Date: 9/3/15 (Although issue has been occurring since about April.)
Time: 11:59 PM, September 2nd.
Type of Issue: Gameplay / Performance
Description: This might be a little difficult to explain, however I will do my best. During some bouts of gameplay, I am running into unusual "delays" during the game where nothing is able to be selected (nothing highlights) and you are also unable to Pause the game in any way. However, a few moments later (On average this comes out to be about 20-30 seconds) the game will suddenly snap back into performing again, however sometimes the same issue can arise about 2-3 seconds after it's "caught up" this way.
The game itself does not completely freeze, as Sims are still moving and non-played sims will still move to where they last were moving before stopping and doing nothing. Further, if your sim had actions they were doing already queued, they will move as if going to do these queued actions, but will not actually perform them, they will stop just short of it and wait. (I tested this multiple times with trying to get a sim to take a shower, and every time this issue kicked in, they would stand just outside the shower and not do anything.)
I've tried multiple things to try and resolve this issue, as it somewhat relates to my previous issue listed below, however it is a different unexpected behavior:
Previous issue Link: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4/Sims-4-Performance-and-Crashing-Crash-on-Travel-Slow-Load-Time/m-p/4708641#U4708641
If you request further information or need a copy of my DXDiag, it is provided in the previous link, I can also provide it here for easier access.
Please let me know if there's anything else I can do, I have been trying to resolve this issue for months now without any success; I have even gone as far as to increase the RAM on my computer and move the installation of both Origin and Sims 4 to a separate drive to accommodate for space.
Any help would be appreciated.
- B