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
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.