Slower performance with each new add ons

My specs
Radeon (TM) RX 480 Graphics
Windows 10 (64 bit)
System Memory - 12 GB
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31270 @ 3.40GHz

The game itself runs flawlessly but from time to time it's this weird jumpiness. Like when my sim is jogging and I'm following them... I'm not sure if that's how its supposed to look.

Might be a computer thing?

Since I just installed Cats & Dogs on my graphic-card-less computer last night, and I noticed if I do the fast forward of time, the sims’ actions would stagger/skip and lag, so I have to be careful with fast forwarding from now, I guess.

It works fine when I’m not fast forwarding otherwise, so that’s good at least! :smile:

Before installing Cats & Dogs (and Jungle World), I had no problems fast forwarding in Sims 4.

For me, it’s my computer, and I don’t have a graphics card. Not sure about RAM. I have no clue how computers work...

(I’m just using the computer as it is when my dad bought for me. It’s probably about three or four years old now? Can’t remember. I have NO CLUE where to start in order to upgrade it, though... :flushed: )

@bunny-gypsy if you know a friend who tech savvy that can be a good start or YouTube can be a nice place to start. I was lucky to have both. My husband and I found a desktop someone had built at a pawnshop and we bought it. The graphics card was outdated and I could not run the Sims 4 on ultra (it would shut off the computer) I started researching online for a good graphics that wasn't too expensive and came across the one I have today and have had it for a year now. A friend of mine and my husband had a close friend who works on computers and he helped us install the new graphics card. I say start with a graphics card. It's not going to be cheap but I heard it's cheaper than buying a new processor lol. Good luck! ☺️

just for further Note, alienware doesn't come with on board graphics, well mine didn't :P

Mine didn't either.

"phoebebebe13;c-16520841" wrote:

"geoffreypa;c-16514701" wrote:
just for further Note, alienware doesn't come with on board graphics, well mine didn't :P

"Cynna;c-16515050" wrote:
Mine didn't either.

They do it just maybe turned off. Gaming laptops come with two graphics cards. My asus rog came with intel chip shut off. Asus stopped doing that.

Maybe that's it. The one that I'm on now is an ROG and I've seen no sign of an integrated card.

ETA: I was surprised to learn that there's an onboard card. I just checked the device manager for display adapter and sound, video, game controller and I don't see the Intel card. Out of curiosity, where would I find it? Would they not still show in the device manager, even if disabled?

"BeJaWa;c-16521496" wrote:
I kind of just thought it was expected that a game would slow down with more content in it. I mean that has always happened in every game I have added DLC to.

Yep, pretty much.

I also noticed that the fuller an HD/SD becomes, the slower the performance. At least, that seems to be my personal experience.

Well, my game got a bit slower too. Especially loading screens and while playing in Selvadorada...
I have MSI Gp62 6QF Laptop
Intel Core i7 6700HQ 3GHz,
GEFORCE® GTX 960M
12 GB RAM
The game is installed of SSD disc

I have simulation lag and my fast forward button doesn't really do much, as it always skips back. (for example I fast forward to 5PM, pause or play the game on normal speed and I'm actually at 4PM) Loading to main menu takes anywhere from 2-5 minutes, and loading all the way to my family takes around 5-10 minutes. I have a plummy laptop, dell inspiron 15 i5555, but I don't notice any visual lag. (AKA choppy) I do however have loads of bugs, like moving things from my inventory, or clicking on things and having to wait 3-6 seconds before the interaction will come up.

My graphics is integrated, and I doubt you knowing my specs would help, since Alienware beats my little $500 non-gaming laptop with failing memory at that xD

I have every pack installed except spooky and my first pet stuff. I have yet to install seasons, or install the new update. I'm seeing lots of problems with that new update so I'm not sure if seasons is even worth dealing with those issues. I also have 1,186 files of cc in my mods folder.