[WORK IN PROGRESS] Game Lockups
I will not be responding to this thread on a regular basis. as I have all the tips I have compiled on this first post. Please do provide as much info as you can though
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Hi, I've had this issue for a while now. Every time I'm in the Detective career (and it doesn't matter which Sim I am playing) it constantly lags. I have no custom content or mods running. This issue does not happen with any other career. I've also tried doing a clean install (twice.)
The problem is this, when a command is executed i.e. browse police database, add clues, etc. is takes forever for this command to be executed. What will happen is the Sim will just stand there, staring off into space, and it is an at least a 1/2 hr to 1 hr of Sim time that passes before the command is executed. At first, I thought this to be a problem on my end. I'm also an IT consultant and I can assure you that all of my drivers are all updated. In addition I've done some research and I see on the main Sims website in the forum that this issue has been reported as of lately, but it hasn't been reported here at all.
Hope you can help? Could this be a bug worth mentioning to EA?
Could you post your Computer's DxDiag?
To gather a DxDiag on your computer, please follow the steps here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/HOW-TO-DxDiag-for-Sims-3-PC-Only/td-p/1049584/
You can attach the txt file to your post directly.
Hi, Crin
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. Here ya go.
That looks ok. You could maybe update your graphics drivers but I doubt that's the cause for your issue.
Could you post a video of the lag you're seeing and also start a new game for testing purposes to see if it's save game related or a general issue.
- Hi Crin,
It looks like the issue is fixed. Nvidia released a driver update this morning and it seems the issue is ok now. I'll keep a watch if it repeats. Thanks for your help.
@ja420 Checking your dxdiag I'm thinking the GT 730 video card may be a bit weak for this game. My gaming machine is a AMD 6100 with a GTX 550 Ti video card and play TS4 very well. This computer even plays Fallout 4 very well. I've been looking for an excuse to upgrade or replace my aging gaming computer but if it works don't fix it.
@Deckete Please post your computer's dxdiag. First guess you may have the same problem as ja420.
add: there are three versions of the GT 730. Even the higher end 730 has entry level gaming specs.
- I'm not sure what you mean by weak. I have a 2GB of memory on my video card. It's never been a problem before, but I thank you for your input.
