Just wanted to ask if anybody else is experiencing this bug: whenever I switch from build mode to live mode, live mode freezes for about 20-30 seconds - time freezes and sims don't do anything. After 20-30 seconds, everything goes back to normal.
I've been experiencing this since the last patch that dropped. Is it a known bug? Tried without and with mods, no change, so it's not the mods...
Maxis have released patches that are supposed to fix it, but people still seem to have this issue.
A workaround is to click the pause button (... in the upper right) then the lag will disappear for most people. But you have to do that every time you enter/exit build mode.
Which world are you playing in? I still get a lot of lag in Henford on Bagley, but other worlds seem to be working better.
Try a new game and see if you still have lag, maybe it's because you are playing an older save or have a lot of things on your lot, mirrors, fountains and cc can drain performance.
I thought they fixed this in the last patch. I saw an article on Sims Community that recommended repairing the game after the patch. It fixed the lag for a little while, but now it it's back again. I get the lag when I enter and exit photo mode, too. Hitting escape and waiting a couple of seconds seems to do the trick for me.
Which world are you playing in? I still get a lot of lag in Henford on Bagley, but other worlds seem to be working better.
Try a new game and see if you still have lag, maybe it's because you are playing an older save or have a lot of things on your lot, mirrors, fountains and cc can drain performance.
I'm playing in Willow Creek and it is a five house lot with lots of things on it. Don't have a lot CC though...
Which world are you playing in? I still get a lot of lag in Henford on Bagley, but other worlds seem to be working better.
Try a new game and see if you still have lag, maybe it's because you are playing an older save or have a lot of things on your lot, mirrors, fountains and cc can drain performance.
I'm playing in Willow Creek and it is a five house lot with lots of things on it. Don't have a lot CC though...
When you have a lot that has too much going on, lots of furniture, clutter, etc. it will bog down the game because everything has to be loaded and accounted for, especially if Sims can interact with it. This can also happen when Sim inventories have too much in them.
unfortunately this issue has been around for at least 3/4 years. I remember having this issue around 2018 as well.... I don't see them fixing it anytime soon tbh.
They keep claiming there are fixes but they never work. If anything, I won't be surprised if it isn't gonna be fixed at all.
Hmm... actually it happens to be also something similar... I'm playing on an XBOX Series S, game gets too lagged almost freeze then it gets a better not fully ok, but you can play. If its too laggy I just do a save and load and it gets fixed.. I thought it was something like a RAM memory limitation...
The way the OP described it is much more extreme than I typically get, but I don’t play in huge lots with 5 structures. I just get choppiness when it happens. I click on the ellipses (…) and click back out. I don’t even have to hit “save” and it gets rid of the problem 98% of the time. You can also hit Escape twice for the same effect. Although, a few days ago I had some choppiness in Del Sol Valley (the lower end residential area) and I had to reboot the game to get rid of it.
Thanks everyone for your kind and helpful comments. Unfortunately clicking ... doesn't solve it for me. I don't play on the lot, just building on it for my save file (so my Sims neighbours have nice homes). But I do playtest it because my Sims might visit so it should be playable. This is when I noticed something was wrong.
Bringing the menu up doesn't help, but saving actually does! Everything is back to normal after saving. But saving does take some time too, so I dunno if it really saves time and is faster than just waiting like 20-30 seconds haha
I noticed if I open the settings menu and then exit the menu the lag stops. But I understand how you feel, this was a major reason why I haven't played the game in a while because I was still suffering from this bug.
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Yes, that has been a bug for a while. Here is the Answer HQ Report: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/OPEN-PC-MAC-Massive-Lag-when-entering-and-exiting-BuyBuild-Mode/td-p/9204644
Maxis have released patches that are supposed to fix it, but people still seem to have this issue.
A workaround is to click the pause button (... in the upper right) then the lag will disappear for most people. But you have to do that every time you enter/exit build mode.
Which world are you playing in? I still get a lot of lag in Henford on Bagley, but other worlds seem to be working better.
Try a new game and see if you still have lag, maybe it's because you are playing an older save or have a lot of things on your lot, mirrors, fountains and cc can drain performance.
I'm playing in Willow Creek and it is a five house lot with lots of things on it. Don't have a lot CC though...
When you have a lot that has too much going on, lots of furniture, clutter, etc. it will bog down the game because everything has to be loaded and accounted for, especially if Sims can interact with it. This can also happen when Sim inventories have too much in them.
They keep claiming there are fixes but they never work. If anything, I won't be surprised if it isn't gonna be fixed at all.
If its too laggy I just do a save and load and it gets fixed.. I thought it was something like a RAM memory limitation...
Like before leaving build mode or after before you unpause the game?
Just casually dropping in, I think this person means AFTER. Since it states "when you leave". But that's just my estimated guess.
Thank you Jean, I will try that.
You don't actually have to save--although I recommend saving often--just bring the menu up. It works for me as well.