@kixxinghae Does the game stutter only during events specifically, or any time there are a number of sims on a lot? More sims take more resources to render, and that can be exacerbated if they're wearing high poly custom content items. The number of cc files you have overall doesn't matter, it's how much is on your current lot, and how taxing rendering it is on your graphics card.
You could experiment a bit with sims not wearing custom content, or with smaller events, to see if you notice a difference. A useful metric is your in-game framerates, although they'll bounce around a bit, especially as you move the camera. Open the cheats console (crtl-shift-C) and enter "fps on" without quotes; a number will appear in the lower left corner of your screen. You can then get an idea of how hard your GPU has to work to render whatever is currently on screen: fewer frames per second means each frame is harder to render.
Your graphics chip is somewhat weak for Sims 4, although you can of course still play. But you may need to make some compromises, or else live with the stutter when you want to hold an event.
@puzzlezaddict I always get around 7-30 fps when playing. It flactuates a lot, like one second im at 30 then the next second its 10, and so on. I've tried changing the number of sims on lot from 20 (default) to 10, but when I throw an event not everyone invited came though I only invite 7 sims. I'm a rotational household player btw, I have 20 sims.
So is it because my laptop is incompatible? Do you think there's something I can do beside getting a new part? Or if its imposible, do you think I should upgrade my ram, or my vga? Thanks in advance!
Edit: oh I forgot to mention that when my sims visit a community lot it doesnt really stutter like an event does.
@kixxinghae I wouldn't call your laptop incompatible. It's not a bad model, just not really a gaming computer, and its performance reflects that. Its graphics chip is always going to be slower than the dedicated cards that can run the game on high or ultra settings. The graphics chip is the limiting factor; the other components are better, relatively speaking, at least as long as they're performing as expected.
You can't really upgrade it either, other than adding more RAM. But before you go that route, check the Task Manager while playing and see whether you're running out of memory. The graphics chip will borrow some to do its processing, but even then, 8 GB total may be enough for Sims 4. If you are low on free memory though, it might be worth adding more.
Your model has one module soldered in, and one slot for a removable stick. I don't know whether your particular laptop has 8 GB RAM soldered and an empty slot, or 4 GB soldered and a 4 GB stick in the slot; you'd have to open it up to look. But either way, you could put an 8 GB stick in the accessible slot and have either 12 or 16 GB total. Like I said though, make sure memory is a factor before spending money on this.
Ther other thing you could do is try lowering some of the graphics settings. You may want sim detail on very high, but it's possible lowering it to high or medium will improve things enough on its own. It's at least worth trying, to find out whether this setting makes a difference. You can also try quitting and reloading before an event.
If neither of these makes a difference, you can try some hardware monitoring, to make sure the components in your laptop are performing as they should. Let me know if you're interested, and I'll post instructions.
@puzzlezaddict does that mean I cant replace my vga? Is mine irremovable? I just take a quick look at the task manager:
Right after start up
CPU: 12%
Memory: 25%
Disk: 69%
Starting the game:
CPU: 64%
Memory: 61%
Disk: 41%
During events:
CPU: 59%
Memory: 83%
Disk: 22 %
Idk which one indicates the RAM percentage. I have no other program opened. There're 33 background processes that only takes like 0 point something percent, I guess it doesnt matter. Do you think just adding more RAM alone will eliminate the lag though? I would like to try the hardware monitoring you mentioned earlier.
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