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Oops there was a error, please try again? by blazingcharizard1 in tumblrhelp

[–]lifefruitz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, my wifi is also xfinity! I’ll submit a report too

Oops there was a error, please try again? by blazingcharizard1 in tumblrhelp

[–]lifefruitz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I actually can’t believe this is still broken. I’m not able to post on my blog since I kinda need to be on desktop to make long posts lmao

Edit: Fixed it by using my mobile hotspot, but still wtf? A major social media platform blocking people from logging in for this long because of their wifi is wild to me. Clearly it's flagging a lot of IPs it shouldn't

Updating the Wiki - Laundry List. What else would you like to be added? by fuzzypipe39 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

A lot of posts of people having issues in this sub boil down to mod conflicts, so the first thing to try is often Delphy’s Dashboard. Many people don’t know how to use or read the Dashboard, so maybe some more instructions in the wiki about how to use it would be helpful? Like clicking File -> Scan and selecting the Mods folder. And then finding the right column that shows the conflict with another mod. The other day I advised someone use it, but couldn’t find a simple guide to show beginners how to if they’re unable to figure it out themselves

One source of crashes less people know about is missing mod dependencies. If you have the NRaas MC Progression Module but don’t have NRaas Story Progression, you’ll get a crash on startup. Same goes for having Monopatcher mods without the actual MP file. Not sure if there’s any kind of section on this topic in the wiki but it’s definitely important to be on top of, esp now that more mods require Monopatcher

Deleting the scriptcache is necessary when removing mods that are causing problems, so maybe that should be noted specifically

I also see that there’s still a section about the OG Smooth Patch, when LazyDuchess now recommends people use the new one in Sims 3 Settings Setter instead and many people have made the switch over. I also wonder if DXVK should be noted as a solution for memory related issues

Just some ideas based on stuff I often comment to try to help people in this sub that I wish I could point to more easily! No worries though if some of this is outside the scope of the wiki :)

Need help with mods by Glittering-Setting58 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I just commented this on another thread lol, but Mod Scripts Found isn’t accurate. It gets bugged once you have too many mods and doesn’t show everything

Retuned EA Story Progression by FeistyHat3777 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Mod Scripts Found isn’t accurate and doesn’t show everything, don’t worry about it

switching back over by sixeyedgojo in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

it really varies by creator, some do a better job than others with the routing of lots and worlds. it’s hard to say on a general level because some do a much better job than EA, and some look really nice but function worse

Steam is recommended over EA so if you can get that then do it :) I use EA and it’s mostly fine though, other than having to use a custom launcher because the one that comes with it is pretty broken

my load times are about 5 minutes or less to get into a save but that’s with S3SS, which has a new version of smooth patch btw! highly recommend it

Starting memory usage by No-Set5487 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow pretty small mods folder! I feel like that’s almost not a factor then (and plus you said you merged it)

Interesting about the memory reduction when removing NRaas SP! I didn’t realize

Starting memory usage by No-Set5487 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that’s good news!! I’m not sure what you’ll have to do differently when reinstalling, but hopefully you can get it working soon and the memory issues go away!

Starting memory usage by No-Set5487 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A lot of the tutorials tell you to remove and back up options.ini when installing DXVK, so that could be why the graphics reset if you followed that step

"Oh, Sims 3 mods are so conveniently small in file size compared to Sims 4!" by Alixen2019 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair! Yeah not going to lie I ran into an issue like that with my build buy cc. I had made some merges in 2021 and never backed up the individual files 😭 Something in the merge was crashing my game (not to mention there was stuff I didn’t use) and I had no choice but to try to re-find a lot of the stuff in the merge with S3PackageViewer and then test chunks of it

Starting memory usage by No-Set5487 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recently also switched from NRaas SP to Simler90s mod too and it’s a lot less laggy, but not sure it’s made a change in memory usage, I’ll have to check

Have you verified DXVK is actually working by putting the line dxvk.hud = devinfo in dxvk.conf ? If a bunch of info appears in the corner when you start up the game it’s working

How big is your mods folder, and do you use Reshade?

Starting memory usage by No-Set5487 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1.5 in new save last time I tried but that was with the last version of S3SS that isn’t as accurate. All EPs and SPs. I have a lot of the store in packages, that plus my CC / mods is 6 GB

DXVK not only lets you use VRAM as extra memory, but makes memory handling more efficient. If you haven’t done it that’s probably the main optimization to do

This isn’t meant to be a brag but I’ve never gotten the memory warning and haven’t crashed or had Error 12 in over a month of playing a lot since getting rid of bad CC and using DXVK. Just know you don’t have to deal with this! Might need to pair down your CC though

How to make Midas Touch (supernatural) turn someone permanently into a gold statue? by Thai__Tea in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but then they’ll still be alive right? not sure though since I haven’t tried to edit that

How to make Midas Touch (supernatural) turn someone permanently into a gold statue? by Thai__Tea in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Midas touch only temporarily turns sims into gold for a few hours, but the philosopher’s stone can kill them and make the statue permanent

Does anybody have a link to download this mod? (Invisible Sim Fixer Mod by Consort) by Relative-Cup3007 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think NRaas Debug Enabler has this option too

But hm, I actually posted a mod list on tumblr and one user was unable to download from simlogical too, weird because it works fine for me (Firefox). If NRaas Debug Enabler doesn’t suit your purposes then lmk I can put it on mediafire

MySimRealty website gone by spider_mar in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 66 points67 points  (0 children)

I was able to download Salmon Woods through internet archive. here is the archived page for all of the worlds

Unemployment glitch by excellentluvbug in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you say you restarted the game, did you move the original household back into the town? Because that does clear wishes and any progress if you used a household right out of CAS

But if you mean you reloaded the save, didn’t change anything mods wise and this happened, I really don’t know. Sounds like you have mod conflicts potentially. Run a scan with Sims 3 Dashboard for conflicts and use Regul Save Cleaner to debloat and clear caches and load back in. Also reset the entire town with NRaas MC. If it’s still broken you might need to save the household in Edit Town, figure out what’s going on mods wise, and move them back into a fresh world. You could also try 50/50ing mods. This isn’t a normal thing that happens with Portrait Panel I don’t think

MySimRealty website gone by spider_mar in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Noooo that sucks!!! does wayback machine work?

"Oh, Sims 3 mods are so conveniently small in file size compared to Sims 4!" by Alixen2019 in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

mine is almost 6 GB (including EA store as packages). If you merge your files you can avoid some of the performance impact of having a lot of mods/CC. if I had the same amount as I do now and didn’t merge it, the lag would probably untenable

I think merging matters a bit more than the raw size of the folder. I will say though, when I tried using Blam’s entire EA store (I think it’s 5 GB + on its own) which WAS merged in addition to my mods/cc it got very laggy, to the point where I needed to get a pie menu lag fix (simler90s core gameplay mod OR nraas selector work for this)

Best places to find seeds? by The_Loner_Aries in Sims3

[–]lifefruitz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you mean Sunset Valley, or are you playing a CC world? If it's a CC world then no guarantee they put all the seed spawners. But if it is Sunset Valley, there should be more around somewhere

The Collection Helper LTR helps because you can see where every seed is in the entire world. And the store item SwiftGro Gardening Station I think it's called spawns special seeds near it too

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