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krissypooh924
3 years ago
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Mac: my game is lagging

Hi , 

I just wanted to know if there is a new update on sims 4 lagging on Mac. I moved my. EA folder to my external Hard Drive which is formatted to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) 2T. I have an EA alias folder on my desktop. My Mac book is a MacBook Air  apple M1 (2020), 8gb of memory version 12.5.1. Any advice?

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    krissypooh924
    3 years ago

    I recently discovered the reason why my game lags so bad was because i was streaming while playing. I used twitch platform, streamlabs, obs and currently Stream elements. Stream elements seems to work better than the other platforms. The game lags a tiny bit but once i press "start streaming" the games starts to lag very bad. I have a My Mac book is a MacBook Air  apple M1 (2020), 8gb of memory version 12.5.1.and running my sims games folder from a external hard drive,  SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD - Up to 1050MB/s - USB-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 - External Solid State Driv... . The EA folder is on my desktop but that folder is an alias and i store the files on the drive through a symlink

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  • krissypooh924's avatar
    krissypooh924
    3 years ago

    So i did what you asked me to do and its much better, it lags, but not as bad. But of course i just realized that the other app i use while playing sims 4 was not running. And that's stream elements. I think that when i play my sims and have stream elements open it makes my game lag . Is there a way to stream my game with out streaming apps making my game lag?  and I've used twitch, obs, stream labs, and stream elements. and i believe there's one more but i can not remember it 

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    Bluebellflora
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    3 years ago
    @krissypooh924

    Ah, that would account for the lag. I've no idea about streaming apps but if running at the same time as the game I should imagine you need a Mac with more power to ensure as smooth a process as possible. You'd be better off asking in forums dedicated to streaming, if such things exist 🙂
  • krissypooh924's avatar
    krissypooh924
    3 years ago

    I recently discovered the reason why my game lags so bad was because i was streaming while playing. I used twitch platform, streamlabs, obs and currently Stream elements. Stream elements seems to work better than the other platforms. The game lags a tiny bit but once i press "start streaming" the games starts to lag very bad. I have a My Mac book is a MacBook Air  apple M1 (2020), 8gb of memory version 12.5.1.and running my sims games folder from a external hard drive,  SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable SSD - Up to 1050MB/s - USB-C, USB 3.2 Gen 2 - External Solid State Driv... . The EA folder is on my desktop but that folder is an alias and i store the files on the drive through a symlink

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