So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
The lag fix mod is now outdated so that won't work for you. If you need any help with the time mod let me know. It can be modified to a speed that you prefer. I have mine set to 75. The sim default time is 25, so at 75 time runs about a third as fast. In order to change it check the 8th line and change it to what you prefer. The line you will look for and change is this:
time = 75 #modify this value to change the time speed. 25 = default ; 1000 = real time
I've tried lowest resolution, windowed mode, laptop mode, lowering settings...still laggy.
took all my mods out of the folder, even started a new save game. Still laggy; sim waited several sim hours for food to be delivered.
Sigh, I give up today. I did try the time mod. I really like it! Fees like real time. And I do usually use MC Commander
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
The lag fix mod is now outdated so that won't work for you. If you need any help with the time mod let me know. It can be modified to a speed that you prefer. I have mine set to 75. The sim default time is 25, so at 75 time runs about a third as fast. In order to change it check the 8th line and change it to what you prefer. The line you will look for and change is this:
time = 75 #modify this value to change the time speed. 25 = default ; 1000 = real time
About that time mod, are you experiencing any changes in the internal timer? You know, going to work, school, times where a certain lot is more active i.e a nightclub, that kind of stuff.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
The lag fix mod is now outdated so that won't work for you. If you need any help with the time mod let me know. It can be modified to a speed that you prefer. I have mine set to 75. The sim default time is 25, so at 75 time runs about a third as fast. In order to change it check the 8th line and change it to what you prefer. The line you will look for and change is this:
time = 75 #modify this value to change the time speed. 25 = default ; 1000 = real time
About that time mod, are you experiencing any changes in the internal timer? You know, going to work, school, times where a certain lot is more active i.e a nightclub, that kind of stuff.
No, at 75 things run right on time as far as going to work school, community lots etc. The issues that you will notice are that they will shower and do certain activities at the same sim minutes. It will seem long because the clock is slowed down. So if a shower takes a half hour sim time it will still take a half hour, but it will seem longer. I just cancel out things like showers and hand washing half way through. I also use the UI mod that alters needs.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
The lag fix mod is now outdated so that won't work for you. If you need any help with the time mod let me know. It can be modified to a speed that you prefer. I have mine set to 75. The sim default time is 25, so at 75 time runs about a third as fast. In order to change it check the 8th line and change it to what you prefer. The line you will look for and change is this:
time = 75 #modify this value to change the time speed. 25 = default ; 1000 = real time
About that time mod, are you experiencing any changes in the internal timer? You know, going to work, school, times where a certain lot is more active i.e a nightclub, that kind of stuff.
No, at 75 things run right on time as far as going to work school, community lots etc. The issues that you will notice are that they will shower and do certain activities at the same sim minutes. It will seem long because the clock is slowed down. So if a shower takes a half hour sim time it will still take a half hour, but it will seem longer. I just cancel out things like showers and hand washing half way through. I also use the UI mod that alters needs.
Oh those issues seem manageable. Apologies if you already mentioned the mod but I only scrolled back a couple pages, what is the mod we're talking about? Is it MC Command Center? I'd love to use this.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
The lag fix mod is now outdated so that won't work for you. If you need any help with the time mod let me know. It can be modified to a speed that you prefer. I have mine set to 75. The sim default time is 25, so at 75 time runs about a third as fast. In order to change it check the 8th line and change it to what you prefer. The line you will look for and change is this:
time = 75 #modify this value to change the time speed. 25 = default ; 1000 = real time
About that time mod, are you experiencing any changes in the internal timer? You know, going to work, school, times where a certain lot is more active i.e a nightclub, that kind of stuff.
No, at 75 things run right on time as far as going to work school, community lots etc. The issues that you will notice are that they will shower and do certain activities at the same sim minutes. It will seem long because the clock is slowed down. So if a shower takes a half hour sim time it will still take a half hour, but it will seem longer. I just cancel out things like showers and hand washing half way through. I also use the UI mod that alters needs.
Oh those issues seem manageable. Apologies if you already mentioned the mod but I only scrolled back a couple pages, what is the mod we're talking about? Is it MC Command Center? I'd love to use this.
I'm currently trying the 7 Toddler challenge. Today is the first day and everything seems to be going well, of course. LOL.
Haha, gotta add Toddler Dylan in there and his pals. XD
*When your friend doesn't know how to walk properly*
*And you wanna help but you can't walk well either*
Haha, now he's dancing but he won't be dancing for long.
Seeing the little toddlers tucked up in those beds always makes me think of bread loaves, I don't know why
I love those little day beds. I know some people wished for cribs, and options for that would have been nice too but I like those.
I'm always someone who let my TS2 toddlers sleep on pet beds if they wanted.
*cough*
Edited spelling from keyboard blindness due to not wearing specs.
I've tried lowest resolution, windowed mode, laptop mode, lowering settings...still laggy.
took all my mods out of the folder, even started a new save game. Still laggy; sim waited several sim hours for food to be delivered.
Sigh, I give up today. I did try the time mod. I really like it! Fees like real time. And I do usually use MC Commander
Hopefully the Lag-fix mod will be updated
@missmani09 Are you using the premade restaurant from the library? The white fancy one..I forget the name... If that's the restaurant you're having problems with, it also happens to me..for some reason that particular building causes my game to lag horribly, but when I go to a different restaurant, it works fine.
Seeing the little toddlers tucked up in those beds always makes me think of bread loaves, I don't know why
I love those little day beds. I know some people wished for cribs, and options for that would have been nice too but I like those.
I'm always someone who let my TS2 toddlers sleep on pet beds if they wanted.
*cough*
Edited spelling from keyboard blindness due to not wearing specs.
LOL at bread loaves.
But yeah, those beds were a great choice, IMO. So adorable. All the miniature stuff is just too cute.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
Not to beat a dead horse, but wasn't one of the reasons given for no open world - among other things - was because they wanted it to run on older pcs? So say if I still had my pc from 2008 which I was still playing Sims 3 (with all EPs and SPs up to that point) on until 2013 when my hard drive went out, it wouldn't have been able to run Sims 4?
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
Not to beat a dead horse, but wasn't one of the reasons given for no open world - among other things - was because they wanted it to run on older pcs? So say if I still had my pc from 2008 which I was still playing Sims 3 (with all EPs and SPs up to that point) on until 2013 when my hard drive went out, it wouldn't have been able to run Sims 4?
Was that an EA excuse or did players make that excuse? I see a lot of players state the game was made to run on lower end computer but that is not true. They were making TS4 while making TS3. Older hardware was around then so thats is what wound up as the minimum requirements on the box. Minimum requirements are for base game only , no eps, pack, patches etc. I have no idea if your older computer would have survived TS4. Tech has moved on since they printed those old specs. Most people don't own those old specs and they are not made anymore. TS4 recommended requirements has always been a mid range gaming desktop. The same requirements to run the whole TS3 though TS4 is not a complete game
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
OS: 64 Bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10
PROCESSOR: Intel core i5 or faster, AMD Athlon X4
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better
MEMORY: 4 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 15 GB of Hard Drive space
@Dekay Im glad you decided to play toddlers and join @sparkfairy1 Thread. I love it . Dylan makes a cute toddler. I will enjoy seeing you do this challenge since you skimped out on sims 1 and 2's potential Are you posting this in screenshots too? You should
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
Not to beat a dead horse, but wasn't one of the reasons given for no open world - among other things - was because they wanted it to run on older pcs? So say if I still had my pc from 2008 which I was still playing Sims 3 (with all EPs and SPs up to that point) on until 2013 when my hard drive went out, it wouldn't have been able to run Sims 4?
They've said it was mainly because multitasking raised the performance bar.
Loading screens: this was done primarily to accomodate multitasking. We build a highly complex graph of all the objects in the world and their connectivity (you can see our GDC talk about this online). Doing searches over this graph is computationally-intensive and proportional to the size of the graph. This is one of the main reasons that you cannot go to your neighbor's house without a loading screen - we couldn't afford to have their entire house and your entire house loaded at once. Keep in mind that people can create some huge houses with dozens and dozens of chairs and tables and stuff like that which all involve a bunch of nodes (different slot types for carryables, etc.).
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
Not to beat a dead horse, but wasn't one of the reasons given for no open world - among other things - was because they wanted it to run on older pcs? So say if I still had my pc from 2008 which I was still playing Sims 3 (with all EPs and SPs up to that point) on until 2013 when my hard drive went out, it wouldn't have been able to run Sims 4?
They've said it was mainly because multitasking raised the performance bar.
Loading screens: this was done primarily to accomodate multitasking. We build a highly complex graph of all the objects in the world and their connectivity (you can see our GDC talk about this online). Doing searches over this graph is computationally-intensive and proportional to the size of the graph. This is one of the main reasons that you cannot go to your neighbor's house without a loading screen - we couldn't afford to have their entire house and your entire house loaded at once. Keep in mind that people can create some huge houses with dozens and dozens of chairs and tables and stuff like that which all involve a bunch of nodes (different slot types for carryables, etc.).
This is possible but TS3 does have some multi tasking. You can use the sims store tablet to listen and gain skills while also learning a physical skill. They can all talk while watching TV. They can all talk while eating, still talk while playing a game. etc. All while still learning a skill on the tablet. They are able to do 3 things at once.
@Dekay Im glad you decided to play toddlers and join sparkfairy1 Thread. I love it . Dylan makes a cute toddler. I will enjoy seeing you do this challenge since you skimped out on sims 1 and 2's potential Are you posting this in screenshots too? You should
Hey! I did not skimp on TS1's potential! I'll let you know that! I used to play it from 8am til 5pm during my school holidays cuz I got no life. I still have no life...
I'm not posting it in the Fav Screenshot thread cuz I have another separate story there and don't want to confuse people.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
Not to beat a dead horse, but wasn't one of the reasons given for no open world - among other things - was because they wanted it to run on older pcs? So say if I still had my pc from 2008 which I was still playing Sims 3 (with all EPs and SPs up to that point) on until 2013 when my hard drive went out, it wouldn't have been able to run Sims 4?
They've said it was mainly because multitasking raised the performance bar.
Loading screens: this was done primarily to accomodate multitasking. We build a highly complex graph of all the objects in the world and their connectivity (you can see our GDC talk about this online). Doing searches over this graph is computationally-intensive and proportional to the size of the graph. This is one of the main reasons that you cannot go to your neighbor's house without a loading screen - we couldn't afford to have their entire house and your entire house loaded at once. Keep in mind that people can create some huge houses with dozens and dozens of chairs and tables and stuff like that which all involve a bunch of nodes (different slot types for carryables, etc.).
This is possible but TS3 does have some multi tasking. You can use the sims store tablet to listen and gain skills while also learning a physical skill. They can all talk while watching TV. They can all talk while eating, still talk while playing a game. etc. All while still learning a skill on the tablet. They are able to do 3 things at once.
Not in the same way as TS4. You can read the GDC talk about it if you want more details.
@Dekay Im glad you decided to play toddlers and join sparkfairy1 Thread. I love it . Dylan makes a cute toddler. I will enjoy seeing you do this challenge since you skimped out on sims 1 and 2's potential Are you posting this in screenshots too? You should
Hey! I did not skimp on TS1's potential! I'll let you know that! I used to play it from 8am til 5pm during my school holidays cuz I got no life. I still have no life...
I'm not posting it in the Fav Screenshot thread cuz I have another separate story there and don't want to confuse people.
Ok you skimped on 2 (cough) You will not confuse people. Im sure they can tell the difference between adult Dylan and toddler Dylan. EA did make the toddlers much shorter than the adults. I could understand people confusing Adult and teen Dylan. Now if only EA would make this issue a height difference.
@Dekay Im glad you decided to play toddlers and join sparkfairy1 Thread. I love it . Dylan makes a cute toddler. I will enjoy seeing you do this challenge since you skimped out on sims 1 and 2's potential Are you posting this in screenshots too? You should
Hey! I did not skimp on TS1's potential! I'll let you know that! I used to play it from 8am til 5pm during my school holidays cuz I got no life. I still have no life...
I'm not posting it in the Fav Screenshot thread cuz I have another separate story there and don't want to confuse people.
Ok you skimped on 2 (cough) You will not confuse people. Im sure they can tell the difference between adult Dylan and toddler Dylan. EA did make the toddlers much shorter than the adults. I could understand people confusing Adult and teen Dylan. Now if only EA would make this issue a height difference.
Hahahaa. LOL, you're funny. I meant they might get confused with the story line. There's already other simmers posting there too. There will be too many things going on, it will be messy. Haha.
So I ended up purchasing TS4 Dine Out via Origin. The lag is SO BAD when at a restaurant it's ridiculous. I played the game straight vanilla. My Sim arrived to a restaurant at 3:33pm. She got seated at about 5:30pm. She didn't get her food until 1:45AM. I am considering returning this GP and asking for a refund if I can't find a work-a-round. I also tried the Lag-Fix mod from modthesims. Didn't seem to help.
Any pointers? Or point me to a link to something helpful.
Also, I purchased CL off gamesdeal.com two days ago. Still waiting on my code via email. Sigh. Sent them an email about this so hopefully I hear back soon.
Sigh. However, I have found great joy in family play. The toddlers are so freggin cute.
Obviously the problem has to be your computer for Dine Out. Never heard of this problem before.
I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
Not to beat a dead horse, but wasn't one of the reasons given for no open world - among other things - was because they wanted it to run on older pcs? So say if I still had my pc from 2008 which I was still playing Sims 3 (with all EPs and SPs up to that point) on until 2013 when my hard drive went out, it wouldn't have been able to run Sims 4?
They've said it was mainly because multitasking raised the performance bar.
Loading screens: this was done primarily to accomodate multitasking. We build a highly complex graph of all the objects in the world and their connectivity (you can see our GDC talk about this online). Doing searches over this graph is computationally-intensive and proportional to the size of the graph. This is one of the main reasons that you cannot go to your neighbor's house without a loading screen - we couldn't afford to have their entire house and your entire house loaded at once. Keep in mind that people can create some huge houses with dozens and dozens of chairs and tables and stuff like that which all involve a bunch of nodes (different slot types for carryables, etc.).
This is possible but TS3 does have some multi tasking. You can use the sims store tablet to listen and gain skills while also learning a physical skill. They can all talk while watching TV. They can all talk while eating, still talk while playing a game. etc. All while still learning a skill on the tablet. They are able to do 3 things at once.
Not in the same way as TS4. You can read the GDC talk about it if you want more details.
The games are programed differently and on a different game engine. I was just saying that TS3 has some multi tasking while having an open world. With TS4 I don't know that multitasking is the reason for not having open world or the game's engine might have something more to do with it. We have tech people in this forum that know more than me who say the game's engine is much more limited than TS3's engine.
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I doubt its the entire problem,
this bug/lag has been noted in several forums.
I'm about to try DO with the time mod and the lag-fix mod and run on 32 bit to see if that helps any.
I dont know what your computer specs are to tell you exactly what is going on but I would try the 32 bit, . Try laptop mode, windowed mode or lowering your resolution if you have a lower end computer . It will take some stress off the computer
32 bit does sim to work better with the sim game. Haven't tried laptop mode.
My sims are immediately greeted and taken to their seats however they stand for about a sim hour after the host has showed them their table.
I have to cancel their que to get them to sit down. Waiters are coming over quickly after requesting food. Waiters are bringing food more promptly. Waiters and host stand around. Lots of Sims are not being seated. I have to click the food in order to get my sim to eat. After he finishes eating, he sits there for Sim hours, unable to put down his fork even after I cancel the EAT action. He's stuck; fork in hand.
I really want this GP to work smoothly. I'm trying to pin point exactly what the deal is.
The lag fix mod is now outdated so that won't work for you. If you need any help with the time mod let me know. It can be modified to a speed that you prefer. I have mine set to 75. The sim default time is 25, so at 75 time runs about a third as fast. In order to change it check the 8th line and change it to what you prefer. The line you will look for and change is this:
time = 75 #modify this value to change the time speed. 25 = default ; 1000 = real time
I've tried lowest resolution, windowed mode, laptop mode, lowering settings...still laggy.
took all my mods out of the folder, even started a new save game. Still laggy; sim waited several sim hours for food to be delivered.
Sigh, I give up today. I did try the time mod. I really like it! Fees like real time. And I do usually use MC Commander
Hopefully the Lag-fix mod will be updated
About that time mod, are you experiencing any changes in the internal timer? You know, going to work, school, times where a certain lot is more active i.e a nightclub, that kind of stuff.
No, at 75 things run right on time as far as going to work school, community lots etc. The issues that you will notice are that they will shower and do certain activities at the same sim minutes. It will seem long because the clock is slowed down. So if a shower takes a half hour sim time it will still take a half hour, but it will seem longer. I just cancel out things like showers and hand washing half way through. I also use the UI mod that alters needs.
Oh those issues seem manageable. Apologies if you already mentioned the mod but I only scrolled back a couple pages, what is the mod we're talking about? Is it MC Command Center? I'd love to use this.
http://modthesims.info/d/551680
Haha, gotta add Toddler Dylan in there and his pals. XD
*When your friend doesn't know how to walk properly*
*And you wanna help but you can't walk well either*
Haha, now he's dancing but he won't be dancing for long.
Story time!
Also, lil Dylan with his cute onesie.
Here is the family hanging out together:
And here are the twins, taking a nap:
I love those little day beds. I know some people wished for cribs, and options for that would have been nice too but I like those.
I'm always someone who let my TS2 toddlers sleep on pet beds if they wanted.
*cough*
Edited spelling from keyboard blindness due to not wearing specs.
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@missmani09 Are you using the premade restaurant from the library? The white fancy one..I forget the name... If that's the restaurant you're having problems with, it also happens to me..for some reason that particular building causes my game to lag horribly, but when I go to a different restaurant, it works fine.
But yeah, those beds were a great choice, IMO. So adorable. All the miniature stuff is just too cute.
It is unfortunately due to your computer specs. Its under requirements. You have a dual core processor and the game requires a quad core i5 on desktop. Laptop you need an even better i7 quad core because laptop hardware is weaker than desktop. Do to this game's programing it is very cpu heavy ( this should not be happening) . You also have an integrated graphics card and the game requires a dedicated graphics card that runs on it's own ram. Your computer needs recommended requirements to survive third game. The game requires a mid level gaming desktop or higher end gaming laptop to survive. As the game adds more and more, it becomes more demanding. This last patch did a lot of computers in to where the game will no longer play or not play well. You cant upgrade laptop hardware your stuck with the specs you buy. I feel horrible every time I have to say this but you will need another computer to survive this game. I'm going to feel even worse saying this when the vampires get added. This same situation happened with the sims 3. I also had a lower end computer in the beginning that could no longer run the game due to a patch
Not to beat a dead horse, but wasn't one of the reasons given for no open world - among other things - was because they wanted it to run on older pcs? So say if I still had my pc from 2008 which I was still playing Sims 3 (with all EPs and SPs up to that point) on until 2013 when my hard drive went out, it wouldn't have been able to run Sims 4?
Was that an EA excuse or did players make that excuse? I see a lot of players state the game was made to run on lower end computer but that is not true. They were making TS4 while making TS3. Older hardware was around then so thats is what wound up as the minimum requirements on the box. Minimum requirements are for base game only , no eps, pack, patches etc. I have no idea if your older computer would have survived TS4. Tech has moved on since they printed those old specs. Most people don't own those old specs and they are not made anymore. TS4 recommended requirements has always been a mid range gaming desktop. The same requirements to run the whole TS3 though TS4 is not a complete game
RECOMMENDED SPECS:
OS: 64 Bit Windows 7, 8, 8.1, or 10
PROCESSOR: Intel core i5 or faster, AMD Athlon X4
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GTX 650 or better
MEMORY: 4 GB RAM
HARD DRIVE: 15 GB of Hard Drive space
They've said it was mainly because multitasking raised the performance bar.
This is possible but TS3 does have some multi tasking. You can use the sims store tablet to listen and gain skills while also learning a physical skill. They can all talk while watching TV. They can all talk while eating, still talk while playing a game. etc. All while still learning a skill on the tablet. They are able to do 3 things at once.
Hey! I did not skimp on TS1's potential! I'll let you know that!
I'm not posting it in the Fav Screenshot thread cuz I have another separate story there and don't want to confuse people.
Not in the same way as TS4. You can read the GDC talk about it if you want more details.
Ok you skimped on 2 (cough) You will not confuse people. Im sure they can tell the difference between adult Dylan and toddler Dylan. EA did make the toddlers much shorter than the adults.
Hahahaa. LOL, you're funny. I meant they might get confused with the story line. There's already other simmers posting there too. There will be too many things going on, it will be messy. Haha.
The games are programed differently and on a different game engine. I was just saying that TS3 has some multi tasking while having an open world. With TS4 I don't know that multitasking is the reason for not having open world or the game's engine might have something more to do with it. We have tech people in this forum that know more than me who say the game's engine is much more limited than TS3's engine.