It can still take a while to load the first time around, but hopefully not quite as long. (If applicable) Search online for an update/replacement for one or more of the custom item.In Windows, open %USERPROFILE%\ Documents\Electronic Arts\The Sims 3\Mods\Packages.Looking for a package update, finding an equivalent package from another creator/site, or simply removing the packages, can bring loading times down to less than 5 minutes. When trying to load savefiles with many lots, the game can hang up for quite some time due to what seems to be problems reading info on some custom items that are included in mod packages. 11.4 Automatic removal of junk and cache files.9.6 Very long loading times in excess of half an hour.9.5 (World Adventures) When going on vacation, the travel's loading gets stuck at 98% for more than 2 hours.9.4 When loading a savefile, the error message 'A critical error occured when loading (…)' shows up.9.1 Game won't launch on Intel Alder Lake processors.8.4 (Late Night) Error Code 12 when trying to save after a band gig.8.3 Error Code 16 while trying to save the game.8.2 Frequent framerate drops and stuttering.3.5 Increase how much CPU power the game will actively use.3.2.3 SMAA injector 1.2 (original source).3.2.2 SMAA injector 1.2 (direct download).
