@martinesa20009 It's great to hear the game's running better now. There are a few reasons that the clean game folder would make a difference, and it's sometimes difficult to know exactly what helped the most. But here are a few things to keep in mind:
A save will run slower as you play for longer. The sims build up more data as time progresses, as does the save itself, and it takes more resources to keep track of all that. It doesn't mean that you can't play a save for a long time, but you'll have to take steps to keep it healthy. Here are a few:
- Turn off memories in game options. These are a huge drag on performance.
- Keep your sims' personal inventories relatively empty. A few items are fine, but a hundred is too high.
- Don't place too many items on your home lot—the game takes more resources to render all those objects.
- Delete the five cache files (CASPartCache, compositorCache, scriptCache, simCompositorCache, socialCache) regularly. Some of us do it every time we quit the game.
- Delete everything in FeaturedItems as well. This is the Sims 3 store trying to sell you stuff.
- Since you already have StoryProgression, you might want to use other NRaas mods, mainly ErrorTrap and Overwatch, to help clean up your game. If you're interested, you can ask on the NRaas site.
The most demanding packs are Pets first, then Seasons, then Isla Paradiso and Into the Future. Stuff packs don't add much to overhead, and the early expansion packs (WA, Ambitions, Late Night) are relatively gentle, so disabling those won't help very much. Your laptop's hardware isn't really strong enough for Pets and Seasons, and maybe even for IP and ITF. You can try lowering the impact of these packs, but the only real solution might be to uninstall them entirely and just play with the less demanding packs instead.
For Pets, stray animals and wild horses are the biggest problem, and long-haired pets can be too. You can disable strays with mods if you want (for example, NRaas Register), and you can make sure your own pets always have short fur coats. For Seasons, rain and snow are more demanding than good weather, so you might need to turn them off (in game options). But the packs are always going to be more demanding than the others, and you might find that your computer can't run them properly at all.
Some worlds are too large to run well even on strong computers. Others, like Isla Paradiso, are so broken that they're impossible to play for any length of time. Avoid large custom worlds, and if you want to play in IP, download a fixed version, or edit it yourself. This thread has more details:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/811253/removing-ip-lag
Most NRaas mods are neutral or help the game run better. However, StoryProgression demands a lot of resources to run, and it can slow down your game significantly. So you might need to play without it, or at least turn its speed down to Slow or Snail.
If you make these changes and then copy your current save into your new game folder, you'll be able to see whether the game still runs well enough for you. Turning down graphics options, especially water and high-detail lots, will help too, and you can try playing at a lower resolution. Sometimes it takes a bit of experimenting to make the game playable on a laptop like yours, and sometimes you need to uninstall a few packs. But you should be able to keep playing.
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