I tried the methods you guys have mentioned above, and they worked great! I'm experiencing significantly less lag, and my sims are actually able to show up to their jobs/school on time. Thanks a ton~!

Alright, cool, thanks for the info! I probably won't be turning anyone into a service sim if there's the chance they won't show up again, so I won't do that. But at least I know now that it's safe for my sims to travel.

Also also, if my household were to travel to another neighborhood (the University, any of the WA destinations, or Oasis Springs), do you think the game would still be laggy there? I'm not 100% sure how the game handles sim populations when it comes to switching active worlds.

<t>Well yeah, that's why I said I would just turn the functionality off. As nice as the "enable/disable packs" feature is, I usually want to play with all of my packs on just so I have access to all the CAS and build/buy content. I suppose I could go hunting for base game compatible stuff, but those...

<t>I'm not a huge fan of some of the Seasons mechanics, so if I were to disable seasons in my world (not the EP, just seasons) would performance improve? I haven't tried stopping wildlife populations, perhaps I'll try that during my next play session.<br/> <br/> These are some good tips, thanks a lo...

<t>On a side note the lag issue isn't just limited to sim actions, I've also noticed that the day/night cycle seems to be rather delayed. It will occasionally still be light outside at a time when it is supposed to be dark (like I've had it where it just reaches twilight around 11pm-12am), and vice ...

I have all EPs installed, and for SPs I only have Sweet Treats and Town Life.

It just occured to me: I'm pretty sure Sims 3 RAM usage is limited to 2GB by default, and I haven't adjusted the maximum on my computer yet. Could the issue be RAM related?

<t>I only really seem to be having issues in worlds with high populations. A couple of months ago I had a file going in Isla Paradiso (the fixed version, mind you) with the regular starting population + a couple of extra households, and it seemed to operate with few issues (there was some issues wit...

<t>Thing is, I've tried a good number of these things before. I've merged tons of package files and try to do game-related cleanups frequently. Most lag issues I've had in the past have purely been framerate drops (the camera moving jaggedly, freezing, sims moving jerkily, etc); this lag is lag in t...