Sims 4 General Lag

@cyberstxr  Does the same lag happen in a new save?  I'm not suggesting you abandon this save, just that it's a useful comparison.  Please test in one of the base game worlds and let me know.  And try playing with Origin in offline mode.

Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.

https://help.ea.com/en/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/

My Sims 4 game still lagged in a new save without any mods or cc in a base game world and offline. I also tried a new sims 4 folder. Whenever I send a dxidag to ea through the link, I've tried it before i went onto ea answers, it just had a bot response and answered with a response completely off the topic of lag. I'll attach a new dxdiag here. Thank you and please help!

My Sims 4 game still lagged in a new save without any mods or cc in a base game world and offline. I also tried a new sims 4 folder. Whenever I send a dxidag to ea through the link, I've tried it before i went onto ea answers, it just had a bot response and answered with a response completely off the topic of lag. I'll attach a new dxdiag here. Thank you and please help!

@cyberstxr The first thing you have to do is run Windows update. The second thing you should do is free up as much space on the system device as you can.

@cyberstxr  First of all, you do NOT need to free up any space on your computer: 32 GB is more than enough to run Sims 4 without issues.

Your dxdiag is full of failed Windows updates, which, unless you're deliberately blocking them, means there's a problem preventing Windows from successfully updating itself.  So the place to start is with a couple of basic checks on your Windows system files:

• Hit Windows key-X
• Choose either “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator),” whichever option is offered
• Inside the window that appears, copy and paste “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” without quotes into the window, and enter
• The system will start validating soon. If it throws an error, please list it here
• After it reaches 100%, hit Windows key-X again
• Again, choose “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Windows Terminal (Administrator)”
• Inside the window, copy and paste “sfc /scannow” without quotes into the window, and enter
• Post the message you receive here

Restart your computer, hit Windows key-i, select Update & Security, and click the box to check for updates.  If any install, restart again afterwards.

If the game still lags, please try playing while your entire computer is offline.  You can sign into Origin and put it in offline mode, then disable wifi and/or disconnect the ethernet cable before pressing Play.

If that doesn't help either, please restart your computer, open the Task Manager (but nothing else yet), and in the Processes tab, let me know how much memory your system is using overall.  If it's more than about 50%, click the Startup tab, take a screenshot (hit Windows key-shift-S and drag your cursor over the window), and attach it to a post.

I did what you said and it gave this message, "Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations."

I'm sorry for two separate reply's but I also did the task manager thing and heres the screenshot.

@cyberstxr  In your screenshot, please click the Startup tab and take a screenshot of what shows up there too.  Your computer is using almost all its memory just on startup, leaving so little for Sims 4 that it's no wonder the game lags.  (Windows will shift things around a bit to give the game more resources, but it's probably still not nearly enough.)

Please also clean boot your computer:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-perform-a-clean-boot-in-windows-da2f9573-6eec-00ad-2f8a-a97a1807f3dd

And let me know how much RAM is being used (same screenshot as you posted this time) before you open anything else.

I'm not sure how to look at my RAM. Also, I updated my pc, (I did it manually in advanced mode) and it did make the game lag less but it still lags.

@cyberstxr  I want another screenshot exactly like what you posted earlier except this time, do a clean boot first.

I also want a screenshot of the Task Manager's Startup tab, which you can see in your previous screenshot.