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CalChestis's avatar
5 years ago
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Game Freezes When Building Walls or Fences

So I have been working on some pretty large projects and every time I try to build a wall or use paint, the game freezes for about 2 sec. It runs at about 72fps doing everything else and it does not ...
  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    5 years ago

    @CalChestis  What you've described does sound a bit more extreme than what I'd expect of the game engine, even as overloaded as it can be these days.  Build mode actually feels like it runs better for me than live mode, although I haven't tested recently.

    The free space on E is quite low, and it's a little low on D as well.  Of course, this doesn't matter nearly as much as it would if you had that little space on your Windows drive, but it's worth trying to clear more space on any drive with Sims 4 content just to see whether it helps.

    If it doesn't make a difference, try playing in a clean boot:

    https://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-boot-windows-10

    When you've rebooted, open the Task Manager and disable everything that's not absolutely critical, even if you normally have a use for it.  For example, the Alienware Command Center is throwing errors, as is some Corsair software, so both should be shut down at least long enough to test.  RGB software in particular can have an unexpected effect on performance sometimes.  While you're at it, disable Game Mode and Game Bar, both under Windows Settings > Gaming.  And don't open anything other than Origin and Sims 4.