every since i updated my game this week for the infant update my game has been really laggy. i tried removing all of my mods, but even playing without them it’s still lagging. whenever i go to place or delete an object in build buy it takes like 10 seconds to register what i told the game to do. i’m not sure how to fix my game.
HI @mememe8889
Try resetting your user files as described in the factory reset described in this post: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/FAQ-Troubleshooting-Steps-amp-Known-Issues/m-p/3621199
You won't loose anything. Just make sure to not delete any files and make a backup.
After renaming, repair your game by clicking on the dots in EA app.
Try on a new game with nothing added back first (start new game). If it works, put back your save game and try again. If it still works, you can start putting stuff back.
The rest does not need putting back, cause they are mostly cache files that recreate or log files that are not needed for the game.
@sublime103 What issues are you seeing in-game? Please describe them in detail, and let us know whether you use mods, and if so, whether the same problems show up without mods. Please also run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
I’m obviously not the person who posted this but my game is also lagging. It’s so slow the time is basically freezing and my sims just stay there doing nothing for so long and when it stops I try to make them do something and it takes forever and then starts doing the thing again it’s just really un playable everything that requires loading takes at least 10x longer too.
@lilianna1806 Please test with no mods or custom content, as in, move the Mods folder to the desktop and delete localthumbcache.package.
If that doesn't help, or you already play with no mods or cc, please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post.
https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/
Please also post a screenshot of the Task Manager's Processes tab from when the game is lagging. You can put Sims 4 into windowed mode (but don't minimize it), then bring up the TM and use Windows key-shift-S to capture that portion of the screen.
I play with mods as well, but the infant update now refuses to let my sims try for baby in the conventional fashion, which is making them go to the bed, relax, have a woohoo and try for baby. I have to get them through the science baby method, and it turns out that both science babies I've had so far are girls as there is no selector. I'm only a few hours into this legacy challenge, but I can't have a firstborn male heir if I can't influence a pregnancy in the conventional manner.
@chaoswolfling Please test without your mods. You don't need to save your progress, just find out whether the mods are making any difference.
You can also try moving the bed to somewhere open an unobstructed, like the middle of the living room or outside in the yard.
So I just ran a test without the mods, and bed placement is not the problem & without mods, the "try for baby" interaction worked fine, especially with the carrots and alternative music. I have a son in the legacy challenge now. I would rather not disable all of them just to make that happen every generation I want to "try for baby."
@chaoswolfling Now that you know Try for Baby works without mods, you can test your mods and only remove the one that's causing the problem. If you have a lot of mods to sort through, the 50/50 method can make the process much more efficient:
https://modthesims.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Finding_Problem_Custom_Content#The_50.25_Method
It should be easy enough to test since the action will work or fail right away.
