Whenever i press on a sim or my own sim, it take like 10 or more seconds for the menu to appear. Same with like cooking clicking on the fridge etc. Its been happening for like 1+ month now and idk what the problem is since i deleted all my cc and mods and tested my game out but the delay was still happening. I even created new games and it still appeared. I cant play the sims smoothly and it annoys me
This is my computers DxDiag.
@MSLsiblings Your dxdiag shows a number of generic Windows errors, among other things, so please start with a couple of basic checks of your Windows system files:
Restart your computer, hit Windows key-i, select Update & Security, and click the box to check for updates. If any install, restart again afterwards.
Try playing Sims 4 with nothing else running other than Origin or the EA App, and put that app into offline mode before launching the game. Please test both your existing save and a new one again.
If the interaction menu is still not showing up right away, please put Sims 4 into windowed mode (but don't minimize it), bring up the Task Manager, put it into detailed mode (as in, you see a full list of running processes) if it's not already, and post a screenshot of what you see. You can use Windows key-shift-S to capture that portion of the screen.
Please also post a new dxdiag run after you've tested this second time.
i forgot to send the message of the sfc scannow process thing before restarting my laptop. If you want me to do that again and tell you what it says i will do. I followed all your steps and it still takes 10+ seconds for the interaction menu and more to happen.
Here is the ss of the task manager and my dxdiag.
task manager ss and dx diag.
@MSLsiblings You could run sfc again, but the only reason you'd need to care about the message it outputs is if it said "Windows found corrupt files and was unable to repair some of them," or words to that effect. Otherwise, it doesn't matter.
The immediate cause of your current issue is clear from your Task Manager screenshot: your processor is maxed out while you're playing. Lag when opening menus is one common symptom of this. But Sims 4 is only using 56% of the CPU resources, which is high but not a problem by itself. So the next question is what else on your computer is using a significant amount of the processor. The Task Manager can be ignored since you're not normally going to have it open while playing. For the rest, click on the CPU header to sort the list by how much of the processor it's using, and list any task that's using more than 5% CPU.
Please also click the Startup tab and post a screenshot of that; there may be applications set to start with Windows that really don't need to be running all the time.
I listed both, a screenshot of my cpu and startup from task manager. Desktop windows manager,feedback hub,microsoft one drive and system have more than 5% cpu .
@MSLsiblings The short version of this is, your computer has a lot of what some of us might call bloatware running, and collectively it's eating enough CPU resources that Sims 4 doesn't have what it needs to run properly. This is a problem on many computers, but particularly older ones with relatively weaker processors that can still handle any one or two significant tasks but not 20 at the same time.
Personally, I would disable everything that shows as Enabled in the Startup list, with the exception of Windows security notifications, plus OneDrive if you're actually using it. For the rest, you'll free up computer resources if you don't let them open with Windows, and it's trivial to open each app yourself when you have use for it. Even though none of these apps takes up much in the way of resources on its own, together they add up, as you can see from the fact that non-Sims 4 processes are using more than half your CPU.
If you really want one or two of them to start with Windows, that's probably fine; just be selective. For some of these, telling the app not to start with Windows is enough to remove it from the list entirely. For others, you can disable them from starting with Windows from this same screen.
Definitely also disable the Windows Feedback Hub, or at least set the frequency of feedback as low as possible. The setting should be under Windows Settings > Privacy & Security. If you don't use OneDrive, get rid of it; it's also using a lot of resources. If you do use it, disable syncing while you play.
If none of this helps enough, try playing in a clean boot:
The only service to leave running is the EABackgroundService, which the EA App needs in order to run. Disable everything else, as the article describes. When you reboot your computer, go through the Task Manager's background processes list again looking for any service that might still be running. If you accidentally kill the wrong process and it doesn't restart on its own, just reboot your computer.
If this helps, you can start adding back processes until you get to the point where you notice lag again, and then you'll know where the line is, more or less, and can adjust from there.
I did the steps and i reset my laptop but now my laptop pin isnt available and it doesnt say sign in option under. just reset pin and when i press on it it doesnt work. So i tried to shift and reset and then i went into troubleshoot advanced command but my outlook account says my password is wrong even though i tried logging in on my phone and it worked.
So because of that i cant access the advanced things and now i cant go inside my laptop
Should i reboot my laptop? And if yes how do i since i cant get inside my laptop.
@MSLsiblings You should be able to use your password, not your PIN, to sign in when in a clean boot. Every Windows account has a password, whether you use it or not.
You May Or May Or May Not Be Lagging Beacuse I Am Very Laggy And It Takes Up To 10 Seconds Again I Dont Know Im Not A Expert Like EA So idk
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