My sims 4 game is struggling to run
For a while now my game has just been really struggling to startup. When I try to boot up my game it stops responding and takes a few minutes to load which was never an issue for me until recently. Now my game randomly freezes up and lags almost a good 75% of the time. I've tried running a clean game file which works fine but as soon as I put my old game file back in it reverts back. I do play with mods and have tried batch fixing them and removing them one by one but nothing seems to work. I can provide a dxdiag if needed but I've cross-referenced the specs needed and my computer is compatible. I'm not great with computers or files and don't know what to do, any help is appreciated.
@sasha_arlert Please double-check: open Manage Worlds > Manage Households > Other Households and look for any that are blank. This isn't an issue if your existing NPC sims' households going blank; these households are generated in large numbers for no apparent reason and drag down game performance.
Your dxdiag does show some errors related to a basic Windows process as well, so it's a good idea to run a couple of checks on your Windows system files:
- Hit Windows key-X
- Choose either “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Command prompt (Administrator),” whichever option is offered
- Inside the window that appears, copy and paste “DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth” without quotes into the window, and enter
- The system will start validating soon. If it throws an error, please list it here
- After it reaches 100%, hit Windows key-X again
- Again, choose “PowerShell (Administrator)” or “Command prompt (Administrator)”
- Inside the window, copy and paste “sfc /scannow” without quotes into the window, and enter
- Post the message you receive here
Restart your computer, hit Windows key-i, select Update & Security, and click the button to check for updates. If any install, restart again afterwards.
