Sims 4 slow to start after update
Hi! So I’m having a major issue. My sims game runs beautifully when I’m finally able to play. But lately I’m having an issue. My game takes 100 years to update on origin and then when I go to play, ...
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@smilelikemiles I was suggesting windowed mode so you could check the Task Manager, not because it would give you better performance. And putting Origin in offline mode is just a test, not a solution; please let me know whether it makes a difference.
As for Norton, I'd like to know whether disabling it helps as well, but here again that's not a fix, only useful information to have. If disabling it helps, we can try changing some of its settings; if it doesn't help, then you can leave it as-is. But it's important to know either way.
So my game was working fine today and I didn’t repair it. I did check CPU but it seems to be averaging between 15-20% so it’s not at 100% so I guess that’s good news?
@smilelikemiles That's more or less what you should be seeing. If you notice another slowdown, please check CPU use again. I'm not totally sure this is the problem, even if it's definitely the main suspect given Origin's behavior over the years. So it'll be useful to confirm or to rul it out, as the case may be.
Ok so I am running my sims now and CPU is at 25-30% and it froze upon starting and once again it took forever to start. I clicked start on origin and the game didn’t pop up for a while. I’m not sure what to do to fix it. Origin seems to be having issues.
@smilelikemiles Is this with Norton running or not? I still wonder if that's the issue, even though it shouldn't be.
Another thing you can try is playing in a new admin Windows account. Make it a local account, as in, don't sign into Microsoft, and don't sync with any other services you normally use. You'll be able to sign into Origin and won't need to redownload anything, but your saves and other content won't be available. That's fine; this is just a test. Let me know whether the game runs slowly again.
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