Community ManagerPlatform: Windows 11
Which language are you playing the game in? Polish
How often does the bug occur? 100%
What is your current game version number? PC: 1.107.151.1020 DX11
What expansions, game packs, and stuff packs do you have installed? All except a few kits
Steps: How can we find the bug ourselves? Run the game in DX11, open the game and load a save. Sometimes even loading a save isn't needed as sitting idle in the main menu is enough.
What happens when the bug occurs? Sadly after the newest update the problem with insane GPU usage and lags still occurs. GPU is running 100% with DX11 while with DX9 it sits between 45-55% only. It seems to me that for some reason DX11 doesn't use CPU as much and makes GPU overloaded causing it to run like a jet engine and reach high temps I also did more testing and found other issues. One is weird shadows, they seem bit blurry and have like a square pattern. They're only visible on the screen and from far but when I zoom in they disappear. Other problem is that I'm still not able to alt+tab out of the game properly, and it causes windows to overlap. So far only works win+tab but it's unhandy. Another more issue I stumbled upon is that somehow when running DX11, when gI quit the game there is a white screen for a while, then the game closes..same happens when I open the game though. One more issue is that for some weird reason from all lots, while in DX11 I can't travel to Thrifttea (?) the store which is a cafe and thrift store at once. I get an error saying ''game failed to load''. CC related issues are llamas but they show up only when I look through poses for my sims that i have, no big deal and understandable.
What do you expect to see? I REALLY, REALLY hope it will be fixed and I expect GPU usage going back to how it is with DX9. I get it that DX11 might require more but GPU being used at 100% isn't normal. I also really wish to tab out of the game properly and to not have weird flashing screens while opening and closing the game.
Have you installed any customization with the game, e.g. Custom Content or Mods? Yes, but I tried both with and without cc (vanilla game) and the problem occurs in both cases, sadly.
As usual, I really (yes, once again) hope that you will make DX11 optional, without forcing it on as I'm simply afraid that there might be issues that won't get fixed and in my opinion, DX9 depite being old, runs better with TS4 and is way more stable.
My dxdiag is attached below.
