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JeanVW
Seasoned Ace
1 month ago

Really bad camera stutter when panning around

Hi there everyone

Since a while now I have been plagued with the sims 4 having REALLY bad camera stutters, despite my system exceeding the requirements.

It's mostly when I pan around my lot, or well, any lot really. It also doesn't matter if it's a new save or not, it just does. I've tried various graphics drivers, reinstalled the game, nothing works. Even limiting my fps from 75fps to 66 (which is apparantly good for CPU bound games like TS4) doesn't work.

Is it me, or are there more people with this problem and can it be fixed? 

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  • JeanVW​  Did you see any lag or stutter 20 minutes into the log or after?  I ask because the GPU core load readings briefly dropped close to zero a few times earlier in the play session, but the drops in the last few minutes were much less dramatic.

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    JeanVW
    Seasoned Ace
    1 month ago

    puzzlezaddict​  Yes there was stutter during the log period, it's almost like a ''**bleep** '' forward or a frameskip stutter thing. I don't have this with other games, just Sims 4. The game I play daily, sadly.

  • JeanVW​  I meant in the last five minutes of the logging session specifically.  The graph of your GPU's core load looks somewhat different during minutes 20-25 or so compared to minutes 5-20.  So if performance improved in the last few minutes, that would be telling.  If it did not, then the core load may not be relevant to the problem.

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    JeanVW
    Seasoned Ace
    1 month ago

    puzzlezaddict​ Yes it did stutter when panning around at that time (last 5 minutes). The first 5 minutes are of me waiting to start up Sims 4, as instructed, those minutes are included. 
    I noticed the same stutter as i did before. 

  • JeanVW​  Please try playing on the minimum graphics settings and a lower resolution, just to see whether you still get the stutter.  You can try both fullscreen and windowed modes.

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    JeanVW
    Seasoned Ace
    1 month ago

    I tried this, doesnt work. Even with post processing off, it seems less, but still is apparant.