What play speed do you use most often?

"ddd994;c-17018711" wrote:
Erm doesn’t anyone else experience lag and other issues when using utlra speed?

I mostly play in normal speed, I used to use the double speed a lot more but I find I have to keep an eye on my sims to make sure they complete all the tasks I give them, as a) sometimes they skip things in a queue, and b) when they stand there trying to load their next animation or interaction/whatever it is, it takes them the same time irl to load wether at ultra speed or normal. So you kinda “lose time” when playing in ultra too much. I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone lol but essentially, there are too many bugs/issues with the game for me to trust letting it play out in anything other than normal or double speed (obviously unless they are sleeping). Here’s hoping they fix all the bugs one day.

I'll answer this too. I can experience problems but it seems dependent on how long I let it run like that or if it's in an area that is too taxing for my game to keep up that speed. Like I have issues even when the sims are sleeping (or use to) in the city. I think too much was happening for the game to process it at that speed. Usually on the lots I chose to have my sims live on they sleep through the night on ultra speed just fine. Larger lots with a lot of objects or multiple sims in the area also seem to feed into whether I'll have problems. My computer is as old as this current sims game is though and probably needs to be upgraded.

Normal speed with lots of pausing to issue commands and more importantly cancel/crush sim stupidity where they try and do things like go and shovel snow or clean up puddles outside (downside of letting them have full autonomy, but so many interesting things tend to happen to balance it out)

I play a lot of challenges so I'm usually speeding through just so I can advance a little further into the challenge that day. I pause a lot for screenshots. Honestly, I have a bad habit of using Ultra speed. It's really bad for simulation lag. FYI: Simulation lag as nothing to do with game requirements (all though not meeting them I'm sure you're going to encounter more issues). If you're hardly ever fast forwarding then you're likely to never encounter it.

I always play only on normal speed except for when all my sims are sleeping.

I used to do mostly normal speed with cheats so I can get the most out of my Sims' days. I don't have the patience to wait for them to pee or eat or sleep, lol. But the problem with cheating needs is that the default state is "Happy" and I hate that, so now I just try to keep their needs midway filled so they don't have that annoying buff. I've started using the other speeds just a little bit more because of this, but only when I want them to finish meals or showers, etc if it's taking too long. I did read that using other speeds can sometimes corrupt a save, so I minimize the use. I like to play households with two or more Sims, so there's usually something I can be doing while I wait for one to cater to their needs.

normal except for sleep. a decent amount of pausing also.

Normal speed interspersed with frequent pausing and fast speed when needed.

I use a combination of all four for multiple purposes.

Depending upon the size of the household, the pause button is my best friend for larger households.

I take a lot of screenies for which pause is a must. Otherwise I use normal speed the most when the sims are awake/home.