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    My Game won't stop lagging...

    EdithVEdithV Posts: 859 Member
    in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    Since the update my game is lagging like crazy, it's unplayable. I took out the cc and it made no difference. I deleted the cache file, I changed my graphics, I played in windowed mode and nothing is different, it's so slow to play. I don't know what else to do as I'm not very tech savvy, does anyone have any ideas?

    Sorry if this is on the wrong thread but I couldn't make a post in the technical help section for some reason.

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      NoTalentNoTalent Posts: 384 Member
      Is it FPS lag or simulation lag?
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      EdithVEdithV Posts: 859 Member
      NoTalent wrote: »
      Is it FPS lag or simulation lag?

      I think simulation? When I go into game and try and play with the sims the camera is very slow and jerky and when I click for them to do anything there is a delay.
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      LoveMcQueen5683LoveMcQueen5683 Posts: 3,689 Member
      Might be an issue with your computer not being powerful enough for the sims 4.

      Don't know your setup so it's hard to say.
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      EdithVEdithV Posts: 859 Member
      LoveMcQueen5683 wrote: »
      Might be an issue with your computer not being powerful enough for the sims 4.

      Don't know your setup so it's hard to say.

      There shouldn't be, I've played since 2017 and have never had this issue, I've also got a 64 bit alienware computer.
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      Pamtastic72Pamtastic72 Posts: 4,545 Member
      Have you updated your graphics card drivers? Not having your drivers updated can cause severe lag.
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      DivieOwlDivieOwl Posts: 1,161 Member
      Completely disconnect the internet from your computer (turn off wifi completely or completely remove the ethernet cable) and see if you can play okay without internet running.
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,602 Member
      EdithV wrote: »
      NoTalent wrote: »
      Is it FPS lag or simulation lag?

      I think simulation? When I go into game and try and play with the sims the camera is very slow and jerky and when I click for them to do anything there is a delay.

      Tha sounds like both fps and simulation lag. What's your computer's specs?
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      james64468james64468 Posts: 1,276 Member
      DeKay wrote: »
      EdithV wrote: »
      NoTalent wrote: »
      Is it FPS lag or simulation lag?

      I think simulation? When I go into game and try and play with the sims the camera is very slow and jerky and when I click for them to do anything there is a delay.

      Tha sounds like both fps and simulation lag. What's your computer's specs?

      I don't think it their system. I started having the same problem going into the game. My computer runs Sims 3 just fine. It most likely a bug somewhere in their code. It might be related to Sims 4 camera.
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,602 Member
      edited October 2019
      james64468 wrote: »
      DeKay wrote: »
      EdithV wrote: »
      NoTalent wrote: »
      Is it FPS lag or simulation lag?

      I think simulation? When I go into game and try and play with the sims the camera is very slow and jerky and when I click for them to do anything there is a delay.

      Tha sounds like both fps and simulation lag. What's your computer's specs?

      I don't think it their system. I started having the same problem going into the game. My computer runs Sims 3 just fine. It most likely a bug somewhere in their code. It might be related to Sims 4 camera.

      It's debatable. I don't know how bad OP's camera lag is. I have had the fps problem since a long long time and I have gone thru 3 gaming laptops since 2015 and they all had the problem especially on bigger lots. So it's a bit strange for me to hear OP is only seeing the bad fps now. 🤷‍♀️

      For the simulation lag, that is def a bug/bad coding.
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      DeKayDeKay Posts: 81,602 Member
      OP, if you have laptop with a dedicated card and an Intel card, just make sure that the game is using the dedicated card. Cuz sometimes the game updates might switch them back.
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      NoTalentNoTalent Posts: 384 Member
      Pamtastic72 wrote: »
      Have you updated your graphics card drivers? Not having your drivers updated can cause severe lag.

      Good advice, but before you update, Google the version you are updating to as sometimes they release buggy drivers that cause issues. Granted, you can easily roll back, but if you have no idea how to do that, then you may be in for a tough ride.

      There is a mod to help alleviate simulation lag.

      Try lowering some settings, too.
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      EdithVEdithV Posts: 859 Member
      Hey sorry for not replying and thanks for all the advice! Turns out it was my graphics driver and I had it updated. Thanks to everyone who replied :smiley:
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      GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,579 Member
      EdithV wrote: »
      Hey sorry for not replying and thanks for all the advice! Turns out it was my graphics driver and I had it updated. Thanks to everyone who replied :smiley:

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      omysunshineomysunshine Posts: 3 New Member
      My game is very laggy when I go to big lots with multiple floors and its unnecessary because every form of cc i have in-game is merged and i only have a small amount of mods, Ive also tried boosting it with Raze Cortex. But I think my processor cant handle it much. But it runs fine at a small lot so I dont know why itz lagging any help?
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      HestiaHestia Posts: 1,997 Member
      1) https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Camera-Stuttering-on-community-lots/td-p/8198382

      2) https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues-PC/CURRENT-ISSUE-Incredibly-Low-FPS-when-connected-to-Internet/m-p/7605094
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      Atreya33Atreya33 Posts: 4,429 Member
      edited March 2020
      DeKay wrote: »
      OP, if you have laptop with a dedicated card and an Intel card, just make sure that the game is using the dedicated card. Cuz sometimes the game updates might switch them back.

      My game is also slow. It definitely became worse after installing discover university. I will check for driver updates. How can I check if the game uses the dedicated card?
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      5782341b77vl5782341b77vl Posts: 9,149 Member
      edited March 2020
      Mine is also unplayable. Looked everywhere, but couldn't find my MODS folder (think I have too many?) . Anyone know where it got hidden?

      EDIT: might have to go thru the SAVES folder and clean it up, if anyone knows where it is (I'm a rotational player, so it's gotta be full)
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