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wthelotus
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5 years ago
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The Light Rays at the Von Windenberg Estate Make My Game Lag

Ever since the latest update my game lags when I am playing the household living in the Von Windenberg Estate during the daytime on sunny days. The sun rays slow the game down so much I can hardly play, except in the basement where there is no sunlight or once the sun goes down. This issue only happens on that lot. All of my other lots run fine in that save file. I've searched the internet for over a week and haven't found a description of this issue happening for anyone else, so I thought I'd see if someone here can help.

Computer: mid-2014 MacBook Pro running macOS Big Sur

Memory: 16GB

Graphics: Intel Iris Pro 1536 MB

Game Display Settings

Display Type: Windowed

Resolution: 2878x1694

Refresh Rate: blank

Vertical Sync: Unchecked

Retina Display: Checked

Game Graphics Settings

Graphics Quality: Custom

Sims: Medium

Objects: Medium

Lighting: Low

Reflections: Off

Visual Effects: Low

Edge Smoothing: Off

3D Scene Resolution: Medium

View Distance: High

Uncompressed Sim Textures: Unchecked

Post Processing Effects: Unchecked

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  • wthelotus's avatar
    wthelotus
    New Scout
    5 years ago
    @wthelotus By way of an update, I quit the game, moved the Options.ini file to my desktop, and restarted the game to allow it to set graphics options best suited to my machine. Even with those settings it is doing the same thing.

    Game Graphics Settings
    Graphics Quality: Low Medium
    Sims: Low
    Objects: Low
    Lighting: Low
    Reflections: Low
    Visual Effects: Low
    Edge Smoothing: Off
    3D Scene Resolution: High
    View Distance: High
    Uncompressed Sim Textures: Unchecked
    Post Processing Effects: Unchecked
  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    5 years ago
    @wthelotus

    Could you share your save with me so I can test it? I can't repro in mine. If you would like to, upload to a file sharing site and PM me the link 🙂
  • Bluebellflora's avatar
    Bluebellflora
    Hero+
    5 years ago

    @wthelotus 

    Thanks for the save 🙂

    I think you may have this issue as RAM was steadily increasing as I was playing https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/CURRENT-ISSUE-Game-Freeze-Extended-Loading-Times-Save-Game/m-p/9721942#M160860

    Try Crin's suggestion of using MCCC to fix the issue with Father Winter and see if it helps. I don't think it's anything to do with the sunlight, that may be happening because of the increased lighting effects in full sunlight which your Mac may be struggling with.

  • wthelotus's avatar
    wthelotus
    New Scout
    5 years ago
    @Bluebellflora Thank you! I used MCCC to delete the homeless households, and my save file size shrunk dramatically. I'll see if that helps.

    I wouldn't be surprised if my Mac is struggling with the increased lighting effects in full sunlight. Is there any way I can turn that off until I can upgrade to a machine that can handle that level of graphics rendering?
  • wthelotus's avatar
    wthelotus
    New Scout
    5 years ago

    @Bluebellflora The same thing is still happening during sunny days, so it is definitely due to the limits of my integrated graphics card. But I just ordered a gaming laptop with a dedicated GPU that more than meets the game's recommended system specs, so this should no longer be an issue in a week when it arrives. 🙌

    Thank you very much for your help!

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