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katten14
5 months ago
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live mode not working

So since about a couple months ago my live mode has not been working. It lets me enter live mode, but when I tell my sim to move it sometimes works and sometimes they're just frozen. When it does wor...
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Bluebellflora
Hero+
5 months ago
@katten14

Yes, it is a very common issue, there are countless posts in the Game Issues forum from people with the same issue but so far there is no definitive known cause. We (us tech helpers) have noticed that players on older hardware seem to experience it more than newer, more powerful machines, which leads us to believe it is hardware related.

It may be that additional content or updates in the last patch are placing more strain on your Mac, in which case it doesn't matter how many packs you uninstall, if the core base game is demanding more from your processor and GPU that is a factor you cannot improve on.
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katten14
5 months ago

hiii so i read some of the other threads and one suggested resetting your game, and it has helped! it looks like one of my packs or my saves has a corrupted file and now need to figure out which specifically, but it works now!

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