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Seasoned Ace

6 years ago

CAS lag after 6/18 Update

I updated my game this afternoon with the most recent patch and suddenly my game is laggy. I have all packs installed. I’ve updated my memory to 16gb and have a solid state drive. I’ve repaired my ga...

mac

xxJosh26xx

6 years ago

Also i've just noticed, i don't know if this has happened to anyone else but my graphics has changed since the other day. its now reading

Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

Bluebellflora

Hero+

6 years ago

@xxJosh26xx

I did it on my 2012 Mac, perfectly fine. You can switch between the Apple drivers and the NVIDIA ones in System Preferences.

Your Mac has an integrated Intel chip and a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card. It automatically switches to the NVIDIA card when you run a heavier program that requires more graphics power, like the game.

Bluru21
EA Staff (Retired)
6 years ago
Hello there :D

I have been able to get into a state where I have been able to reproduce this behavior, and I see that previous posts have asked you to delete the options.ini file.

I would like to ask you do something similar, but in game.

Please try going to your options and "Restore Defaults"; the game will probably ask you to restart, please do that and see if it makes a difference.

Thanks
-Bluru
- candiecoatediv
  Seasoned Ace
  6 years ago
  I believe this troubleshoot has been recommended previously when I initially reported the issue as I have tried this it made no difference when going from defaults to the settings I had the game at before the patch in June. What concerns me the most is the amount of money I have spent not just on the game itself but also updating my laptop to run the game without issue. Again, I don’t understand how a patch can render CAS intolerable. What happens with the next expansion pack? Is my game going to be completely unplayable? I have 16g memory and my game was running optimally without hiccup until the June patch.
- twin-reverb-sim
  6 years ago
  @Bluru21 I can't tell if it's just been a long time since I looked at the game or not, but I did this and it actually really seems to have helped. After I restarted the game, I put it back on full resolution and slowly tested CAS from Low Medium back up to Ultra (where I normally play without issue). High is looking very smooth. Ultra is still a little laggy, but wayyyy more tolerable and playable (for me). And that's with many mods going.
  
  I'm curious to see if this works for @candiecoatediv (hi, nice to see you 🙂 ), and/or someone with a more powerful machine who is also experiencing this.
  
  Thank you so much @Bluru21, I so appreciate your attention to this thread.
  - candiecoatediv
    Seasoned Ace
    6 years ago
    I did try this again and I didn’t notice much difference and I don’t know if it’s because I had already done this step previously or not. What I can say is that for the last few weeks I’ve been able to go into CAS and there is very minimal lag if I set the edge smoothing to medium but everything else is on high which is how I’ve always played. Like really I hate to think that my love for the sims is so strong that I’m actually considering buying a desktop...😳
    @twin-reverb-sims hi!!