Sims 4 is broken

CursedDice · January 2019

Sims constantly stand around and do nothing for hours, time slows to a stop etc. It makes doing stuff impossible at times. Had to cancel a birthday event because no one would do anything. Sims 3 runs better on the same machine and yet both games have a load of cc (3 might have its version of master controller, not sure) and 3 has three expansions to deal with and yet it runs better (sims don’t just get stuck and time doesn’t slow to a stop). Come to think of it, Witcher 3 also runs better except the frame rate isn’t great (if I turned settings down it’d improve). How does Sims 4 run worse when all that’s running is a 50 x 50 lot?

MakoSims · January 2019

I've been having this problem too. Long pauses between doing actions, standing around... it's annoying.

LadyKyn · January 2019

What you're describing is the simulation lag that's been a long standing problem since the game released. When I use to get it I'd just go into build mode and then back out as it would fix the problem.

Haven't had the in happen in months though. Sims 3 is prone to too much freezing for me as well as saves that corrupts so I'm usually playing another Sims game because I am very weary of that happening again.

earthgirl · January 2019

This is a very old issue that's been bugging me for years. Hopefully, they will fix it... at some point. It ruined a lot of stuff for me.

Madachan88 · January 2019

Some tips about the simulation lag.

Don't have houses full of clutter on big lots.
Cluttered sims inventory can cause lag too.

Clear out your cache (specially the localtumbnailcache),screenshots and tray folders. It lags a lot more if tons off stuff is in them.
And at last too many cc packages can causes it too.

Simpkin · January 2019

maybe you need a better computer?

Zeri · January 2019

just go to options menu like you are going to save and exit out again, that usually does it for me. if it persists restart the game

GalacticGal · January 2019

I delete the localthumbcache.package all of the time. My game runs fairly decently, too. Once in awhile it will stall completely. Then I simply do Ctrl, Alt, delete to bring up the task manager and once I get back into my game all is well again.

CursedDice · January 2019

Simpkin wrote: »

maybe you need a better computer?

My computer more than meets the requirements

ShadyLady_DQ · January 2019

Another big cause of simulation lag is the sims inventories. Clean those out and keeping them clean (approx 5 items per sim) keeps the lag down for me. The other suggestions people have made are good too and of course after cleaning up your clutter/inventory remember to clear cache and repair game. Hope that helps!

ShadyLady_DQ · January 2019

Double post sorry!

rosemow · January 2019

Hello
There are some things listed in the first post of this AHQ EA thread that you can do that may help your game
https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/WORK-IN-PROGRESS-Autonomy-and-Simulation-Lag/m-p/6918287#M81690

BMSO · January 2019

I tend to get the simulation lag if I have a big program running in the background like a browser or if my sims inventories (Chest and fridge) have way too much in them. Also deleting your cache, localthumb, tray files and spotlight help keep the lag down. If push comes to shove you could always run your game in laptop mode if you don't mind the graphics being a little choppy.

AuzzPanda · January 2019

Its ridiculous how we have to manually fix this problem ourselves by going into the game files and whatnot
EA must be the only company that does this
Lazy fs

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