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    Technical help: Sims 4 makes laptop battery die

    Sunflowergal227Sunflowergal227 Posts: 305 Member
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    Hello all,
    so this happened more than once, i would start up the game of the sims 4 on about 41% battery. Launch it, can play for a few minutes then suddenly my battery dies. I plug it in and it usually recovers where i left off. I have an HP Pavilon. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if it can be solved?
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      Calico45Calico45 Posts: 2,038 Member
      Does this happen with any other game/program? I know 4, and games in general, eat my battery power like no tomorrow.
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      Sunflowergal227Sunflowergal227 Posts: 305 Member
      Calico45 wrote: »
      Does this happen with any other game/program? I know 4, and games in general, eat my battery power like no tomorrow.

      Doesn't happen with TS2. At all, the battery literallys warns me if it is dying. if i'm playing 4, theres like no warning at all. Also fine when i'm playing facebook games too
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      CaprianaBCaprianaB Posts: 511 Member
      Sunflowergal227 wrote: »
      Hello all,
      so this happened more than once, i would start up the game of the sims 4 on about 41% battery. Launch it, can play for a few minutes then suddenly my battery dies. I plug it in and it usually recovers where i left off. I have an HP Pavilon. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if it can be solved?

      I also play on an HP Pavilion, and The Sims 4 drains my battery quickly too. My battery lasts much longer with other games.
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      Sunflowergal227Sunflowergal227 Posts: 305 Member
      CaprianaB wrote: »
      Sunflowergal227 wrote: »
      Hello all,
      so this happened more than once, i would start up the game of the sims 4 on about 41% battery. Launch it, can play for a few minutes then suddenly my battery dies. I plug it in and it usually recovers where i left off. I have an HP Pavilon. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if it can be solved?

      I also play on an HP Pavilion, and The Sims 4 drains my battery quickly too. My battery lasts much longer with other games.

      That's good to hear!
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      Calico45Calico45 Posts: 2,038 Member
      I cannot imagine those being as power hungry as 4. Hm... I think I had a similar issue with my old laptop. (I upgraded in January.) I do not remember every specific, but it was ridiculous how games in particular devoured its battery life. I got to the point that I pretty well never played anything unplugged. I do think it warned me, but being honest I'd never attempt to play anything below 90% charge unplugged.

      I unplug my new thing, though. It could be a battery issue. 4 isn't the most optimized from what I understand, but it doesn't sound like it is crashing. You can try varying flavors of power saver mode and see if that helps, but beyond an upgrade (parts or otherwise) I do not really know what to do besides playing plugged.
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      Sunflowergal227Sunflowergal227 Posts: 305 Member
      Calico45 wrote: »
      I cannot imagine those being as power hungry as 4. Hm... I think I had a similar issue with my old laptop. (I upgraded in January.) I do not remember every specific, but it was ridiculous how games in particular devoured its battery life. I got to the point that I pretty well never played anything unplugged. I do think it warned me, but being honest I'd never attempt to play anything below 90% charge unplugged.

      I unplug my new thing, though. It could be a battery issue. 4 isn't the most optimized from what I understand, but it doesn't sound like it is crashing. You can try varying flavors of power saver mode and see if that helps, but beyond an upgrade (parts or otherwise) I do not really know what to do besides playing plugged.

      okay well thank you, and at least we know the sims 4 is just power hungry!
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      GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,570 Member
      If you read up on it, articles from experts will tell you to never, never, EVER play a game on a laptop strictly using the battery. Keep it plugged in and make sure there is adequate airflow to keep the unit from overheating.
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      Sunflowergal227Sunflowergal227 Posts: 305 Member
      GalacticGal wrote: »
      If you read up on it, articles from experts will tell you to never, never, EVER play a game on a laptop strictly using the battery. Keep it plugged in and make sure there is adequate airflow to keep the unit from overheating.

      Good to know thanks!
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      SimburianSimburian Posts: 6,914 Member
      Sunflowergal227 wrote: »
      Hello all,
      so this happened more than once, i would start up the game of the sims 4 on about 41% battery. Launch it, can play for a few minutes then suddenly my battery dies. I plug it in and it usually recovers where i left off. I have an HP Pavilon. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if it can be solved?

      I've had a something die on me on my last HP Omen. Have a look at the HP support site or try your HP Support Assistant on your computer as there are apps there that can test everything on your machine. I had bought an extra year's insurance for mine and HP collected it and repaired it for me. It wasn't the battery, though I got the same cannot fill up battery problem as you had.

      One app. they have on HP support can check the whole works and if failing can arrange the pickup from your address and collect it in their own packaging material if the machine is failing. I just had to put in my laptop and power lead. It took a bit longer than the 3 weeks they said it would as the Lockdown started at the same time but it came back better than ever.
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      Sunflowergal227Sunflowergal227 Posts: 305 Member
      Simburian wrote: »
      Sunflowergal227 wrote: »
      Hello all,
      so this happened more than once, i would start up the game of the sims 4 on about 41% battery. Launch it, can play for a few minutes then suddenly my battery dies. I plug it in and it usually recovers where i left off. I have an HP Pavilon. Just wondering if anyone else has this problem and if it can be solved?

      I've had a something die on me on my last HP Omen. Have a look at the HP support site or try your HP Support Assistant on your computer as there are apps there that can test everything on your machine. I had bought an extra year's insurance for mine and HP collected it and repaired it for me. It wasn't the battery, though I got the same cannot fill up battery problem as you had.

      One app. they have on HP support can check the whole works and if failing can arrange the pickup from your address and collect it in their own packaging material if the machine is failing. I just had to put in my laptop and power lead. It took a bit longer than the 3 weeks they said it would as the Lockdown started at the same time but it came back better than ever.

      Good to know thanks. used HP Support Assistant sometimes as well.
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      SheriSim57SheriSim57 Posts: 6,973 Member
      I always play my gaming laptop plugged in, I did my HP that way too. I lose track of time playing sims 4, once in awhile the plug will fall out and my computer warns me that the battery is low.
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      Calico45Calico45 Posts: 2,038 Member
      GalacticGal wrote: »
      If you read up on it, articles from experts will tell you to never, never, EVER play a game on a laptop strictly using the battery. Keep it plugged in and make sure there is adequate airflow to keep the unit from overheating.

      Just out of curiosity, why? Obviously overheating is bad because it can damage your computer and air flow prevents that, but as far as I know you can play whatever unplugged without damage. You just will not get very far on your battery.
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      LynnPlayz1LynnPlayz1 Posts: 548 Member
      I slowly killed my old laptop by leaving it plugged in 24/7. Now, it can say that it's at 100% charge, but the moment I unplug it ZAP it's off.
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      Calico45Calico45 Posts: 2,038 Member
      LynnPlayz1 wrote: »
      I slowly killed my old laptop by leaving it plugged in 24/7. Now, it can say that it's at 100% charge, but the moment I unplug it ZAP it's off.

      Yeah, this is what I have heard about all my life about electronic batteries. You theoretically aren't supposed to keep them plugged in all (to most of) the time. When I tried looking into this, I found that all these details depend on the type of battery. Once upon a time, apparently you could ruin a battery pretty quickly because the earlier models were fickle.

      Anyway, they eventually wear out with use in my experience. Part of the main reason I upgrade my phone. *shrug*
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