[FAQ] Lags & Freezes

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@crinrict wrote:

Did you try any of the suggestions on the first page ?

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I have found so many of these kinds of threads and tried everything that all of them have suggested. NOTHING works. I double checked my system against the system requirements of Island Paradise (it's the latest one I have) just to make sure it was fine. My system is way above what's required. I've uninstalled and then re-installed everything. (I have all expansions and stuff EXCEPT Sweet Treats, 70s,80s,90s, Movies, and Into the Future). I tried multiple times resetSim *, deleting the cache files, I even went and tried a mod that was reccomended multiple times off other forums. Allllll to no avail and it's ridiculously frustrating! (also, no custom content installed - even from the sims3 store - thanks to the re-installation).  All settings were tried on low, then returned to medium (after being on high initially). Memories have also been turned off.

I can't even remember how long I've been having the freezing issue or under which expansion it initially started; I have most noticed it in Island Paradise though. For a while, like someone else mentioned earlier, I thought it may be over-sized families or lots. NOPE. It's anything, anyone, anywhere over any save.

Reading back through a few of the other posts about mid-way... Some people seem to think it may just be Origin. So in that case, considering it's now a requirement which I think is both brilliant and absolutely ridiculous at the same time (having to be online... absolutely BS, but the cloud idea was great because I don't have half my discs anymore). But in the case that it MAY be Origin, would anyone suggest possible fixes there? (none come to mind for me because I'm not used to an Origin/Steam kind of program).