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cyberstxr
4 years ago
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Sims 4 Lag After Neighborhood Update Pt. 2

My game was running fine until I updated my Sims 4 game for the neighborhood update. I’ve updated my mods so it’s not that. I’ve removed my origin cache and repaired my game. I’ve also removed screen...
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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    4 years ago

    @cyberstxr  You can certainly compare your existing save, minus all that custom content you've removed, to the new save.  But the issue may be your computer's memory: 4 GB RAM isn't really enough to run Sims 4 well these days.  Some worlds use less memory than others, and new saves almost always use less than existing ones, but it's not like you'd want to start a new save every time the game begins to lag.

    As a short-term solution, you can try playing with nothing else running on your computer aside from Origin.  Put Origin in offline mode as well.  If that's not enough, restart your computer, open the Task Manager's Startup list, and disable any program at startup that you don't absolutely need to run.  You'll still be able to open the others; it's just that they won't open on their own and use any of your computer's memory that Sims 4 really needs for itself.

    Longer term, you may want to consider adding more RAM to your laptop.  It does have one unused slot, so you could add a matched 4, 8, or 16 GB stick to your existing soldered-in module.  As an example, these options are guaranteed compatible:

    https://www.crucial.com/compatible-upgrade-for/lenovo/ideapad-3-15itl05

    I'm not saying you'd necessarily want to buy from Crucial, just that you have options at a reasonable price.  8 GB more should be plenty, and if you can install it yourself or have a friend do it, you'd spend less than $40 U.S. for a significant improvement in performance.

    Your laptop's hardware is otherwise fine for Sims 4, not really capable of ultra settings but certainly able to run the game without lag.  And while I see some errors in your dxdiag that might be causing game issues, they could also be unrelated, and in either case they're certainly addressable.  Since the new save ran fine, you can leave them for now if you want.

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cyberstxr
4 years ago

Thank you for the help, but like you said I don’t really want to have to create a new save and start all over again. Is it hard to install more ram? I’m not an expert and I don’t know anybody who is. Also, I usually do play with nothing running except origin. Also, thank you for helping me. I’m thinking once I get my Sim to move out of university it’ll help since there’s a lot of sims there and i notice the more sims the more lag.

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puzzlezaddict
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4 years ago

@cyberstxr  This video for installing more memory is for an older Ideapad than yours, but the process is going to be pretty similar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUhmyQ7peno

The only part I'd really worry about is removing the bottom cover, and if that's not something you'd want to do, you might be able to find a computer shop willing to handle it for you.  It would be more expensive, but perhaps not by that much if you bought the memory at the store too.  There's no harm in calling around and asking.

And you're probably right that the game will run better once your sim leaves University; it certainly runs worse with more sims to track.  I stilll think you'll have a better experience overall with more RAM though, especially as you add more content or the game does.  But it's not like you need to do anything today; it's just something to keep in mind if you continue to notice enough lag to affect your enjoyment of the game.

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