Lag Time For When Child/Teen Goes to School

Sha2520032003

I was noticing a lag time when kids would have to go to school. The game would stall forever & they'd finally go to school. This bug emerged when we had Parenthood. I recall this being fixed at some point in a patch. Currently, I'm playing the 100 Baby Challenge, and have 7 kids that all go to school. The lag is a serious issue in my game with that many kids. It takes forever to get them out of the house.

I was curious if anyone else is experiencing this issue?

rosemow

Hello
Other simmers are also having this issue.
This AHQ EA thread refers to the issue
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Game-freezes-when-kids-teens-go-to-school/m-p/5870882#M3454

This is what another simmer helpfully suggested on another thread
Toreshinbo posted

When it's almost time for school (around 7:50) make your window veeeery tiny. That way the game will snap back to it's usual rate. It might get stuck for a few seconds but that's it. When the kids are at school you can enlarge the window again
I know it's an annoying workaround but at least it helps.

Having your sims outside near where they leave for school just before 8 can also help.

Karilan

I've also noticed this bug and found that if I press space to change character, it can trigger the child to get unstuck. This works even if there is only one sim.
I've found this helps in any case where my sim gets stuck in an action or stuck getting ready to do an action.

rosemow

Karilan wrote: »

I've also noticed this bug and found that if I press space to change character, it can trigger the child to get unstuck. This works even if there is only one sim.
I've found this helps in any case where my sim gets stuck in an action or stuck getting ready to do an action.

Hello
It is good to know your helpful suggestion for a workaround for this issue

iWallOliveira

Sha2520032003 wrote: »

I was noticing a lag time when kids would have to go to school. The game would stall forever & they'd finally go to school. This bug emerged when we had Parenthood. I recall this being fixed at some point in a patch. Currently, I'm playing the 100 Baby Challenge, and have 7 kids that all go to school. The lag is a serious issue in my game with that many kids. It takes forever to get them out of the house.

I was curious if anyone else is experiencing this issue?

I have been having this problem since January, I already sent my saves in April to @SimGuruNick because he said he was already aware of this annoying bug that should have been corrected a long time ago. Sometimes I think the producers are not bothering to fix some problems of the game. I'm very sad because it is a problem that makes the game impossible to be played.

michelei

Families are my favorite thing to play in Sims 4 and I have stopped playing them. The bugs have made it impossible. I hope they fix this issue soon.

Sha2520032003

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
Other simmers are also having this issue.
This AHQ EA thread refers to the issue
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Game-freezes-when-kids-teens-go-to-school/m-p/5870882#M3454

This is what another simmer helpfully suggested on another thread
Toreshinbo posted

When it's almost time for school (around 7:50) make your window veeeery tiny. That way the game will snap back to it's usual rate. It might get stuck for a few seconds but that's it. When the kids are at school you can enlarge the window again
I know it's an annoying workaround but at least it helps.

Having your sims outside near where they leave for school just before 8 can also help.

@rosemow Thank you for the tip. I'm not sure what that means to make the window very tiny. What screen is this? I play on a laptop and it's full screen; unsure how to adjust it. Is that what that tip means?

In the meantime, the workaround I've found is to make my adult Sim travel right before 8AM. Once the kids are off to school, I make her go back home. Kind of annoying, but it works.

Thanks so much for your tips and all the help you provide on this forum!

rosemow

Sha2520032003 wrote: »

rosemow wrote: »

Hello
Other simmers are also having this issue.
This AHQ EA thread refers to the issue
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-Game-freezes-when-kids-teens-go-to-school/m-p/5870882#M3454

This is what another simmer helpfully suggested on another thread
Toreshinbo posted

When it's almost time for school (around 7:50) make your window veeeery tiny. That way the game will snap back to it's usual rate. It might get stuck for a few seconds but that's it. When the kids are at school you can enlarge the window again
I know it's an annoying workaround but at least it helps.

Having your sims outside near where they leave for school just before 8 can also help.

@rosemow Thank you for the tip. I'm not sure what that means to make the window very tiny. What screen is this? I play on a laptop and it's full screen; unsure how to adjust it. Is that what that tip means?

In the meantime, the workaround I've found is to make my adult Sim travel right before 8AM. Once the kids are off to school, I make her go back home. Kind of annoying, but it works.

Thanks so much for your tips and all the help you provide on this forum!

Hello
The tip means that if you play in windowed mode, to try reducing the windows size down and see if that helps. You can change the windows modes setting in games options. It won't though be of help for you because you play in full screen mode.
It is good that you have found a workaround for the issue, that helps in your game.