I really don't have much lag in my game but I have moved my Sims into a beautiful mansion. 3 floors (one section of the house does have a 4th floor section) and a basement. 6 bedrooms....lots of bathrooms. 64 x 64 lot. Huge yard with pool, garden, basketball court, and kids play area. I usually don't have lag but when I play in this mansion, I do have lag. It's frustrating. Could it be just because the lot and house are so large?

I get lag on certain neighbourhoods. Like where the goths live for example. Yet other areas of the same world play flawlessly. Ive also noticed lag with larger houses. I think its my graphics card to be honest. Confuses me tho as ive seen a few youtubers playing on the same graphics card as me on higher settings with zero lag.

I've downloaded huge lots that were packed with items. I remember a tall hotel in particular. The game lagged for me when I tried to play in it. I had set it as a community lot... so many sims were coming in also. Ever since then I've written off very large packed builds especially when the creator of the lot goes crazy with MOO.

Yeah, I used to get lag in complex lots as well, so I try and keep them simple now. San Myshuno lags for me as well - vanilla or modded.From some user reports, having a monster PC doesn't seem to help either.

"cameronw209;c-15915115" wrote:Stuttering lag or simulation lag?It's like when I click on a sim, I have to click a few times for it to transfer over to make the sim active. For example, I'm playing Joyce and Harry. Harry is active, but I want Joyce to do something....I click on Joyce's face but it stays on Harry...like it's stuck for a few. So the game lags a bit and I'm clicking Joyce's face like crazy until it transfers over to her. If that makes sense.

"ModerateOsprey;c-15915164" wrote:Yeah, I used to get lag in complex lots as well, so I try and keep them simple now. San Myshuno lags for me as well - vanilla or modded.From some user reports, having a monster PC doesn't seem to help either.Having a gaming PC seems to help with some issues, but it doesn't seem to make them immune to them. I still get simulation lag relatively frequently and some stuttering lag every now and then.I've noticed that TS4 uses about 60-80% of my CPU when I'm running it. :anguished: "aaronrulz;c-15915371" wrote:"cameronw209;c-15915115" wrote:Stuttering lag or simulation lag?It's like when I click on a sim, I have to click a few times for it to transfer over to make the sim active. For example, I'm playing Joyce and Harry. Harry is active, but I want Joyce to do something....I click on Joyce's face but it stays on Harry...like it's stuck for a few. So the game lags a bit and I'm clicking Joyce's face like crazy until it transfers over to her. If that makes sense. I get this on most lots that I play sometimes. The lag isn't extreme, but sometimes there is a noticeable delay when switching Sims. I actually don't mind a little bit of lag, and when I say a little bit, I mean the occasional stutter. However, it's the simulation lag that drives me crazy. Having more than two club gatherings at once seems to cause simulation lag and even going to the library has started causing noticeable simulation lag for me.

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Simsfan991111
8 years ago
I get lag on certain neighbourhoods. Like where the goths live for example. Yet other areas of the same world play flawlessly. Ive also noticed lag with larger houses. I think its my graphics card to be honest. Confuses me tho as ive seen a few youtubers playing on the same graphics card as me on higher settings with zero lag.
Hermitgirl
New Spectator
8 years ago
I've downloaded huge lots that were packed with items. I remember a tall hotel in particular. The game lagged for me when I tried to play in it. I had set it as a community lot... so many sims were coming in also. Ever since then I've written off very large packed builds especially when the creator of the lot goes crazy with MOO.
moderateosprey
New Spectator
8 years ago
Yeah, I used to get lag in complex lots as well, so I try and keep them simple now. San Myshuno lags for me as well - vanilla or modded.

From some user reports, having a monster PC doesn't seem to help either.
AaronRulz78
Seasoned Newcomer
8 years ago
"cameronw209;c-15915115" wrote:
Stuttering lag or simulation lag?

It's like when I click on a sim, I have to click a few times for it to transfer over to make the sim active. For example, I'm playing Joyce and Harry. Harry is active, but I want Joyce to do something....I click on Joyce's face but it stays on Harry...like it's stuck for a few. So the game lags a bit and I'm clicking Joyce's face like crazy until it transfers over to her. If that makes sense.
camsin
8 years ago
"ModerateOsprey;c-15915164" wrote:
Yeah, I used to get lag in complex lots as well, so I try and keep them simple now. San Myshuno lags for me as well - vanilla or modded.

From some user reports, having a monster PC doesn't seem to help either.

Having a gaming PC seems to help with some issues, but it doesn't seem to make them immune to them. I still get simulation lag relatively frequently and some stuttering lag every now and then.

I've noticed that TS4 uses about 60-80% of my CPU when I'm running it. :anguished:

"aaronrulz;c-15915371" wrote:
"cameronw209;c-15915115" wrote:
Stuttering lag or simulation lag?

It's like when I click on a sim, I have to click a few times for it to transfer over to make the sim active. For example, I'm playing Joyce and Harry. Harry is active, but I want Joyce to do something....I click on Joyce's face but it stays on Harry...like it's stuck for a few. So the game lags a bit and I'm clicking Joyce's face like crazy until it transfers over to her. If that makes sense.

I get this on most lots that I play sometimes. The lag isn't extreme, but sometimes there is a noticeable delay when switching Sims. I actually don't mind a little bit of lag, and when I say a little bit, I mean the occasional stutter. However, it's the simulation lag that drives me crazy. Having more than two club gatherings at once seems to cause simulation lag and even going to the library has started causing noticeable simulation lag for me.
LianneKar
8 years ago
I used to have lag on bigger lots on my old PC for quite some time. It was very annoying since I was attempting to build a kennel on the 64 x 64 lot in Windenburg in preparations for pets that will, hopefully, at some point arrive. I gave up in the middle and now that I have a better PC I do not experience the lag anymore. I think that large lots, especially filled with many objects, just produce lag on lower to mid end computers so if yours does fall into that range you might want to think about an update - or just do it like I did and stick with 30 x 20 / 40 x 30 lots.
Sk83113
8 years ago
It's probably because the lot is so big and has a lot of objects. I almost always get lag when I play using a lot with a ton of objects. The more objects you have= more lag
Simsfan991111
8 years ago
"46982459843;c-15921837" wrote:
I think it's because the lot is super huge. That's why I will more likely play in either medium-sized homes/lots.

By the way, I think the island in Windenburg can get laggy at times.

This, im playing in high now not ultra, plays much better and looks the same really. I dont see many differences
camsin
8 years ago
Stuttering lag or simulation lag?
babysquare
8 years ago
I find this - I avoid large houses such as Straud manor - it makes more work for my computer to have to render all that detail. I avoid using the cool wallpapers that came with vampires, the ones that show/don't show the pattern depending on camera angle, for the same reason.