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sherai95
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2 days ago
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Game super laggy even with vanilla game

It seems after the latest update, my game has been super laggy.

I have done a vanilla game, and while that was faster than with mods, it certainly had more lag than before the update. 

I am not sure what to do at this point. I got rid of a few mods, but my game worked prior to the update with more mods than this. I also updated all the necessary mods that were broken by the update.

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  • sherai95​  Have you tested a new save yet?  What about playing a different household (one you've never played before) within your main save?  These would just be for testing; I'm not telling you to abandon your main household or save.

    If the new save is affected too, please provide a dxdiag.  Click Windows key-R, enter dxdiag in the run box, wait for the scan to finish, click "Save all information," and save the file to your desktop.  From there, you can attach it to a reply using the paper clip (Attachment) icon included with the other formatting buttons.

  • sherai95​  Please try changing the two settings listed in this post from bibliomak:

    Sims 4 Crashing/Freezing/Lag, Surface Pro 3/7 | EA Forums - 11836525

    I don't think I've seen your particular Surface model affected by this issue, but this is an easy test.

    Your dxdiag lists a large number of crashes of the graphics driver, which could be due to issues with the settings you'd be changing.  But if that doesn't help, the next step is to do a clean uninstall and reinstall of the driver.  Here's how:

    https://crinrict.com/blog/2019/02/clean-re-install-of-graphics-drivers-with-display-driver-uninstaller-ddu.html

    Microsoft doesn't provide a standalone graphics driver for most (or maybe all) Surface laptops, but you can simply run the driver package and let it skip anything that's already up-to-date.  The idea is, it should install the missing driver but not break anything else in the process.  The driver package is here:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=102924

    And to reiterate what's in the guide, you'd download this driver package first, then take your computer offline and DDU the driver, then stay offline while you run the driver package.  The idea is that you're installing manually rather than letting Windows do it for you.

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    sherai95
    Rising Novice
    2 days ago

    that fixed the lag! Need to work on loading times, but thank you!