Try to get to the point where you only have edibles of the same quality in each stack - like all Perfect apples, and all Perfect life fruit.ĭon't collect or buy too much scrap for your inventors. Keep the count of those apples and limes below 100 each. If you have a gardener, it's easy to get way too much stuff in your inventory, and this causes a lot of lagging, and subsequent bugs. I've learned to clear excess baggage out of my Sims' inventories on a regular basis.

You can either keep reusing about 9 - 12 different save names, or you can purge old saves on a regular basis. Don't use the 'Save' button.) Whenever my game seems to be getting buggy or has severe lagging, I try finding a save from before the problem started. (Always use the 'Save As' button and use different names. You will get an excessive number of them and they will bloat the game. If you are playing in fullscreen mode, don't use the Alt+Tab feature. Limit the framerate to your monitor refresh rate with your video card software.ĭon't run other things in the background while playing.

I'm not using any mods yet, so here is some of what I do: Just start with a few things that seem easy to do. You don't need to do everything in the guides.

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