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MeggleMonster
Rising Adventurer
6 months ago

Experiencing frequent lagging and shuddering after recent update for Sims 1.

I don't like having to complain on these forums but I'm not seeing any solution to the issues after these updates. My last post was about the UI scaling being too small and really difficult to see. This was the only issue that I really had apart from the game crashing whenever the burglar turned up. However, the burglar thing was resolved.

After the last update I saw no improvement to the UI size but only more issues. Even when i changed the settings in the game. Since the update, my game is now lagging quite a lot and shuddering. It's jerky as and it was working completely fine before this update so its NOT my PC and I'm getting annoyed with EA assuming it is. It's not just me experiencing that. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game 3 times, I've removed custom content and nothing has fixed the issue. I'm disappointed because the sims 1 is one of my favourites and now I can't even play it because of this shuddering. Its just too frustrating. Edge scrolling still doesn't work now either when it did before the update. Can you please just figure it out and fix it already. 

Here's a tip. Before you release a game, get a whole heap of people from the general public to test the game on their personal PCs so you can see how it goes for all different systems/set ups. In fact, I'd be happy to test it for free myself with my friends. It's not hard and then you could release the games confidently so you don't have to be harassed from us gamers lol. I'm sorry but I don't understand how such a massive company doesn't consider this. If it's about the money, people will be happy to spend more if you give the people what they want. Simple. 

17 Replies

  • MeggleMonster's avatar
    MeggleMonster
    Rising Adventurer
    5 months ago

    I have an Acer nitro 5 laptop. The game for me was running perfectly until they brought the new update out. The game doesn't crash for me either but the shuddering and lagging is terrible. I gave up. I haven't played the game since the update now. I'm really annoyed with EA. Whatever update they did, it's broken my game and I wish they'd hurry up and investigate this and tell me how to fix it. 

  • MeggleMonster's avatar
    MeggleMonster
    Rising Adventurer
    5 months ago

    I don't think EA are interested in fixing this. I'm really angry. No response from them what so ever. Completely ignore my messages/posts. No solution. No updates. I ended up uninstalling my game. I haven't played it for weeks now. What a waste of money. 

  • MeggleMonster's avatar
    MeggleMonster
    Rising Adventurer
    5 months ago

    Are you still having this issue? I ended up uninstalling my game and I haven't played it for a few weeks now. I haven't seen an update yet. So am wondering if it's been resolved for you at all yet? EA are ignoring me. 

  • tq03q9i's avatar
    tq03q9i
    Seasoned Novice
    5 months ago

    refund and install the sims complete collection

    it fully compatible with win98 - win11

  • MeggleMonster's avatar
    MeggleMonster
    Rising Adventurer
    3 months ago

    EA!! Get it together! It has been 3 months! When are you going to fix this?!!!!!!! 

  • MeggleMonster's avatar
    MeggleMonster
    Rising Adventurer
    2 months ago

    Posted this 4 months ago and still haven't had an answer, EA! Shame on you. Not happy. I haven't been able to play the game all this time now. I'm not the only one who is experiencing this issue, so if you're ignoring me because I got one warning on a previous comment I made, don't punish others just because of a dumb mistake on my part. People are getting cranky because we've paid good money for a game we can't even play properly. It isn't fair and I'd like an update please. I just want to know if this can be solved or not, so we know what to do from here and can finally forget and move on from this topic, please. I'm sure you're sick of hearing me complain by now. So, let's sort it, yeah?? Cheers

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