@puzzlezaddictLast night it was super slow I wish I'd known that cheat to get the fps b/c I'd bet $$ it was super super low. Today everything seems in order and working nigh perfect. It is super weird. As for cpu usage it is reading around 22%. I've run it for about an hour and 20 minutes.
that being said, last night I deleted all cache, local thumbcache, spotlight file and repaired the game. Not sure if that had anything to do with it but so far so good.
Core temp is 65-70 degrees - sorry I forgot I had that core temp program installed.
UPDATE - it's been a couple of hours and cpu usage has climbed to about 25%
UPDATE: almost 3 hours and we're up to 33% - I remodelled the old gay couple's house in Henford & since they were dead moved my family of 7 in there.
UPDATE: I started at 7 a.m. it's now almost noon and myh fps are down to 4 in build mode. I just had a death in the family and I'm moving things around or trying to. My cpu usage stayed at around 20 ish during the entire thing. once I came out of build mode my fps popped back up to 49ish.
Update: happy to report no crashes today so far, but I haven't been in cas at all.
@MadameNordica There's a separate issue with lag related to Build/Buy modes. I didn't mention it before because this doesn't cause crashes and certainly not error messages about the graphics card. But if this is the main issue you're seeing now, this would be the thread to use:
Some players report opening the Options menu (the three dots) or the Gallery in Build/Buy helps, as does opening a menu in live mode (fridge, bookshelf, computer) when lag shows up there. But there's no guaranteed workaround, unfortunately.
Your CPU temperatures and use are fine, as I'm sure you know.
So now I'm adding random game FREEZES if that's ok - I went to change the toddler's outfit b/c he wanted to go outside in the cold weather and the screen darkened, but the outfit menu never appeared. At LEAST I could save and exit, but this stuff shouldn't be happening.
UPDATE: 4.4 2022 - STILL EXPERIENCING RANDOM CRASHES - mostly in CAS, but occasionally in build mode or live mode. Any idea what could be causing this?
