind.
I can see proper freckles, makeup, logos and tattoos. And that’s just playing around in CAS.


Traditionally I am a terrible restarter but I think I can get a whole lot more immersed and attached now…
Anyone had a similar experience and can make suggestions what to do first??

Serendipity38

Oh wow, that's so great! I'm excited for you! I have a very old desktop, and it barely plays my Sims 4 game now that I have so many of the EP's and GP's and SP's! I can't wait until the day I can afford a new computer and be able to enjoy all the details that I know that I've been missing out on. So yeah, enjoy them all for those of us like me, too please!

Simmingal

Just look at the worlds... intensely thats what I did when my game went from stuttering with lowest graphics to smooth ultra graphics I was just staring at random things like "so thats how it looks like"

Simmerville

I 'd just say - play with walls up! Better graphics will also give you a totally new feel when inside a room with your sims. Not saying the wallpaper itself will fly, but lighting and textures in general will improve the environment feel. Of course also outside, but in a room you gety closer to things.

With better graphics you might also want to finetune the makeup on existing sims - check their formal+party especially, unless they are make-up-go-lucky

cyncie

NRowe wrote: »

Found my old, inherited laptop would not upgrade to Windows 11. It’s been struggling just a tad under a heavy Sim load too.
Having finally graduated from poor student-dom to full time employee, I suddenly decided today to upgrade to a new, modern laptop.

Let me tell you the graphics blew my mind.
I can see proper freckles, makeup, logos and tattoos. And that’s just playing around in CAS.


Traditionally I am a terrible restarter but I think I can get a whole lot more immersed and attached now…
Anyone had a similar experience and can make suggestions what to do first??

I can relate. When I first started Sims 4 my laptop could run it on medium graphics, which was nice enough. With time and more packs, I had to down grade to low resolution to improve performance and reduce load times. A few months ago, I got a new computer that is running the game on high/very high graphics and I am constantly amazed at how beautiful these worlds really are. I just noticed the moths fluttering around the porch lights last night, and sometimes I take a Spellcaster to the Realm just so I can look at it.

Karababy52

@NRowe I know exactly how you're feeling right now! I played on an old laptop with only 3 gigs of RAM and integrated graphics for the first four years of this iteration before it finally croaked and I got a gaming desktop. I sat in awe with my jaw perched on my keyboard for a long time just looking at EVERYTHING! Never before in any iteration have I been able to play in Ultra, it was a moment I'll never forget. Not ashamed to say, I cried. Yep, I did. I think I may have posted a thread just like this at the time. This was in late 2018 and I'm still in awe of the difference. Enjoy!

simgirl1010

Congrats on the new computer. 🙂

Lucy_Henley

I had similar. My laptop used to run Sims 4 on Ultra (I think it was that, don’t remember exactly) but then I had to adjust. The graphics were still pretty high, actually, but I had to use laptop mode. I got a new computer in July and there is a definite difference. My Sims now actually cast shadows, and the water quality is much better. Things also seem quite a bit ‘shinier’, too.

Clousinators

I upgraded my laptop a little over a year ago and I am still blown away by some of the worlds and scenery they have built. The improved graphics definitely helped keep my interest in this game longer

ModerateOsprey

Install desired mods
Put on headphones
Fire up Game
Max everything to ultra
Sims 3 Camera
Launch
Make Sim
Go to live mode
Walls Up
Switch to 1st person camera occasionally
Follow whims

permanentrose

Yeah I experienced this when I went from a 2015 Macbook to a 2020 one this past november. I went from playing the sims every few months to nearly daily now since the speed and the graphics are just so much better.