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lostinmalloc
5 years ago

Re: Constant freezing sims 4 ps4

How many Sims do you have on your household? And how big is that house?

Needless to say, on a PS4, even if Pro, having too many people and a house that is too big, makes it unplayable.

Some things that helped in my case:

  • Disconnect from the Internet when you play. Settings, Network. It really makes a big difference.
  • Clear the cache while the game is loading. Keep holding L1 + R1 until you get to the main menu.
  • In extreme cases, you can reduce the screen resolution from 1080 to 720. Yea, it sucks BUT there is a a huge boost in performance. After a while, you really get used. I was able to play a 8 Sims household in a 5 floors lot this way. Then I started to play with no more than 4 Sims per household on 2 floors lots (completely better). This way I can easily host weedings with 12 Sims without any real problem.
  • Sometimes it just helps if you open up the settings and go into Options. Doing nothing really. It's like it frees some memory.

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  • TrusttLove's avatar
    TrusttLove
    5 years ago

    It happens in all sizes of houses and households. I tested out every type. Big house, little house, apt. 1 sim, 2 sims etc etc. It still happens. I've also freed up space on my PS4 and I don't play while connected to the internet. Someone suggested that a while back because of a different issue. It didn't help. The only games on my PS4 atm are Sims and MC. Still no help. Like I said it doesn't even just happen during live mode. It happens in CAS and everywhere else. It's just the game in general. This was my last resort after trying everything I could. I searched for days on the internet to find a solution before deciding to post this. Tried everything. I have experienced lag of course, even in the past, with huge houses and 8 sims but it would never freeze. Now it does. I don't know when exactly it started happening because I didn't play for about 2 months. I really think it's something that needs to be fixed on their end. 

  • CarloxForever's avatar
    CarloxForever
    4 years ago
    @lostinmalloc wrote:
    • In extreme cases, you can reduce the screen resolution from 1080 to 720. Yea, it sucks BUT there is a a huge boost in performance.

    That's just placebo effect as the PS4 doesn't work that way. There's tons of info about that online.

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