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    Lagging game, basement and second floor

    Nyane21Nyane21 Posts: 152 Member
    edited January 2022 in The Sims 4 General Discussion
    Hi!!
    In terms of lagging the game, if we want to avoid the lagging, is it better to create underground floors/basements or second and third floor?
    thanks in advance

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    • GalacticGalGalacticGal Posts: 28,502 Member
      edited January 2022
      I don't know. I rarely, if ever create a basement. I'm only responding because I don't like it when people read a thread but nobody responds to it. I refuse to be 'one of those'.
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    • GageaGagea Posts: 1,275 Member
      I haven't seen any difference concerning lagging in houses with or without basements.
    • StormkeepStormkeep Posts: 7,632 Member
      edited January 2022
      I haven't noticed a difference either way.

      From a technical standpoint, if your PC is borderline struggling with the game in the first place, basements would be less lag-inducing because they require less drawing of lighting and shadows, both of which are performance heavy tasks for the GPU. Personally I'd lower lighting and shadow in graphics options if that was an issue for me before I'd let it dictate how I build my houses.


      Two things cause noticeable lagging for me. One is the aurora lighting effect that can appear over Green Eco lots (from EL pack). That is beyond extreme lag for me. I use a mod to disable the effect.

      The other is a mod that I'd love to use, but using it causes the movement of the camera in my game to become slightly sluggish (i.e. minor lag). So I don't use that mod (Meaningful Stories)
      This post will be edited by StormKeep at some point.
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    • Nyane21Nyane21 Posts: 152 Member
      GalacticGal wrote: »
      I don't know. I rarely, if ever create a basement. I'm only responding because I don't like it when people read a thread but nobody responds to it. I refuse to be 'one of those'.

      You are very kind! Thank you so much. It really means a lot.
    • simgirl1010simgirl1010 Posts: 35,837 Member
      GalacticGal wrote: »
      I don't know. I rarely, if ever create a basement. I'm only responding because I don't like it when people read a thread but nobody responds to it. I refuse to be 'one of those'.

      I'm glad we have you for that. It would get pretty redundant if everyone who viewed the thread but had no answer was to post that. :)
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