Sims 3 Lag: Secrets to an Almost Lag Free Game (2022)

Every sims player has experienced sims 3 lag. Every player has experienced the Sims 3 has stopped working and many don't know why it happens or how to fix it. Sims 3 Lag Fixes are quick fixes to stop a game from crashing but my series on Sims 3 fixes will be much more indepth. Sims 3 bad lag is often caused by bad custom content, bad mods or generally not enough memory to sustain the game and the game crashes because it doesn't know what else to do. Sims 3 Laggy is one of the biggest complaints about the game but people don't realize that what they do and what they add to the game causes it to be laggy. Sims 3 Unplayable is, in part, a human error and if you treat and clean the Sims 3 regularly you can avoid all these problems. Sims 3 Broken Game isn't a true statement about the game. It comes from uninformed people who don't listen or care about what they stick into their games and how it may affect the stability of it.
Sims 3 Mod Free Lag Fixes was the first video in a series on how to clean and troubleshoot the Sims 3. This series will also cover how to take care of your game and how to deep clean it when the game needs to be wipes. Sims 3 Fix Lag is just the start of the series, so if you have lag issues please stick around for other videos. Sims 3 Fix isn't a fix all and will take a bit of effort on your part but you can enjoy the Sims 3 if you follow some simple rules. Sims 3 lag help will be covered in this video, so please watch the entire video. You will miss important information if you skip around or ahead. A Sims 3 Crash is usually the symptom of a bigger problem and often time a memory issue. Sims 3 Glitches are products of problems with the game, as well as, problems with custom content, store content and mods not playing well together. Sims 3 Glitches Fix may often be to stop using or curate your custom content and store content, as well as, mods to understand what exactly is causing you issues. Sims 3 How to Fix Glitches is pretty straight forward, add mods that might fix problem glitches or remove items from your game that aren't working correctly and causing glitches. Sims 3 Crashing is often the easiest problem to fix with a simple game cleaning and then removal of problem items from the game.
Sims 3 Mods are one of the best tools to fix the Sims 3. There are some people who won't mod their game and that is their decision. That is why we started with mod free ways to fix lag in your game. The fixes aren't ideal but will definitely help you. Sims 3 Mod Fixes are often more substantial ways to fix broken aspects of your game. The Sims 3 isn't the best coded or most stable game and over the years certain issues cropped up. Sims 3 Best Mods will be another video in the series, where we go over the mods I use and why I use them. My Sims 3 Top Mods will probably cover everything you need to fix or repair broken parts of your game, so make sure to come back for that video later. Sims 3 Mod Help will also be provided because modding is often a daunting task. Where do you begin? How do you mod? Which mods do I need? These question and more will be answered in a future video. Sims 3 How To Mod will be a massive, step by step, video on everything I have learned as I have modded the Sims 3 and how to avoid the most common problems associated with it. The biggest problem is Sims 3 Broken Custom Content. People love their custom content and won't give it up. It's your decision to live with the problems that having custom content causes. Sims 3 Custom Content Fixes are simply learning to live without or figuring out what is causing issues. Neither is fun or easy but the Sims 3 is not stable enough on its own to have tons of custom content in the game too.
SimsWiki Article: Game Help:Sims 3 Delete Cache Files

[@isaaclarson4587]

Bold of you to assume that my game can connect to the internet.

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

Isaac Larson i mean mine has always had issues.. i have played so much but it just didn’t register

[@yeetqueen8729]

My wont even work because it needs an internet connection to registar that its mine. I have internet connection but it still doesnt connect to the internet on my mac.

[@hawkeyestone2122]

guys on top comment didnt get it. The OP has a pirated game thats why he cant connect(me too).

[@estefanaluma6212]

@@hawkeyestone2122 I mean, with the entirety of the content in the game being worth $74,926.31 it's no wonder most people are gonna pirate all the content to try.

[@hawkeyestone2122]

@@estefanaluma6212 yea i got u, Piraters support the game by playing it and advertising it in someway... Cuz if we cant pay for it? we will not be playing the game at all. Everyone has their reason why theyre pirating. Yes, its never a good thing to do but we wanted to. so fk what anyone thinks 😊. In the end, if its really worth it, ppl will surely buy

[@cleon24769]

I am genuinely fascinated at the monumental lengths us TS3 players are willing to go through just to play a heavily modded TS3 game in 2020. TS4 is just . . . oof.

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

Takes a crappy game to remind you of the good stuff you left behind, even if that good stuff needs some TLC every once and a while. :)

[@xiaria]

@@gigisneckofthewoods deadass. i used to think sims 3 was the worst in the series but......... sims 4........

[@smexyphysics]

@@xiaria Same.. and now I play Sims 3 more ....

[@desertrose1226]

@@xiaria I missed sims 3 but I do love 4!

[@deathdrop6628]

sims 3 you can speed up and get amazing graphics with a few mods and edits of text files. sims 4, cannot be changed whatsoever and the graphics will remain terrible forever.

[@caipiranha4714]

"Listen to me or you could lose your family."

[@anyahammad4762]

Lol.

[@CrypticHowl]

😂

[@etsproductions5892]

I literally just stopped playing sims 4 and went back to the sims 3 😹

[@erinsartbox]

Me toooo😂

[@ah.2401]

me too today

[@simmerbre]

SAMEEEE

[@myar3380]

Me playing it right now 😂😂😂

[@riri.5741]

SAME😹

[@jokejacobs4629]

OKAY BUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT HOUSE?? The amounts of dogs, sims, cats and birthday cakes... had to watch this again because I did not listen to a word you said haha

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

100 Baby/100 Puppy in the same house. That's the way I roll. :)

[@eth1111]

@@gigisneckofthewoods omg how do you don't get crazy with the needs

[@blanksubmit3770]

me: deletes cc merged gigi: this WILL destroy your game me: ope *frantically looks through recycle bin*

[@cleanfromathousandcuts]

LOL I’ve had this same experience

[@tonywild2559]

One more little tip for the "Featrured Items" folder: just modify the folder and make it read only, then the game can't save any new pictures there. Saves you the hassle of periodically having to delete it all manually :)

[@shmizelweasel9337]

I am so glad someone still plays the sims 3 for me its the best out of the sims series it keeps me entertained for so long also thank you for this ! 💕

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

Me too. It wasn't my first Sims game but it was/is the one I had and continue to have the most fun in. :)

[@GaymerGirl1986x]

I do I couldn't get into the sims 4

[@zanee4330]

Shmizel Weasel most of us still play sims 3 bc it's more realistic and fun

[@MNMNT_OG]

@@zanee4330 i played a lot of 2, then bought 3 but the performance issues really destroy the game for me. Sims 4 may offer less content, but at least it runs smooth for me. It's a shame they released a game which such issues and I gladly do without open world as long as the game doesn't require any 3rd party apps or steps by the player. This is the companies job, not ours.

[@zanee4330]

MNMNT it's true. The sims 3 had a lot of potential but had a lot of issues that really frustrates us. Sims 2 may have a lot of detailed things and less issues, but the sims u can say are weird looking to me. The sims 4 is cartoony and unrealistic and I know there are cc to make them realistic. It's sad to know that the company doesn't fix these issues.

[@xxxxLadyGrimxxxx]

Can confirm that this worked like a charm for me. In addition to the pointers in the vid I also now run a FPS limiter (RivaTuner) in the background as the game can tend to overshoot FPS which in itself can cause stutter. I also use NRAAS mods - overwatch & error trap to clean out the world once every sim day and monitor & reset stuck townies/npcs etc causing havoc. Before doing a clean & tweak the game was painfully unplayable with lag, afterwards it now feels buttery smooth 99% of the time with some minor microstutter every now and then. Have all the expansions + all store content, no CC or other mods though (for those wondering and who may want to give it a shot too). Thank you Gigi :)

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I'm so glad to hear that this worked out for you! I've been thinking about a frame limiter myself. Sims 3 was never meant to run at 60fps and I wonder if the game will run even better at 30fps.

[@xxxxLadyGrimxxxx]

@@gigisneckofthewoods it runs pretty good on 30fps for me 👍😁 would love to hear your experience if you give it a test, I don't play half as much as I'd like to 🙈

[@12skits63]

Oh shit, I’ve played the sims 3 for years, full of CC, can’t plate without it and I’ve never cleaned my game before 😬

[@MysticKloudz]

Felt that. Fixing to play without cc and just my nrass and game mods. Just to see and repair my game. The lag is UNIMAGINABLE and I have cc from 2018

[@tblmoon]

same here

[@exlibrisas]

I think it goes like this: I noticed that main lag comes from loading items. Every time your camera is near the lot, it loads all items and everything as individual objects.The more items and lots, the bigger the lag. I have made a custom world with hundreds of thousands of foliage items. But lots are empty. No lag in game, not even FPS drop. If I filled this world with lots, it would be unplayable. Weak point for computers regarding this game is storage drive. SSD is a MUST for TS3, don't even think about running this game well with mechanical drive. More RAM and better CPU is very required as well, but any newer tech today should do the trick as this game is old. I recommend running TS3 with more then 4 GB RAM. And again, install your game on SSD!! No matter how much you clean up, lag will happen and it is engine problem. Not easily fixable. Even my gaming rig struggles, but not raw FPS is problematic, loading, animations stopping and stuttering is. Vsync is also poorly implemented. Engine needs to be thrown out the window and remade, just like they did with TS4. Still, that game has no open worlds and it is less graphically taxing, so I have no idea how TS4s engine would behave in that scenario. And people, don't expect running this with cheap laptops....

[@exlibrisas]

@xRanway VRAM is virtually memori, isn't is? You just allocate more space for page file? That helps?

[@exlibrisas]

Or you mean that game is designed not to use more memory? I'll check that myself when I'm around my rig.

[@exlibrisas]

@xRanway I see what you mean. But it does not make sense that game is set to use only that amount of memory.... Even for 2009 when that game came out. I will try it, but I doubt problems will stop there. I thought game is set to use up to 4GB of Video Memory. I changed 4 GPUs during the lifetime of TS3. But biggest positive impact for performance was when I put the game on SSD.

[@exlibrisas]

@xRanway I think that that what is in graphicsrules file, is the minimum amount of VRAM game can use, isn't it? I still believe that main problem is storage and maybe CPU bound. This is my theory. Custom worlds can have tens or even hundreds of thousands of foliage and decorative objects. I made an empty world myself and I put thousands upon thousands of them. Those objects are there just to fill the void, just to decorate. They have 0 to very little impact to performance. They'd probably still use more then 32 megs. They don't render, they are already rendered. They are just drawn by a GPU and stays there. They are non interactive. Lots, items and even sims, on the other hand, are interactive. And game needs to do more then just load how they look. And all of those are in world file. I think game compresses and decompresses interactive stuff constantly. Even clothing. I'm no expert, just stating what I think. And I'm not here to argue as you have first hand experience. But that's my theory.

[@placetocrash]

your last sentence was rude and wrong. i have a cheap laptop (350€ lenovo 2017) and it runs smoothly. we do need to stop shoving gbs of cc into our games tho

[@Lunamana]

8 mins into the video and i can feel this already, I used to play sims 3 with no expansion packs to island paradise + high end loft stuff, it never lagged too much and i could play for a long time. However recently i got every expansion and both my sim AND my family inventory got filled in an instant, she also happened to be a celebrity and she constantly got items to both her inventory AND the family inventory. Now i know why my save file crashed with her. Weirdly enough when i did trips to china with her i didn't have any lag in china, i was already thinking about moving out but i didn't think the save file would get corrupted before i even lost my first sim. Thanks for the guide, i want to see the modded version as well though >_>

[@taylor6311]

back for my semiannual sims 3 cleaning 🧼

[@misstressfoxtail05]

I looove playing large families in the sims 3. My biggest family had two parents and 14 children, all of them living under one roof.

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I've had as high as 30 sims + pets in a single house. I wouldn't recommend that though, the lag gets terrible.

[@QupidLIVE]

i wish this video existed like 3 years ago when i upgraded my pc :/ the move caused all my saves to corrupt i feel like doing some of this could've help...some of those files were families back to 2012 it hurt to say goodbye

[@ziggy715]

I’ve been putting mods into my existing game since.... forever 😳

[@schmoople5915]

hi! I know this is an old video, but I just wanted to say thank you. My household with 11 sims was unplayable, but now its smooth. Barely any lag anymore! Thank you!!!

[@oakisap]

OMG THANK YOU! DOING THIS UNCORRUPTED MY GAME... I’m actually shocked

[@jesuschrist4461]

Thank you so much for this, I’ve done this cleaning process 3-4 times for each family and they all worked tremendously. Although for one of my families I’ve skipped the first step (the part where you say to put stuff in your inventory on the lot and evict your family and save them) my brain wasn’t working right apparently lol, but luckily nothing glitched. But I don’t recommend anyone do what I did because stuff in inventories can glitch. Don’t be like me lol. But thanks for this deep cleaning. :)

[@even___]

Can you not just magically fix the game? You can walk on water.

[@cmd3435]

Did you save the town when you exited the game?

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I hope this video is helpful for you. This is my ultimate secret to how I get such a stable game. Mods can do a lot, and that will be my next topic, but cleaning and caring for your game will get you much farther. You may think cleaning your game is silly but it has enabled me to have 20-30 sims in a single household and create a lot of different families that have a lot going on. I know this video is a bit long but there is a lot of important information and an in-depth guide on how to clean your game. There are certain ways you have to do things and there is a lot that can go wrong. Believe me, I've done this wrong before and had such problems. This is the culmination of 5 years of expertise and experimentation.

[@pablo-tv7lq]

So, I only have to create new save files every time I play?

[@fatenletaief1054]

But which files can I delete and which i should not

[@Grootbag]

Need that mods video!!

[@stankey69]

Are you still planning on doing the mods video?

[@stephieisawesome_3]

What are your PC Specs

[@grantx6801]

i have no lag when in live mode but the second i go in buy/build my game stutters and lags. help?

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

Do you play with CC? Having bad build/buy CC will cause the game to have problems when you go into Build/Buy mode.

[@xarzneimittel8220]

Gigi's Neck Of The Woods I have none and still this happens to me :c that's the reason why I don't download cc

[@JosePArce]

It happens the opposite to me, Live Mode has lag but Build/Buy Mode or when I pause it runs with almost no lag.

[@sabrinarosario6499]

I find that pausing the game before going into buy/build helps quite a bit. Also go for specific categories not the one were you see everything that you have in build/buy mode.

[@LBoogie200]

Thank you so much! I appreciate seeing Sims 3 videos when Sims 4 is so over-saturated

[@idk1863]

Would it be possible for you to write out the steps? I’m having a hard time to follow but it looks like it’d help so much!!! Thank you thank you thank you in advance!!!!

[@elainabaugher7841]

i wish i could understand this computer language. 3 minutes in and im already lost on what to do:/

[@abigailjones1092]

turn captions on-

[@cmd3435]

Abigail Jones I put the captions on and it’s still hard to understand. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@hellobye7734]

Same I’m like: Cleaning? What does cleaning mean? Like mods?! LMAO

[@alexwilliams2276]

Hello Bye What would you like to be explained?

[@hellobye7734]

Alex Williams what does she mean by cleaning the game? Like cc or something else? (Btw I didn’t finish the video if she explained that mb)

[@kiramadison05]

girl you just made my game have like no lag! ive been playing the sims 3 for years and always of had lag. you just saved me and made my game playable! thank you

[@Wolfdogrules]

Another helpful Video Gigi im sure this will help my game as I can barely play sims 3 with all the lag I get

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I hope it is helpful to you Tara. I'm going to be talking about mods really soon and how they help with lag. Can't wait to get started on that one. :)

[@lilyofthevalley3059]

Thank you for putting this video back up. It has been a lifesaver (or more like a game saver) for me. Would be interested in seeing the mod video if you ever decide to post it. Not sure you will since this video is almost 3 years old and you probably have other content planned.

[@alejandravaron638]

Thank you sooo very much! I have literally the lowest-end laptop, I did all this process and now it makes it run totally smooth, not even joking (as much as the pc allows at least)

[@mayoshawdy8309]

Thank you SO much! My game has been so horrid before I did this and now it runs great!

[@pphead8224]

Thank you so much! Although I don't have a backup for the downloads step I bypass the launch so I don't really mind that part. But otherwise thanks my game is so much smoother, it froze literally every 20 seconds and and after doing this it does stutter like you showed in the video but it doesn't freeze every 20 seconds anymore. I will certainly use this again in the future and will recommend it to anyone who had the same issue as me or a similar issue as I did. And please DO NOT skip any steps shown in this video!

[@KMBarber0527]

I appreciate you and that you took the time to outline what you do to make your game smooth. I wish more simmers would do this because we gotta stick together. Thank you again!

[@mekennapowers1854]

i love that this video is just you lecturing us and telling us what to do lmfaooo i totally would've tried to shortcut. i feel like a scolded child

[@pinksalt577]

Loved this video! I'd love to see a video explaining what mods you use in your game to fix the common bugs/glitches! You give me chaotic sims obsessed energy and i love it, 'cause same lmao

[@exoticsimmer87]

I am glad you made this video. Most people think because sims 4 is out no cares about the problems i sims 3. I play the sims 3 an all the videos i find are out dated. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO.

[@renaribeiro]

This helped SO MUCH! I just download MC Mod and have had so many glitches even though I just reinstalled all my sims games on a brand new computer. I may not use this mod but before that my game never lagged and ran so smooth!💛

[@ExploringWolf]

I'm installing mods so I can have more sims, I love to adopt ALL horses in the game and slowly train and sell them (sometimes get some foals) to get profit every time I get a horse XD

[@Princess_0f_Trees]

I’ve never thought about playing 20 sim households... but I’m smitten by the idea seeing you play that way. Thanks for the inspiration to try a new play style.

[@kiwifruitkl]

Nice set of tips! Thanks to you, NRAAS, and a tutorial on better performance and bug fixes, my Sims 3 gaming experience has been improved greatly!

[@Oneasianpersuasion]

Gigi, thank you for this well spoken and thought out video !!! I have NRAAS mods and I will also be doing a Deep Cleaning of my Sims 3 game as well. But I love the written text as well because I sometimes have a hard time focusing and have to pause/replay videos a lot. This video is so great !!! I definitely subscribed. I can't wait to watch more of your content ! Also, I have the same desktop background 🤣🤣

[@bellaelboroughduchesne9480]

Ive had it pretty much since it came out, and never cleaned it out once, plus i have loads of custom content. No wonder it lags so much!

[@exlibrisas]

I also backup my savefile, delete TS3 folder from my documents, copy the savefile back, reinstall .pack files (just bunch of cars and a few worlds, including Sims store ones), copy my mod folder back and playing again. No need for complicated cleaning of each folder. I also keep my mods and CC in manageable amounts: just some game altering mods, a few skins, a bunch of cars and towns in .pack format and that's it. For different sivefiles, I usually alternate only two saves. Saves up space, because TS3 folder can get HUGE. Totally agree with Sim inventories. Especially when you have stuff from WA. Also agree about doing backups of family and house separately. Could not agree more with downloading and saving store items. No need to redownload them, still, I prefer using them as little as possible .

[@macy9337]

Can you explain the last part about the store items a little? I’m trying to get that part right haha

[@exlibrisas]

@@macy9337 Store items as .pack files.

[@macy9337]

exlibrisas But how do you save them the “shortcut” way

[@exlibrisas]

@@macy9337 My documents/Electronic Arts/Sims3/Downloads. They appear in this folder. You can install them, then you go to this folder, press ctrl+a and cut. Then paste them in separate folder, which you can access easily and which won't get lost.

[@elainabaugher7841]

exlibrisas i have no idea how to backup anything. ive been playing for so long but i suck at the technical stuff

[@bizar7130]

Bruh now I’m sad. Sims 4 not alive enough for me, sims 3 too much of a pain, sims 2 un gettable, and sims 1 forever out of reach.

[@saraperidott2013]

ah for the love of plumbob! let me re-phrase that 😀~ Sims 4 is a facelift, botoxed resurrect of Sims 3 which is on life support. Sims 2 is un*for*gettable and the cut tree which bore fruits that still give. Sims 1? It was a magic seedling that got lost under the soil somewhere. ~* *moment of silence for the sequel**~ 🧘‍♀️

[@ssancss49]

I definitely did something wrong, but a lot of the lag is gone! Thanks this really helped!

[@ZerudaChan]

Ok so I have a two questions, excuse me if these are a bit dumb: 1. Was this video assuming that you only play on one world? If so, do I have to do this with every single world/save file I have? Cuz I have multiple worlds with different families in them. 2. Do I have to do the cleaning inventory and evicting family process with EVERY family I play as, or only my active household? (this is assuming you also don't have to do it with the families that come with each world?)

[@MimiMimi17945]

no because this is my concern i can't do this deep clean without any answers

[@Chymea]

1. This would need to be for every save you play that you are wanting to do the deep clean on. Might as well do them all at the same time since the final steps are create a brand new Sims 3 folder and reinstall your mods and CC. At least the ones you care about. 2. You would need to do it to every family that you actively play as you know their inventories and their family inventory is going to be full. If you have a save that's been in the world for several generations, it probably wouldn't hurt to pick a few random long time families and check their inventory situations just to make sure they aren't carrying a boat load of items that have accumulated over generations as the game will give a dying Sim's inventory to someone else. Might also be worth just moving that family to a new save as well - family tree of that neighborhood is bound to be huge, especially if you use a Story Progression mod. If you're unsure on what it would do, you can always take a back up of your current Sims 3 folder before you start the process. That way if you mess something up, you can just replace the back up and start over or not.

[@lukeson8934]

I love Nraas mods, what do you think of them?

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I can't play without them. :)

[@JessiDeerSims]

Love the sims 1 build buy music 🥰

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

Me too. So many good tracks in the Sims 1. :)

[@suzzer19]

8-1-20 and I just reinstalled all my expansion packs and my stuff cd's back on my PC. I remember Island Paradise being my fav. I played last night for a couple of hours and it's lagging big time and now it freezes every ten seconds or so. Not playable at this point. I may try what you suggest. I was in love with this game and got almost all the expansion packs. The graphics are terrible and the freezing is still there no matter what I do. I had to manually go in and type in what graphics card I have and it worked but I don't remember the game being this bad. GTA and RDR runs great on my PC but I still to this day cannot get this to work properly. And this game is the one I care most about. Such a shame. I was expecting it to be amazing - after all my upgrades to my PC and it can't even handle it. I don't know anymore.

[@the14thmoonofuranus]

Thanks for all of this, I shall be grateful for any Sims 3 advice, plus Sims 2 if you can 😉😁

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I haven't really played Sims 2 enough to make a video about it. Maybe in the future.

[@the14thmoonofuranus]

@@gigisneckofthewoods I actually prefer Sims 2 to Sims 3 but I'm having loads of trouble getting it to play on Windows 10 😒

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

Yeah, it is notoriously difficult to get it to work on Windows 10. I would like to play Sims 2 but I don't think I have the time right now to troubleshoot it.

[@kriistiina111590]

Thank you so much for this! I do have mods and worlds I downloaded. Do I also pull out and keep installed worlds? Do I then put that back in and play or do I have to reinstall all my cc worlds?

[@nahtsch]

I love how in the video the game is still lagging a lot 😂 The Sims 3 is my favorite sims, but too much time consuming and also stressful. Are the Sims 4 stressful sometimes? Yes. But no where near the Sims 3. The amount of lagging is so sad. Thanks for the vídeo. Just wish EA would do a good job at least once.

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I did mention in the video that this was before I cleaned the game. Of course it is going to lag before you clean it. Really bad lag is a sign it should be cleaned.

[@Xix1326]

There was one thing I found that fixed up my whole Sims 3 experience. It was extremely tedious and I avoided doing it for a long time because I'm lazy and like things easy. But, once I did this, the whole game became playable. What? I converted and merged all my sims3packs to packages. Each merged file was less than 200 MB. (I use a lot of CC.) Once I did that, I started seeing things I hadn't seen in years. Not only would 1024 maps with 50+ sims run very smoothly, but I could fit in a LOT more CC. The sims all had their tags. All the NRaas stuf started working flawlessly. I would definitely suggest doing this, and then doing the things recommended here. It's also much easier to add/subtract items. Good stuf, thanks Gigi.

[@heartcandy279]

omg thank you so much. i can play my sims 3 with the highest graphics setting with almost no lag after cleaning it thank you thank you thank you I can now enjoy my fav game fully because I don't have to stop and wait for it to respond every 5 minutes

[@isisgathings]

if you don’t mind make asking what computer do you have?

[@macy9337]

bold of you to assume i don’t have several gigabytes of mods and cc that you expect me to clean

[@shadowl19]

Thank you so much my game isn't crashing or laggy anymore.

[@timeworm.gecko.8]

Another amazing videooo

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

Thank you Timeworm. I've been working on this video for quite some time. I wanted to make it detailed and helpful. 💖

[@timeworm.gecko.8]

@@gigisneckofthewoods it was very detailed and helpful...sadly my sims isn't on pc its on playstation

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

How is it on console? I've never played the console version, so I am wondering how it runs. :)

[@timeworm.gecko.8]

@@gigisneckofthewoods I've only played one sims on pc and that was back on windows 98. Soo i don't know how it runs compared to pc now to then yes its amazing

[@margaretvargus3210]

Idc how old this video is: oh. My. Gosh was that intro the cutest 😍

[@isabelkatharina]

hey you, I tried your hack and created a new Sims 3 folder and copied all my important files into it. But when I started the game it told me that files for this family may not exist anymore. I tried fixing it but the next time I opened the game, my family was completely gone. I don't know what I did wrong but guess I have to continue playing with my old sims 3 folder.

[@sky-ms3eb]

If some people dont already know, we are getting a 64-bit update soon. it will fix tons of problems like crashing and also fix lag 🥰

[@PanicLedisko]

Are you a mac user?

[@sky-ms3eb]

@@PanicLedisko No I’m a pc user, I think macs already got their update and pc sadly still hadn’t got one 😔

[@kehl7254]

@@sky-ms3eb i dont think we need one

[@LaiyaUnscripted]

yep! my game runs nicely now!

[@Yen-dc7nn]

Lol i have a save with a sim who was an explorer and is a collector of gems, metal and relics and he currently has so much stuff in his inventory coz im saving it for a compendium.. And i also have those chests each from 3 destination worlds lmaoo

[@litchtheshinigami8936]

I actually have my saves from my old pc still on my external drive.. but i’ve never put in the effort to put them back because there are too many saves 😂 though i can run even isla paradiso relatively well on my pc..

[@muttoncake]

Bold of you to assume that my sim family save can even open

[@kmigellano]

I’ve played the sims again last night but due to lag, I unfortunately uninstalled it now.

[@miguelalia9662]

Thanks for this! Where can I find your mods video? I sooo want to go back to TS3 as even The Sims Freeplay offers a better gaming experience than TS4 so I'd love to have my game in optimal condition

[@navissiren]

Thank you!! Although, I have one more question! What do you do with your old Sims 3 file after the whole cleaning process?

[@wren9841]

I'm curious, if you got multiple different families that you wanna clean up, does that mean you need to go in to each of your save files and save a new individual copy of them before you start the deep clean? I would assume so but I just want to double check before I do anything.

[@clarissearaujo1800]

thanks, I gonna play sims 3 again in my new laptop so I will follow your instructions

[@XsauroxPlayer]

Hi, I'm using some chests in my house to store collectibles. They did never corrupt, so can I assume they are fine? Or they make the game lag?

[@Marita768]

I'm kind of confused. Aren't you supposed to put the copy files back into the sims 3 folder? Otherwise my current game won't be there right? I just did all this but the now empty ''current game'' folder in the new folder just says its empty. I would need to put these back too right? You didn't say so in the video. Also my Saved Outfits and Saved folder and Saved Sims?

[@KingBookWorm]

Your intro is so cute!!!!

[@isaveu]

I have no mods a new computer and only the one expansion and I cant play because of the freezing and crashing still. :(

[@Ce1y]

Love this video, but also with the first family, we’re you breeding humans and dogs in the same household? Lol

[@Z533xxx]

One annoying thing about this method (as fair as I’ve experienced) is that you lose the family tree history of you do this. If there’s a way to save it someone let me know!

[@toonybooper]

Ok, so I'm going through and backing up all my families and stuff, but I'm not sure if I should be just doing my main family that I play or every household I have ever played in. I bounce around my neighborhood when I get bored, so really I play them all. So does that mean I should be going through and clearing all their personal and household inventories and saving copies of them all to the bin? Or would I just back up the last active family I played?

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

If you play everyone, you can just backup the ones you are attached to or you can do them all. It is up to you. You'll want to clean out the inventories of everyone you plan on keeping.

[@toonybooper]

@@gigisneckofthewoods Holy crap you're fast! Thank you for clarifying. It's gonna take me forever lol...but it's worth it.

[@isaveu]

but i have no mods no content and i just started a family so my game is so empty ...still freezes .. I hate you sims 3 :(

[@desertrose1226]

I have a 12gb RAM desktop pc with 1tb memory and it’s still frigging freezes!! EA screwed us.

[@parandb.zanjani1317]

Well I've been playing sims 3 for 3 years non stop now on my new system and the problem is I always delete my sims3pack files after installing them and I've downloaded them from various websites that I don't remember most of them and the backup I have for that is for at least 6 months ago.. basically as much as I want to do this I can't! But anyway thanks for sharing♡

[@yuugiiy]

my ccmerged file shows up everytime in the mods folder i'm confused

[@Jiffzzy]

I love sims 3 but I am not gonna lie, it's problems made me low key hate it at some point. 4 was better for me in the sense that 99 percent of bugs never seemed to apply to me, so it all kind of worked. I also just liked the items in 4 better, meaning I needed less cc. I do get however that this game should have been epic and this these tips might just make me give it another go :D

[@colleencrews9739]

Hey, so I have a lot of time and heart invested into my family and it's been lagging to the point of being almost unplayable. It just happened one day. I saved them into my library and started a new game with them. I have multiple different save files with them and they all have the same problem. I don't know what else to do. I have tried the master controller, the reset cheats and such. I saved a lot because it would crash on me after hours of play. I took the advice to save often from other people, but I didn't think about saving to a different file each time. My heart is breaking. Can someone please help me?

[@MayLina]

ah your videos are very useful! And I really need a modding one too. I can't seem to find it on your channel. Is it me not looking properly or the video does not exist anymore? Would be s sad tho the way you explain things is amazing!

[@spottedchild987]

Hey gigi! This video was amazingly helpful! But I do have a question, you said to store your CC and downloads somewhere else, where do you store yours? I'm wanting to free up some space and I don't have a clue where to store it.

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I have my extra files and downloads stored on an external hard drive. You can put it wherever you want, where you think it will be safe. :)

[@rank1hag188]

Hi! I wanted to do some deep cleaning, and out of all the folders you advise to pull I don’t have the SavedSims file. Is it normal if I’ve never downloaded any Sims from the Store or anywhere else?

[@tevrarain4275]

I'm late, but if you followed her advice to save the sims to your library they would be there. So if you have nothing in your saved sims folder you skipped a step.

[@rank1hag188]

@@tevrarain4275 No, I didn’t skip any steps. I’ve always saved my Sims to my library, and yet the Sims folder has never generated in my game files. Hence my question. But I guess it’s not that important because my game’s running smoothly. No lags or glitches.

[@blazequakes]

are you ever going to make the lag free game mods video...? that would be uber helpful if not thats fine too!

[@FairyRosee_]

I downloaded the steam pack with all expansions and i'm so overwhelmed. A few people on reddit also got it this week. And now my game is lagging. I try not to use mods too. I wish I could turn off some of the expansions. I had some time traveler that wouldn't leave and zombies ate my money trees. I almost wish I stuck with the base game :(

[@isabelacartier4477]

Hey Gigi! Quick question, so over the years of playing the game I've had countless problems. I just got the game working again after years of not playing due to many issues, a few including disc authorization failure, game startup failed and many more errors but those two being the main ones. After finally bypassing my main error disc authorization failure using origin to play, I am able to play the game with little errors except major major lag. I use a pretty old Macbook Pro which could definitely be the cause of the majority of my lag but I am not able to purchase a new computer at the moment. My game lags about every 10 seconds of gameplay and my game crashes after about 2 sim days of gameplay. The cause could be a mix between old computer, it being a Mac and cc in my game. (I refuse to play without store content and some cc) Before I startup my game every time i always clean out the Cache files, the featured items folder and DCBackup folder. I also just cleaned out the downloads folder for the first time so I can see if that helps aswell. But my question is regarding one of the first steps of your game clean out. Will removing the Sims 3 folder and generating a new one by opening the launcher require me to reinstall all my expansion packs or do I just have to startup my game once I clean out the folder and all the expansion packs will be there? Also will it require me to completely reinstall all my custom content through the launcher? Thank you Gigi!

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

Your expansions aren't stored in the folder that you move, so they will remain in your game when you regenerate the folder. Your store content and cc will need to be reinstalled if you regenerate a new folder. If you are dealing with lag from CC, I'd recommend you look into two programs; one called Delphy's Dashboard and another called CC Magic. There are videos here on KZbin that will help you find and use the programs. Delphy's Dashboard will help you find corrupted CC and CC Magic will help you compress your CC to make it run better in your game. I'm not that familiar with the programs but I have heard others praise them. Make sure you do your research. ;)

[@isabelacartier4477]

@@gigisneckofthewoods Thank you so much for quick reply! I will try those and see how it goes. I also think my mac doesn't have enough ram

[@sleepyxxhallow]

Gigi I can't find your other videos on your channel the oldest one is 10 month's old. Only 3 show up.

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

I just made a video trying to help everyone understand what is happening on KZbin. I believe it will hold the answers you seek. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH6qiZ2Fodl-nZI

[@minatouzumaki3172]

love you so much and thank you

[@katarinachoi7949]

Please do more vids about sims3

[@twilightdream7190]

I don't play large family, thats why it never happened to me like huge glich and lags. But I clean my folders still. I actually just backup my ddcache, library, mods, saves and installed world folders because i don't really like downloading again in launcher. If time comes i can't open my game its time for cleanup. But thankfully the last time i cleanup was already months, my game running consistently okay. I just clean caches and junks in world cache folder because its always bloating. And I always check my mods if there is any corrupt file by using delphy dashboars tool.

[@cheshirekatkerby7055]

Do you have a big family mod that is not nraa story progession? It messes with a few things i like in my game.

[@SimifyMe]

Would be good if you could do one of these for sims4 mines getting quite laggy and i try clean the folders often but i didnt know about making a fresh save file

[@sweetie_babie]

One of my Sims families I can't even switch to anymore. I can't play as any of them, and when I try to switch to their household, when I go back into live mode it's the previous family I was playing as. Is there any way to fix this?

[@chickiewidie]

@Gigi’sNeckOfTheWoods heheh Thank you for this! May I know what mods you use to have so many sims in your household please😭😭🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@ChristinePi]

I can't find your list of mods to use to improve the sims 3 :( Did you never make it or did it get removed?

[@TheFate23]

After you opened the launcher and the game created the folder in documents again, and then you add your mods/store content, etc... do you have to play with the save you was playing BEFORE the inventory cleaning?

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

After you've completed all the steps in the video, you can play any game you want, including starting a new game. :)

[@TheFate23]

@@gigisneckofthewoods thanks for reply!

[@eyetoyhalo]

So when clearing out inventories and stuff for saving lots and households to the clipboard, should we do this for the whole town? Or just the active family?

[@edenkindberg9357]

hey gigi! just wondering that after i cleaned out everything if i need to move back all of the saves from before cleaning back into the "new" sims 3 files? i loaded up the game again and was scared when none of my saves were there. hopefully this makes sense, thanks girlie, still loving the new content!

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

You shouldn't really use the old save files. You put your families and homes in the bin, so you can start fresh in a new version of the world you were living in. You can use the old save files, but it will probably not be a good experience as old save files are usually full of errors and glitches.

[@edenkindberg9357]

Gigi's Neck Of The Woods ohh that makes so much more sense hehe, thanks girl!💗

[@edenkindberg9357]

Gigi's Neck Of The Woods and also, do i need to go through all of my saves and empty out their inventories and save them to the bin as well?

[@rank1hag188]

I’m sorry, but I’ve got no Saved Sims folder. I’ve got every one else, but not this. My game’s running just fine, but I wanted to 'clean' it anyway. Is it maybe because I’ve never had any cc or never downloaded any Sims, only created new ones?

[@orbit127]

i think it's maybe you didn't save the sims when you were creating them in CAS? Because, everytime i create a sim i just save them at the folder below to the add+ more sims option so i can use them later when i want to start a new game (sorry if my english sound so odd, it's not my first language, i hope you understand :c )

[@simplyslow_]

Thank you!

[@gigisneckofthewoods]

You're very welcome! 💖

[@milenadjokic5182]

But,what about the mods video? :"(

[@renees5682]

Are you still planning on doing your sims 3 mod video?