'New' SV loading speed fix
It seems another fix to speed up the loading of Vacation has been discovered. It has to do with making files marked as Read-Only. This fix has been going around in the community for a while now, but I only heard about it just now for the first time. Here is how to do it:
With Explorer, go to C:\Program Files\Maxis (or the folder 'above' the Sims' folder where you installed it)
Select the folder of The Sims
Now click File at the top (the menu) and click Properties
Now if the read-only box is checked, uncheck it and re-check it. If it's not checked, simply put a check for it.
Click the OK button, and apply the changes to all files and subdirectories.
Reports go that this speeds up the loading a huge lot, and it's worth a try. If you get trouble saving houses, then you can use The Neighborhood Handler to 'repair' the neighborhood. However, it should cause no problems as far as I know.
Written at 04:01 on Thursday, 27 June 2002 by
ChEeTaH.
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Written at 09:59 on Thursday, 27 June 2002 by Mark (Mark)
Edited at 14:49 on Thursday, 27 June 2002 by ChEeTaH (TSZ Webmaster) (ChEeTaH)
ChEeTaH - You're a star!!
A vast improvement in loading times throughout the game, and I've certainly haven't come across any problems. I would recommend doing this to all Vacation/On Holiday owners out there.
Thanks again,
Mark
Kind Regards,
Mark Sellick
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Written at 14:48 on Thursday, 27 June 2002 by ChEeTaH (TSZ Webmaster) (ChEeTaH)
Not me who thought of it though, I only read it on the
TSR boards.
C-yAh,
ChEeTaH
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Written at 21:06 on Thursday, 27 June 2002 by Steve (Steve)
It definately helps.
I have many objects added into the game, and putting them all into FAR files improved loading speed by over a minute (it used to take about 2.5mins to load, now with all objects in FAR files and Read-Only option on it takes about 20 seconds.
The FAR files load faster than lots of IFF files, and this has been reported before.
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