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Rising Vanguard

5 years ago

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Game running horribly since Nov. 17 patch

Hi, So my game has been running horribly since the November 17th patch. It's extremely laggy to the point of being unplayable, loading anything takes forever and I often get stuck on infinite loadin...

puzzlezaddict
5 years ago
@MayaMoon1397 Is it possible you have this issue?

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Bug-Reports/CURRENT-ISSUE-Game-Freeze-Extended-Loading-Times-Save-Game/m-p/9721942#M160860

If so, you can try the workarounds described in that post. You should be able to fix your existing save, although you'd need to either use mods or revert to a slightly older version, if you have one that's unaffected. Or you could wait for EA to fix the issue in a patch, which may or may not happen next week.

If that's not your issue, please do start a new save just for comparison. I'm not suggesting you abandon your current one, only that it would be useful to know whether the issue is limited to your current save.

KatAnubis

Seasoned Ace

5 years ago

@MayaMoon1397Have you checked your computer? It may need to have some of the graphic drivers updated. Or it could be that the update (which added a lot to basegame) made your specs not as good for the game as it used to be. Perhaps you need to turn down some of the options. (Or get your computer upgraded/failing components replaced. Look at the detailed version on your Task Manager to see if your CPU or RAM is working too hard.) Some people have also found that they needed to update their OS (Windows 10 especially) to make things work better. (It's not always a "game" problem. Sometimes it's a "computer" problem.)

Also, keep in mind that you don't have to lose a save when you make a new one. The old one is still there. But playing for a while in a new save will tell you if it is a save problem or a game problem.

MayaMoon1397

Rising Vanguard

5 years ago

@KatAnubis

Thank you for the suggestions and info. I hadn't thought of my pc possibly being the issue. I'll try out the things you suggested.

@puzzlezaddict

I don't have that exact problem. My time clock freezes sometimes, but it doesn't crash. It's more so that the game is very slow to respond and the frame rates constantly flucuate, which hasn't been an issue before this patch.

Could you tell me how to fix my current save? For some reason the only older version of this save is from a long time ago, so I would lose a lot of progress on my current household.

DJGeoRob
Seasoned Scout
5 years ago
I had the same problem but @puzzlezaddict 's solution helped me a lot. It's something to do with Winterfest.
- MayaMoon1397
  Rising Vanguard
  5 years ago
  @DJGeoRob
  I didn't even realize until I saw your reply just now that it's the day after Winterfest in my game right now and Father Winter didn't show up.
  I just went into my game and low and behold it's filled with Father Winters. I'll use the solution that @puzzlezaddict linked and hopefully that'll fix things!