Long Loads: How to Shorten Them?

[LlamaMama]

I like Auslogics BoostSpeed so much that after 18 months, I've just paid again to upgrade, voluntarily. All the utilities are far better than the ones that come with Windows, and give you as much or as little control as you want.

Edit to add: I don't know for sure how much it helps, but I regularly clear out the screenshots and save folders. The screenshots can be copied into a folder that's not in the game folder, and same with all but the most recent saves. I have literally hundreds of TS3 save files elsewhere on my hard drive, but they don't bog down my game as they probably would if kept in the Saves file.

[Pam]

Edit to add: I don't know for sure how much it helps, but I regularly clear out the screenshots and save folders. The screenshots can be copied into a folder that's not in the game folder, and same with all but the most recent saves. I have literally hundreds of TS3 save files elsewhere on my hard drive, but they don't bog down my game as they probably would if kept in the Saves file.

I think this does help.  I keep my screenshots cleaned out, too, and save them on my hard drive.

[Leto85]

Is this free? Will you ever have to pay for it? It usually takes about 5-10 minutes for the main menu to the in-game to load.

There is also a free version without timelimit use. Shall I PM you with detailed information?

[Beddy_Boop]

There is also a free version without timelimit use. Shall I PM you with detailed information?

No, Thanks. I'm just using the method of deleting the DCBackup folder files to speed it up. But thank you though!

[LlamaMama]

No, Thanks. I'm just using the method of deleting the DCBackup folder files to speed it up. But thank you though!

What do the DCBackup files do?

[samoht04]

Rockinrobin posted a thread on the DCbackup files, have a look HERE.

[LlamaMama]

That's good to know. Can we empty the Downloads folder?

[wildredchild]

That's good to know. Can we empty the Downloads folder?

Only if you want to lose all of your downloads from the store and whatnot.

[LlamaMama]

Sounds obvious, right? I just thought maybe once installed, they didn't need to be saved there. Thanks for the info.

[Leto85]

Sounds obvious, right? I just thought maybe once installed, they didn't need to be saved there. Thanks for the info.

Naa, they must been saved somewhere. I thought first only in the savefiles with the according lots I've placed them on. But I was wrong.

[mtglady]

There are a few other temporary files you can safely delete that will help make loading certain information faster. 

If you ever play in Riverview or Barnacle Bay don't forget to clean out your 'WorldCaches' file.  Don't delete the folder just the cache items inside.  The same holds true if you play a world that you created or downloaded from the exchange - the cache files for those worlds will also appear in this folder.  **** Don't do this step if you are on a MAC.

You also need to delete your other cache files (possibly up to four (4)) when you quit your game as they will regenerate when you start your next game.  These files and what they contain are as follows:
CasPartCache.package (CAS parts that appear in Create-A-Sim)
compositorCache.package (objects that would appear in Buy/Build mode)   
scriptCache.package  (if you have any mods or hacks)
simCompositorCache.package (for New Sims, default skins)

You can delete the 'userPresets.package' when it gets above 2 KB.  This file will also regenerate when you start your next game.
 

[Leto85]

You can delete the 'userPresets.package' when it gets above 2 KB.  This file will also regenerate when you start your next game.

Good to know, but what is the use of deleting the userPresets.package if the file will be regenerate after a game restart?

[LlamaMama]

Probably because it propagates, getting unnecessarily larger each time the game starts.

[mtglady]

Probably because it propagates, getting unnecessarily larger each time the game starts.

That's true.  I have had mine get as large as 32KB just testing it out and at that time I started getting lags and error codes.  It may be different for each person's play style and computer set-up.  This file slowly gets larger.  With the small amount of KB's one would think it would not make a difference in game play but it does.

[Leto85]

With the small amount of KB's one would think it would not make a difference in game play but it does.

Yes indeed. How did you find that out? That it was that file and not another? Testing all the files available would be hard, and cut in your gameplay time.