Look, I made a mistake. I played TS3 today.

I tried to like TS4. I really did. CAS and build mode are fantastic, and the art style finally grew on me.

What I can't get over though, is how...empty and soulless the game is. How closed off. How basic. Even with the obvious NSFW mods added in. Sadly, it's only $4-500 later that I figured it out.

So, I'm looking to get back into TS3. Even with the pudding, even with the stuttering graphics, even with the perpetual Error Code 12's, it's just so much more enjoyable. But, since I've been out of the mix for so long, I'm turning to the hive mind here.

I'm asking/begging/pleading for help in making TS3 as good as it gets under 1.67, because only by the grace of god did I avoid the Origin upgrade. Your must have script and object mods and skins, even the NSFW. Your best performance tips. Everything. I'm effectively Gary Oldman in the Professional right now, and I don't know what to do.

Start at Nraas, don't use high poly crap hair and objects, clean your game regularly, geez I dunno it's all automatic for someone who's never stopped played TS3.

Perhaps you could tell us where you're at, what level of advice you need? What have you got so far? Since you're begging

Speaking of which, does anyone have any general guides as to the stuff they do to keep savegames alive?

I.e. the best NRAAS settings, external programs, etc.

This is a good start: https://www.nraas.net/community/TIP...AME-PERFORMANCE IT says game performance but it really means game and computer health.

If you play legacy, keep to smaller or medium worlds.
The smooth patch. It might take some fiddling. https://modthesims.info/d/658759/sm...atch-1-2-1.html
Make sure your graphics card is recognized and FPS limited.

Look, you play your way, I'll play mine. *ducking*

I'm sort of back to square one on this. I still have all my mods/etc installed, including all of the NRAAS mods. It used to be automatic. Decrapified everything, including worlds so I didn't have to rely on installing through the launcher. Everything is in .world or .package format.

The high poly count mods is where I probably get in trouble, so that seems like a good place to start. But even with that, I'm interested in any default skin replacements for a bit more realism/less pudding and overall performance tricks. Plus, in the off chance that folks are still continuing mod development to keep the game alive.

This is *incredibly* helpful. My gameplay style is very similar. Generational play/switching active households between family members, plus I'd also travel to many vacation worlds and often times move family members there. I used savegame cleaner, but this MC trick – as much as it sounds like work! – is golden advice. I can deal with the stuttering and slower save game files, Error 12's are soul crushing.

Thank you!

I play totally legacy style. My family is over 30 generations. I do not have error 12s or game lag on an now about 12 year old PC. I do use Nraas error trap and overwatch to clean the game. I have moved the family to the new world with each EP and have moved them to many custom worlds I have done. So that may help that my saves in any world are not that long/big? I also clean my caches and scan my CC with dashboard constantly. I have tons of CC but I use packages and have divided it into many groups. So when I play I have only that CC in my game.