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More info?)
Hi
Thanks for your reply.
I only just re-installed the game a week before nightlife came out, and
there are no downloads in it, and also no hacks...
I am thinking of getting more memory, as also in the dorms, I had to modify
them so that there were only about 4 or 5 students in, any more and the game
started to slow down then..
Although it wasn't as bad as nightlife in the downtowns...
Is there any way of limiting the amount of Townies that show, as they just
end up fighting anyway LOL?
On my old PC, there were just one or two on a Community Lot, and when
throwing a party, I only had the option to invite 2...
You're right though, a new PC shouldn't run games this slow..
Thanks
Julia
"Maxon" <jen.magson@NOSPAMntlworld.com> wrote in message
news:xQeYe.1604$_56.284@newsfe1-win.ntli.net...
> Crikey - you too. I wonder if something else is going on here not just
> the
> capabilities of your system? My computer is over three years old and has
> a
> processor speed of 1.6GHz. I DO have 1 MB RAM and a fairly high-powered
> ATI
> Graphics card
> (though no longer anywhere near the top of the range). The game runs fine
> for the most part and I have all the graphics set on the highest or next
> to
> highest setting. I have some slight hiccups in the largest dorm I run (16
> students). When I do those test thingies on the web, my set up comes well
> over the line for sufficiency but is no where near the top end of the
> spectrum. I have no problems running Downtown lots. I took a party of 8
> there last night and they had a fine old time - a meal and then a party at
> a
> club afterwards. There were several NPCs and some townies on the lots -
> enough townies to be annoying, as a matter of fact, as they got in the way
> when I wanted to do some things.
>
> What I'm saying is people are reporting problems with the game running
> smoothly with systems that are, frankly, several times better than mine
> and
> I wonder why. I would guess the only thing I do that most people don't,
> is
> manage my downloads carefully. Anything that doesn't work properly, or
> has
> too much complexity, especially meshes, goes. Complex objects, in
> particular, can slow the game down a lot.
>
> It's just a suggestion, but if you have a lot of downloads you might try
> running the game without the Downloads folder in and see if that helps
> performance.
>
> Best wishes
> maxon
>
> "Julia" <julia.suzanne@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:bmdYe.4864$MD4.1781@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>> Hi
>>
>> Got a new pc in March, Sims 2 + Uni worked fine on it..
>>
>> Its 3ghz, 512 Ram, ATI Radeon graphics card...
>>
>> Works fine in the neighbourhood, slows to a crawl downtown, the sims seem
> to
>> take forever getting out of their car..
>>
>> Other games work fine, RCT 3, Locomotion etc.....
>>
>> Would more memory help?
>> Thanks in advance
>> Julia
>>
>>
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