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Do you notice lag from adding just one more EP?
Simmerville
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I stopped adding packs a while ago, because I worry it would affect my game's performance too badly. But I must admit that the performance is still surprisingly good after adding all EPs bar 1 + 5 GPs + 1SP + some CC. For all later installments I have expected a bad over all effect, but it was hardly noticeable perform wise. And that's on a low end computer with integrated vid card.
My biggest problem is remembering to turn off all programs running in the background, as I tend to have lots of browser fans up while gaming, because I like to switch back and for. And, lately it seems that Windows have started doing major background tasks on random, which will lag my game for a few minutes, but then stop. Wish I could turn off most of those tasks while game is running (ie Windows updating system search indexes seems like a waste of resources while gaming).
Anyway - what's your experience with lagging from adding one more EP? Do you notice any bigger impact? If you are on a super top notch computer I guess you are fine no matter how many packs you install, but if you are getting close to some limit...?
I heard mostly new forms for relations between sims all over your worlds might slow things down. But if my active household is not building huge networks, would it then be any impact from a new pack? I mean, new items in catalogs shouldn't really affect my active household in live mode, unless they own those items? A new world should not affect my active household unless they actually go there?
I'd love to add more packs, but not knowing how badly it might slow down my game, I hesitate. I love making videos, and therefore I depend on a certain performance. I guess there's no way to tell for sure before trying, but is there some sort of a general rule I should be aware of? Is there a way to reduce Window's background tasks (I only know about unplugging web access... ha!).
If I knew a bit more about how the additions affect technically, maybe it gets smoother now that EA can focus on 64 instead of 32. Say, if there is actually no reason to worry, I'd gladly grab a full bundle
My biggest problem is remembering to turn off all programs running in the background, as I tend to have lots of browser fans up while gaming, because I like to switch back and for. And, lately it seems that Windows have started doing major background tasks on random, which will lag my game for a few minutes, but then stop. Wish I could turn off most of those tasks while game is running (ie Windows updating system search indexes seems like a waste of resources while gaming).
Anyway - what's your experience with lagging from adding one more EP? Do you notice any bigger impact? If you are on a super top notch computer I guess you are fine no matter how many packs you install, but if you are getting close to some limit...?
I heard mostly new forms for relations between sims all over your worlds might slow things down. But if my active household is not building huge networks, would it then be any impact from a new pack? I mean, new items in catalogs shouldn't really affect my active household in live mode, unless they own those items? A new world should not affect my active household unless they actually go there?
I'd love to add more packs, but not knowing how badly it might slow down my game, I hesitate. I love making videos, and therefore I depend on a certain performance. I guess there's no way to tell for sure before trying, but is there some sort of a general rule I should be aware of? Is there a way to reduce Window's background tasks (I only know about unplugging web access... ha!).
If I knew a bit more about how the additions affect technically, maybe it gets smoother now that EA can focus on 64 instead of 32. Say, if there is actually no reason to worry, I'd gladly grab a full bundle
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check that out!
I'm fully aware that my tech specs are way below what is recommended, and that is also why I'm surprised how well this game performs, and why I hesitate to add even more packs.
Btw: My system says I've got
AMD A8-7600 Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G 3.10 GHz
8 GB RAM, 64-bites
... it's pretty low-end, right?
With Sims 4, you don't have that at all. No matter how many packs you install, you SHOULDN'T have lags long as you configure your settings accordingly to your PC specs.
8GB ram should be minimum, very low-end yet.
Idk about your CPU but what's your GPU? If it's Intel, you are out of luck as they aren't built for these games. More like 2D games or whatever.
Sometimes it's time to upgrade! :)
I run the game on ultra settings because I got a powerful pc (i7 8700, gtx 1070 ti, 16gb ram) but this shouldn't demotivate you. My laptop has weak specs but can run at medium settings without lags.
Well, as I'm quite pleased with my game despite computer being poor, I might have had some luck after all
But, what you actually said is that adding more packs should not cause much trouble, because of how the game is built. That's uplifting to read, maybe I should just worry a bit less
I did play TS1, TS2 and TS3, and yes, the latter had a totally different lag, probably because of the open world and all those small events going on outside your own lot. It worked well for a fresh game, but lagged as the generations were added or population grew.
Yes, Sims 3 had open world. But, EA seemed to rush the execution or something which resulted in severe path-finding issues which made the game hang as the A.I tried to understand the executions and so on. Sims 3 works fine for a base game but the performance becomes worse if you add atleast 2-3 packs.
With Sims 4, you don't have that issue at all, atleast for my pc. You shouldn't have this issue either! So, try and see.
I have all the packs and ZERO lag - runs as perfectly as it does with just 1 pack. This kind of game engine does not bog down. It is not like all the previous game engine that do bog down. If you have lag it might be your pc as it is not the game. 7 others in my family with all packs and playing daily - they have the same experience as i do and we all have different pcs - but we all have high end gaming pcs. None of us have mods but 4 does have CC. Not me though - I don't use CC or mods in an unfinished game.
Lots of CC might have issues and mods of course seeing Uni gave us new content that might affect the old meshes so you should check CC - especially furniture.... in case the meshes were changed. I know one of my granddaughters tried to redo her dorms with CC furn and the game kept crashing. She removed her CC and redid the same dorms with game content - no more crashes or slow downs.
By the way Sims 3 only has issues because of how easy the routing is to break and the fact it needs more use of the ram - it can only use 3.2 gigs of your ram no matter how much you have because they should have upped it to 64 bit and never did - 32 bit can only use 3.2 gigs of ram. 64 bit is endless.... compared. Sim3 should have never came out in 32 bit it was too big to start with for 32 bit....
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My girlfriend, on the other hand, plays modless and on newer saves and experiences little to no lag whatsoever. Even now with DU being installed.
It's called a Lenovo ideapad Y700. I consulted a techier person who tells me what to get when I get a computer. I liked it so much that I got a second Lenovo for other stuff.