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ItsKatlyn99's avatar
5 years ago

Sims graphic quality set to low, Why? + Action delay problem

I wonder why sims graphics is set to 'low' and can't be changed by the option menu.

Sims in CAS have good graphics but then in the game they are terrible, the skin graphics is so bad and low resolution. I regretted buying the game and spending money on it! And the game is almost unplayable, Sims take 20 minutes to perform an action because of the delay, they stand up doing nothing and waiting hours before being able to perform the commanded action!

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  • @ItsKatlyn99 There's a post here with some tips on dealing with Simulation Lag.

    Press the power button on the front of your console until it beeps and the light on the top darkens. 

    If you have a lot of aura objects turned on, turn them off.

    Go into game Options/Audio and turn off Mood Sting.

    Large Households have more issues with simulation lag then small households.

    If you have a lot of objects in your sims inventory, this includes storage chests, bookshelves, refrigerator, and household inventory, go through all your played sims inventories and household inventories and sell items off. 

    If you have a large garden, consider trimming it down. You can sell produce and then store the plant in your household inventory. You can save the garden to the library and just put down what you need for each household and sell all the other plants that you don't need or use.

    If you are on a large lot, consider moving the family to a smaller lot to see if it helps. Some worlds are more prone to delay on the large lots like Brindleton Bay, other worlds that are very large like Britechester can cause AI delay with all the sims around.

  • All this does not help with the problem of the low quality graphic on sims in-game (and even not with the delay to be honest...) We need Maxis' optimization updates, not to find shortcuts that does not even work...

  • The Sims 4 graphic on ps4 seems to be set low especially for sims, please set it "high"

  • ItsKatlyn99's avatar
    ItsKatlyn99
    5 years ago

    Sims take a long time to perform the actions that I ask them to do. They stand and wait indefinite times before moving on and doing what I ask. This game is becoming unplayable on PS4.

    I spent a lot of money on this game, and the result is that I can't play because I get nervous and quit the game as soon as I open it. 

    It get on my nerves when someone give me answers like "try restarting the console" after spending all this money.

    Fix it!