Sims 4 feels exhausting to play.

"SimTrippy;c-18075792" wrote:

"haneul;c-18075381" wrote:

"Naus;c-18075367" wrote:
Sims 4 BARELY functions as a life sim game. Sims simply don't obbey your commands, actions are dropped, they spend hours doing nothing. And on top of that, the AI doesn't really work. It's just a BROKEN game at this point.

Even The Sims 1, as hard as it is to keep their motives in the green, is way more fun to play. The Sims 4 is just a frustrating game through and through because it simply doesn't work.

I don't have the issues you describe. The Sims aren't supposed to drop commands or lag out. Sorry the games act like that for you. Have you tried repairing it?

No offence but the game is like this for everyone, even if to varying degrees, and especially if you own a lot of packs that all compete for your sims' extremely limited attention spans. People with 3-4x more than the recommend specs are having these issues because they're down to bad programming, not user error. Repairing the game won't fix it.

I have all the packs except JtB and Wedding Stories. I also have 16.5 GB of mods/cc, but I do not have these issues where Sims stand around forever doing nothing or drop tasks. Part of why I really enjoy the Sims 4 is because it doesn't lag (for me), loading lots is super snappy (seconds instead of minutes) even though I play on 64x64 lot, and my Sims are always getting up to something autonomously. I have a ton of mods (Wonderful Whims, MCCC, many LittleMsSam's mods, etc.) and maybe those help with the gameplay by adding some depth and pushing some non-annoying autonomous actions on my Sims. Regardless, my Sims do what I want with the occasional exception of changing chairs in the middle of a meal. Repairing the game has always fixed any real issues I've had (ex. bald Sims or inventory glitches). I have only experienced a couple seconds of lag when loading build/buy or when starting/stopping an intense Reshade preset. I admit that my computer has ridiculous specs, which helps me have good luck with this game. People generally always suggest repairing the game, clearing cache, etc. because sometimes those steps work and they're generally worth trying. I think that there are also mods that try to help with simulation lag.

I can't speak to the newest wedding pack, though. That does look broken to me and I will not contaminate my saves with it until I can sort out a way to make it work smoothly. My intention with posting in this thread wasn't to belittle people's bad experiences but to help if possible so that others could hopefully get their game working as well as mine does (no dropped tasks and no Sims standing around for an hour doing nothing). Obviously, my suggestions won't work for everyone, but maybe they'll work for some.