Hello, I just thought I'd share a little something I've discovered in regards to stuttering and simquality. I suspected it had to do with having to load LODS and texturesizes on the fly all the time as we move the camera so I edited the graphicsrules and removed all the LOD levels so it always shows the highest one at all times. I did this for all objects too so no pop ins whatsoever and also better performance whereas before I had stuttering at all times. I can't believe this myself but it took away all the stuttering in my game and now I have beyond ultra settings. I changed some line into these:prop $ConfigGroup NormalMapDistanceDropScale -0.0prop $ConfigGroup ObjectLODBias "0.0"prop $ConfigGroup RenderSimLODDistances "1000, 1000, 1000, 1000"prop $ConfigGroup RenderSimTextureSizes "2048, 2048, 2048, 2048" This has removed all my camera stutter! I suspected there was something messed up with the LOD system in the engine and I was right. No more stutter! After 4 years I can finally play the game without stutter galore. Try this and report back.

I'll try this during the weekend! If you don't mind, could you also write down the file name? I forgot which one that was. ?

I don't think I've ever seen any stuttering in the Sims 4.

"Sharonia;c-17011310" wrote:I don't think I've ever seen any stuttering in the Sims 4. Try panning the camera around San Myshuno on speed 3 during a festival.

"DeKay;c-17011304" wrote:I'll try this during the weekend! If you don't mind, could you also write down the file name? I forgot which one that was. ? The GraphicsRules SGR file is located in the Game > Bin folder. Make a copy of the original GraphicsRules before editing it. Open with Notepad to edit & save changes.

"SimplyJen;c-17011457" wrote:"DeKay;c-17011304" wrote:I'll try this during the weekend! If you don't mind, could you also write down the file name? I forgot which one that was. ? The GraphicsRules SGR file is located in the Game > Bin folder. Make a copy of the original GraphicsRules before editing it. Open with Notepad to edit & save changes.Thank you, SimplyJen!

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DeKaythePUNK
Rising Vanguard
6 years ago
I'll try this during the weekend! If you don't mind, could you also write down the file name? I forgot which one that was. ?
Sharooonia
New Spectator
6 years ago
I don't think I've ever seen any stuttering in the Sims 4.
bsozz
6 years ago
"Sharonia;c-17011310" wrote:
I don't think I've ever seen any stuttering in the Sims 4.

Try panning the camera around San Myshuno on speed 3 during a festival.
SimplyJen
Rising Spectator
6 years ago

"DeKay;c-17011304" wrote:
I'll try this during the weekend! If you don't mind, could you also write down the file name? I forgot which one that was. ?
The GraphicsRules SGR file is located in the Game > Bin folder. Make a copy of the original GraphicsRules before editing it. Open with Notepad to edit & save changes.
DeKaythePUNK
Rising Vanguard
6 years ago
"SimplyJen;c-17011457" wrote:

"DeKay;c-17011304" wrote:
I'll try this during the weekend! If you don't mind, could you also write down the file name? I forgot which one that was. ?
The GraphicsRules SGR file is located in the Game > Bin folder. Make a copy of the original GraphicsRules before editing it. Open with Notepad to edit & save changes.

Thank you, SimplyJen!
DeKaythePUNK
Rising Vanguard
6 years ago
"Sharonia;c-17011310" wrote:
I don't think I've ever seen any stuttering in the Sims 4.

I have a friend who says she didn't see any stuttering or fps lag in her game until I told her to turn on FPS On in the cheatbox and she says that it is about 20-40fps, which is not smooth at all.
nordling90
6 years ago
I did all this on the ultra preset with uncompressed sim textures, which always did give me so much stuttering as I scrolled around the neighbourhoods.
After you have done this I forgot to add that you have to tick that little box under properties of that file called "read only" I believe it's called in English.
Now my game works even better than on the low preset so they clearly have messed something up with their LOD system as it actually decrease performance instead lol. Now the game actually uses my computers potential for once.
I hope this works for you too because then maybe they can rework the ultra preset and LOD system for those of us who have the pc for it.
nordling90
6 years ago
"DeKay;c-17020751" wrote:
"DeKay;c-17020750" wrote:
"sikasika18;c-17020648" wrote:
"DeKay;c-17011626" wrote:
"Sharonia;c-17011310" wrote:
I don't think I've ever seen any stuttering in the Sims 4.

I have a friend who says she didn't see any stuttering or fps lag in her game until I told her to turn on FPS On in the cheatbox and she says that it is about 20-40fps, which is not smooth at all.

Did this solve your stuttering?

Oops, I forgot to write back.

Nope, it did not. I was testing it out on Brindleton Bay, by the way.

I think maybe I didn't do it right. XD I just realized there's like a "low", "medium" and "high" portion in the file. LOL. I must have edited low portions instead of the high ones. LOL. Silly me.

I'll test it again when I get home. Sorry. :sweat_smile:

I'm not the best at giving instructions either so no worries lol, I set my settings in-game to ultra everything and then I edited those files that match what I had my settings set to. So I removed the low detail lods and that should clear up all the stuttering. There is still gonna be some fps drops as usual but the awful stuttering is gonna be gone, I promise.

Edit: This has cured stuttering For myself and a couple of friends and my sister so I think it will cure yours too. I could even go beyond max settings and still no stutter. I increased the shadow resolution further by changing it to 4k so no jaggy shadows either =D
nordling90
6 years ago
"DeKay;c-17020882" wrote:
I just tried it again and I still get stuttering as usual. This game hates my laptop, I swear. And I hate the game too. XD

But I'm happy it works for you and your friends! :)

Damn, what a shame. This might only work for high end desktops then =/ You could try the edit on all presets though, just in case.
graventh8
New Novice
6 years ago
"sikasika18;c-17035140" wrote:
"scumhill;c-17034824" wrote:
> @sikasika18 said:
> Hello, I just thought I'd share a little something I've discovered in regards to stuttering and simquality.
> I suspected it had to do with having to load LODS and texturesizes on the fly all the time as we move the camera so I edited the graphicsrules and removed all the LOD levels so it always shows the highest one at all times. I did this for all objects too so no pop ins whatsoever and also better performance whereas before I had stuttering at all times.
> I can't believe this myself but it took away all the stuttering in my game and now I have beyond ultra settings.
>
> I changed some line into these:
>
> prop $ConfigGroup NormalMapDistanceDropScale -0.0
>
> prop $ConfigGroup ObjectLODBias "0.0"
>
> prop $ConfigGroup RenderSimLODDistances "1000, 1000, 1000, 1000"
>
> prop $ConfigGroup RenderSimTextureSizes "2048, 2048, 2048, 2048"
>
>
> This has removed all my camera stutter!
> I suspected there was something messed up with the LOD system in the engine and I was right. No more stutter! After 4 years I can finally play the game without stutter galore.
>
> Try this and report back.

does this hinder the looks of the game negatively?

God no, it is even beyond ultra and removes all the low lod levels so it prevents pop ins too. This has removed all my stutter on a 980ti.

Does doing this decreases Sims quality? I mean will they look worse? I'm tired of Stutter on San Myshuno on my gtx 1050 Ti..